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Newspaper
Rolla Express
Location
Rolla, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1873
Page
3
Fragmentary OCR shows administrator notices and public advertisements with pricing for first insertion set at 1.50 per line and 15 cents per line after. Mentions advances, blank spaces, and charges for advertisement space within a legal notices section.
Multiple local notices promote Costello & Yost gallery services for photography and perfumes, with references to a cheap photo stock, cosmetics, medicines, and sale offers. Also mentions the Salem Court and School Houses pictures and a piano ad deal.
The clipping lists brief notices from Little Rock and nearby towns. It mentions George Thompson and Thomas Maxwell traveling from Arkansas, a false report of General Sickles’ assassination, Mr. R W Rogers’s departure for Jefferson Texas, and humorous quips about firemen and courtship. It also notes a Guthrie County judge’s ruling on courting, a St. Louis Democrat Sunday issue, Mrs. C L Flint visiting Rochester, and local shop notices including bootmakers and ladies wear at the Red Store.
In a Rolla saloon on Whiskey Row a proprietor and a top patron clash but are stopped by the town’s oldest citizen who persuades a friendly resolution over drinking. A separate incident sees a white and a Black man fined for disturbing peace as Thanksgiving week closes.
The twenty fourth anniversary of the birth of the Grand Cyclops was celebrated Tuesday evening by many resident members. Illustrious names Jay Coole Daniel Drew Henry Clews and John Paul of the New York Tribune were cited for adopting the order's immutable principles. Complimentary speeches followed with appeals to the blessed spirit for comfort. Gifts were presented to the Grand Cyclops with respectful addresses including a long unique address to the Wonderful Perpetual Vice-President.
A lodge reports an absent member notified by a single embryo committee member. An adversary to immutability sparked tension as flags were raised and eyes lowered. The executive committee denounces petit tyranny and vows safeguards against further such incidents. The lodge emphasizes its perpetual unity.
Judge Perry hears a habeas corpus suit brought by Rebecca Lee against Greenbury Lee over three minor heirs aged ten eight and five. The grandfather had custody since birth with brief gaps. the parents had left with others. The court awards custody to the grandparents amid emotional scenes as legal counsel Pomeroy Corse for the mother and Williams for the grandfather note. A separate case involves Abner Ray and another on threats to Bryan Wilson family with Morse defendants. Morse discharged and Elizabeth Morse fined. Also noted is a Methodist Christmas tree and Sabbath School celebration planned for Christmas day with a decorating committee appointed.
A Rolla resident received a letter from a friend who left last summer for Oregon. The writer extols the country’s fertility and beauty but hints that several years there may temper his high enthusiasm.
Jayes Lava writes from Coos County Oregon detailing arrival with family on September 27, building a house before the rainy season, and claiming 80 to 100 acres of fertile bottom land with rich timber. He cites high crop yields including wheat, oats, barley, potatoes, and cabbage, notes rough but fertile land, climate, rapid road and mill building, nearby river steam traffic, and progress toward roads and infrastructure.
Prices for blankets range from 3 to 16 dollars per pair at the Red Store, offering shoppers a broad selection.
An advertisement for a 24 by 30 inch photographic picture titled The Presidents or W rite United States 1776 to 1876. The center image depicts Washington with seventeen smaller portraits of other presidents. Published by T A Finley Co New York for five dollars unframed ten dollars framed. Copy from New York Daily Graphic.
Two gentlemen, including a prominent attorney, claim spectral figures of five girls forced a door shut at the court house. Despite two hours of searching no trace or escape path found, leaving the mystery unresolved. Additional notes mention Virginius events and various patent notices tangle the page.
A New York Journal snippet praises introducing pictures in schools as beneficial. The text then notes a marriage between Hirem N Keys of Crawford County Missouri and Rebecca J Collins of Maries County Missouri. It closes with an advertisement for fashion items at the Red Store.
The ad promotes oysters prepared raw stewed or fried at Julius Koch's located at the corner of Sixth and Main Street.
The December issue includes stories such as A Better Country by Mary Hartwell and An Engineer's Yarn by Albert Williams Jr. plus Our Party at Sea and Tenoroon Doodledee by Ludolph Menzel. It offers poems, a cottage design, editorial content, and an engraving Old Folks. Subscription is one dollar a year or one dollar and a half with chromo Yosemite. Newburg New York.
The fragment recalls a prison era tale where a palace wife and a son suffer neglect. A father’s silent suffering is blamed on an elder brother who betrayed trust, with the narrator lamenting an evil act that harmed the family.
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