30 May 1877
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Newspaper
Abbeville Press And Banner
Location
Abbeville, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1877
Page
1
A faded narrative blends love correspondences and a town tragedy featuring Mrs Leigh and Arlington, with scenes of Elfié and a renter’s widow. It shifts to a on train wedding tale and then surveys Atlantis myths, ending with a tour of Constantinople’s splendor and woes.
An Armenian ceremony in Pera features Srpouki Dadian and Agap Bey Bakun in a lavish midnight rite. Notable details include a long dress with a trailing train, a silver neck adornment, orange blossoms, a diamond wealth pendant, and no ring. The couple is joined by a golden chain as the patriarch speaks ancient Armenian.
In a Kentucky county grange address Chaplain Blaydes extolled June blue grass for year round grazing and superior fattening qualities. He hailed its deep root network and soil stability while noting its value in winter pastures and wealth of forage.
A New York Times Hartford Courant excerpt reports Mrs. Quacken bush of Hackensack New Jersey, aged ninety two, suddenly regaining hearing after a vivid lightning thunder event on April 29. No medical treatment was sought. doctors speculate atmospheric electrical conditions may have restored her hearing. Next, notices discuss the Mazarin Bible in the Brinley collection and the Gutenberg Bible, noting rarity, age, and print details.
A traveler’s sketch of Bukec’s island near Penu 2600 miles away describes guano rich shores. It notes large reef fish and sharks including man-eaters, a Hawaiian native who dives for lines, and a wary interplay between sharks and shipboard birds. Gannets and man-of-war hawks engage in dramatic hunting near shore while seabirds vie for prey and safety on the island.
Memphis crowds buzz over a spiritualist wedding where a materialized bride in a curtain corner was joined to a man named Tom Moore in a spirit world ceremony. Mrs Miller acted as medium as a clergyman baptized a deceased infant in the same dramatic event.
The article surveys season fashion noting silk and wool fringes with elaborate designs, hair nets of Vecuvins and gandurin braids, and white chenille options. It describes front lacing dresses, waist trends, raveled silk mantles, stand collar rubes, and varied spring bonnets. Coats and shoes show wide variety with Oxford ties gaining favor and the Oriental shoe noted for colored stockings.
The text estimates norees by country, listing figures for the United States, Germany, Great Britain, France, Austria-Hungary, Italy, Norway and Sweden, Spain, Denmark, Belgium, Holland, Switzerland, Greece, and Portugal. It includes per thousand population ratios and local counts, with notes on subregions and inaccuracies.
A French editor creates a gingerbread barometer that changes with temperature, read by a servant. In Nevada a sowing machine firm orders 30,000 lines from an English firm. In Virginia New Anterprise reports a century’s strangest phenomenon: sparks from water drops under telegraph wires, misattributed to ore, then explained by moisture and dry conditions.
A correspondent details President Hayes and staff at the Executive Mansion. Morning routines include Mr Rogers at the private desk and breakfast with the family. Office hours run 10 AM to 2 PM except cabinet days. Dining at six with guests, then Mrs Hayes hosts personal friends in the library.
In a Wadesville Pennsylvania mine near Pottaville seven miners were killed and others injured by a fire damp blast. Edward Wenakram, a young Irishman, escaped by dropping to the gangway and shielding himself as a cart was hurled by the blast. He crawled through darkness past debris to reach breathable air, while others perished as ventilating systems failed and after damp filled the mine.
An 18th or 19th century vignette recounts ailing men and misadventures. A jogger on a market trip trips on a stone, falls, and endures a skull wound. A horseman’s sight fails and a salmon mistaken for a lady leads to comic confusion. A duel results in lost vision from a sword strike above the eye.
A former New Haven and Hartford employee, badly injured taking a trunk from a Boston baggage car, received 6000 dollars after onset of treatments. A death claim later netted his widow 3000 dollars. He recovered and remarried, later returning to work before retiring to a farm funded by his earnings.
The passage contrasts Tuscan women as aged and sallow with Romagna women described as vigorous, muscular, and capable, taking on hard labor while men carry baskets and walk behind. It notes workers hauling wood on the Ravenna to Forlì road and women appearing tireless in their tasks.
The Madrid correspondent reports the goring of famed matador Frasenelo in front of King Alfonso as a bull, known for goring fallen foes, killed him with a thigh wound and blood streaming over his costume. Sparks of horror ran through the ring while guards restrained crowds and attendants carried the wounded man away.
A correspondent discusses Mrs Cayler’s lack of pastoral work while living on Oxford Street. Cayler’s mother is active in visiting members, Mrs Talmuage is socially prominent with talent, and Mrs Duryen is in poor health. The piece notes a Plymouth Church coterie surrounding Beecher and Beecher’s limited public involvement.
A colonial era account from Leyte Island describes Thora, a Black-and-White woman, whose skin is changing color and texture. The narrative notes white spots on her face and hands, with other shifting features described as delicate changes across her arms and legs, reflecting a gradual transformation.
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