03 Jan 1889
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Newspaper
The Democratic Press
Location
Eaton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1889
Page
1
A fragmented verse piece laments life from cradle to coffin with mournful images of sleep, death, and loss. The text traces a pall of sorrow as a final rite closes over a child and family, evoking prayer, memory, and grief.
Mrs. Harcourt bargains with Mary Rivers over a set of opals amid wealth and poverty. Rivers sells the stones for ten pounds, tight with debt, while Harcourt boasts the profit and plans resetting them as a wedding gift for her daughter Ethel, revealing callous manipulation.
A story intertwines a doomed marriage and a widow's loss with a cursed bridal opal set. Nell Rivers dies with the opals on her, Aunt Belton derides the gems as unlucky while the aunt’s warnings echo through a shipwreck and creeping misfortune.
The article surveys perfumery ingredients from roses and neroli to bergamot and attars, detailing oils, enfleurage, and distillation. It notes violet beds near Nice, cassia versus cinnamon, ylang yl ang, sandalwood, vetivert, vanilla, ambergris, civet, musk, and other odorous sources with origins and uses.
A veteran writer recalls a battery’s rough ride on the field. He describes rapid repositioning, broken horses, and men killed or wounded as shells, canister, and musket fire tear through lines. The piece ends reflecting on historians’ contrasting views of war’s glory versus its mass death.
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