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Newspaper
Troy Herald
Location
Troy, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1877
Page
3
Poem by JOSEPHINE POLLAND reflects a family loss at Christmas with sorrow and faith. A single empty stocking symbolizes a deceased child and the hope of solace through memories and divine comfort.
In a family saga a young wife Mabel learns from Grandma Jarvis about love, pride, and a haunted heirloom. The tale threads a doomed marriage, a vanished father, and a warning symbolized by a gold fox motif on a tableware set, revealing how envy and quiet resentments corrode lives.
A western house prank backfires when a boy ties a string to bedclothes and a stove. The string trips the owner, causing apples, iron and stove parts to tumble down stairs. Cooley laughs it off as an earthquake while the boy tries to explain.
Witness James Donohue describes the death of Zip, Mr Varnui s monkey, as Superintendent Conklin and staff watch. The dying animal moans, Zip clings to a companion, then succumbs while the other two monkeys appear distressed and later mournful.
A New York letter reports Mead's exhibition of the smallest people, the Midgets, drawing large crowds. Gen. Mite, a 10 to 13 year old dwarf weighing nine pounds, appears doll-like and speaks in a high-pitched voice while wearing custom-made outfits. Minie Obom, a thirteen-year-old girl weighing twelve and a half pounds, has a pretty face and a doll-like presence. The miniature performers travel with their large guardians, who resemble ordinary men, challenging notions of size and normalcy.
A Detroit Free Press item recounts Nye era tensions with Brigham Youngs followers in Nevada Territory. Notes Nye warned angels to leave or be hanged, later fearing retaliation during a Nevada trip and consulting Brigham Young for safety. The piece ends with a quip about a horsesteak cooking method.
A poor gentleman who had aided a Chinaman asks to be informed whenever anything is lacking. Days later the Chinese man replies that he wants to leave town. The note appears in the Commercial Advertiser. A cleaning paste recipe uses oxalic acid amlalex with whale oil turpentine and roton stone.
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