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Newspaper
Lawrence Gazette
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1883
Page
7
A father narrates how a silver dime loses its luster after rubbing with a copper cent. The lesson warns boys to keep metals separate, as copper tarnishes the silver and the dime’s value is questioned. The tale ends with a clear moral about avoiding mixing values and effects.
A Chicago News reader recounts an evening train encounter with a beautiful young woman traveling with her aging parents. The story focuses on her anger at seating, parental gestures, and the reactions of fellow passengers as the scene unfolds from first sight to the mother’s quiet tenderness. The narrator reflects on beauty versus behavior and the crowd’s judgment.
An account from the Homer Nevada Index describes Jim Toy of Lundy visiting Ah Wee, a Bennettville laundryman, who dies twice and briefly revives during transport before final death. Ah Wee is buried with Chinese ceremonial rites as the tale ends in tragedy and superstition.
D. it. Locke surveys Naples street music and nuisances from beggars to wheel pianos. He notes rolling mechanical pianos driven by ruffians, harsher than organ or guitar, with firms leasing instruments to lazaroni. Mixed vocal and instrumental quartets demand tips, while Naples’ national music remains showy, ornate, and oddly charming yet brash.
A passenger recounts a Hebrides episode from Minglay where a boy with King's Evil seeks a cure from a local hereditary healer. The healer, last of seven sons, performs a chant over the sore with no medicines, accepting only a small silver gift, while the boy’s guardian hopes for relief based on earlier successes.
The Bombay Gazette reports lavish prewedding and wedding rituals for Meer Ghoolam Baba Khan’s family. Guests arrived by special trains to view gifts, with furniture and a vast jewelry display including gold beads and enamel centers. A thousand coolies carried nuptial gifts in mile-long processions through the city.
A New York stable on Fifty sixth street near Seventh Avenue features four harnessed horses in a light wagon, showing strong bonds with their master Mr Work. The horses Edward Regina Dick and another mare receive care, sugar treats, and affectionate interchanges. Work explains training methods, traits, and the care that keeps them lively, while visitors observe the horses and dog handlers in the well equipped facility. The piece highlights humane treatment, animal intelligence, and the stable's impressive size and equipment.
A Cleveland Leader excerpt notes a Hillsboro bride confronts a fiancé fears over finances for a lavish life. He flees, eloping with himself, and may regret the association with the name M E Wallace.
Fannie Zimmerman, daughter of a Baltimore clergyman, became betrothed to two men and fixed a wedding day. One lover from Pennsylvania arrived with a license to take her to a minister, while his rival from Virginia appeared. A street chase followed and the latter was detained until the ceremony took place.
A club question about a groom's wife sparked a wry Texas tale. The husband quips that she may be pretty if her father digs, turning a compliment into a rural joke about family and property.
The Republican press is pressed to revive the Southern neutrality fight as a campaign weapon. The piece argues the issue is dead and harmful, predicting Northern voters reject it in favor of practical concerns like labor protection, taxation, and industrial progress. It condemns agitators who stoke sectional hatred, urging focus on national development.
The article warns that postwar reconstruction plans aimed to destroy constitutional protections and establish military despotism. It cites Johnson’s impeachment, Hayes’s presidency, and Thad Stevens as catalysts, arguing radical Republicans sought centralization and subjugation of Southern states, endangering civil liberties and the federal union. The piece condemns such power grabs as threats to liberty and cites Victor Hugo on tyranny.
The piece notes Republican dispatches recounting a Democratic caucus nominating Carlisle as greeted by a so called old rebel yell. It discusses political yells across parties, marks their use after contests like Grant and Hancock, and criticizes the concept of tone or loyalty. It ends with a remark on fashion through winter months.
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