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Newspaper
Springfield Springfield Leader
Location
Springfield, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1877
Page
2
Weekly Leader notes Thanksgiving Day duties and prayers, praises blessings, government, harvests, and peace. Mentions political topics avoided, calls for civic unity. Reports rail tariff changes, local church member Manvis dies, and historic notes on Thanksgiving origins and editor retirements.
The piece chronicles a tumultuous week in Congress with the resumption repeal bill passing 138 to 120, party splits shaping the vote, and debates over Butler’s Senate credentials. It notes a near-desertion of a quorum, pending adjournment, and continued flux as Democrats press to control the Senate amid Republican opposition. Also covered are local St. Louis political gossip, insurance debates, court incident with Judge Cady, and societal notes on Thanksgiving preparations and theater.
Pleasant Grove hosts a two week revival led by Rev Denby and Rev Justice, crowning effort with many conversions. Mr E Osborne and family return from Sunny South praising Southwest Missouri's fields and valleys. Deputy Sheriff invites locals to county court, Thanksgiving approaches, winter signals set in as December nears. WH Warnxur Grove Mo Nov 26.
Local Gazette from Cave Spring complains of scant news to edify leaders. Notes captains steam works, hats changing hands, resignations, added machinery, wheat thefts, and a deputy assessor, with mock resignation to conclude the item.
In a November 23 1877 letter J P Moone urges Greene county farmers to imitate Cooper and Pettis counties stock farming. He lists Short Horn cattle Berkshire pigs and Cotnwold sheep as thriving in the region and notes the area’s grass and grain suitability. Also a New York lawyer L T Therasson is arrested for embezzling 130000 from Mrs Titus estate.
The visitor recounts a St Louis library tour in 1877 noting the Mercantile Library Association founded in 1846 with 50,000 volumes and 4,000 members. It highlights marble statues by Hosmer, a Beatrice Cenci, Genone, Emancipation, and busts of Columbus Washington and others, plus a curious Nimroud slab and portraits from the Colosseum.
A narrator visits a library famed for its statues and paintings. He notes a Venus de Medici replica with broken arms repaired, a 1350 Milan plate armor suit, and two large paintings in the reading room passage. He recounts works by Duaphasi Chloe, Atala, and Magdalen across a gallery, with many portraits of Burns, Washington, Humboldt, and Bacon. A naval disaster recounts the wreck of the U S man-of-war Moron off North Carolina with twenty-five casualties and unclear救.
A wealthy real estate owner, George Armbruster, returns home to find his wife and John T. Richards dead in bed after a series of gunshots. Armbruster surrendered to authorities, believed mentally unsettled. The incident arouses intense regional outrage and spurs further discussions on remedies and public notices quoted from local papers.
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