08 Feb 1873
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Newspaper
Rolla Express
Location
Rolla, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1873
Page
1
A devotional poem describes a speaker moved by divine guidance as winds pull and reshape a kite of life. The speaker trembles in earthly fear yet finds strength through God, who holds the string and moves the spirit homeward. February Scribner.
A letter to the New York Tribune extols the Sandwich Islands as a climate tailor made to order. The writer imagines fixed temperatures from 55 to 80 degrees and spots like Honolulu Lahaina Mauna Kea and Kiluea, claiming timeless summer and perpetual winter with varied elevations. He paints palm shades, natives, and a distant Pacific paradise nearly free of worldly turmoil and conscience.
Telegraphic reports recount a battle at Tule Lake Oregon where Captain Jack and about two hundred Modoc held a two mile line behind lava rocks. Troops outnumbered the Indians two to one but suffered heavy losses and failed to dislodge the strong position. Critics call for reinforcements and a decisive campaign to subdue Captain Jack and his band. The piece argues strong punishment and sustained force are needed to deter further battles and protect government policy.
A gentleman signing as Pro Bono offers a cough remedy: Seneca snake root slippery elm liquorice two large sticks. Boil in two quarts water to one quart, strain, add two pounds sugar and simmer ten minutes. Bottle and cool. Dose is a tablespoonful when coughs trouble.
A small lean dog with a basket leads a Margaret Street reader through London from Oxford Street to Tottenham Court Road seeking his master. The narrator follows to a garret where a fevered, bankrupt miser and his dog share a tragic bond. The dog earns pennies, the miser dies, and the dog keeps vigil at the grave before joining the man in death.
A vivid Naples scene shows macaroni drying on trestles, then being kneaded, pressed, and cut by workers for the sun. The author notes the process, the English-made molds, and a mischievous foreman suspicious of informers, while musing on American tastes and regional claims.
The article discusses the possible setting aside of Mr. Greeley's latest will in favor of the 1872 will, the Vice-President hiring counsel in the Credit Mobilier case, and his insistence he did not receive dividends from Oakes Ames. It also covers Kansas Senate outcomes, charges of bribery against Pomeroy, indictments, and various political and legal developments.
A Rome dispatch reports a decree formalizing state possession of sixteen convents in Rome. A Rio de Janeiro yellow fever surge is noted, and Prince Napoleon disavows responsibility for a recent Bonaparte policy statement. A London special notes Sir Bartle Frere arriving at Zanzibar. A Constantinople dispatch is cited.
The Senate examined executive mansion use and potential new residence for the President, debated financial and banking measures, and heard amendments on Pacific railroad payments. The House instructed appropriations to acquire Carpenter’s Emancipation Proclamation painting and reviewed judicial pay, with multiple memorials and bills introduced, including franking privilege repeal and public document printing limits.
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