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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1889
Page
7
Fragmentary verse commentary on gender and virtue. The speaker mocks vanity and deceit while arguing that women and men share flaws yet value talent. The piece contemplates waiting for a suitable man despite faults, framed in ironic tone.
In a shabby St Johnswood cottage, George Atwood, a failed writer and confirmed gambler, spirals into poverty with his wife Mandie Atwood. The house, once filled with art, music, and cheer, hides debt, neglect, and fragile hope as Atwood’s suspicions and temper strain the dwindling family.
A long extract lists wealthy figures including American railroad magnates and international names, noting their immense fortunes and annual incomes. It then shifts to a conversational anecdote about a magazine printing schedule, an attaché from Hare per Brothers explaining how issues are prepared eighteen months in advance, and a theatrical street scene with a humorous interlude about a Ferguson remark.
George H Vaniderbitt plans to build a barge industrial facility on his Ashville bank side and use the project to fund a liberal education endowment. He envisions a distinct southern institution teaching wool work, meal making and skilled mechanics to uplift poor white children, with landscaped grounds laid out by developers. Local neighbors question the purchase and its implications for surrounding properties.
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