15 May 1880
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Newspaper
Chicago Daily Tribune
Location
Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1880
Page
1
A 1880 Home section item catalogs poems and moral verse. It includes Love's Lesson with two cousins and a mother admonishing to share, plus a note of original lines by Maud Meredith and familiar Home topics. The piece reflects domestic sentiment and the newspaper's literary corner style.
A ChicagoLetter discusses originality, arguing prejudice favors the extraordinary. It traces how society mocks ambition, yet rewards those who persevere, citing examples of writers and students who face uniform conventions, with ideas about borrowing and authenticity.
A reader from Madison questions the author of a poem titled Ocean of Song and cites a long exchange. The contributor claims authorship in 1873, denies plagiarism, and quotes the poem’s opening lines along with a vigorous discussion of its imagery and religious themes.
A fragment from the Chicago Tribune in Comuainua Wa dated May 10 notes the evolving turn of the world and human behavior. The piece discusses marriage dynamics, describing a wife’s sincere love and a husband who tolerates and encourages, with commentary on societal patterns and misgivings.
A reader letter discusses marital strife and gender norms, arguing that envy and financial strain fuel discord. It suggests Katie should attract other men to improve happiness and temper, and examines how a wife’s frugality can provoke contempt while a self centered husband hoards pride and expense.
Maud Mereditili writes to The Uleapo Tribuna May 10 with reflections on literary criticism, society and fashion. She jokes about Tyndall lectures, reads Scott, Forty Years, and Kitten's baubles. She ponders happiness in heaven, a summer excursion, and requests a cozy club invitation.
In Chicago a reader seeks a safe hair removal method or exterminator that works permanently without pain or skin injury. In Curacao a writer complains of ignored mail and asks where to obtain a humane hair removal remedy, urging persistence and criticising conductors of Home.
A Chicago Tribune letter page mixes satire on showmen with social mores. It discusses Forty Years and Tumbug style, defends a married woman’s virtue through a bachelor’s tale, and offers audience advice to a fellow reader about unlawful passion.
A fragmented critique of bold painting and elaborate costumes, noting a Dutch-accurate style by Du Mans and infia weekly sketches. It laments sensationalism and nostalgia for a Medina quack with a carriage and bright horse, proposing revival of a vivid anachronistic image without explication.
The article recalls Gloucester’s role in founding Sunday schools led by Robert Raikes, detailing Raikes’s life as printer and philanthropist. It notes his work with prisoners, the first Sunday schools begun in 1780s, and the spread of the movement to Leeds, Manchester, London, and beyond.
A damaged OCR fragment presents garbled archaic text with quotes and nonsensical phrases. It appears to be a poetic or theatrical line but offers no clear names, places, dates, or events to anchor a newsworthy summary.
Puzzle text presents a riddle with a cryptic layout and archaic phrasing. It references Lin and a sequence of persons or clues. The honest solution remains obscured by wordplay and seemingly nested hints, inviting readers to decipher the hidden order within the verses.
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