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Newspaper
Springfield Globe Republic
Location
Springfield, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1885
Page
6
A fragmented reminiscence details rail workers at Southern Pacific and Union lines, tension with management, and a whistle of censorship. The narrative weaves personal anecdotes of photographers, blacklisting, and union talk with scenes of El Paso life, duty, and a mass of names and places.
A Washington society bulletin surveys the upcoming social season focusing on the First Lady’s role and the Bayard and Bayard guardianship of Mrs. Manning and Mrs. Whitney. It discusses social rank, eligibility rules for unmarried daughters, and which families may attend White House receptions amid political scrutiny.
A fragmentary 19th century tale recalls a terrorized home near a Connecticut woman's husband missing after war lines split. Reports tell of chained footsteps, moans, lights at windows, and visitors fleeing at midnight. Fear drives families to bail before dawn as specters haunt the house.
A sensational tale from a resort city describes a local woman’s bold scheme to disrupt a proposed marriage. A Massachusetts traveler and a New Hampshire woman colluded, forged letters, and used anonymous notices to influence a potential groom named Willett and a rival, with a theater of deception spanning New Jersey and New Hampshire before investigators traced the handwriting and motives.
A limited express from Chicago brings Chinese bride Chung Sin Pink to Philadelphia to wed Chew Chi Chum, proprietor of a Pine Street laundry. Crowds greet the couple as they tour their home and plan to open a shop on Chestnut Street selling tea, Japanese and Chinese curiosities. The tale includes a comic anecdote about Congressman Lawler and a mining accident near Townsend, Meagher County.
Fragmented sermon notes depict GAM JONES a gospe ler delivering fiery exhortations in the South about salvation, temperance, and family prayer. He urges commitment to God, warns against gossip and anger, and critiques drunkenness and moral laxity in social life.
A fragmentary OCR note mentions a name Brinndng and a feared death of Carri, with later text implying something was wrong and a reaction from a woman named Bale. Details are unreadable and uncertain.
Norwalk farmer R W Schofield observed a ground collar full of black snakes and a four inch body, pulling them from a hole and killing them with blows. Since autumn he had pulled fifteen black snakes and one four foot adder, resuming the sport in spring with six foot specimens. He reports 137 feet seven inches eaten length so far.
A fragmentary tale from Central Pennsylvania recounts an Amish village incident where an invited chicken theft led to communal humor. Separately, Conshohocken workers strike for higher wages at a quarry, prompting a volatile stand by foreman Benjamin Jacobs and a whitewash confrontation by protesting women. The event ended with authorities and laborers unsure of future work relations as tensions cooled.
In a Washington featured exchange a leader reporter learns a tale involving a Pittsburgh gentleman, a daughter, and a proposed marriage arranged via money and schooling. The daughter confirms a plan formed years earlier, detailing her father and the suitor, with notes on income and past events.
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