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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1886
Page
3
An elderly narrator recalls how a woman dubbed Lady Beauty seems to steal light from a room, darkening it when she leaves. A host of guests, from Whig and Tory to suffrage talkers, fill the dinner as the narrator learns the tale of Lady Beauty and her influence on perception and charm.
In distant Kettlewell a grand mansion known as the Beeches, long vacant, draws Mrs Barbara Temple and her three daughters. The widow, newly arrived with wealth and taste, surveys rooms, chooses uses, and travels through church with regal bearing inspiring awe among locals.
The Temples' drawing room impresses with ease and refinement as Mrs Barbara Temple and her daughters dazzle local society. The narrator notes Mrs Temple’s worldliness and charm while teasing a possible match with Rev Anthony Brent, amid talk of fortune and social rank.
The speech attacks capitalists and railroad monopolists as enemies of the working class. He claims ownership of property should be confiscated and shared, arguing accumulation harms labor and that a ten dollar bill makes a monopolist. He rails against railroads and managers, linking oppression to profit and socialistic doctrine.
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