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Newspaper
Troy Herald
Location
Troy, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1874
Page
3
The Washington correspondent details Major Ben Perley Poore's Congressional Directory noting wide age ranges among 72 senators, nativity, careers, and education. It highlights veteran and younger lawmakers, party balance, and calls for business representation, plus audits on government vehicle spending and a push for strong local papers.
A Troy Herald letter from Jefferson City reports the Missouri legislature gathering, aims to overhaul the Ravenlaw and reform education and revenue laws, notes lobbyists, anticipated longer session, and mentions the Vernon’s Message and horse disease editorial. It cites committee chairs, officials, and wary comment on parasitic lawmakers and old standing jobs.
A Washington dispatch reports the Senate Judiciary Committee examining Grant's nominee for chief justice has learned that Attorney General Wilkins family used funds from the justice department contingent fund for a Hee landau with driver and footman on the payroll. It also states other cabinet members and aides receive similar lavish travel payments. Creswell's family alleged to drive a seventeen hundred dollar span of horses paid from post office funds, with Creswell credited for five carriages and six horses for assistants, while DeWine is said to manage with three.
The passage contrasts ancient Rome’s vast riches and opulent displays with modern fortunes, citing emperors and leaders like Cleopatra, Antony, and Nero. It cites legendary sums, theaters, statues, gardens, and taxes, then ends with a meditation on vanity and folly amid wealth.
The Spirit of the Times notes the 640,000 cow Flight Duchess of Geneva has stayed in America as part of Col. G. Morris’s herd. Mr. St Pavin Davies’s bid exceeded limits, Col. Morris then bought for 630,600. Morris also acquired Thirteenth Duchess of Thornale and other Oxford line females, plus Mean of Oxford from Ezra Cornell, strengthening the Scarsdale herd.
An Irish man seeks relief from toothache and ends up outwitting a dentist. The patient feigns severe pain, the physician offers to fix him, and a rapid extraction ensues. The man survives the ordeal with no lasting harm while the doctor is left astonished by the deception.
A fragmented dialogue shows Sir Franclea Burdett and a fat fellow named Bomn yenra nyo discussing former duties as a page. The exchange notes a change in volume and memory as they speak in Mar about past roles.
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