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Newspaper
Troy Herald
Location
Troy, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1876
Page
3
Dorothy admits she loves a man who loves another, while Dolly manipulates affections and secrets. Martin confronts a thirty year wait as Dolly and Dr Wise spar over truth and love, with Jane torn by rumors and Robeto’s fate lingering in the air.
A Bangor man balked at marriage after discovering his fiancé’s hair parted at the side. He refused the altar, leaving her and sparking a moral about wigs and happiness. The piece muses that baldness and love clash, suggesting wigs might spare broken hearts and shared despair.
The granddaughter of Josephine lies dead in Sweden. The former Queen Dowager, daughter of Eugene and adopted son of Napoleon, was born into imperial splendor and married eriadotio's son. Two of her sons became kings, one on the throne now. Napoleon’s blood aims to found a royal line, while Josephine’s line endures through the ages.
A landlord and tenant clash in a farcical Irish tale as a curse of bees causes chaos in a home. The enraged landlord confronts a transformed tenant, recounting a night of hive misfortune when bees swarmed after a pig disturbed a hive. Katty, children, and cries echo through the cottage as they flee the swarm.
A physician urgent to reach a patient asked for conveyance to a house and rode with a farmer who drove briskly. On arrival the farmer declined payment, and the doctor learned the driver was President Elliot of Cambridge, revealing the host’s identity.
Spurgeon recounts a tale of a crippled man with a large family who, while laid up, could not attend a prayer meeting. Deacon Brown led a service until a blue-frocked youth arrived with an ox goad and delivered the father’s prayers in a cartful offering of potatoes beef pork and corn, ending the meeting without a benediction.
A brief, comical scene unfolds when a man discovers his hat missing from a chair and returns to claim it. A stout lady sits there instead, apologizing with quick-witted humor and claiming she thought the hat belonged to her husband.
In a brief exchange, Fawcett greets Cooke with a light jest and congratulates Linen, noting that whatever name he bears he will still be settled by a bargain. The dialogue captures a moment of social wit between the actors.
Detroit Free Press reports Sergeant Bates seeks a 10000 mile underwater voyage with $500 offered to complete the first mile. Sergeants work to construct the necessary apparatus for the project.
A reflective tribute to mothers, lamenting indifference to aging parents and praising a mother’s patient care. It recalls a mother’s toil and sacrifice, forgiveness, and faithful love, and asks readers to honor her while she lives and remember her after death.
A Florida press account describes Mrs IlL at Linldreth farm taming wild birds that gather at her door. She calls them and they alight on hands to take grains, with birds uncontained and released by gentle handling. The scene illustrates remarkable domestication by a single host.
Years ago in southern Ireland a famed highwayman was captured and jailed, drawing crowds to view the ironed prisoner. A banker, whose notes were once rejected, testified to the man’s capture and claimed relief at last seeing him behind bars. The highwayman retorted that the banker’s notes failed the country and he had accepted them.
Alexander Dumas notes a superb portrait of Sarah Bernhardt titled LEt rangere with a Russian greyhound at her feet. He recalls a quip about a dog guarding a bone and later references an Uriah case where witnesses describe drinks before a fight. The exchange mixes art, wit, and a criminal inquiry described in dated tones.
A garbled late remark about Lemphero is clarified by a recent doctor’s note, revealing a cryptic description of the young person’s end. The wording appears corrupted, mentioning a heifer and a puzzling phrase Tedide of polus slui, suggesting mis transcription or misprint in the original report.
A fragmentary colored reader passage appears to quote a verse warning of spiritual peril and hard times. The garbled dialect hints at a community grappling with moral urgency as economic strain and social tensions rise amid unclear origins and attribution.
A garbled excerpt finds an Irishman reacting to bread price cuts with joy and a remark about a mountain once being a hole in the ground. A Viennese person asks an Oregon pioneer about long residence, prompting a reply that confirms the mountain’s dramatic change since arrival.
A traveling minister asked an old lady his view of total depravity. She answered that it is a good doctrine if people would only act up to it, delivering a wry practical critique.
An anxious father asks what to do with his unruly son and receives a witty reply proposing shepherds plaid as a way to keep him in check. The exchange plays on fashion as discipline and humor in a bygone era.
The Rev Sidney Smith answered a lady asking why more women than men exist in the world. He replied that it follows Nature's arrangements, noting we always see more of heaven than of earth.
In a fragmentary exchange Mary reports the thermometer sits on the first mantel piece near the wall, following an investigation. The dialogue notes verbal emphasis and a conversational tone. The scene implies informal domestic setting and measurement.
A woman accused her brother of obstructing her courtship and forcing him to stay home. The brother waited for her suitor in the evening, but she dismissed fraternal affection as a sham.
A Lapland woman travels with a baby to church and places the infant in a snow crib near the wooden chapel. As reindeer settle, the father shovels a snug crib in the snow and guards it while the parents enter worship, with as many as thirty babies left in snow cradles.
The New York World asserts that people of color must have the same protection and access to appellate tribunals as white men. It argues for equality before the supreme law and the courts against wrongs by state powers, questioning who would oppose universal civil rights.
Gotlieb Scheerer a Philadelphia politician and witness in a Dallas case is teased about visiting Harrisburg. Dallas presses, Scheerer denies repeated questions about June July August September, finally stating he was never in Harrisburg in his life. The judge and audience enjoy the exchange, Dallas does not.
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