19 Sep 1877
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Newspaper
Marshall Statesman
Location
Marshall, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1877
Page
1
Fragments show archaic verse about maidens and springtime. The text is garbled with misread letters and stray phrases, mentioning lemon, fond maids, cold age and wooing. No clear event or names emerge. readable fragments hint at a lyric sequence without coherent narrative.
Mr. Robert Edward Rommelaine reads a shocking paragraph in his newspaper and leaves home in haste. His quest takes him to a dilapidated district where he confronts a poverty-stricken apartment and learns a vulnerable secret about Mrs. Rommelaine and a condemned relative. He asserts he will help and speaks of a grave crime and a prison sentence.
In a springlike January day lawyer Frank Thurston aids Miss Rommelaine amid a murder trial case. He later visits the Rommelaine home with danger and hope, while the defendant’s wife finds comfort. Miss Rommelaine inspires trust, and a humane effort yields new evidence. A new engagement crown brings a bright ending as Frank proposes Frances Rommelaine.
A petrified rosebud once enclosed in a Civil War era letter endured in a drawer for eight to nine months before discovery. The bud, now nearly diamond like, was drilled for a watch chain and proved so hard that tools broke. The Portland Oregonian notes the mystery of the rapid petrification and wonders about the air, earth, or water that caused it.
A pair announces a double marriage due to a fatal crisis as the would be groom is revealed crippled, leading to a second match to avoid stigma. The tale expands to note Tim Bullish House of Commons at 658 seats, with 493 English Welsh, 6 Scottish, 105 Irish constituencies despite reform era changes.
A scattered column covers farm topics like wind damage to evergreens and the need for water for cows, plus methods to protect fruit trees from rabbits. It also threads in a lengthy White House miscellany noting Hayes household, carriage fears, Grant era lines, and Lincoln-era hard times debates with brief aside on an eighteen day watch.
A Iowa Republican speech extols party loyalty and unity after the Des Moines convention. It defends civil service reform, urges prompt public business and party discipline, and calls for strong support of Hayes era policies while noting Southern states' rights opposition and the need for national unity under Republican leadership.
A garbled summary of diverse notes cites Tam French soldierlings in Europe, nine year Cuna freedom fights, diphtheria deaths in Pittsburgh, 657 barrels daily oil in Warren County, Great Britain drowning deaths, a Swiss cattle fair in September 1878, and varied quips about antiquated figures, mountain fires, and Baltic weather lore. It mingles misc items from science, war, health, baptismal lore, and curiosities with few coherent details.
A jumble of quirky lines and misheard dialogue captures a period humor column. Jests range from schoolroom malaprops to shopkeeper banter, ghostly misreadings, and playful romantic bits, with sourdough wordplay and moralizing quips sprinkled through.
A Broad Street resident awoke to a thief hiding beneath the bed. The intruder was discovered after a man crawled under the bed and found a rough-looking figure secreted between the slate and ticking. The thief sprang up, struck a man, drew a revolver, and fled down the stairs into the dark. The whisky detective noted the cork had fallen from a bottle carried by the intruder.
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