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06 Sep 1873
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Newspaper
Aiken Tribune
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1873
Page
1
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A lyric meditation on twilight and memory as the speaker recalls a beloved figure. Images of dusk, quiet strength, and the renewal of past joys contrast with death and fading seasons. The poem blends longing, faith, and hope as shadows pass and memories sustain.
A profile of Joseph Arch leader of the English National Agricultural Laborers' Union. It covers his rise from farm laborer and local preacher to president of the union, his support for emigrant workers, and his planned visit to the United States to assess opportunities for farm laborers. The piece notes Arch's modesty, self-education, and evolving views on politics and emigration.
The twenty fifth anniversary of the President's wedding was celebrated quietly at his cottage in Long Branch with minimal invitations. A silver service from Benjamin Field was the sole present. various family members and guests attended while news recounts Grant family history and earlier career.
Europe mourns the death of Duke Charles Frederic Augusta William of Brunswick at Geneva at age sixty nine from apoplexy. The former sovereign was rich and reviled, exiled after losing the throne, and spent years railing against his forfeited rank amid memories of his turbulent youth and tyrannical pursuits as revolution loomed in 1830.
An English journal recounts Grippescu the French bachelor living in Paris on 2000 a year. He spends 500 on food and 160 on lodgings, 200 for a servant, 100 for gas and light, 50 taxes, 50 wine, and 890 for daily living, theatre, books, and savings, with a 1000 franc yearly reserve. A breakfast scene shows a costly but modest mise en place with chocolate, sausages, cheese, and wine costing far less per year than dining out.
An excerpt detailing Grippescu feeding a guest lavishly at breakfast with soups, fish, roast, vegetables, cheese, and coffee, then planning another full meal at dinner, all kept under ten dollars weekly by Mile Joanne. It notes his coffee, a three-cent cigar, and a London Londres tobacco claim as a light, humorous portrait of French hospitality and thrift.
Sharp, satirical observations on the parlor of the period and the family album. The piece mocks how visitors endure a dim gallery of knickknacks and photographs, revealing social vanity, distant kin, and the misery of waiting rooms. Also notes the death of James P. Halcombe of Virginia, Confederate Congress member, praised as a skilled unifier and later a teacher.
A garbled column of excerpts covers various topics including a mysterious Shah reference and a grand chamberlain, curious lines about decapitation, and an odd note on insurance charges by the New York board of harvesters. It mentions a Texas geology report, cave paintings near Devil’s River, and a rapid tribal decline. The piece also notes German families with Siberian dogs, a Melionville church fund, War Department artillery and cavalry standards, and boxing in Philadelphia. Nearby items describe a Cuban voyage for a young invalid, mule bets in Louisville, Robert E. Lee memorably, and Mrs. Lee’s daily art for a memorial fair. A new streamliner car seat test in Delaware is praised for comfort and durability.
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