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Newspaper
Springfield Globe Republic
Location
Springfield, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1885
Page
2
A garbled OCR page reports several items linking to Proprietors and local notices. It mentions KINNEY MICHOLS & CO, Springisld Ohio, and references Stewart and Julius Dexter with disjointed political and social musings. The fragmentary text hints at strikes, journalism legends, and legislative pass concerns in a late 19th or early 20th century Ohio context.
An extensively quoted account details Union forces under Sheridan pressing the Confederate army at Sailor's Creek. The Sixth Corps crossed the creek against heavy fire, breaking Ewell's center, routing much of the Confederate line, with surrendering Turker’s Marine Brigade and retreats toward Appomattox Court House and Danville following the clash.
San Francisco miners report the legend of Sheppard a powerful figure famed for lifting heavy loads and tearing pewter with ease. His mystique waned after a drinking incident left him in stupor exposing his rumored strength as waning and his enemies rising.
The piece blends rustic anecdotes about milking strange cows and butter quirks with whimsical notes on Indiana life and plant parodies. It weaves humor from milk and well-digging misadventures into curious plant descriptions like pitcher plants and bee orchids, kept in a period newspaper voice.
An 1880s reminiscence recounts meeting Judge Foote, sharing tales of Foote’s ships, and a Cairo sermon. A daughter misquotes the biblical verse, inspiring a humorous clarification about the line Let not your heart be troubled.
Fragmentary correspondence expresses distress over living within oneself, blaming vanity and rage that strain relationships. The writer urges the recipient to share life, seek love, and avoid perpetual fury, noting intense but painful compensations of solitude.
Dialogue from the Philadelphia Call describes Dorctor’s cautious opinion of Algernon’s health and a doctor noting overwork. The scene features a wealthy wife, a velvet gown, and heavy jewelry while discussing risk and a stiff right arm. The piece mentions four months of nonstop annual bill writing. Sixty four women engravers are noted as earning livelihoods in England.
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