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Newspaper
Western Sentinel
Location
Winston, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1879
Page
1
A humorous tale recalls the Blue Hen Hotel in Delaware as it expands impossibly, sinking, rising, and aging through a witty narrator. It also discusses natural law on heredity, social reform, and the audiphone invention aiding the deaf, with demonstrations showing its impact on hearing and speech training.
A travel note describes entering a Japanese home with no bell or chair. The visitor bows to the master, removes shoes, and shares tea and cake before being led to a study opening to a garden. The wife and children are pictured in formal, restrained domestic scenes.
Harper's Magazine advertises a 59 volume complete run of Harlan's Macaziaz in next cloth binding for 2.28 per volume with express shipment at purchaser expense, or single volumes mail order at 3.20 postpaid. Binding cases 35 cents by mail postpaid. Remittances via money order or draft to Harper & Brothers, New York.
The French savant Dr Bertillon reports that marriage promotes health longevity and morality across Europe. He finds married men have lower death and crime rates than bachelors or widowers, with Paris showing sharper gaps. Women show even larger decreases in personal crisis reports for married status.
Harper's Weekly and Harper's Magazine advertise subscriptions and volumes with pricing and terms. The notice lists One Year prices for Harper's Weekly Harper's Bazaar and Harper's Young People plus monthly volume options and cloth cases. It also promotes a work-at-home opportunity by True & Co offering easy earnings.
Ready made clothing and dry goods line arrives praised as largest and cheapest yet offered in the market. Mr Franklin selected stock from the Northern Cities with assurance buyers will lose money by not examining stock first. Counted among dry goods and notions, enlarged stock urged for early attention.
Jno. D. Paylor and Stephen Neal announce a new stock of ladies cloaks to be displayed in Winston with a large store room, a fine line of goods, polite salesmen, and a goal to please old customers and win new ones. October 9.
A speaker argues pain is a guiding force from nature and warns that ignoring its cautions leads to ruin. The essay contends pleasure and haste derail duty, while people seek divine mercy after breaking nature’s laws and blaming fate for the consequences.
A Spanish proverb advises to select a wife without sight and to entrust one’s soul to God, signaling a cautious or resigned approach to marriage decisions.
Reports from Burmah detail the Bus reerous dynasty after the king’s death. The monarch had 53 wives and 110 children, with 59 surviving. 37 wives remained at the palace, many imprisoned or confined. Of 48 sons, 24 died, leaving six surviving, including the king and five others. Daughters numbered 35, with 21 in confinement and several killed with their families in a purge attributed to Theban.
A lecture by Mr. Hunter describes fertile queens laying 9 million eggs and worker bees developing in 21 days. He notes a queen could be raised in 16 days from the same egg and explains how bees rear queens only when necessary.
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