24 May 1873
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Newspaper
Rolla Express
Location
Rolla, Missouri, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1873
Page
1
A lurid verse repeating that cash protects the rich from hanging. The speaker boasts wealth as a shield over death row and mocks justice, naming Foster Nixon King and Grim Deith while praising Delmonico meals and Green Seal riches. The poem centers on class and power ensuring a gentleman never swings.
The piece contrasts hair coloring methods from ancient chemistry to modern dyes, noting iron, sulfur, and various metals, then shifts to a long travelogue about Babylonian ruins at Hillah, Nebuchadnezzar’s tower, and Herodotus, followed by a domestic vignette in a New England setting where sisters relocate to a rural cottage, meet Ralph Strong, and navigate courtship, class, and marriage.
On May 12 the President named EE. W. Henderson of Wisconsin to the La Pointe Agency FE. Lewis of Illinois to the Pueblo Indians post Jos. A. Leonard of Minnesota as Register at Jackson Land Office W. McMicken of Washington Territory as U S Surveyor General Ebenezer Douglass of Rhode Island as Chippewa Agent and Judge Pierrepont of New York as U S Minister to Russia in place of the late Orr Observances of Chief Justice Chase were held in Washington with many ministers present.
The piece describes the mockingbird as a rare wild resident in New England, breeding up to Springfield Massachusetts, and thriving near farms and seashore evergreen edges. It nests in briars and leaves, with two or three broods yearly, lays emerald eggs, and possesses a renowned varied song praised by Audubon and Wilson. It notes predators like snakes and cats and its brave defense of its young.
A compilation of wry quips and reflections on society science and daily life. Topics include fashion trends jokes about women and clerks humorous notes on currency Vienna Exposition and a dying banker seeking a loan. Also questions about etiquette and a vanish into the plains tale and curious trivia about Yorkshires big woman Price.
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