03 May 1853
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Newspaper
Camden Weekly Journal
Location
Camden, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1853
Page
1
Classified ad text shows pricing for advance and delayed payments, annual rates, and towing rates per square with increments for additional insertions. Mentions one and four line formats and that ads run until discontinued, with margins noting the number of insertions. Includes names and old spellings.
A romance unfolds around Alonzo Bonus and Louise Gooding, beginning with a miniature portrait and a vow to win through study and devotion. Years pass to a cottage scene where Louise awaits her husband Alonzo, now settled, and recalls past songs sung on the same guitar.
The piece argues that women should base marriage on knowledge of the heart and cultivate love through understanding rather than mere attraction. It claims a wife has a duty to present domestic concerns well to create a happy home, warning that ignorance of human nature leads to marital wreckage.
A detailed 19th century letter reports a brutal killing in Ponorogo Madiven where a native store keeper was slain by an assassin after an official dispute over formalities. Vincent, the ex-official, attempted to intervene but was wounded while fleeing. The document notes a chaotic escape by others and a wife’s defensive actions as the killer fled.
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