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Newspaper
The Warner Sun
Location
Warner, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1886
Page
5
A poem contrasts a lavish man who treats others to dinners cigars and billiards with a wife who must beg for money to buy a dress. He reassures her with a kiss and a promise to repair the gown she made last year. The piece paints the social tension between display and domestic need.
A narrator reflects on a short December day and Christmas near, then encounters a man who offers to walk with her. The scene moves from wintry street to hedgerows and snowy orchards as a developing connection and a shared wish to revive old Christmas feelings emerges.
A couple plans a private Christmas gathering as the past resurfaces with a returned love. A mysterious woman appears, claiming a long history with Brian and a hidden marriage, prompting drama and emotional confrontation in the family home. Faint tension ends with a kiss and a tentative future.
The Rev. Mr. Hope, passing a home in Charlottesville, encountered a wedding at his doorstep. The bride Miss Hildebrand and groom Mr. Krizer, both of Albemarle, asked to wed on the spot and were promptly married by the minister declaring it fitting and right.
A St. Louis Globe-Democrat correspondent describes an exclusive colored social circle in Washington centered on the Fifteenth Presbyterian Church near McPherson Square. It notes Fred Douglas’s reduced standing after marrying a white woman and profiles prominent nearly white ladies like Mrs. Bruce and Mrs. O'Hara, who blend art, languages, and culture with race perceptions in elite circles.
A Washington correspondent notes that announcements in society papers hint at influence wielded by wives of army and navy officers. Powerful retired officers’ wives guide careers, arranging alliances to advance or remove officers, as one naval assistant learned when an official order sent him 3000 miles away after a planned engagement was blocked by a mother.
A London Times excerpt reports a ten year decline in zymotic diseases following vaccination acts. Smallpox mortality fell, scarlet fever dropped markedly, measles declined modestly, and enteric fever plus other fevers fell by about forty five percent, attributed to sanitation and sewerage improvements.
A 14 year old boy knocks on a Brush street door offering to clear the snow for 10 cents. After a brief bargaining, he shovels the walk and receives a silver dollar. He then plans to tell neighbors that a plushly dressed woman and her store jewelry are unfairly criticized by a sham caller.
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