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Newspaper
Greencastle Star
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1879
Page
6
A rustic lyric about a girl tying her bonnet as wind and affection stir a courting pair. The scene moves up a hill with playful curls and a kiss, named Ellerly Vane and a country lass, ending with bashful embarrassment over her bonnet under her chin.
The article details Lord Chelmsford and relatives wealth, noting private means under 10 000 dollars a year for the poorest, a 25 000 dollar salary judge brother, a retired Lord Chancellor with 50 000 and 25 000 pension, and heirs with modest dowries. It discusses a family pattern of limited fortunes, a brother in Zululand, and the trend of wealthy youths joining the army then retiring.
A summary of postal growth shows stamps and postal cards totaling 29 530 020 dollars in the last fiscal year, up 671 866 from the prior year. It contrasts with early years when revenue scarcely reached two million by 1815 and ten million by 1860, while postage rates evolved from miles based to prepaid flat rates and a largely abolished mileage system by 1863.
A curious Parisian club called the Society of the Damned gathers monthly at Brebant's where dramatic authors, chosen by a three month chair, are invited to dine. Notable chairmen have included Meilhac Dumas Jr Zola and Offenbach. Members must have been kissed to join. Dinner falls on the last Friday.
A New York correspondent recounts a Paris suitor’s forced separation efforts and a police dossier that exposes a Belgian criminal past, ending with a coerced betrothal avoided by the bride. Also included is “The Romance of a Hair” from Vienna about a generous benefactor paying 100 florins for a girl’s single hair to aid a poor family.
A new writing telegraph between Waterloo and Woking, about twenty six miles, reproduces messages in near perfect facsimile and operates automatically at the receiving end. It writes on a paper roll, allowing cutoffs for delivery, avoiding the delays from summoning receivers. The New York Evening News estimates con artists in the city at 2222.
The Star for 1880 introduces a one dollar annual price and promising future improvements. It offers agents large subscriber premiums including a cook stove, an Advance Cultivator, an eight days clock, an Oliver chilled plow, a gold ring, and a double shovel plow, with details available through editor F. A. Arnold at Greencastle Indiana.
The passage endorses Harper's Monthly as an essential educational set chosen by Charles Francis Adams Jr. It notes contributions from eminent European and American authors and artists, reflecting publishers’ understanding of public desires. It explains subscription timing, indicating volumes begin with June and December numbers and current-number starts by default.
Harper and Brothers in New York advertise subscriptions to Harper's Magazine Harper's Weekly and Harper's Bazar with one year rates and postage. A complete 59 volume Hagper's Magazine set is offered at 225 dollars per volume plus express delivery and costs for cloth binding cases and mail options with remittance by money order or draft.
Harper's Weekly explains its long standing influence on public morality refinement and learning through essays and illustrations by top artists. The exact timing of subscription start is tied to the order receipt with the first January volume as a general rule.
An advertisement offers one year subscriptions to Harper's Magazine Harper's Weekly Harper's Bazar or Harper's Young People. Includes postage to all subscribers in the United States with a price of $40.460.4H.
A Civil War veteran known for sleeping under adverse circumstances is recalled resting in sun during a preaching service at Jackson’s East Virginia HQ. A Boston artist reports lava flow phenomena at Mount Etna, depicting morning and night views with fiery, smoky scenes and observers approaching the lava to light cigars.
An old tale blends social quirks with a humorous feline experiment. A cat misreads its reflection, attacking a painted intruder and finally learning the mirror is just a pane of glass. The anecdote blends odd beliefs and a rustic farmyard scene with a touch of vein in local lore.
A small girl scolds a dolly in a toy carriage then sweetens her tone for a passerby. The item notes preparations for a mammoth national camp meeting at Old Orchard Beach in July 1880, said to be a gathering of all Methodists in the country.
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