17 May 1888
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Newspaper
Weekly Expositor
Location
Yale, Michigan, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1888
Page
3
A reflective verse fragment describes a small group seeking truth in beauty and fame. The speaker contemplates living for nature, avoiding worldly applause, and cherishing youthful joy despite peers straying. He recalls wandering fields and laments time passing fast while inner rapture endures.
A derelict child is left aboard a London to Swindon journey after a mother disembarks at Didcot. An unassuming male traveler reluctantly cares for the boy as the coach travels, while Swindon and Blacktown figures navigate the missing mother and potential guardianship until Oakbury.
In Oakbury near Blacktown the Oakbury people form a selective, old‑fashioned set led by two exclusive Hazelwood House owners, the Talbert brothers. Their gentility stems from timber and trade wealth, shaping cautious introductions and social climbing while nearby Glebe-like parishes drift toward old country estates and a prosperous but guarded community.
The Talberts, aiming to rise socially, advise their sons to mix with the upper ten thousand while avoiding the commercial class. Tensions erupt as Hattie and George fight, with a boy overhearing a jealous scene. A satirical note on manners, money, and reputations closes with a mock pitch for Royal Executioner Berry’s US lecture tour.
A Boston Transcript note recalls a graduate puzzled by a frequent footnote term in a modern book. He seeks the author’s name in cyclopedias, learns he is related to the celebrated Anon, famed for English language verse and prose. A separate Austin incident describes a colored man demanding bonds and threatening Col. Jones with buckshot to keep the peace.
A Canton Globe Democrat letter recounts a riot in a Chinese prison with women inmates shouting for a “cumsliaw.” The piece contrasts the women's and men's sides, noting opium-smoked guards, stray chickens, and a distinctive elderly prisoner in horn rims calmly mending rags while smiling at the observers.
A child’s quick reply echoes wisdom as the teacher asks who is the wisest. The dialogue contrasts Solomon and Holy Moses, with the child noting a parent’s frequent praise of Moses in everyday speech.
The article promotes Beote's Emulsion as a celebrated medical remedy for consumption scrofula bronchitis and general weakness. It claims physicians endorse it as palatable and effective, with dramatic testimonials and mentions of tinctures violets hay flowers and rose centers in an ornate, period tone.
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