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Newspaper
Mills County Republican
Location
Malvern, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1880
Page
3
A literary account recalls meeting Jenny Lind in a refined South Kensington setting. The author describes her preserved beauty and stage grace, noting her warm talk, devotion to music, and the enduring impact of her singing on audiences. She reflects on the U S reception and her departure from the stage.
The piece laments the era of greed, arguing the love of money drives harm to earth and humanity. It contrasts philanthropy with gold worship, claiming millionaires champion wealth over country, family, and virtue, risking moral collapse and social ruin.
A fragmented piece argues for marriage as the bedrock of good government and the democracy of home. It extols generosity over stinginess, warns against making a wife beg for money, and promotes using wealth to foster happiness and strong family bonds. It laments rulers who seek power over love and emphasizes that children thrive in loving homes, not luxury.
A fragment urges protection for children from parental abuse, calling for civilized behavior toward spouses and children. It emphasizes treating others as you wish to be treated, stressing deeds over creeds and honesty and independence in daily conduct.
A Brooklyn Union-Argus correspondent visited the Rock Street house at Eighty-Fourth and the boulevard where Poe boarded while writing The Raven. He spoke with Poe’s landlady Mrs Brennan who recalled Poe’s eccentricity and care for his wife Mrs Clemm. She described Poe as modest and occasionally somber, walked in nightgown through woods, and wrote while his wife Virgina Poe was ill. The house is now tenanted by the Bauer family.
A historical survey notes that only about six men of social standing have been convicted of murder and hanged in England over 140 years. It highlights Lord Ferrers, Mr Parsons, Captain Donellan, and Captain Mair as prominent cases, with Captain Mair described as a Scot linked to Sir James Baird and Sir David Baird. The narrative covers Mair’s military service, illness, and a violent act in Essex and Marsh that led to a fatal outcome.
A father admonishes his daughter for bringing complaints about her husband after a short marriage. The daughter cites ongoing conflict, and the father recalls his own thirty-year quarrel with her mother, suggesting persistent domestic strife. A lyrical interjection follows about autumn skies and distant imagery.
The text argues against high heels and supports natural or moccasin style footwear. It cites comfort, ease of movement, and foot health, noting many peoples walk barefoot or with flat soles and that heels distort natural foot mechanics. It also cites animal and human examples from different cultures and concludes heels are unnecessary and broadly uncommon.
A New Orleans Pleayune fragment depicts a lottery drawing where a Chinese man, called John, clumsily engages with the crowd. A con artist swindles a spectator out of half a dollar by exchanging a losing ticket for a dollar before the scam is discovered.
In Salem a character named Amase Kilborn becomes the focus of a rural tall tale about weather and hay drying. After a sequence of showers soaking grass and hay, a final thunderous cloud rising over the western horizon prompts Kilborn to shout a warning, revealing the story’s humorous local lore and superstition.
The readable words hint a bizarre dialogue about biasing, a character named Thera, and a plan to test wetness. The legible fragment suggests a nonsensical or garbled exchange, lacking clear event, location, or participants for a fuller summary.
In India camels and elephants served as beasts of burden in old trade practices. The narrator recalls elephants bearing heavy wine and beer loads, while camels, though reluctant, carry substantial burdens, chewing steadily as they lie down and rise again. The camel’s distressed howls and tears reveal its misery, yet drivers persist, culminating in the adage about the last straw breaking the camel’s back and the camel resuming its march.
The text evokes an autumnal mood as cricket song fades amid lush summer imagery. It notes cool breezes, golden light, and lingering verdant fields while autumnal influence seeps into heat and brightness, coloring flowers and foliage with a gentle sadness.
A garbled OCR style snippet from the Chicago Tribune mentions distorted phrases like ACRikty Vintiston Sifig 4 song of shotguns and Major-General Hamcock. It reads as a jumble of names, places, and political flavor, with scattered references to English, rebels, and a world south. The fragment lacks a clear event or person to anchor a full summary.
The Quarterly Reviewer offers a calm, impartial summing up of the presidential question as presented by Hon John Jay in the International Review. It weighs party records, rebuts charges against Hancock and Garfield, and contrasts Republican reforms with Democratic policies and proposed constitutional changes.
The excerpt from Emery A. Storrs speech before a Philadelphia audience, introduced by W. D. Kelly, extols pure republicanism as complete freedom and equality. He mocks relative or partial notions, insisting on full enforcement of laws, national engagement, and universal freedom rather than partial promises. The lively crowd reacts with laughter and applause.
A staunch Republican speech denounces the Democratic Party as dangerous and self serving. The orator argues the party flourishes in hard times while despising reform, claiming its rise signals a total revolution of the government. Laughter and applause punctuate the critique as Garfield’s fate is invoked.
A collection of 1868 era letters and clippings discussing Southern support for Republican and Democratic parties after the Civil War. Notes reference Wade Hampton, Blackburn, Garf ield and Arthur, and Northern reactions. The text cites union veterans, silk workers, and politicians in a charged political climate.
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