19 Apr 1873
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Newspaper
Aiken Tribune
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1873
Page
1
The notice lists subscription options and single-copy pricing: Published Weekly at One copy for 12 months, One copy for 6 months, One copy for 3 months, and Single copies priced individually. It presents a concise rate card for readers and patrons.
A fragmented devotional poem pleads for guidance and peace. The speaker asks not for comfort but for strength to follow a divine path through hardship, seeking light in darkness and trust in a higher plan despite pain.
The New York Tabernacle's Parson Talmage was to marry two Connecticut lovers in disguise on stage at the Brooklyn Academy of Music with Reverend Dewitt Talange preaching. The event drew thousands among 3000 fair attendees, sparked by rumors it was a publicity stunt but confirmed by a soldout ticket at the door.
Last night at seven thirty the Academy doors drew a crowded, well dressed audience. The scene buzzed with perfume and chatter as guests speculated on the bride, groom, and whether Mr Talmage would bless the union and send them home in a track at the cost of the church.
In Brooklyn a mock wedding advertised as free of cost in costume of a hundred years ago drew fifty two applicants. James Willetts and Minnie Willetts of Stamford, cousins, wore borrowed New England outfits for a staged Presbyterian ceremony led by Rev. DeWitt Tal mage. The bride and groom kissed, guests cheered, and the couple departed for Stamford to start a life in peace and clover.
A reflective column in period voice defends Old Maids, arguing they bear dignity and virtue, challenge social mockery, and perform acts of charity. It contrasts idealized motherhood with the quiet courage of unwed women, citing historical figures and moral claims about marriage, love, and resilience.
A discussion of Darwin, in The Expression of Emotions, arguing that social evaluation triggers facial vasodilation leading to blushing. It explains why the face reddens more than other areas, why the young and women are more affected, and how shyness, guilt, and social judgment intensify the response, with notes on inheritance and the brain’s role.
Fragmentary ponderings on women’s suffrage and social judgment. The speaker notes disjointed views of wings and mothers ten feathers and questions what compensation exists for lost status. The piece laments neglect of women’s contributions and mocks narrow reputations, invoking hellish outcomes and humble spinsterhood.
The text explains blush as an indirect result of attention to appearance, especially the face, causing gestures like face hiding and averted eyes. It notes the tendency to avoid gaze when others blame or praise our moral conduct, linking facial expression to social evaluation.
The Pall Mall Gazette argues that bidirectional fondness between men and women is largely hypocritical. It contends that both sexes are domestic, seek their own social spheres, and display superficial compliments, with genuine affection limited to life’s central years and family ties.
Notice from the office details Liberal reductions for contract advertisements and requires payment in cash. Advertisers must hand in their favors before Friday noon each week.
A杂ollection of brief items notes suffrage for fifteen women in Windham Conn. Spurgeon offered 50000 for lectures in the United States. Sherman's horse Lexington dies in Madison Wisconsin. Railroads debate Sunday freight traffic. Savannah brides total sixty eight in past month.Judge Ould named as Conservative candidate for Virginia governor. South American nations seek to mint their money. Chinese adoption of Prussian military system could yield eighty million soldiers. Minnesota imposes ten dollar license fee for intoxicants to fund inebriate asylums. Two New England women inventors gain attention for paper bag bottoms and self fastening buttons. A water-adapted baby in Chicago fascinates observers. Native Sandwich Islanders face near extinction. native births fall behind deaths. Southern Claims Commission claimants largely reside in the North. South’s former creditors seek new business. A Harrisburg report anticipates a bipartisan reform movement in 1874 with a People’s State Convention. Ice price speculation hints at summer shortage and price rises. ice companies seek uniform rates.
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