03 May 1877
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Newspaper
Warren Ledger
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1877
Page
1
A narrator recalls a near confession of passionate love judged as a platonic friendship. In a twilight garden and sea shaded walks, the speaker reveals hidden longing and alternates between scientific musings and romantic ache, questioning if honesty could have changed the outcome. The verse contrasts restraint with desire as the night deepens.
A gentleman and his daughter Carrie stop at a remote tavern in winter 1542. Hidden thieves lurk, but Carrie’s daring escape by window leads to a staged burglary and a later discovery: a murdered man buried behind the hearth. Landlord and accomplices are captured and executed.
The May issue opens with Mrs. H. G. Rowe’s Mrs. White's Party a tale told in night dress guests. It includes A Peep into a Lace Kingdom an account of a Paris convent. Good-For-Nothing Polly ends Miss Farjoatr's serial with Polly set to become hero of another tale. No. LX of Poet Home’s Series profiles Bayard Taylor at Cedarcroft with personal gossip. Also poems by L G Whitein Dolliver and others plus Miltiades Peterkin Paul. Subscriptions $2 per year. Elia Farman editor. D Lothrop & Co Boston.
The article contrasts the old railroad dining car with the Pullman Hotel car. It explains the dining car’s motion, crowding, and high per meal costs versus the hotel car’s fixed, spacious layout, sleeping areas, private drawing room, and à la carte meals. It notes lines between New York Chicago and Chicago Omaha, and praises the hotel cars as modern and comfortable.
A city page features a playful dispute over March weather with bets on warmth and strawberries. It also includes reflective aphorisms on mental health, self-critique, and self-improvement, narrated by various voices and an elderly remark about poverty and contentment.
Cabinet members debate wine for a state dinner with Frederick Douglass as a proxy. Hayes resists alcohol to avoid provoking Pan Slavic tensions, while Sam Ward and others push for compromise, ending in a policy of delay and a prohibitionist alliance.
The dialogue reveals a plan to temper temperance and wine at a White House banquet to appease Mrs. Hayes and guests. Evarts argues Russia’s danger from hydrophobia amid Spitz dogs and water taboos for Grand Dukes Alexis and Constantine. The secret history credits Secretary of State with masterful diplomacy to avert a crisis in Russian relations.
A verbose column excerpt recounts a humorous debate led by Mr Flaxeter about a riddle mixing Daniel the prophet and the Danube. The piece pivots to reflections on education, discipline, and character from Miss Compton and others, ending with social quips about marriage and lawyers.
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