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Newspaper
Springfield Globe Republic
Location
Springfield, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1885
Page
4
Long list of local items from Ninth Ward notes changes in voting places, court actions, thefts, and fires. Dayton and Springfield items include a manslaughter conviction sentence, school bill delays, robberies, and accidents. Reports mention prominent locals Ira Crawford, Dr. Nicholls, and Miss Elliott lineage. urban safety and fire department needs are noted.
A Springfield mechanic Joseph Keist may inherit a large Oregon estate after a postal inquiry suggested he is the brother of Stephen Keist who died recently frozen in the north. The inquiry seeks to verify facts and arrange settlement of the estate while noting Keist’s honest character and family ties. Additional items report Frank Fry’s New Orleans trip critique of the Superior grain drill company, council meeting doubts over quorum, A. W. Woodbury’s store sale to T. J. Monahan and removal to Kentucky, Carrick Dramatic Company’s Black's Opera House engagement, and a health law critique amid public discourse.
Practical cleaning tips from the Philadelphia Press include using borax to prevent fading on scarlet fabrics, cutting bar soap into squares for longer storage, removing custard stains with a damp flannel and best whitening, testing nutmegs by puncture with a pin, carpet brightening with cornmeal and salt, polishing furniture with kerosene oil away from varnish, airing silver pots when stored, refreshing crape with alcohol and rolling in paper, removing oil stains from wallpaper with cold water paste and fuller's earth left overnight.
A recollection of Horace Greeley and an incident with a street fraud, ending with Greeley rewarding the impostor with a $2 bill. The piece hints at Washington becoming a home for the leisure class, with comments on artists patrons and a critique of Darwinian labeled “savages” and dialogue about elites and knowledge.
Princess Sally, Sarah Winnemuces daughter of old Chief Winnemuves, now a civilized woman famed in Nevada and California, wrote a book in Boston. An old romance with army Lieutenant Barnett is retold as truth with Captain Wagner’s incident, Bart lett’s drunken episode, and married life. The piece advocates wives sharing plans with husbands and calls woman a seer, a true helpmeet, in Arkansaw Traveler style.
A satirical note mocks nihilists in Europe as they fire lead at the Kaiser. It praises American shooters Captain Bogardus and Dr. Carver for their supposed accuracy and suggests rewards for political figures, while joking about failed nitro weapons and harmless bombs. The piece closes with a tongue in cheek line from a San Francisco newspaper parody.
A historical excerpt urges men to confide troubles to their wife or female kin, arguing women’s intuition surpasses logic. It cites advice from a period column praising female prudence and urging readers to seek counsel to uncover truths and avoid darkness.
The passage describes Indian monsoon storms with frequent lightning and roaring thunder, notes near-absence of lightning injuries in Bengal, and contrasts Himalayan and British Island thunder risks. It cites theories of heated air depth, weather related neuralgic pains, Captain Catlin’s records, and a Grimm anecdote about storytelling brothers and a princess tale.
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