12 Apr 1873
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Newspaper
Aiken Tribune
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1873
Page
1
The notice outlines pricing for a weekly and 12 month subscription, with options for Cory 6 months and single copies. It specifies delivery terms and emphasizes strict in at.
The fragmentary archaic verse fragment mentions Porter Ying Vest and a playful courtly exchange about parting and fate. It alludes to sleep, sorrow, and a lingering hope, ending with the phrase Nolle Prosequi amid reflective imagery.
A long fashion column notes a return to one color schemes and restrained trimming for spring. Black, white, grays, and violet greens replace heavy winter tones, with velvet, lace, and silk details, women’s suits, capes, and polonaises described for street and evening wear.
A Roanoke Times correspondent describes a Salem Bend tale of witchcraft shocking locals. Mrs Beamer was fired upon for suspected witchcraft while neighbors live in fear of the devil. A horse, cow, dog, and cat allegedly died after silver-bullet exorcism as Ellis and Mangus confront a supposed witch. The episode ends with Ellis missing and the settlement unsettled by rumors.
A Tennessee campaign vignette from the Holecfield Advertiser recalls Private W. M. Thomas of the Sampton Lutaton regiment kneeling to pray with a dying comrade near Campbell's Station under heavy shell fire. The colonel promoted him days later for gallantry and piety, naming him chaplain of the regiment.
The text warns that opium tincture used for relief harms health. It notes early use leads to pallor, wild-eyed gaze, mental fatigue, and severe atrophy. It describes the addict’s degradation, including neglect of family and crime, and asserts no relief is possible from addiction.
Brief item notes reductions to contract advertisements and associated transient ads. Mentions pears and accompanying terms with unclear phrasing, reflecting fragmented OCR from the period. No explicit events, dates, or names clearly identifiable.
Disjointed items cover politics in Alabama and Florida annexation, Maine weather inches, California taxes, a Pennsylvanian court vote, treasury clerks, Nebraska editor quote, counts of women doctors and professionals, a Paris theatre project, Boston post office exchanges, China lynching, Indiana minister fees, a definition of a gentleman, French penalties for drink, Atlantic passenger losses, German army rail initiative, Michigan poison sale notices, an Italian opera preview.
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