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Newspaper
Troy Herald
Location
Troy, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1878
Page
2
A fragment from a 1878 Troy Herald page shows a garbled poem musing on telegraph lines and the Power of communication. It blends imagery of wires, speed, and a distant romance with scattered legible phrases about lightning and connection. The text is largely unreadable, preserving only its telegraphy theme and era mood.
A scattered excerpt discusses diamonds and their forms, noting crystalized, crystaline, and amorphous states, with terms like beart and lamant. It shifts to critique of Indian policy, treaty failures, and calls for decisive, reforming action while blaming both sides for long-standing conflict and mismanagement.
The piece argues against fatalism and the belief in fate as a guide to life. It dismisses Providence and destiny as human illusions, citing Epictetus, Bacon, and classical myths. It notes how cultures from Latin to Eastern traditions employ varied forms of fate, yet all reduce personal agency to chance.
A damaged description details a Japanese superstition where a deserted lover prays at a shrine after a broken vow. At two in the morning she dons white, carries a straw effigy, and strikes nails into a sacred tree, believing each nail will shorten the lover’s life if the tree dies. The piece notes the persistent hold of superstition on the Japanese mind.
A translated OCR fragment describes a method using a sharp knife to cut the roof of a bird's mouth to divide the vertebrae, purportedly to kill poultry. The text is fragmentary and lacks full context or attribution.
An observer recounts how birds, likely albatrosses, endure long flights and feed on discarded dead fish and other refuse. They gather rapidly around a carcase, similar to scavenging by vultures, and the narrative details their nesting, incubation, and eventual return to solitude after the feast.
A translated antique text discusses marriage roles and loyalties, contrasting a man who marries for love with a man who marries for status. It portrays domestic authority, companionship, and expectations of the wife as housekeeper and partner, with warnings about infidelity and social consequences.
The excerpt discusses human busy-ness after sunset, imagination shaping fiction, and two grand motives of existence evil and vast universe. It argues against real chance, asserting every event has a cause though unseen, noting people often mislabel remote causes as sheer fortune.
A reflective meditation on death, virtue, and truth. The speaker contrasts godly and corrupt beings, notes the vanity of fame, and warns against pride and obstinance. It emphasizes prudence, inner strength, and the enduring value of moral integrity amid worldly slander.
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