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Newspaper
Marshall Statesman
Location
Marshall, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1878
Page
4
The dispatches describe outbreak updates from New Orleans and Vicksburg with rising death tolls, fever statistics, and medical patrols. Officials warn of worsening conditions as cases spread through the region, urging caution and public health measures.
The San Francisco Era notes estimates of global precious metal production from ancient times through 1872. It cites totals of up to 23 trillion dollars in current value, with major contributions from Russia, California, and Australia, and highlights rising wealth and shifting sources across centuries.
A curious 18th century dream guide links dreams of servants to madness and warns that visions of fashion or a jidy woman imply thoughts of a Colonel. It notes dream signs like a red nogm to signal debt recovery and dreams of marriage with a rich wife as fortune. It adds cautions about debt, law, and paying bills twice, plus a dream of arrest as a lucky warning to settle notes.
A fragmentary item recounts Parepa and Carl Rosa amid a rail journey story. Rosa is portrayed as tender and modest while Parepa and a manager discuss devotion and marriage, with dialogue reflecting a patronizing remark. The Brooklyn Tablet notes the anecdote within a larger narrative.
A Chicago Cor correspondent reports confessions by Dye and Anderson reveal a plotted murder of A. M. Tullis near Courtland. They describe a plan to poison or drown him, selecting Edward Anderson as principal actor with Dye’s involvement. The scheme included a boat, liquor, and a river ambush, aiming to gain $8,200 from the estate. The sheriff and District Attorney pursue the case, with corroborating details and broader political notices included.
Gray-haired David Mr Cook of Nausticid Ohio pursues a bold plan. He claims faith in man’s power to lift air and propels an egg-shaped machine eight by five inches in diameter. He now constructs a generator to tap power.
The piece chronicles Irish emigration and demographic decline from 1800 to 1887, noting population drops, famine-driven departures to the United States Australia and Canada, and reduced agricultural output. It cites tables of population, crop averages, and livestock counts, highlighting rising poverty and pauper relief in 1857 1867 and 1877.
The Carthage Gazette recounts James Howard of Walker and Symonds marriage souring after a breakfast fly incident. A live fly slides between husband and wife leading to a bitter quarrel, separation, and the wife leaving to her parents. The piece also notes a London Spiritualism seance with levitating furniture and moving objects.
The United States Government Printing Office receives a diploma of honor from the Paris Exposition. Competitors include the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, praised by judges for superior engraving and printing of government securities. New York and Washington firms have long supplied similar work for U.S. government needs. A new volume appears in Humboldt County California as earthquakes ripple along the Pacific coast.
A historical overview lists civil lists, salaries, and allowances of European rulers and notable leaders. It cites Franz Joseph, Leopold II, Christian IX, Napoleon III, and Victoria among others, detailing annual incomes, additional expenses, and state-controlled properties.
A widow named Mary Dean killed her three young children at a farm near Victoris Missouri. She tried to murder the eldest son Willie, who wrested a razor and fled to a neighbor for help. On arrival, Dean claimed she would surrender, but the two youngest children were found dead, their throats cut. The scene was witnessed by neighbors.
News reports that the Imperupt Khedive of Egypt plans to disband seven eights of his force, reducing a 40 000 to 51 000 men army and expelling all American officers except Gen. tone. The shift follows the departure of many Northern and Southern officers who had received high postings and privates homes.
A Memphis observer describes scenes of citywide fever and death during a plague spreading through New Orleans and Memphis. Reports detail families collapsing, paupers piled in wagons, coffins stacked, and the fear and hunger gripping residents amid charity tents and warnings of contagion.
An assortment of brief notes covers Vienna population shifts, English officials, American emigration, industrial adverts, crop yields, oil wealth, rail logistics, and early New York transit. It notes Vienna doubling to around a million, a London ad extolling cheap language services, census-like counts of horses worldwide, and the New York Elevated line opening with expected noise but public benefit.
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