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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1875
Page
1
Judge Donohue urged married couples to honor the marriage covenant amid incompatibility and frictions. The Thompson case exposed petty spats over piano noise, birds, and a late door bell, yet the opinion urged mutual forbearance and a wholesaling duty to endure and adapt.
The Boston Globe criticizes February sales of comic valentines, calling them vile anonymous insults that mock occupation and personal relations. The piece laments the tacit tolerance of this vulgar practice and notes educated readers sometimes enable it by purchasing or gifting these crude caricatures.
Middlebury Vermont correspondent reports Cleve Parker of Chittenden dies at 75. Funeral described with a living spirit Brown appearing through a doorway, delivering a sermon on mourning and righteous living. Witnesses say the event signals a new era of visible spirit manifestations in the community.
A wealthy Englishwoman, Mrs Crawshay, hires 900000 surplus British women to work as five types of maids in her castle. The women are paid standard wages but treated as equals off duty and allowed social mingling. Early results show no major conflicts, suggesting a path to relief for mistresses and better livelihoods for educated girls. A forthcoming pamphlet will detail results and methods.
Washington correspondent recounts how South Carolina Governor Chamberlain courted Alice Ingersoll, a Maine lawyer’s daughter, and married her after a brief courtship. An enduring portrait follows of Alice, from young clerical aide in Washington to a matronly wife, with happiness evident in her features.
A Philadelphia press excerpt notes Western states plan a systematic fight against grasshoppers, termed locusts, threatening crops in Kansas and Nebraska amid a broader rural famine and devastation. It mentions the pest as a ruinous force and hints at yet insufficient opposition.
Historic defense against plagues favors importing English sparrows to Denver. The practice spread from Philadelphia where 500 birds reduced grub and locust threats, growing to millions. While welcomed for pest control, farmers fear grain loss and faster breeding than controls. The piece predicts sparrows will curb grasshoppers and influence rural areas too.
A voiced critique targets Ritualists over the Leeds minority 27 votes in a special election. The piece notes Leeds gained 29 clerical votes, prompts parish reactions, and accuses some leaders of unconstitutional votes and hush money amid church factionalism.
A mash of letters to the General Superintendent of railroads shows the quirky hunt for free passes. A stranger pleads West travel and favors, offering to barter with railroads and promising to fix a piano or coins. A self-styled newspaper purveyor teases the official with mock flattery while implying influence and access.
A letter extols a leader's unequaled knowledge and executive power likened to Napoleon Jackson or Washington. The writer praises modesty, praises the leader’s wife and children as jewels, and requests passes for wife, mother-in-law, grandmother, a nurse, and six children to travel on Tuesday. The tone is formal and deferential, with a pledge to fulfill duties elsewhere.
The Springfield Republican reports persistent accusations against Prof. Silliman of Yale College over endorsements of Western mines and petroleum beds in California. Attempts at independent investigations by Yale and the American Academy of Sciences failed, leaving public opinion unsettled and provoking potential resignations among academy members.
A young boy named Leonidas endures harsh discipline from his father in a sequence of chapters. He contemplates running away to become a pirate after a final promised beating, sketches a plan with a small bundle, and hesitates at the threshold of departure before deciding to wait for one more lash. The piece ends with him toying with the idea of leaving after one last act of defiance.
A Boston visitor overheard a suburban religious meeting where a chorus rendered a hymn line as jounced on a golden altar. The bemused observer noted the choir’s misheard lyrics and the crowd’s humorous insistence on the garbled chorus and final line jined.
A meeting at the Laclede Hotel with Col. Hill Mai 2 Downing and Co. Buell and other directors aimed to advance a through line between St. Louis and St. Paul. About sixty miles of road were graded and funds held to finish the bed, with delivery anticipated once the river opens. A later conference yielded no new public results. Freight train No. 110 derailed near T. W. & W. Junction due to a broken rail, leaving seven cars wrecked but no injuries. Belknap’s morning express diverted via Clayton. Chicago-bound No. 106 also used the T. W. & W. line to Clayton.
A Boston Journal sketch recalls Gen Butler building three Cape Ann granite houses near the Capitol. The corner residence features a portico, with others for sale and rent to the coast survey. The piece traces Thomas Law’s Washington ties, marriages, a Hastings era divorce, and a famed gambling life ending in Paris.
The New York Herald reports that the Franco British submarine tunnel project has moved from dream to planned work with a 5 million dollar French company and 400 thousand dollars for surveys. It notes Dover to Calais as the route and details chalk beds and depths. The piece also reviews Commodore Parker’s Florida Bay naval maneuvers, criticizing torpedoes, praising fleet tactics, and outlining an envisioned future fleet with rams, torpedo boats, and fast steamers.
A heated episode in the state assembly erupts as Jones challenges the Speaker with insults and threats. The exchange escalates when one man calls another a coward and fool, prompting calls to restore dignity before the chamber erupts.
A New York Herald piece describes a mother and four children living in a dark cellar beneath a ruined tenement after financial ruin and death of the father. The scene recalls rats roaming as the family endures near-starvation while a golden-haired child prattles amid gloom. The report frames these conditions as stark social lessons encountered by guild visitors.
A dated guide outlines poker tactics with tips on pacing bets, borrowing, delaying ante, and exploiting credit dynamics. It warns discretion, cautions against greed, and notes attention to discards and playing cards to gain an edge.
An English writer in the Gentleman's Magazine assessments European fighting capacity amid a predicted general war. It surveys France, Italy, Belgium, Switzerland, Turkey, Romania and Germany, weighing military strength, organization, finances, and potential involvement in a continental conflict.
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