30 Sep 1880
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Newspaper
Marshall Statesman
Location
Marshall, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1880
Page
1
Fragmented OCR piece recounts schooldays and a tale of Ethel Raymond, a penniless girl who becomes wealthy after adoption by a rich uncle, and a serendipitous reunion with a former teacher, interwoven with reminiscences of early American ideals and a nostalgic small-town life.
A garbled Victorian style list offers homely remedies such as milk timing, ash lyes, bee sting relief, and tea for flies. It includes a Leeds Assizes Cross‑examination where a Bradford maker denies a past creditor composition, shifting blame to creditors.
An Irish traveler at the Old Colony Depot mocks a deaf mute bootblack, who silently labors as the passerby questions train times to Ginghams. The scene ends with the Irish man’s sneer that the mute cannot hear or answer, highlighting prejudice and insult in a brief, vivid sketch.
A vast mound in Norway revealed a ninth century ship tomb for a great Viking chieftain. The ship carried bones of a man, three horses, several dogs, shields, and a wool sail. Silk mantle remains and an oar-shaped builder were found. many items were moved to the university museum.
A fragmented page shows various odds and ends from a bygone issue including recipes for One-Ego-Caxr quires and Cuocorats Coexits with egg whites and chocolate, kitchen tips like cleaning white Stretland shawls, and whimsical quotes about a Derrick and moral lessons. It preserves oddities and stray culinary and household references with minimal coherent narrative.
A Atlanta Constitution excerpt recalls Judge Dooly’s audacious wit in a duel scare. Dooly, facing a trembling foe with St Vitus dance, steadied the opponent’s aim with a forked stick and warned that shaking hands would pepper him with holes on the first shot, ending the duel.
An English woman's journal argues the "incapable" label is fading. It notes dowry notions persist in some classes but asserts that poorer women must learn to earn, while middle and upper class women increasingly develop administrative skills to avoid burdening others. Parents and educators are urged to eradicate incapableness and foster earnest, capable participation in life.
A Chicago article recounts a plausibly dressed gambler who befriended a Freeport investor, claiming to seek funds for a banking venture. The scheme hinged on borrowing $1,000 and doubling it with a partner, but a telegraphed misdirection led to another man winning $2,000 and the investor losing his money. The victim left town humiliated, while the Chicago capitalist lost faith in pork investments and dubious strangers.
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