23 Jun 1876
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Newspaper
Tarboro Southerner
Location
Tarboro, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1876
Page
1
A fragment lists Tarboro officials including commissioners and officers such as secretary treasurer county clerk sheriff and coroner and notes mail arrivals and lodge meeting schedules for Concord Masonic Hall and various fraternal bodies with meeting times and officers named.
The article cites Dr Hibbert and Sir David Brewster arguing that spectres are mind recalled images painted on the retina, a shared tablet with bodily perception. It recounts Robert Dale Owen’s tale of Bruce aboard a ship, where an apparent stranger appeared at Bruce’s desk, prompting fear and the captain’s skepticism about ghosts.
A captain and crew on a ship are spooked by a writing slate bearing the words steer to nor west. After a perilous voyage they rescue a wrecked vessel from Quebec bound for Liverpool. A rescued passenger confirms the slate’s writer was aboard and the mystery deepens as a dream hints at the rescue.
In 1876 President Ulysses S. Grant issues a proclamation urging Americans to assemble on the nation’s approaching centennial anniversary to present county or town historical sketches. Copies should be filed in the county clerk’s office and with the Librarian of Congress to document progress of U S institutions during the first century of independence.
A clipped mock portrait ridicules a preacher likened to Beecher. The speaker mocks his dress, gait, mirror practice, and flirtatious style, accusing him of being a stylish, sugar-loving “lady’s man” who sermonizes from Solomons Song and uses theatrical gestures, musk, and candy imagery.
A Danville Times anecdote recalls a newspaper editor surprised by a $1,000 life insurance premium paid out, noting that the public cares more about the outcome than the payer. A Chicago hotel gag ends in a humorous escape from a supposed bridal suite, illustrating rural wit and skepticism about fast talkers.
A country couple married after obtaining a license and boarding the afternoon train. The groom hugged his bride constantly as passengers watched, remarking that he would hug her all the way home though she was plain. He claimed future happiness lay in owning land and stock, which he used to justify his affection.
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