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Newspaper
Marshall Statesman
Location
Marshall, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1880
Page
2
Incomplete reading mentions Conkling and a party faction with unclear actions. The garbled lines reference a sermon or speech style critique and political alignment, but specifics and dates are unreadable. Further text would be needed to identify people, places, or events.
A New York steamship voyage from Jay Street ended in disaster as the Narragansett collided with the Stonington near Long Island. Passengers awoke to alarm and a spreading blaze, many leaped into the dark waters, and boats were launched with insufficient crews. City of New York offered crucial aid, rescuing survivors while crews faced chaos, fear, and heroic acts amid a long, exhausting night at sea.
A fragment recounts the early career of a prominent Ohio figure from youth to public service. Born to work, he advanced through Carpenter work, canal boatman, seminary study, teaching, Williams College, and Hiram College. He rose to state senate at 29, led troops, served as chief of staff, and pursued national politics.
Reports describe violent rainstorms swelling rivers across the northwest with Grand Rapids and Oconto heavily inundated, losses tallying in the hundreds of thousands. Mississippi flooding damages homes and fields while LaCrosse and Dubuque see ruined lowlands. Indiana and Illinois report extensive crop destruction and bridge breaks. Manistee county fruits surge, with peaches lagging but strawberries saved by timely rains, boosting a prolific fruit season.
A Christian Union excerpt notes widespread ignorance of literature among undergraduates. It describes a college Sophomore who never read a book yet passed exams, and a professor who encouraged him to read Boott’s novel but found it tedious. The piece laments erosion of culture in American households.
A fragment from a dialogue on teaching reading shows a pupil learning to read aloud and apply punctuation. The master explains that pause guides the ear just as punctuation guides eye, and that attention to pauses helps place emphasis and preserve sense in reading.
In Appenzell residents gather on an open field to express the will of the sovereign people. Men and women participate, with officials in state uniforms offering seating and a prayer. The May election cycle concludes as the outdoor Parliament ends, with swords and flags stored away for another year.
The fragment warns against salves plasters eye-waters hair dyes washes and toilet powders. It notes salves cause skin sores plasters hinder healing eye-waters injure eyes and certain washes powders and dyes are poisonous or harmful reflecting cautionary medical guidance of the period.
In a perilous night storm a Pioneer coach stalled about a thousand yards from Half Way Inn. Jeff and Yuba Bill struggled through rising water to reach the coach, rescue a trapped elderly woman, and escort the party to safety. The scene blends rugged courage with sharp humor as the pair battle elements to save the passengers.
The piece explains how colds arise from cold exposure and poor self care. It notes heat loss through open pores, weakened resistance from indoor heating practices, and higher winter temperaments elevating illness risk. It argues mild perspiration and environment influence susceptibility and stresses balancing activity and warmth.
A fragment discusses how rain gauge placement affects measured rainfall. It notes gauges on roofs yield different totals than garden gauges, with garden gauges recording higher amounts. It suggests precipitation forms at low elevations and that droplet size changes with altitude, akin to balloon ascent.
A ragged narrative recalls a man famed for enormous appetite yet perpetual thinness. An eccentric plan to dislodge a water newt inhabiting the stomach ends with a dramatic escape as spectators fear a death sentence. Other items mention Pacific islands, missionary rule, and social musings on rich youth entering politics.
A garbled OCR fragment references an umbrella, a rose-wood handle, and a mechanism that changes color or appearance within hours. It mentions a public gate and a telegraph-like device, with scattered numbers and broken phrases, leaving the exact item unclear but implying a portable object with color-changing properties.
A Georgia paper reports a boy named Penny who, barefoot, leaped onto a large primeval creature and seized the snake’s head with a knife to free himself. His quick presence of mind saved him as the danger wriggled and hissed around him.
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