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Newspaper
Kimball Graphic
Location
Kimball, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1884
Page
7
Fragmented lyrical prose evokes longing and memory with imagery of rain, night, and distant voices. The speaker, addressing a darling, laments separation and recalls past tenderness while drifting through twilight moods and shifting emotions. The stream of lines blends poetry and unfinished thoughts.
In Saint Veninie Belle Woodbury flirts with the poet Bracey while concealing his work from Mrs Reade who seeks social leverage. Bracey courts Belle at university circles, with Belle manipulating him and others as she navigates a world of patronage, vanity, and moral risk.
A writer denounces debt in London as cruel and immoral, warning that careless money handling by shopkeepers and lenders harms families who ignore unpaid bills. It urges prompt repayment, arguing delaying payments amounts to dishonesty and invites anxiety and ruin.
The article recalls Annie Laurie, born December 16, 1082, daughter of Sir Robert Laurie and Jean Riddle of Dumfriesshire. It notes the historic song by William Douglas of Flogland praising the beauty of the maid of Maxwelton, Annie Laurie, and mentions baptism by Mr George Hunter at Glen éairie.
A Boston Courier correspondent defends Sumner amid scandal over his wife Mrs. Sumner's social life. The letter argues she pursued Washington society, danced with younger Englishmen, and strained marriage. Sumner demanded the English attache’s dismissal and maintained his public image, ending the social dispute with renewed bachelor social ties.
A Philadelphia correspondent recalls a Quaker woman of Philadelphia society who left the Friends and embraced elegance and charity. She spends freely on fashion yet gifts worn gowns to Sunday school pupils, preserves plain speech, and entertains with playful, old fashioned dialect as she navigates modern social life.
A dialogue fragment shows a would be husband candidate named Mr Gayfellow. The daughter notes he has no trade or prospects and relatives are poor. The mother counters by praising amiability and a future living arrangement, while doubts persist about conflicts with in-laws. The exchange ends with a telegram quote about living with them.
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