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Newspaper
Springfield Globe Republic
Location
Springfield, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1885
Page
6
Partial OCR reveals a poetic dialogue urging endurance and shared labor, with lines invoking a wife urging a husband to stay and work together. The text references personal affection, domestic tasks, and mutual support, ending with a plea for steadfast companionship and emotional union.
A corrosive chronicle traces how Jefferson, Monroe, Adams, and other early presidents fell from wealth, sold Monticello, endured poverty in later life, and relied on state charity or loss of estates as financial turmoil struck the nation in the early republic era.
The late M Villemossant left a paper to eleven men who aided him, triggering protests from old contributors. Three principals proposed to take six thousand seven dollars yearly each while others receive three thousand five hundred sixty dollars, aiming for fifteen thousand yearly per survivor. The plan includes a clause that upon death, shares pass to others, creating a potential enormous income for the last survivor.
John Kane recounts a Sacramento Bee piece about California gold’s discovery tied to Captain Sutter and Mr Marshall. The tale centers on a Coloma resident and her gold specimen, claimed to be the first found in California, with details of how it was witnessed and why the woman declined sale offers.
A curious street exchange at Michi Avenue store ends with a man insisting on buying only a single suspender. He quotes famous names and lectures the dealer on class divisions while the shopkeeper stands firm. A police collar ends the episode as the man vows to stay in the “one suspender” faction.
A fragmented relic describes Senator Lamar in a daydream mood greeting old friends, then recounts a Oregon farm meeting near Eugene with Mr Ellis. It shifts to Joaquin Miller’s mother Mrs Allison Miller describing his youth, poetry career, and the family’s austere life on a spacious Beeh or farm, detailing Miller’s poems and rise to fame.
A Boston Globe interview with a leading safe maker explores what makes a safe burglar resistant and fireproof. He notes limits, the value of visibility as deterrence, and that all safes can be breached given enough time. Prices rise from modest home models to rare chests costing thousands.
In 1867 Lewis Kittle and cousin Daniel Courtright stayed in a Clover Run habitat used as a hospital near the Battle of Blair Mountain. They reported a gray mist, silent pallbearers, and four Confederate specters lifting a hidden body from the bed while others felt unseen forces and heard a creaking door, with repeated apparitions corroborated by other guests.
A downtown printer recounts experiments with celluloid for type stereotyping and wood type fabrication. He explains making a fine paper matrix from engraved forms, pressing to shape, and cementing to wood backing to produce durable impressions.
A Peach Street physician reports a family case where an aged witch doctor insisted the teething child James Yaber be cured without medicine. A bag with a prayer and a briar switch were used to frighten off imagined witches, but the physician removed the bag and found a long prayer against unseen enemies. The old healer is said to practice in several families, with a possible prosecution to follow.
A New York Mail and Express item on the art craze in decorative linens, detailing tablecloths, pillows, towels, bedspreads, and embroidery with bold borders, motifs, and Turkish towels. It notes prices from 73 to 100, mentions professional designers and amateurs, and the market's artistic fervor. The Milwaukee Journal recounts gambling temptations and a case of a young man drawn into poker, selling belongings, borrowing, and finally seeking home after attempts to return to a gambler’s life. It describes the fate of broken-town sports and the pattern of gamblers pawning valuables to continue play.
An eccentric financier named Jay Gould amassed vast wealth through railroads and telegraph enterprises, notably the Pacific roads and Western Union. Between 1879 and 1881 he doubled his fortune, then faced a catastrophic decline as securities dumped on him and a punitive market collapse—leaving him nearly ruined and confined to seclusion on Long Island.
A discussion of ancient Egyptian reverence for cats notes that felines were valued highly by Kyky and Herodotus describes their care during fires and mourning customs. Cat mummies have been found in tombs and exhibited in museums alongside other sacred artifacts. The passage ends with a jumble of unrelated financial figures about African Americans in Washington.
A Vermont area story recalls a pacer nicknamed Ginger whose memory returned to a former owner after years apart. The horse excitedly recognized and greeted the man, performing tricks like tapping pockets for treats and rolling over at the master’s command, delighting onlookers and highlighting the strong bond between horse and owner.
An Anstinct or reason question arises as a Versailles farmer recounts a rat problem in his cellar. He traps with meal and covers the trap, yet rats relocate bait and spring the device while leaving debris, prompting speculation on their cunning and intent.
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