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Newspaper
Springfield Globe Republic
Location
Springfield, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1885
Page
3
Fragmentary OCR text describes vague weather and landscape imagery with garbled names and places. It mentions temperature, a cave, the sun, and distant deer or beasts, but lacks coherent events or identifiable persons or organizations. The readable content is insufficient for a reliable news item.
Report from Springfield covers Lagonda annexation talk to the city school district, local council delays, and a chain of city personalities visiting. Notable items include Col. Mitton Barnes organizing a lodge, Deputy Sheriff Baker injured in a buggy accident, and a long note on Prohibition era crusaders and a public hearing scheduled for March.
In Conet, the state rested in the Harry Franklin burglary case after defense counsel Mower demurred to the evidence, which the court overruled. Witnesses testified, including weather editor Jonas Drury and a hat dealer, with interruptions as Brennan was briefly arrested. defense tried to show prior penitentiary indictments, but the judge excluded the evidence. Tests concluded, the jury will decide after today’s adjournment as weather and illnesses affect local attendance.
A family physician from Caerleon in February warns that cold is the bugbear of nurseries. He urges light beds with warmth, eiderdown if possible, and comfortable night attire. Parents should keep rooms moderately warm and air items to avoid dampness that risks overlaid infants and general ill health.
A girl in Paris studies painting with M. at a Basta school on Avenue de Neuilly. He shares anecdotes about his terrier Medore. The dog is lost in transit to St Petersburg with a friend, returning years later as the owner laments the pet’s fate and recalls the dog’s trials.
In a fragment from Petland Revisited, Turretto discovers a dog acting oddly on entering and leaving a house. The animal’s distressed behavior ends with the dog dying as Medore is found dead, prompting questions about recent events in Saint Petersburg and the meaning of the dog’s plea.
An anecdote from Edmund Alton's Among the Lawmakers recounts a boy's playful ear‑grabbing encounter with Senator Charles Sumner on the Senate floor. Sumner, tall and absorbed in thought, ferried the boy’s ears until release, drawing laughter and a brief interruption of proceedings before orders were restored.
A baggage master on a Naugatuck Road train carried a heavy casket box into Bridgeport. Passengers joked about a corpse inside. The undertaker asked to store the box overnight, but was refused. The box was later opened in Hartford. the collar was found empty. The incident drew mild protests and queries about proper handling of the box and its contents.
A cluttered advertisement page touts Dr Marchisi Catholicos as a female remedy for ovarian troubles, inflammation, ulceration, and related symptoms. Also promoted are Diamond Light, Burdock Blood Bitters, and Rock Candy Cough Cure with prices. multiple druggists including Charles Ludlow and Ubas Ludlow sell samples and pamphlets.
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