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Newspaper
Troy Herald
Location
Troy, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1875
Page
3
A 1876 tale recalls a sunlit courtship on a farm near Troy as a young couple wed. The bride hoists a sack of beans through a parlor window to celebrate, while neighbors and the parson join in the light hearted wedding day memory across Whittinsville.
In a Duckhamelike room a collector recalls a haunting portrait of a mid Georg e era man and a family tale. Grandfather Mathiau, physician to George III, deserts practice after a Naples visit where murder looms over a noble couple and a doomed woman. The tale ends with a desperate mercy from the narrator.
A man recalls a deadly crime in Naples as he stays by a dying woman's side and grieves, refusing to leave due to a guilty conscience. Neighbors note the haunting memory, while doctors urge a break from the grim tale to seek relief and light.
A Michigan paper recounts an anecdote about Gen Cas a claimed as president of the United States during a transition period, with Preston and Jim debating the historic record from the Congressional Globe of 1844 9. The piece blends humor with a note on misremembered history and a Cincinnati Gazette soap making anecdote, plus a cautionary joke about keeping secrets from one’s wife.
Young Gilb misreads a newspaper claim about a profitable perfume, promising the landlord vast wealth from a factory. The landlord, alarmed by the boast and the idea of a hotel becoming a perfume manufactory, ejects Gilb in a fit of anger.
In Atlanta last autumn a man built a cane structure eight by seven feet and planted grass. He housed a dozen partridges within it. The birds thrived through winter and mated in spring. Now about sixty young partridges are thriving, tame and healthy in the enclosure.
A reflection notes that no two faces are identical and no two limbs are exactly alike. It observes one hand tends to be larger, as with the feet, legs, and arms, and proclaims that the greatest marvel is that no two faces are ever alike.
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