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Newspaper
The Grafton Eagle
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1885
Page
1
A long readable fragment from The Grafton Eagle detailing court schedules, county officers, church services, fraternal lodges, and community notes. It mentions May and November court convenings, names several judges and pastors, plus lodge meetings and a long verse about swallows and rural life. Includes a sketch of Abraham Lincoln with biographical highlights and anecdotes.
The article traces Valentine s Day origins to Lupercalia and Saint Valentine s feast day, noting shifts after Christian influence. It cites Geoffrey Chaucer era connections to spring mating imagery and cites travel notes showing Valentine customs across England, including drawing valentines with mottos and gifting jewels, highlighting evolving observance from playful to more lavish expressions.
A Cleveland Leader excerpt recounts dying sayings and religious beliefs of leaders like Jefferson Adams Jackson and Washington. It notes Jefferson’s deist leanings, Adams’s Exitarian remarks, Jackson’s religious devotion at his bed, and Grant Hayes Garfield Tyler and Arthur associations with various churches, reflecting on their final moments and faith.
A Nevada chipmunk kept as a pet for over five years is described. It differs from ground squirrels in size and markings, carries a curled tail, and performs lively dust baths in a basement cage with a nest box and wheel. The article notes its behavior and housing, and shares a broad aside on an old friend’s Alcohol abstinence method and various home care tips.
Fragmentary OCR text mentions tonnage of gold or silver and conversion details. The readable phrases are unclear and many words are garbled, making specific entities or facts hard to extract accurately. The piece appears to discuss weights, values, and measurements without coherent context.
An attack in a busy urban district ends with a man wounded and the assailant captured. Authorities link the alleged crime to political motives, claiming the attacker sought to target a prominent figure amid nationalist tensions. The injured party faces medical care while inquiries probe the attacker’s links to a broader cause.
Zi 2sh Zi 2sh YsnthT Dudery is depicted as a 24 year old English woman of 5 foot 7 inches with a graceful figure. Daughter of a cavalry officer with Irish mother, she lived in Somland and had a brother who was a captain. She reportedly suffered a difficult marriage, had two children who died, and came to America in August. She worked as a nurse in New York and Newark, including the House of Hospital and De Thomaerivate hospital, and displayed episodes of epilepsy while otherwise quiet and ladylike.
The account traces Donovan Tossa born 1831 in Ross Carberry County Cork. He trained as a grocer then moved into business before joining Irish Fenian causes. He rose in leadership roles, was arrested in 1858, and later participated in Dublin Fenian circles before fleeing to America in 1871 where further activity and brief success followed amid unrest.
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