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Newspaper
Mills County Republican
Location
Malvern, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1880
Page
6
The text presents a garbled lyric of yearning and betrayal with recurring lines about lovers such as Mina Mina Mary Fanny Fanny Kitty Reey and others. Amidst jagged phrases a saber that snaps in two and thoughts of beloveds under frost and summer express deep romantic distress. The fragmentary voice repeats thinking of the beloved until separation or peril.
In a Havana boarding house Madame Cutbush’s struggle with drink leads to reform then relapse, while Clara, a Philadelphia girl, recalls a lost lover, a mercenary mother, and a stern husband. The narrative traces love, betrayal, exploitation, and a decision to free slaves, ending with Clara’s vow to seek redemption and aid widows.
The lake ship boom grows as the steamer Commodore at 269 feet and 2082 tons, and the United States Company Rochester at 287 feet and 2200 tons, spark talk of still larger vessels. Reports warn that oversized ships strain handling in close quarters and shallow harbors, signaling even grander builds ahead.
New York lawyer D A Jones, recently back from Cyprus and the Holy Land, imports Cyprian and Holy Land bees to America. He reports hardy, long‑distance bees with a strong queen, limited current stock, and plans to test their honey production against Italian queens. Jones stored hives in Benton and Larnica, noting travel dangers and high costs.
The article traces immigration growth from negligible early 1800s figures to massive postwar influxes. It cites yearly totals by country groups and notes shifts due to war, labor demand, and global origins, including England Ireland Germany Sweden Norway France Italy Australia and Asia, with peak immigrant strides in 1873 and 1880.
The excerpt notes large postwar migration figures with about 200000 Chinese immigrants and half returning. It cites 1876 UK to US and US to Canada emigration, plus Canada to Australia, Ireland movement since 1851, and suggests skilled laborers form a growing share of migrants while the least desirable class shrinks. It warns that American assimilation capacity may be overtaxed by political strife.
The article outlines fall women’s fashion: belts with armor attachments, bold black and white trimmed silks, new milliner term garshrmer meaning trimmed, gowns with gold and pearl embroidery, hair and bonnet trends with feathers and plush ribbons, Directoire collars, short round skirts with trains, and color forecasts including heliotrope sea browns coffee browns and slate gray. It notes English taste favors layered skirts while American style remains practical, with bonnets using satin sarah, pins, and larger bonnet strings.
A collage of satirical clippings and humorous snippets from various papers. It twists phrases and quips about weather, manners, and manners of speech, linking extracts from Puck, Norristown Herald, Lockport Union, and others into a curious mosaic of late 19th century style humor.
The piece discusses dating norms and social expectations for women seeking marriage. It argues women may communicate interest beyond formal rules, warning against excessive pickiness while encouraging openness to suitable suitors who come along. It cautions against rushing or waiting too long to marry.
A duel between M. de Montfort, a cavalry officer, and M. Protche, a School of Mines student, occurred by candlelight at Mile. Chapuis’ home on Rue des Ecoles after a dispute over attentions to Mile. Capuis. Montfort suffered bruises and was laid up for a fortnight as the affair spilled to police after the women involved later revealed the incident.
A Keokuk Gate City report describes a bold but bungled attempt to extort a railroad official. A sobering pleas for a pass to Cincinnati revealed financial ruin as the motive, with the briber vanished after the incident in a hallway shadow.
Jules Clarette, a French journalist, discovers oddities in a Paris shop. One item resembles a banana peel labeled as skin from the Eve-tempting serpent, with a claim of authentic scholarly assurance. Another item is a hair alleged to be Charles II’s, sealed with wax and parchment.
A half litre of water is placed in flasks with a piece of white paper and exposed to sunlight for ten days. The liquid’s clarity depends on the presence of organic matter, with muddy texture indicating contamination.
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