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Rolla Express

Location

Rolla, Missouri, United States of America

Date

Nov 16, 1872

Page

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Ruth and Baby Ruth Name Debate in Poetry Fragment

A fragment contemplates naming a baby Ruth choosing a graceful name. It weighs meanings beauty virtue and motherhood and suggests cutting the baby Ruth to honor a gracious woman. The piece contrasts gentleness with lasting grave use for a future daughter.

Ruth Christian Union

Darkened Room Mystery and a Haunted Night

In this tale a young man named Ryse recounts a night of terror after staying in a German inn. He describes sleepwalking through a locked corridor to a second room containing a dead man with a throat wound, the strange arm of a man with a missing third finger, and a fear that lingers long after the night.

Prawley Tye Ryse Remington Rye Ife Heaven Earth Jtyle Putnam Osgood Linpincolt Novembher

Rattlesnakes in Self Defense and Notable Escapes

The article details rattlesnake behavior noting they rarely bite unless provoked, with swift strikes that require close contact. It recounts escapes of several individuals, the persistent venom on trousers, and a naked man who sat on a rattlesnake, plus a London doctor’s brush with the bite odor that lingers on tools for months.

Cape River Platte Hamilton Roe Zoological Gardens London Chambers’ Journal

German Social Scientists in a Feud Over Trade Policy

Nation notes a division among German social scientists between practical free traders aligned with the Manchester school and historians calling for state regulation of trade and labor. A Congress at Eisenbach sees heated debate, with practicals prevailing so far as they refute the historians’ proposals. The piece also mentions a pig birth in Intana and zephyrs in Quincy Herald.

Germany Manchester France Eisenbach Ihe

Meade and Greeley Return to Editorial Labors

The New York special notes Horace Greeley accepting defeat with philosophy and resuming editorship of the Tribune to pursue independent, candor-filled journalism. He vows not to court party wrath, aims to advance science and arts, and declines future political office. Also reported are Meade's death in Philadelphia and election results across states with Republican and Democratic tallies.

New York Greeley The Tribune Sirigele Whder Agefa Tionsen Ginnong Nuiw George G. Meade Philadelphia Washington Maine New Hampshire Vermont Thode Island Connecticut New Jersey Pennsylvania Ohio Michigan Indiana Iowa Kansas Nevada Gulifornia Groton Nebraaka Missouri Arkansas Rep Alabama Maria Delaware Georgia Kentucky Louisiana Maryland Minnesota Mississippi South Carolina Tennessee Texas Virginia West Virginia Wisconsin Frasa Capebma

Curious Instincts of the Bee Observed by a Cor. Iowa Nomestead

A cornier from Iowa Nomestead describes bee behavior noting instinct over art in hive management. It highlights foraging patterns, color marking on legs, storage in cells, swarming behavior, nursing of brood, and division of tasks among workers under natural inclination and cellular organization.

Cor Iowa Nomestead

Hindoo Widow Marriage Stir in Ahmedabad

The Hindoo reform debate surfaces as an 18 year old widow named Jivokre is married quietly by Brahmin priests amid opposition from reformers. A schoolmaster’s ruse failed, the girl was tortured, then released, with five pursuers sent to trial. The widow awaits potential plunder on movable property worth about £1500.

Snr Bombay Gazette Ahmedabad Reform Party Jivokre N. S

Thiers and the French National Assembly debate constitutional reforms

The Paris press discusses Thiers aims to make Thiers life president and create an Upper Chamber with a Vice President. Proposals include restricting universal suffrage and partial assembly remodeling. If he seeks reforms without a popular appeal, a storm may follow. if he asks the people, responses may vary.

Paris M. Thier France Mranec M. Thiers Assembly Thiers Republic Herald

Fanny Fern as Broadway Portrait and Mother

Mary Clammer Ames recalls Fanny Fern as a commanding Broadway icon and devoted mother. The 1859-60 images show her regal bearing, elegant dress, and a life centered on her two daughters and infant granddaughter Phos. The piece notes Fern’s pride and resolve, praising her strength and maternal devotion captured in public and private moments.

Broadway Fanny Fern Jett Phos JeMe Mary Clammer Ames N.Y

Meaning of Exactness from Practical to Theoretical View

The piece contrasts practical precision in weighing sugar with a theoretical notion of exactness from mathematics. It explains that a grocer’s 1 pound and a chemist’s exact mass are detectable differences, while a mathematician’s idea involves differences invisible even under infinite magnification. It closes with a satirical note about peacocks and millinery.

Clifford

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