31 Jul 1875
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Newspaper
Massachusetts Cambridge Chronicle
Location
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1875
Page
1
A fragmentary verse salutes George Washington and the nation, mixing a historical cadence with a mother’s anxious voice about a small child. The damaged text blends praise for Washington with stray lines about a baby's comfort and protection.
A Vicksburg traveler seeks lodging with a squatter couple. They stage a candlelit contest to settle a quarrel, the wife dominating in a fierce brawl that ends with the husband defeated and departing in good humor. The traveler, holding the candle, deems the fight fair and leaves. A closing anecdote features a child asking to keep fingers for heaven to play a harp.
Directions from 1875 outline immediate steps for resuscitation after drowning. Include clearing airways, positioning, chest compressions, warming the body, and offering warm fluids once swallowing returns. Emphasizes persistence and safety limits like thirty pounds of pressure on adults.
A Prussian Major admits he cannot control a hasty temper yet could under royal presence. La Fontain, chaplain, preaches on self deception and excuses. The Major learns to recall the King of Kings when tempted, promising future self restraint.
A boy seen darting from a house on Grove Street clambers onto a broad fence. His mother hides a potato masher and pleads for him to come down while he adores defiance. He refuses, claiming peaceful intentions yet stays aloft until hunger calls.
A clergyman recalls a wedding where the bride loudly heckled the deaf groom asking for consent. The piece argues nations prosper only with noble leaders and rulers who act for the public good, warning that decay follows corruption and self interest from those in power.
A Saratonin letter portrays Morrissey as a formidable New York political power and fearless, likening him to a docile giant and Achilles. It recalls his loyalty to Tilden, bold bets on political outcomes, and resilience against Tammany Hall pressure. The piece praises his drive, domestic stubbornness, and occasional sprees, framing him as a master who rules through force and character.
A lively tale follows Tom a mischievous boy who empties the Noah's Ark into his tub and floods the house with running water. He seizes a chance to ride with Uncle Georgie to the park before the water overwhelms the scene.
In a July St. Nicholas tale, Master Tom floods the house with bathwater after bungling a plug, soaking plaster and furniture. The scene escalates to a shocked dining room, a fallen waiter, and a display of Tom's confessed mischief, ending with quiet good behavior for a week.
A suitor presses his claim to wed the daughter but faces parental opposition. In a tense exchange the old man parries the proposal by offering a compromise to transfer the daughter from her parental bed to his own, prompting a wry retort from the father about marrying first.
In Portsmouth a man suffered a bizarre accident two months ago after slipping from a roof wearing thick soled India rubber shoes. He vaults upward and downward, gaining a quarter inch per ascent, and neighbors predict he will stabilize by November to join Thanksgiving with family. He is fed by rubber balls filled with hash caught midair. The informant notes the building rose from three to four stories.
The piece explains how hen diet alters egg flavor and color. Clean grain and grass boost flavor, while stables, manure, fish, onions, or offensive water impart strong tastes. Rich feed deepens yolk color. buckwheat produces colorless eggs unsuitable for some confections.
Bijah counsels a woebegone woman to end her longing for a lover. A grim janitor adds a harsh quip about a cross-eyed sister and a drastic reaction, then whispers a final expletive as the scene closes with tense irony.
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