16 Jul 1874
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Newspaper
Toledo Chronicle
Location
Toledo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1874
Page
1
Paris debates reveal a crisis in the French Assembly with a plan to extend the presidency and resistance to the government. Across the Atlantic, reports from Washington and Indian Territory describe a Cheyenne Comanche Kiowa outbreak, calls for troops, rail and court actions, and ongoing political shifts in several states.
The New York market lists upland prices and varied live stock values with beef, pork, and wool figures. Chicago, Cincinnati, Milwaukee, Detroit, Toledo, Cleveland, Buffalo, and East Liberty show ranges for beef, hogs, sheep, and provisions, plus flour and grain quotations. Note differences in grade and region, with observed price spreads and commodity notes.
A country-born man seeks Paris fame by a four-way parade with horse dog and cat, but a water spout derails the stunt near the Arc de Triomphe. The animals flee, the crowd laughs, and the fellow returns home empty handed never to see the dog or cat again.
A50s gentleman on a long train journey finds his seat occupied by a confident woman who politely returns his items and asks for more. The man finally reveals his true aim to hear her say thank you for the seat. The item ends with a brief recipe for buttermilk pudding using eggs sugar butter soda flour and milk.
A poem from Oliver Optic's Magazine describes a woman with hair like sunbeams and blue eyes, comparing her to a fairy queen. The narrator muses on wings and flight, wonders at a blunder about wings, but affirms she is human yet angelic, with a generous heart and an open door. He hopes no sin enters that door as she may fly far away someday.
Rose Terry Cooke recounts Johnny Blake a mischievous farm boy who loves noise and danger. He slips out on the Fourth to explore fireworks, ends up alone in a railroad car, wakes far from home, and returns after a tense night. His mother and Hiram reconsider discipline and Johnny learns caution.
Joan Panvianes a 33 year old inmate at Tren ton State Penitentiary began a forty day fast after months of confinement. Convicted of assault and battery in Newark last autumn, Panvianes resisted all temptations, subsisting only on water and ice while barricaded in his cell. His abstention ends today, though details follow from the New York World.
A remarkable lunacy case from Green Village New Jersey ends with the death of Charles Crowell aged seventy after forty five years of confinement to a single straw furnished room his mind cleared at the end and he recalled an attendant by name His mother and sister cared for him until death from the burden of his care The case notes he never wore clothing and was kept chained to the floor aided only by a tiny window for meals
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