13 May 1880
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Newspaper
Chester Daily Times
Location
Chester, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1880
Page
1
We announce the opening of twenty four cases of the latest Paris millinery novelties for ladies and children. Bonnets and round hats in new braids and shapes, Paris flowers ostrich feathers ribbons silks and cashmere effects. Grand display of Paris flowers and fancy trims with a vast range of hats and ribbons available.
Reports from Columbia College law graduation in New York and Knights of Honor season in Charleston. Weaving strike at Arlington Malls in Wilmington. American Tract Society anniversary in New York. Atlanta衣 accident injures four. US Commissioner issues warrants for fourteen ship captains over passenger limits. Victoria men raid into Arizona with two day running fight. West Point Cadet inquiry resumes with cases and witness notes. Detectives foresee a dramatic denouement Friday in an unfolding case.
Foreign notes report plans to restore the Palace of the Tuilleries in Paris and convert it into a museum. Also noted are theater manager Frederick Gye bringing the Covent Garden Opera Troupe to New York next year and John Morely becoming editor of the Pall Mall Gazette. Rowell offers a £5000 or £1000 challenge at Agricultural Hall London three months after signing, with half the gate money. The London Times records the Bolivian bondholders fund distribution, likely blocked without a court injunction. Mormon emissaries in the Palatinate converted about forty locals before being expelled, then moved to Mannheim for weekly meetings attended by about seventy.
A bootblack in Broadway slush told a New York citizen that Iron Mountain stock would rise. The man bought shares after a quarter was given as a lodging aid and earned about 20 percent as Iron Mountain boomed on Wall Street.
A historic note warns against alcoholic nostrums called bitters and touts Dr Kennedy's Favorite Remedy as alcohol free and temperance promoting. The ad claims it cools and purifies the blood, cures appetites, and is sold by druggists, with Dr David Kennedy, proprietor in Rondout, New York. The Literary News provides book selections for readers and families.
A weary woman waits beside a grimy kitchen range as dawn approaches. Fragments of verse describe her loneliness, hunger, and the silent house, while prose comments discuss Herbert Spencer and the ethics of pleasure. The piece blends poetry with brief criticism and advertising notes.
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