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Newspaper
Lawrence Gazette
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1883
Page
8
A Detroit Free Press poem praising the groom for winning a wife and keeping love through life. It lauds patience, fidelity, and justice as the couple’s crown, wishing blessings, harmony, and a divine light guiding their home from above.
A sixty five year old savant Theodore Grimshaw, famed for Africa’s future and local water works, meets a widow at a dinner hosted by a London MP. She sees loneliness and romance in him, and he vows devotion as he dreams of a country home. Their courtship grows until a child’s voices from the adjoining room interrupts the moment.
In a Regency style scene, a widow proclaims she has five children while a prying gentleman, Mr Grimshaw, feigns scandal. He then withdraws, as the crowd notes his interest in Africa and colonial ventures. The fragment ends with an ironic note on public reform and London water supply.
Philadelphia Prose attacks inadequate fire escapes as unsafe for the majority of guests. It ridicules ladders and ropes, argues for enclosed brick and iron stairways, and warns that many would be sacrificed rather than saved during a blaze.
Harper's Bazar outlines dress alterations from last year to new styles, detailing basques with pointed fronts, over-skirts, hollow plaits, and puffed effects for different figures. It notes military collars, double-breasted looks, vests, and turned-over collars, plus sleeves with steel springs, Passementerie trims, and plastrons in satin or ottoman silk.
A fragment from Pall Mall Gazette humorously documents the English habit of proposing new words for a person who abstains from fermented liquors. After a suggestion of hydropot, a reader floats mintenist, with other coinages volleying in. The piece notes a lively, if dull, season of linguistic contest.
An old feeble man aboard a Third Avenue street car finds no help until a woman rises, offers her seat, and shows gratitude. The conductor notes gendered manners in seating and thanks, contrasting expectations for men and women at the time. He comments on cultural differences and social norms around politeness and reciprocity in public transit.
The passage describes men who have never been thanked and only acknowledge women at the last moment, yielding their seats with a dramatic display of courtesy. It mocks the behavior of those who expect recognition and vows to receive thank you notes delivered to their homes.
A prominent physician warns against panicking about pneumonia and urges attention to causes and remedies. Cold and wet conditions, thin clothing, and poor indoor air contribute to risk, while extra garments and warmer bedding can prevent or aid recovery. Pneumonia often follows other illnesses and underlying chronic diseases, and foul air in crowded tenements exacerbates outbreaks.
A meditation on red hair fashion in English society notes women shifting to warm tones and auburn locks. Hank Monk, famed stage driver and Buffalo Bill associate, died in Carson, Nevada, after a storied career driving the coach through rugged routes.
An editorial argues it is early to shape 1884 Democratic choice while avoiding Republican missteps. It favors selecting a center of new ideas candidate, notes New York’s past role, and points to the West or Northwest as the likely center of future leadership.
The Louis Republican analyzes a Congressional debate on census based school funding. It argues the South paid a heavy price after the war and Reconstruction, noting Northern wealth and Southern ruin shaped tax burdens. It warns against negro governance and foresees demographic shifts amid rising Black populations in South Carolina and Mississippi.
The Boston Post argues that capable, honest men should lead amid tough circumstances. They praise consistency and courage as the watchwords of the strife and note that many others are sympathetic co-workers, urging duty to make the best of the situation.
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