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Newspaper
Troy Herald
Location
Troy, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1876
Page
3
A long, misspelled list describes cleaning and repairing tips. It covers whitening with lemon juice, varnish removal, tin cleaning with kerosene and lime, gilt frame cleaning with egg white, chalk remedies, and metal marking by wax and ultric wool. It ends with a literary aside on famous men in conversation and social behavior.
An old man, Granger, fails to exit for free with the same entry fee at the Centennial. A brick-top Arab extorts thirty extra cents through a palisade crack, while others outside offer sandwiches for twenty cents. Granger, furious, threatens to fetch a policeman as the Arab yells a war cry during the ruse.
A young boy named Johnny interrupts a church gathering by mispronouncing prayers and disturbing the pew, while the surrounding adults react with concern and mischief. The scene captures a family’s attempt to manage a noisy child during a solemn moment.
An assortment of odd lines and misread phrases from a historical page. Notable items include a pun about travel and creation, a countryman’s remark on laziness, an educated hog joke, a turnip patch pun, a student’s sentence formation exercise using carrion, and a reflection on a woman's hand’s beauty and Shakespeare.
A fragmentary exchange between a Wieehiid and the Aberdonian tutor debates whether height offers safety. The tutor suggests the bottom rung can be safer than the top, noting the risk of breakage higher up. The dialogue ends with a reference to going to the Op.
An aging orator described as hampered by grammatical blunders typos and memory lapses draws twenty five thousand observers. He is a sorrowful, poorly paid, poorly estimated figure yet envied by some great men he had influenced.
A Scottish dialogue records a minister questioning a Scotchman about the description of Adam. The man replies in coarse terms that other people are void and references “naeboily got any thing by film, and many lost,” reflecting crude humor and dialect.
A New Jersey man shot at a cat and accidentally wounded his wife during the act. The wife believed he targeted the rat, reflecting the unusual confidence she places in her husband’s word and actions.
A brief scene from the period shows Tegalls admiring a young man whose costly coat draws remarks. A friend asks if it was made to order, and the young man’s reaction is hard to describe.
James Lick died in San Francisco leaving a life trust of 2 million dollars to public and charitable uses. He endowed a telescope and observatory at Lake Tahoe with 700 thousand, a San Francisco mechanical arts school with 300 thousand, 250 thousand for public monuments, and 160 thousand for a monument to the Star Spangled Banner author. His estate valued at 5 million dollars.
In Memorial hall a visitor mistook Felix's large painting Pan and Bacchante for Adam and Eve and exclaimed at the nude figures. After a search, he found the number and corrected it to Pan and Bacchante, while his companion doubted the scene.
A simple household method explains how to clean dirty paint and mint stains with ready water and flannel. Dip the cloth, wring, apply to painted surfaces, and dust off dirt without injuring the surface. Then wash with clean water and air dry.
State races in Alabama Arkansas Vermont Maine Oregon Colorado and Georgia show Democrats win four states while Republicans take Vermont and Maine. If these results held in November the tally would give Tilden and Hendricks a lead of 15 electoral votes, with Hayes Wheeler short by that margin.
A peasant replies to an infidel that country folk need two strings to their bow. He explains the Bible guides belief and conduct, noting that if true it adds a string to his bow, and if false it still urges better living and warns the spender of danger for the unbeliever.
Certificates praise Prof Blanton for two years of charge at Parker Seminary. Wilkie reports students advanced faster under Blanton’s discipline. References list Mev W M Atkinson etc and include pastors and educators in Missouri and nearby states.
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