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Newspaper
Wakarusa Weekly Sun
Location
Wakarusa, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1876
Page
4
An obituary styled tribute recalls Mrs Mary Clem and Mrs Wilson in Washington. It praises Christian character, intellect, public interest, and the enduring influence of a devoted wife and mother amid sorrow and memory.
A masked group burst into a Kentucky jail and forced the release of Jerome Stephens, who had killed Alfred Terrill. They demanded the keys, threatened to break out Stephens, then departed after Stephens was freed and Nixon kept silent. Stephens had previously surrendered for trial after escaping a year earlier.
Peny PS shaw Priest Mr Jacob Reese of Pittsburg has built a machine to cut hardened cold steel using a soft wrought iron circular disc at high speed. At 25 000 feet per minute the disc cuts steel rapidly, producing an immense cascade of sparks. Debris shows welded steel particles forming pyramids due to fusion. The disc is 42 inches in diameter and the jet of sparks can be touched by hand.
A twin from Oshkosh arrived in the city yesterday seeking his missing brother who had vanished for two days. After drinking, the pursuer realized he himself was the missing twin and the police halted the search.
A fragmentary verse sketch of a young man and a belle from Fayettville, detailing flirtatious behavior, churchgoing, singing, and a wax-chewing belle whose suitors crowd around while she stays loyal to the clerk who sings, ending with a soft fate unclear from the text.
An incoherent archival fragment depicts a tense domestic moment with a girl and her father. The text references a watch, a mask like scene, and a shy smile as the girl departs to work, while the father reflects on income tax and wax, hinting at obscure motives and emotions.
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