16 Dec 1853
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Newspaper
Richmond Mail
Location
Richmond, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1853
Page
1
A damaged OCR fragment hints at a missing notice about a legal or employment matter. It mentions contacts, a firm, and references to a drug firm and a bank. The readable text is too garbled to determine specifics, entities, or outcomes.
The Fall and Winter stock of ready made clothing from KEEN CHILES BALDWIN and partners at 102 Main Street offers satinet tweed cassimere frocks coats pants and vests in many fabrics as well as shirts collars hosiery and full suits for Negroes. Also advertised are jewelry and toilet cases from W J Bartholomew Co and Adcock and Co. Pew purchasers for St James Church pews are invited by H J Christian.
A fragment from The Richmond Mail presents a lyric plea Wilt Thou Be Mine with repeated questioning lines. The versified passage echoes romantic longing and the weight of spoken vows as imagery shifts from fragile flowers to trapped birds.
A sensational 1840s Texas tale follows John Taylor, a genius lawyer, whose wife deserts him for Mississippi after a marriage to a wealthy suitor’s son. Hopkins shoots Elliston amid a public scandal. in the April Circuit Court, Hopkins is acquitted of murder while Elliston sues for slander. A mysterious, impoverished barrister then appears in court to defend Elliston, dramatic beyond belief.
The court hesitated to proceed as a man claiming admission produced a license from the highest tribunal in America. The stranger spoke rarely, asked few cross questions, and declined the plaintiff’s opening. Pike and Prentice reacted, sensing they had “caught a Tartar” though his identity remained mystery.
A speech extols women as tender and compassionate yet capable and resilient, likening them to wax and tripe in contrast, with vivid images of love, childlike joy, and imaginative life. The piece ends with a sales note for English Mustard in kegs and bo 2 fresh and best quality offered by A Strece.
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