24 Mar 1885
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Newspaper
Springfield Globe Republic
Location
Springfield, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1885
Page
1
Variable clouds with winds shifting to westerly in Obis Valley. Winds mild in Tennessee. Temperatures trending warmer in eastern portions as conditions remain mostly fair elsewhere.
A garbled excerpt contemplates the tissue of man and its relation to clothing, invoking Lawrences and Bichats. The reflective narrator questions why the real tissue of the body is swathed in woolen coverings, contrasting physiology with dress and pondering the soul’s outer wrapping.
The March dispatches record various bills about city ordinances penalties and salaries for county officials, a sanitation inspector proposal, and a reorganization for county treasurer fees. Other items include a boiler accident at Ruffner Bros, a Bank trial for ex-president Fish, and judge Gresham granting a writ of error in an election case, plus arrests and crimes in Missouri and nearby states with a postmaster’s suicide and a fatal street duel.
In March reports from Washington show the House of Commons sought copies of all correspondence on appointing a social commission with the United States to survey a boundary line between British Columbia and Alaska. The minister for public works noted no substantiation for a New York paper claim of a large American expedition crossing into British territory and urged government confirmation of plans to survey the line.
Fragmentary notices report J C Gillespie for mayor in Zanesville Ohio and Freethinker convention set for September 11 in Albany. Also noted are a fire destroying fourteen business houses in Henderson and a $75,000 loss from a Greensboro area incident. Martha Cooper dies, political appointments spark mixed reactions, and railway and local business updates fill the page with scattered reports from Ohio and surrounding regions.
The item mentions a forthcoming summer schoolhouse, a spring election with many candidates, property changes by Rev Winget and A Nichelson, and local real estate moves. It also notes a funeral, a Sabbath school meeting, and a March 20 exam showing various scores in civil government geography history grammar and other subjects at FUTILE CROSS ROADS school.
Names and places recur in scattered items from Rev J H Davis and Prof Harman at Wittenberg College, J Jenkins buying Jacob Baugh farm, and a Bible agent touring German township giving away sixty Bibles. A March 19 1845 marriage by Rev Dr Taylor links Albert Ream to Lilly Lehman amid priestly and educational notes.
A San Francisco Chronicle correspondent recalls Kate Stanton at the Hotel Branting, Celia Logan, or Celia Logan, modern theatrical figures like Stephen Masset and Francis Train, and reports on Joseph Jefferson, Edwin Booth, John McCullough, and Harry Edwards. The piece contrasts their aging looks, public personas, and recent activities while noting Booth’s family and a spared reputation amid gossip.
Special offer on Lyons Silk Gerand make 20 inch fabric at 1.42 1-2 per yard, compared with actual value 1.75. Discounted price highlights value deal for shoppers.
Describes making common black ink by dissolving salts in water and sugar to aid copying. Details mixing one ounce of salts with a half pint of writing ink, applying with damp unsized paper after five to six hours, and using iron solution to transfer and pale the original. Includes notes on dampening and pressing to transfer.
A satirical allegory compares China to a cake with a widening crack, predicting upheaval only after deeper revolts. In Memphis, mortality among colored people exceeds whites, blamed on superstition, fear, and quack doctors exploiting ailments with false cures.
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