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Newspaper
Friendship Weekly Register
Location
Friendship, New York, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1889
Page
6
A child-narrated fragment contemplates blue eyes and the mystery of birth. Ailing lyric lines describe a girl with bright eyes, a mother and father tucking her in, and a heavenly explanation that the light of Heaven shines in her eyes. The piece blends memory and imagination with devotional images.
In Mayfair and Mayhem the Kendal wedding unfolds amid bustling chatter. Mrs Knowle and Mrs Smiles dissect Emily Kendal’s match with John Bowterbank, tracing love, money, and disapproval from Stenhouse to Liverpool society.
A fragmented temperance piece from the Pioneer voice critiques saloon culture and license laws. It denounces drinking as a cause of ruin, urges homes to resist temptation, and links liberty with moral reform against vice. The text blends mournful tone with calls to action, praising temperance over indulgence.
A temperance article discusses the Woman's Christian Temperance Union and related finances, noting members and honorary members, and rails at barnum style schemes. Frances Willard and others are referenced with sermonizing on the Sower Parable and the Kingdom. The Sabbath School lesson centers on the parable of the sower and its four ground types.
A telegram from Stornoway reports the American schooner W L White abandoned off Delaware in March 1588 has completed its voyage to Lewis Island in the Hebrides. The vessel zigzagged mid ocean from May to October and drifted with currents for six months, sighted by thirty six vessels during the long voyage and reported to have traversed over five thousand miles.
The inaugural committee agrees to accept C Bolds’s offer to supply the upper dinner for the inauguration. The hotel proprietor of Bellevue Philadelphia provides a formal bill of fare including Blue Points Bouillon Steamed Oysters Roast chicken croquettes Sweetbreads Pates Mayonnaise of chicken Lobster salad Tongue Ham Beef may include foie gras and game desserts Rice and ice creams beverages Pyramid beehive desserts and assorted fruits.
A dramatic prairie incident near South Bend Indiana describes a mother and two and a half year old girl named Ethel who faced a savage rooster attack while the mother was away. The child sustained facial injuries but reportedly did not lose sight. the rooster damaged her eyes and wrists as the child tried to defend herself. Local observers note the event occurred during egg gathering and emphasize concern for animal aggression and parental safety.
In Albany the Court of Appeals elected Judge Follett as chief judge. Obituaries note Joax Kwercnr of Watkins aged eighty two, a prominent Schuyter County resident. Cranstons station and West Shore landing were barred with about £6000 loss.
The report to the assembly by State Comptroller Edward Wemple lists figures for the fiscal year ending September 1. It covers total receipts, expenditures, and capital funds including school and college land scrip, with total capital rising to 8 8,741,314 against 5,743,490 the prior year. Net and gross state debts, sinking fund status, and tax receipts by sector are noted, along with salt works revenues and production on the Onondaga Reservation.
The Senate, after a three hour committee dispute, moved to a third reading on the Aldermen of Brooklyn bill, with various measures debated including taxation, marriage and divorce uniformity, and naval militia. Several amendments and motions were noted, and the day closed with additional bills referred to committees as the session continued.
The assembly discusses appropriations and public payrolls, including a $350,000Albany budget item and park police authority. Bills address marriage registry uniformity, surrogate duties, and tax clerks. Debates cover river improvements on the Hudson, education expansions, and woman suffrage measures amid committee referrals.
A collage of antiquated tidbits includes counts of murders in 535, pockets of taxes, and notes on laws, rail, and society. It cites 2154 killings, 1030 Massachusetts dentists, a March sale of French crown jewels, a Confederate ram remains sale, New York public schools spending over 15 million, and far-flung odds from Darith Minnesota silver to Monte Carlo worries, with scattered local curiosities and curiosities.
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