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Newspaper
Cincinnati Weekly Chronicle
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1869
Page
4
A patchwork of wry vignettes and jokes about widows and widowers, clergy, crafts, and social mores. The piece string of quips touches on gossip, odd beliefs, and humorous misunderstandings with a playful, old time newspaper tone. It weaves reflections on pride, vanity, and human folly through short, stand-alone snippets.
A scene of care and departure as a wounded man is moved to a safe harbor near Constantinople. The narrator recalls guarding Corona in a sickroom and sharing a last farewell along the shore, with Beaumanoir’s noble devotion and a boat slipping away toward summer light.
The piece reflects on envy and love as rival vices, compares friendship to earthenware that can be repaired yet love to a mirror that breaks irreparably, and humorously notes 7 percent interest as remorseless. It contrasts enduring misfortune from choice versus obligation and mocks an old man marrying a young wife with biblical imagery.
A jumble of short notes reports arrests thefts and sensational court tales alongside political chatter and famous figures. Highlights mention a juror roll theft in Dalzell, a New York law circle jailed together, a Brooklyn couple separated by a "gay deceiver," a judge halting a split marriage, and various political maneuvers from Grant to Victor Emmanuel plus literary quips about Longfellow and Holmes.
The state prison now houses 1,300 inmates amid an ongoing drive for reform. Hartford hosts a Woman's Rights Convention October 26 to 28. Kansas and Tennessee report crop issues due to drought. Center College in Danville Kentucky begins new building. Iowa County Iowa reports 14 738 reefs increase in two years. Local dog complaints concern livestock in Monroe Missouri.
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