21 Feb 1880
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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1880
Page
1
In a tirade from an old local paper the writer defends a minister who confessed to kissing his cook calling it spiritual. The piece mocks prudery while proposing a broader spread of kissing by laymen to aid religious aims, and lampoons editors and monopolists as the Times’ enemies.
A pamphlet by Prof. Glimmer foresees 1880 to 1887 as a global catastrophe with depopulation in Asia and Europe, America bleeding 15 million, plagues, storms, tidal waves, celestial phenomena, and widespread famine. Fires from 1885 to 1887, war in 1887, and a Napoleonic savior for North America are claimed outcomes. A South American cure for bashfulness is noted. A female Ohio engagement ends with an arranged early marriage.
A Baptist Record piece argues through twenty two points that dancing is unworthy for Christians. It maintains mixed dancing harms purity and that piety declines with dancing. The piece urges readers to avoid dancing to seek divine blessing and Christian growth.
Nashville American argues Washburne is a quiet, rising force who could win the Illinois governorship as Grant wanes and Sherman controls the south. The piece recalls the Pickwick era joke of Bill Stumps to illustrate readers’ curiosity and skepticism.
The Galveston News notes widespread price advances of 30 to 45 percent on staple goods within a year, yet expects continued regulation by supply and demand. It cites higher raw materials costs, increased consumption, and ample crops, while forecasting no abrupt fall unless speculation drives prices higher. European demand may dip slowly, but ongoing military needs push trade toward the United States.
A Washington special details how a government mail route expanded from a $6,330 bid to about $150,000 annually. It notes repeated adoptions, speed increases, extra payments, and subletting that escalated costs and fostered frontier fraud. The piece labels it a stark example of “government of the people” corruption.
The Dayton Journal notes there is no objection to the Blaine movement as preparation for the final struggle after a nomination. It states Ohio Republicans prefer Sherman over all others and will settle related controversies.
A stark moral meditation on the deaths of alcoholics, contrasting common fates with the terror of delirium tremens. The narrator evokes grim, nightmarish images of fiends and serpents to underscore the horror, then urges turning away from the burial scene.
The St Louis Republican warns farmers to beware of impostors posing as census officials who collect crop and livestock data then forge signatures to create promissory notes. Farmers should verify requests and understand the census does not require signing names to papers.
A Morristown woman in Conway county Arkansas has married fourteen times by age sixty five. Her fourteenth husband lives, though at risk as epidemics have felled prior spouses. In her hall thirteen pegs bear hats labeled John Tom Abe Bill and others, indicating extensive connections.
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