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Newspaper
Troy Herald
Location
Troy, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1875
Page
2
A fragmented poetic piece dated July 21 1875 depicts a night scene in Troy’s Berald area with imagery of flowers petals wind and longing for spring. The verse reflects melancholy beauty and wistful hope as trees bloom and dawn hints at renewal.
A fragment from a medieval narrative follows Maguelonne as she is married to Prince Herbert after a civil war to seal peace. Her farewell with her mother and brothers is heartrending as she rides away through plains forests and mountains toward a distant future with her husband.
Maguelonne travels with her three brothers fleeing danger and loss, bearing grief for a father and mother. After betrayals and peril, a storm breaks and fate guides her to Prince Herbert's domain. There the hermit-turned-husband is revealed, and the family closens in a joyful, transcendent reunion.
A Detroit visitor to Minnesota, claiming invalid status, recounts how Minnesota air and simple milk diet restored her strength and faculties. She converses with a dinner guest about health, life, and recovery, noting she weighed nine pounds at birth and later regained teeth, sight, and voice through her stay.
An elderly man on a Providence outward-bound train proves hard of hearing. He loudly performs songs from Zip Coon to Cantata Diva, unaware of the confusion he causes. A young porter misreads the scene and cannot explain the antics, while the man insists he is just waking up and going home.
Cor of the Uhuilale notes Mortimer Thompson once famed as Doesticks whose funeral was held last Sunday. He rose to popularity with Doesticks letters in the Tribune and Zirbune and was widely copied before falling out of favor. Thompson tried medicine then returned to journalism at New York Weekly and Frank Leslie's before his death.
The London Times argues that real reform requires purifying administrative principles rather than swapping leaders. The piece contends that changing persons achieves nothing unless core governance standards are addressed, warning that without this focus reform will fail.
A scattered excerpt discusses businessmen like Stewart & Co of New York and their conservative advertising spend, arguing small percentages in ads yield profits. It critiques Democratic and Republican messaging, Laefler and slavery debates, and questions official expense standards in government, citing Jackson Creswell and a humorous editor’s ox-breaking anecdote.
An oblique fragment notes a woman at a front hall door at 1 a.m. with eyes like fire, reflecting fear as a central, vivid moment. The line evokes Montaigne on fear, though the source text blends misquoted philosophy with a vivid nocturnal scene.
Thousands of travelers form groups and strike for the Youa mite and the Big Treens at favored California resorts. They enjoy Lake Tehoe views while delaying their return home, amid popular seaside attractions and seasonal crowds.
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