29 Oct 1872
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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1872
Page
1
A lyrical meditation on spring as youth and love bloom. The speaker notes bright sun, blue birds and new nests, urging a maiden to enjoy youth before time reveals its truths as May fades into reality.
The narrator meets Tom Foster in Boston after a long apart. Tom reveals his wife Mary Lyford, a Greenland girl who rose from kitchen helper to head of the dining room, wins admiration, and later marries him. The tale ends with a warm, domestic portrait of Tom and his refined wife.
In a recent interview Alexander K. McClure argued the October election settled the presidential contest. He claimed Pennsylvania was hopeless for Grant and Ohio or Indiana unlikely for Greeley, noting fraud cries in Philadelphia but attributing Buckalew’s defeat to Democratic defections and distrust despite 15,000 Republicans voting for him.
The verse honors a friend shaped by honesty and action not pretension. It contrasts quiet virtue with loud piety and credits daily good deeds as true measure, noting how loss reveals a man’s worth and his quiet companionship on earth.
The Harrisburg State Journal reports Republican candidates ran stronger at their home districts. Hartranft won big in Montgomery County Norristown. Mercur led Towanda. Gen Allen polled well in Warren. Lemuel Todd impressed in Carlisle. Albright won Allentown support. Scofield gained votes in his old district. The piece cites home reputation backing sound judgment in elections.
Horace Greeley rejects a Suaitema bid against General Grant and warns Democrats against backing him. He declares he never followed the party and would die debtor to none. The Tribune reflects August 18 1871 views on Grant versus Democratic nominees and Union disruption concerns.
The World denounced Greeley as a fraud and warned of his ignominious defeat. It later urged Democrats to stand by their colors and vote for the candidate. Intelligent Democrats will recall the paper’s past criticisms and ignore its current appeal.
The Georgia Straight-Outs faction of the Jeffersonian Democracy denounces the Baltimore Convention as a stupendous blunder and urges a new Democratic organization under their banner to preserve principles after the movement’s failure. They nominate an Elector ticket aligned with O Conor and Adams and issue an address calling for reform.
Mrs Partington misreads the weekly health reports and declares total a malignant disease, noting it as deadly as all other causes combined in a tongue in cheek commentary.
A brief aphorism notes the value of a man who goes to work with cheer and sings while he labors, suggesting positivity in daily labor and dedication to duties.
The piece recounts the 1864 exchange between Ulysses S. Grant and William T. Sherman after Grants appointment as Lieutenant General and command of the Union armies. It notes how Sherman commends Grants leadership, their shared aims, and hints at future campaigns while warning against complacency and partisanship. The article reflects on their roles in shaping the war and the presidency.
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