24 Dec 1880
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Newspaper
Southport Times
Location
Southport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1880
Page
1
A period poem describing the oak the elm and the maple as noble trees. It praises strength beauty and grace with imagery of Christmas trees and banners. The piece contrasts sturdy shade and festive splendor while celebrating nature and yuletide symbolism.
In a Detroit tenement on Christmas Eve, Susie and her brother Nathaniel share hardship and hope among neighbors. Widow Winterpippin hosts a festive gathering. a dream foretells debts paid, marriages blessed, and a loan turning into a life-changing partnership.
The Great Eastern steamship is chartered for ten years to carry dressed beef from the American seaboard or River Plate to the United Kingdom at about three pence per pound. Cattle will be slaughtered on board with Chicago butchers, stored in refrigerators, and 10 000 to 15 000 carcasses per voyage shipped. The scheme aims to lower prices and break the meat ring, amid notes on planetary cycles and a long digression on historic epidemics and famines.
A man calling himself White surrendered to the Royal Engineers Guard at South Camp Aldershot claiming twenty four years of desertion. He says he is well to do and the father of a large Glasgow family and fears his children being labeled as offspring of a deserter. He forgot his service number and is unsure if the desertion occurred in 1854 or 1855. He was remanded to the guardroom for further inquiry.
A domestic scene unfolds as a narrator and Charles discuss holiday purchases. They describe loving, cheap items, gifts for a mother and girls, housekeeping bargains, and a small present for Charles, with a practical question about money.
A collection of humorous maxims and anecdotes on virtue, love, and human foibles. The pieces reference domestic life, marriage, manners, and quirky observations from various voices, including a Boston Post note and a Philadelphian hotel scene, with light satire throughout.
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