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Newspaper
Troy Herald
Location
Troy, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1877
Page
2
The piece presents a bohemian speaker in 19th century tone, reveling in freedom from creed and law. He drinks, torments society, and faces death with a dark humor, pledging farewell to a distant friend as life nears its end. Poems of rapture and ruin frame the doomed persona.
Addison Gaylord befriends Emma Tyner a poor copyist who writes with delicate hands and helps her sister Alice a cripple. When Emma proves loyal and capable Addison falls for her, only to be pressed by his sister in law to end the affair. After a confrontation Emma reveals her love and Addison proposes, vowing to marry and support both sisters.
A Missouri clergyman was asked to resign from his pulpit amid rumors he had three wives living and was suspected of paledoning the fourth. Congregations grow so exacting that worldly enjoyment may be forbidden to clergy.
The article traces the crescent moon as a religious and political emblem across Greek, Byzantine, and Turkish histories. It cites myths about Diana and lunar omens, claims Byzantium adopted the crescent after thwarting Philip II, notes Ottoman adoption of the symbol, and mentions modern orders bearing crescents given to various officers and Christians. It also includes a recipe for a refrigerator using charcoal and boxes.
The note from Prince Gurtachukull to Lord Derby signals Europe’s stance against new tariffs while seeking Bulgarian autonomy and Bulgarian independence for Romania and Serbia. England remains aggressive, adding to its tensions as political marriages unfold within Maryland’s Carroll family and Judge Thompson’s kin. A vivid social clash centers on a reigning belle whose conquests inspire sharp exchanges.
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