25 Feb 1875
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Newspaper
Hamilton Guidon
Location
Hamilton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1875
Page
1
A narrator recalls a tale of a Southampton death and a forged will. Eldridge Parsons seeks Julia Parsons’s hand through coercive marriage plans. A solicitor exposes the fake will and compels Parsons to withdraw, with Julia learning Eldridge has emigrated to Austria aboard a doomed ship.
A solicitor narrator visits London and reunites with George Dick Pey who reveals a love triangle. Pey loves a young lady denied by her father who favors his nephew, a disreputable surgeon, as suitor. An earlier trip to Hamp hire hints at a matching, unresolved alliance and the tale deepens.
An 19th century report describes an auction in a southern French village where peasant girls’ hair is sold to fashion dealers. Hair from Picardy fetches high value, and buyers offer goods or cash to acquire a splendid coiffure. The process ends with the girl losing hair, gaining a fake chignon, and leaving as a Parisian lady.
A Scottish travel note recalls Highland Mary’s grave at Greenock Churchyard and the poet Burns. The piece contrasts the pale memory with strong vows and laments a premature death, mentioning the grave marker and lines on the slab. A separate anecdote tells of a man moved to kiss the rod that smote him after admiring a young lady’s beauty.
A column combines a sentimental sketch about patient supportive wives with a brisk tale of an engineer racing a dying clock to Cheyenne and a Vermonter’s take on political apologies. It notes domestic gentleness, bravery at the rails, and a sharp reaction to Southern honors amid crossfire of regional loyalties.
A reflective piece recounts three lovers facing social, religious, and political barriers across eras. It contrasts a wool dress deemed improper, Protestant Catholic tensions, and a royal era murder linked to a future life of disappointment. Denver’s growth as a western hub is then described with 1874 business metrics.
A Pittsburgh court resolved Mailly v Pittsburg Gazette after Mailly, owner of an unlicensed West Elizabeth house, sued for calling his place a brothel. He had pleaded guilty to selling liquor to minors and keeping a disorderly house. The Grand Jury ignored the criminal libel charge and the civil verdict favored the Gazette, holding Mailly had no character to lose.
The plan to proclaim Prince Alfonso King of Spain was led by Primo de Rivera the Captain General of Madrid who told Marshal Serrano of his aim Serrano tried to deter Sivera but saw no alternative to the troubles Spain faced Three battalions under Martinez Campos moved to back Alfonso prompting similar alignments in the north and center Rivera with Madrid garrison then proclaimed the prince King and named a provisional ministry
A New Orleans judge insulted a woman by noting the day’s weather and was ridiculed when the veil revealed his mother in law. A Paris based professor in Chicago recounted how a stuffy room led him to kick out panes of glass, ending with property damage from a smashed bookcase door pane.
A mosaic of short items ranges from a Desha county divorce formula and juror excuses to jokes about bachelor temptations and a 1794 cotton gin origin. Notable notes include the Grand Duke Alexis marriage tale, a brimming mix of social quirks, mischief, and curious anecdotes from early American and European life.
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