06 Mar 1885
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Newspaper
Springfield Globe Republic
Location
Springfield, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1885
Page
1
Local storefronts promote spring shirt and drawers sales with mixed fabrics from cotton to silk. Advertisers promise low prices on stock including gray shirts, seated drawers, and planasel styles, urging readers to act before prices rise and stock runs out.
Washington March 11 reports an ineffectual Illinois ballot for a U S Senator and a busy White House as President Cleveland signs Grant’s commission and cabinet members begin duties. Crowds gather at the White House, with delegates from Virginia West Virginia Missouri Illinois and others visiting as officials prepare for the new cabinet’s work. The piece also notes a fatal execution fright affecting two convicts and a subsequent political tangle over cabinet votes and upcoming Senate action.
A man arraigned on bigamy pleads guilty and asks for a lenient sentence. The court sentences him to one year in the penitentiary, noting the defense that he "could have got five" but accepted one for each wife, while the judge comments on the unusual case and the defendant's remarks.
In a Hessian hayfield on a September morning women in scarlet and blue toss sacks to men who shape the load on wagons. Girls assist with lighter tasks while witnessing the scene of strength and joy amid Hessian life and dress. The men, tall and sturdy, echo heritages back to Charlemagne as women display vibrant attire and readiness. Celina reflects pride and endurance.
Fragmentary OCR text presents garbled dialogue about poker fondness and playing style. A red-eyed man, cattle imagery, and stray mis-spellings hint at a Western setting with people debating luck, aces, straights, and rules. Distinct entities are minimal but imply Missouri references.
A quirky scene from Dakota shows two people exchanging rapid questions across a mile about words and phrases. The dialogue touches on differences between kinship terms and dialect, the pronunciation of certain names, and the meaning of obscure phrases as a vivid example of clear, distant conversation.
A comical household scene unfolds as Mr Spoopendyke argues with his wife over a homemade mince pie, improvises crust and filling, flings the pie, and ends with a frank parental sermon on trades and responsibility. The tale blends domestic farce with moral exhortation from Arkansas Traveler and New York Tribune-sourced reflections on gambling.
In a distant town a three year old girl whose parents are Republicans and Democrats prays earnestly for her ailing aunt. She vows to vote for Cleveland, and upon news of the aunt’s recovery she joyfully shouts Rab for Cleveland. She had promised Dad Powell and repeats the pledge with conviction.
A grandmotherly tip sheet promotes thrifty use of stale bread. It suggests drying brown crusts, grinding them for bread crumbs, and making browned sandwiches with chopped meat and milk soaked bread, as an economical breakfast and dinner helper. It emphasizes avoiding waste, especially in hot weather, and shares multiple quick prep ideas.
A foreman at a large manufacturing company notes no American apprentices in two years and blames American parents for steering youths away from labor. The speaker urges young men to reconsider their future prospects and consider learning a trade.
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