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Newspaper
Springfield Globe Republic
Location
Springfield, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1885
Page
7
Fragmentary OCR blends odd imagery with nameless voices describing a rural scene. The text references a hedge woman and a donkey, a foetal image, a tatann and a war helmet, and hints at a child rhyme or chant. Readers are left with surreal, dreamlike lines and scattered names, lacking a clear narrative or date.
A fragment from a village tale recalls a girl’s dream guiding her to recover a lost basket and mortgage money through a mysterious warning from a gypsy and a talking black cow. The dream’s logic and motives puzzle family members and readers alike, leaving interpretation to the audience.
A jury quotes a London writer on how girls and women gain practical value from chemistry in domestic life. It argues chemistry teaches stain removal, solvent action, and safe handling, while noting other higher studies aid home management. The piece also touches social commentary and farm topics.
A collage of incorrect scientific hypotheses and curiosities details balloon experiments bird wing season effects on butterflies and a cholera vaccine trial. It mentions Austrian astronomer Heer, Dr Throng, a Paris medical inquiry, and German scientists Hoppe and Tail. The piece also describes Congress-like senators, clapping signals, and a street delivery soft-pony express card.
The article recalls General Grant’s leadership style during Civil War campaigns. It notes his restraint with officers, his front line presence, and decisive action at Wilderness Petersburg and Appomattot. It mentions his stance on surrender imagery and the congressional request for a Lee surrender painting.
A fragmentary World note describes ornate tableware and dining customs with moth erly chink covers and colored pitchers, followed by a report noting about 125 German recruits in the Chinese army and up to 80 a month pay, then U S Senate remarks on congressional appointment rules and a Providence library project curbing dime novels with a scrapbook of boy adventures.
On Tuesday afternoons a crowd gathered at Mill Street in front of Northwestern Fruit Coly store to watch a poultry clash. A bantam and a rooster sparred while a larger gobbler joined, dropping blows that toppled the bantam and finally routing the rooster amid pecks and stripes as onlookers watched from the sidewalk.
During the trial of Dr. Juehanas formating bugis musical diploma a witness named Russell testified that a sign showing a doctor’s name had been read incorrectly and that the initials M. Tk stood for Money Lown after the name.
A Wellsboro soldier recounts winter quarters boredom and a prank gone awry. While the group joked and simulated cannon fire using a stall wheel and a box of shells, a shell ignited and nearly caused a mass evacuation. No deaths occurred as soldiers evacuated in good order, and the tale ends with the realization they had been fooled by a misread attack.
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