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08 Sep 1891
Page 1
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Newspaper
Belmont Weekly Dispatch
Location
Belmont, New York, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1891
Page
1
L.square records indicate a one year period with two by two square measurements and a year tagged as YM column L year. A column T1 year marks a parallel entry across L and A columns.
Baptist Church led by Rev A Bennet offers Sunday services at 11 a.m and 7 30 p m Sunday school at 9 12 a m Prayer meeting Thursday at 7 0 p m Free seats Rev J G Snyder also listed Sunday services 10 a m Sunday school 9 00 a m and Thursday prayer at 7 30 p m St Philis Episcopal Church under Wilberforce Wells with Martins and Evensong Sunday 11 00 a m and 5 00 p m Holy Communion first Sunday 11 00 a m other Sundays 7 30 a m Sunday School 12 00 m Free seats Free Methodist Church Rev MoE Brown services every other Sunday at 9 00 a m St Marys Catholic Church listed as well.
The notice lists recurring meetings for several organizations including REGULAR meetings on the first and third Saturdays, Friday evenings, and Monday evenings. It names various officers and locations, indicating a district schedule of weekly or monthly gatherings for the groups shown.
A verse fragment portrays Death as a constant presence in harvest time and home life. The speaker describes scenes of brown nuts, plump inside gourds, rolling heat from fagots, and the reaper’s nearness as death settles by the hearth and touches the living. Alfred Austin cited.
In old Vienna Maud Wemyss guides a tale of a blacksmith daughter Kathi and a hunchback. A desperate locksmith contest to win her hand ends when Kathi flees with her forbidden love, aided by a dwarf brother, and the father forgives, allowing the couple to live together.
The Chenier and Roosevelt parties depart in a private railcar after a mill village farewell. Rosalie, newly beloved for her beauty, experiences first train travel and theater enchantment in Chicago while Aunt Marguerite and Mr Roosevelt discuss plans to meet Dutch bondholders in Chicago. Rosalie battles homesickness for the mill and valley as she is drawn to the West and to a distant memory of Frank Ellis.
Rosalie Chenier enters Chicago social and financial circles through the magnetism of Edgar Julian, a famed young railroad lawyer. Mr. Largely funds schemes while Roosevelt weighs the risks, and Rosalie absorbs new ideas about power money and ambition amid high society drives and family chatter.
The president and founder of the Wednesday Afternoon club is Mrs. A B Stone of Massachusetts born to a clergyman’s family. She grew up in Worcester and later lived in Chicago before moving to this city after the war. She started the club five years ago at the Valencia apartments, models after Chicago’s Fortnightly, with papers and discussions on serious topics. Mrs Stone values using gifts to their fullest and upholds Character is Wealth as her motto. She is active in local charities and a member of the Ladies’ club, with her husband.
A brief exchange in Munsey's Week centers on preferences for hair color as Clara questions Charlie Jackson about his attentiveness to Laura who defends her brunette appeal and mentions fair income in a short dialogue item.
A flirtatious dialogue unfolds as a young man comments on a veil and a woman retorts with a sharp snap, illustrating a moment of social interaction from the Somerville Journal.
A humorous exchange from Texas Siftings shows Mrs Yerger Johnny asking about berries from Mrs Peterby. Johnny reveals he found them too sour for his mother, added sugar, and ate them himself. A separate quip features a caller telling an editor to wait, and the editor replying he may be dead.
A brief fragment notes questions about eye color of a boy and responses describing eyes as black, with an 8 year old mentioned and a reference to Munsey’s Weekly in a casual exchange.
In Chicago the two travelers Aunt Marguerite and Rosa grew fascinated by the stages of life they encountered. Their days in the city prompted reflections on growth, aging, and the variety of human experiences.
In Chapter VII The Return Rosalie Chenier and Eduzardulian clash over beliefs after frequent encounters. Their memories of war shape bitter feelings yet mutual attraction lingers as the past bleeds into present tensions.
A fragment recalls Matilda being taught to swing a pail of water around her head with a boastful display. The lines imply a playful, boastful memory of childhood skill and showmanship.
A wartime-era exchange mocks aging and a former enslaved man. Colonel Verger asks about his father, who is humorously said to be dead after living past the day of his death, reflecting racial stereotypes of the period.
A gentleman reports a large stock loss and a friend asks if he was a bull or bear. He replies he was not and calls himself a jackass, delivering a humorous take on market misfortune.
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