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Newspaper
Western Sentinel
Location
Winston, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1881
Page
1
The passage presents erroneous weights for gold and silver coins and includes miscellaneous aphorisms about youth and a printer. It appears as a fragmented, stylistic excerpt with no clear cohesive news event or identifiable figures.
The December issue opens Harper's sixty fourth volume and touts the magazine as the leading illustrated periodical. It notes broad acclaim in the United States and growing English circulation, boasting contributions from eminent American and British writers and artists.
Harper and Brothers announce subscription plans for Harper’s Magazine Harper’s Young People Harper’s Weekly Harper’s Young Pi plus Franklin Square Library. Volumes priced at 2.25 per volume for full set 65 volumes cloth binding 60 cents for binding cloth cases. Single volumes by mail 3 50 plus postage. Remittances by money order. Ads require explicit reprint permission.
Harper & Brothers offers Harper's Weekly and Harper's Magazine subscriptions with postage free in the United States and Canada, stating volumes begin in January and detailing pricing for cloth and leather bindings plus payment by money order or draft.
A Boston Star chronicle of the 1850s Lorena song. Rev. H. D. L. Webster wrote the verses drawing on a romance between a poor pastor and a rich sister’s ward. Ella Bertha inspired the famous Lorena name and the enduring sorrow in the lyrics. The tale spans Ohio, Wisconsin, and Europe as relationships sour then fade.
The New York Sun details massive pension costs with 28 740 new names and requests for 100 000 000 for current pensions plus 20 000 000 deficit, predicting up to 335 000 000 more for arrears. It denounces the scheme as plunder driven by claim agents and cites the Philadelphia Times on love and folly.
A 19th century view predicts English will dominate world communication by century's end with 800 million speakers across colonies and continents. It discusses empire size and population, compares English and American advantages, and notes historical gunmaking advances and long-serving congressmen.
Professor Hutchinson cites a lecture noting Roman Catholics ban consanguineous marriages and show one deaf partner in 3,000. Protestants allow such unions with 1 in 2,000 deaf mates. Jews, who encourage intermarriage within blood lines, show 1 deaf partner in 409.
A Greenshots Tribune correspondent recalls W A Shouse the distiller and Thomas M Brower the storekeeper of Surry county N C who conspired to steal about thirty five barrels of whisky. Deputy Collector Bynum recovered the loot buried on Brower s land and Shouse went to jail Brower fled on a tramp. The piece also notes timber industry figures and urges readers to do their duty without regard to approval.
The article argues sheep are the cheapest stock a farmer can raise. A good breed's fleece covers upkeep and lamb profits add to income. Manure and weed control from sheep in pastures are noted as additional financial benefits.
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