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Newspaper
Marshall Statesman
Location
Marshall, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1878
Page
4
Fragmented OCR report recounts late June 1868 events aboard a steamer near New York and Portland with cargo and a raid by Native forces across the plains. It notes casualties, troop movements, and political figures, including Illinois figures and state leadership, amid frontier clashes and government concerns.
A fragmentary report covers alleged graft during high politics with claims against Sherman era figures, Oregon election figures, and Ohio conventions. It notes border raids on Texas, Mexican border concerns, and discussions of currency and reform, plus scattered foreign news and science glimpses.
A historic note describes the United States Rolling Stock Company of Chicago building a new dry goods palace car for dealer use. Sixty to sixty five feet long, it features two large windows per side, end staterooms for merchants, a central enb collar between trucks, and a double deck style roof for light and ventilation. The design aims to carry samples and stock with sleeping-berth-like compartments for road travel.
A Liverpool arrival reports four living whales from Labrador destined for public aquariums. Each creature is about fourteen feet long, eight feet in girth, and half a ton. They traveled in wooden boxes with seaweed bedding and water refreshed by bucket, shedding skin along the journey. Two whales reportedly emitted a peculiar scent as they were landed.
The fragment describes a monument to ex President Andrew Johnson in Green Ville Tennessee with inscription details and a story about a child gifting a cent to a beggar boy, reflecting a moral tale tied to the dedication. Names and specifics are garbled but the piece centers on charity and public memory.
A private letter from Mary Q. Porter in Peking April 1878 details famine misery in northern China. It sketches decimated villages, starving refugees, bodies in streets, and relief efforts with English donations exceeding 850000 pounds. It notes men traveling to distribute funds, widespread death, and the impact of drought and scarce rain on the region.
A Meltzer Wochenblatt article surveys field firing in German Austrian and French forces. It notes Prussian practice, officer training, and large unit drills, highlighting the value of systematic field firing since 1870. The piece also cites Russo-Russian resource strain and rising excise revenues in 1877 Russia.
An 1800th anniversary of Pompeii destruction is set to be celebrated at Pompeii as Paris years pass. The column reviews a wide range of topics from diphtheria controls, submarine cable upgrades, and ear disease linked to sewer gas, to pain's role in humanity and innovations like hatchery machinery and bullet proof shield ideas. It also tells of a dog’s selfless death protecting its master after a drowning, discussions on infectious disease origins, and updates on the Canadian Pacific railway costs and progress.
A Colorado correspondent recalls George Rignold in Henry V, describing a memorable performance in which the actor’s bold stage entrance, risky props, and moments of unintended humor drew strong audience reaction. The account highlights the fragile set, the lone orchestra, and Rignold’s theatrical missteps alongside moments of triumphant crowd approval.
Dr C William Sieméns argues the microphone and its elder siblings the telephone and phonograph mark a century’s achievement. He links brain memory to phonographic storage, proposing sensory impressions are stored in brain corpuscles connected to nerves and that dreams and memories arise when past impressions are recalled. Theories of perception and memory are explored with Willoughby Smith’s selenium microphone experiment referenced.
A historical, speculative take argues that aging monarchs across Europe show fragility. The piece notes the Russian Czar’s long reign and age, contrasts numerous long-lived rulers, and suggests a looming palace revolution in Constantinople, while praising or critiquing various European leaders.
A scattered summary of assorted items notes and anecdotes including opium use among officials, Papal history Leo IX, colonial editor boasts, tax police uniforms from rhubarb leaves, European and American curiosities, coastal industry, and a kaleidoscope of statistics, anecdotes, and speculative statements from various regions and times.
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