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Newspaper
The Weekly Echo
Location
Lake Charles, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1876
Page
6
The Philadelphia centennial exhibition nears opening as vast pavilions rise toward a grand complex. Officials boast five main buildings, vast machinery halls, art galleries, and a government display, with millions invested in hotels and amenities. Visitors expect crowds, chaos, and a landmark event destined to place America in the spotlight.
Hon John M Francie reports from Egypt on a visit to Princess Mansoor the khedives eldest daughter and Pasha Mansoor’s wife. The tour details lavish rooms slave attendants chibouks cups perfumes and jeweled furniture with Parisian artistry, ending in a private boudoir and salon.
A lengthy extract summarizes Alexander T. Stewart’s rise from a dry goods favorite to a sprawling retail and wholesale empire. It details his uptown expansion to Tenth Street, a six story Iron building of about eighteen acres, the Grand Union hotel, Garden City on Long Island, Glenham mills, and plans for domestic fabrics to rival imports. The article notes his wealth, extensive real estate, and a personal art collection, including a $75,000 Messonnier painting, with total property assessed at about $3.99 million and real value near $7.5 million.
The New York Times reports Mr. Stewart paid 582,200 in personal property taxes and 5120,392 on real estate last year. Personal property valued near 53,000,000 and real estate about 56,000,000, with taxation set at sixty percent of real value. The article notes additional untaxed bonds and stocks and more property at Glenham near Fishkill.
A reflective excerpt arguing that bearing adversity conquers fate and that time, not wealth, is lost forever. It cites Socrates and emphasizes self-mastery, cheerfulness in calamity, and the value of simple living to endure fortune's shocks. The piece links philosophy to resilience against fear, shame, and death.
A New York letter compares the gambler's wife in novels as a pale heart-broken figure who longs for her lord's return to the gambling table, with a daytime view of reality showing a plump well-dressed woman in dainty gloves and high fashion. The piece ends with a moral quip that “By their rags you shall know them.”
The article, richly garbled, links polo with Texas ponies and a new rival tone, noting riders will dismount without formal orders and comparing polo attempts to circus tricks. It mentions Cragin & Co promising sample bins and reader postage requests, then ends with stray garbled phrases about soap and oats.
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