27 Dec 1873
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Newspaper
Aiken Tribune
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1873
Page
1
A speaker reflects on cold love and faith, promising that love survives beyond separation. The verse traces growth from seed to blossom, vowing reunion beyond time and space as life and love endure through suffering.
Reports from Berlin describe the elaborate funeral of Louie Muhlbach, the German authoress. A large turnout of literati editors and publishers attended, with nobles and notable figures including Baron Von Hulsen and Baron Von Korff. The service featured black drapery, floral tributes, and a solemn eulogy on Muhlbach’s influence and resilience.
Obituary notes the death of Samuel Nelson ex-Justice of the United States Supreme Court in Cooperstown New York. Born November 10 1792 in Vermont County New York, he pursued law after Middlebury and studied at Columbia and Geneva Colleges. He held multiple judicial roles including Circuit Court judge and later justice of the Supreme Court. His career spanned decades with respected decisions and broad intellect.
Annapolis correspondent reports a new submarine torpedo boat by Capt. Penn Curry. The craft, a floating iron hull, rises and sinks via water tanks, can operate on surface or beneath, and carries a crew of up to twenty. It promises rapid targeting of harbors and forts, with self righting and air supply, capable of sinking ironclads and striking fortifications with torpedoes.
A reflective piece on the slanderous tongue, detailing how words can mislead, ruin reputations, and harm the noble. It notes the tongue’s pull to both charm and destroy, warning that even the virtuous may be tempted, yet no high soul finds pleasure in such weaponized speech.
A survey of famed capitalists from humble beginnings to vast fortunes including Men Regan Life Marshall O Roberts, George Lavy, Alexander T Stewart, Daniel Drew, Robert I and Alexander Staucht, Hornece B Claflin and Cornelius Vanderbilt. Highlights their early trades, ascent, and fortunes from $4,000,000 to $59,000,000. The article also notes a December history item on a Liberia expedition, its voyage, and colonial arrangements for settlers.
A Philadelphia Press reader recounts a touching Civil War era anecdote about General Pinckney and a Longacre portrait effort. The letter discusses Gen. Pinckney, his war service with Pulaski, and a caution against repeating a popular misquotation. It details Charleston social clubs, the Grimke family, and a clarifying incident about a phrase attributed to de la Croix.
A historical notice states that one square insertion costs $1.00 and lists reductions for Liberal contract advertisements. The terse item appears as a billing or rate notice within a period newspaper page.
Epistle of diverse items covers church leadership, university enrollments, a New York carpet journal, Kaiser Wilhelm health counsel, Queen Victoria canceling midwinter travel, Gen Fremont's illness, Prussia’s finances, a druggist’s return, St Louis Mutual’s reinsurance move, Cuban politics, a Stuttgart consular appointment, tax policy debates, and Christmas shawl prices. The piece also notes a new transcontinental tea shipment route via Richmond, marking a fifth rail link between West and seaboard and shipments from San Francisco to New York.
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