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Newspaper
The Warner Sun
Location
Warner, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1885
Page
5
A reflective poem questions wealth and time as a constraint on love. The speaker imagines if more money or years were available to woo, confess, and settle, comparing desires for luxury with failing romance and a sense of urgency. It ends with the speaker lamenting not having more time.
A husband returns to Daphne Dell to find his wife Lucie nursing a child. He discovers a secret lover through a rain-soaked love letter that reveals Lucie’s unhappiness and infidelity. A Philadelphia fire interrupts his business, intensifying the emotional reckoning.
In a tender scene the narrator admits all to his partner. Slow realization breaks on her face as tears fill her eyes. She lifts the sleeping baby to her and whispers that only he ever truly loved her, affirming the rekindled bond with Lucie.
Dispatches describe Newport and Boston summer estates of the wealthy led by Pierre Lorillard and Mrs. Gardner Brewer. Gardens feature rare orchids, cacti, and tropical plants with breeders sending blooms to Europe and Central America. Noted is the Brewer collection and rival Corning nurseries with catleya orchids valued at high sums.
Branch Philadelphia Press correspondence reports six gambling houses in Long Branch attracting wealthy patrons and temptations. It describes lavish gamblers wives and the social fissures among hotel guests, contrasting opulent gowns with loneliness and rivalry in a resort where vice flourishes.
A humorous recital scene where a young violinist loses his bow and tests substitutes. A visiting card, a sword, and an umbrella are tried as bow replacements, yielding brief tunes and audience applause as the performer improvises.
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