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Newspaper
Geneseo Republic
Location
Geneseo, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1893
Page
9
A pasha and another man discuss harems and marriage customs including buying wives, presents before and after marriage, and diamonds as gifts. The dialogue touches on the practice of gifts to brides and ends with a visit where a casket is brought by Djezzar.
After a battle near Acre leaves him blind for now, Captain Mark travels home to England. He contemplates a stalled career, marriage to Antoinette de Gex, and a plan to regain purpose, while Djezzar and Sidney Smith figures loom in the wake of war.
In a clipped segment the narrator laments illness and fatigue after a dreadful dispatch. The mother consoles with care and offers daily help while mentioning Penny. The scene ends with a promise to continue the story.
An Alpine ascent turns perilous as a colossal ice avalanche roars over a party including Mr. I F Luckett and two English companions. Guides Ulrich and others scramble for survival in seconds as the glacier’s mass engulfs the slope, leaving the climbers unharmed but shaken.
Queen Victoria is described as a model farmer who personally inspects her homie farm at Balmoral. Her butter cheese and cattle prizes are praised as a source of pleasure and income, with dairies noted for exceptional cleanliness and traditional milking. The piece adds cautious praise from the Philadelphia Times.
The piece contrasts Democratic inaction on tariff revision with aggressive patronage. It argues tariff reform is urgent, while office appointments proceed without haste, noting many officials are secure for years and reforms may be delayed despite campaign promises.
A compilation of editorials from multiple papers criticizing patronage in public payrolls and discussing President Cleveland’s pension and tariff policy stance. It comments on how some papers oppose an extra tariff session and questions Cleveland’s strategy while noting Western Democrats’ reactions and congressional prerogatives.
The Albany Journal argues the McKinley law increased trade volume, noting 507 million of imports came in free and 404 million paid tariffs under the act, versus 3 and 65 percent under the 1883 tariff. It claims imports are fuller and freer, urging opponents to compare the laws.
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