22 Feb 1873
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Newspaper
Aiken Tribune
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1873
Page
1
A fragmentary poem portrays a woman fastening a rose to a man heart and a hidden sting of betrayed love. The speaker recalls the moment when affection turns to despair as the thorn reveals the danger behind charm.
The document records the February 12 electoral count for President and Vice President, noting Grant and Wilson as winners with 286 votes, and detailing disputed or rejected electors from Arkansas and Louisiana. It mentions Georgia assigning eight votes to President after the death of Mr. Greeley, and lists state by state totals, including 366 total electoral votes.
The Charleston News reports on P A Papin of New York proposing immigrant labor colonies in the South. He envisions cooperatives with factory work, housing, and collective profit sharing around Charleston and Carroll Georgia, plus banks to support colonies and potential French immigration links via Nantes.
A reflection on the impact of thorough preparation for actors. Charlotte Cushman Meg Merilies, Fefferson Rip Van Winkle, and Sothern Lord Dundreary are cited as examples of dedication yielding delight and lasting audience satisfaction. An English tragedian noted for earnest study is mentioned as a benchmark.
A reprinted claim from a Stockton California correspondent promotes a home remedy for smallpox said to prevent or cure the disease and even scars. The recipe calls for sulfurine ging, foxglove, sugar, and water, to be taken hourly, with dosing adjusted for children, and claims rapid cures within twelve hours, urging physicians to use it and noting reports from Che-Chelasa Massachusetts and Pudue.
Howard George Bulwer Lytton died at sixty eight. Born at Uaydon Hall Norfolk in 1803 he graduated Cambridge in 1826 and published Weeds and Wild Flowers that year. His early works include Valklund in 1827 and Pelham in 1828, once criticized but later valued among his best.
The piece surveys Edward Bulwer Lytton’s literary impact noting his best known plays The Lady of Lyons Richelieu and Money. It traces his rename from Bulwer to Lytton after inheriting Knebsworth and his political rise from MP for St Ives to Derby Cabinet member and peer. It concludes he will be remembered chiefly as a novelist and a leading nineteenth century writer.
The article surveys belief in human spontaneous combustion as used by writers like Melville and Dickens to shock readers. It cites medical jurisprudence treatises and cases, noting Baron Jebig’s involvement in 1850 and Devergie’s collection of examples. It mentions early cases from 1602 and a Lyons incident in 1644.
Recent US patents cover diverse devices including a screwdriver button attachment, a piano attachment enabling mid length string tapping with a pedal, a child’s carriage wheel arresting mechanism, a pencil sharpener that doubles as a lead handling tool, a boot-drawing strap apparatus, breastpins with tube towers, a smallpox medical compound, a soft metal bouquet holder, a back hair comb with overlapping leaves, a locomotive headlight with an adjustable screen, and a toy bank automaton banker that deposits money when a spring disengages.
A compilation of antiquated notes: the franking privilege dates from 1702 and faces extinction on July first. Gov Geary’s death story, sage retirement advice, global trade glimpses, church salaries, and varied 19th century statistics on elections, California gold, and European politics.
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