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Newspaper
Western Sentinel
Location
Winston, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1882
Page
1
A poem recalls a song from older years linking a mother’s lullaby to a singer long gone. The speaker smiles through tears and imagines the voice beside them as time passes. The refrain endures beyond life, hopeful for a steady harmony that binds their bliss.
Nettie Hepburn recalls how a quiet clerk named Edward Roscoe rose from modest beginnings to wealth, influence, and marriage to Nettie, aided by love, fortune, and a pivotal legal case. The tale traces their meeting, the heroism of Roscoe in defense of a friend, and the couple’s ascent through society and politics, culminating in a stable marriage and public success.
A sequence of key milestones spans 1776 to 1826 including Georgia’s cotton plant arrival, Eli Whitney’s gin in 1792, the 1803 Louisiana Purchase, the 1808 abolition of slave importation, the 1812 start of the War of 1812, and the 1825 first American tariff act. Adams and Jefferson died July 4, 1826.
A San Francisco dispatch from Shakspeare New Mexico dated yesterday reports Stern's Pass operator telegram that Guallesville Arizona near the New Mexico line was burned this afternoon by Indians with thirty five white deaths. Indians scatter into small bands toward the Chiricahua mountains as Col Forsyth with his entire command pursues.
A St Louis Post-Dispatch correspondent notes a widespread habit of living beyond means during a speculative era. The piece details how wealthy speculators spend far above investable income while real estate fever, especially Fifth Avenue property, drives a boom. It contrasts the frugality of prudent money with the extravagance of many classes and mentions demographics like Charleston’s high black population and Milwaukee’s lower rate.
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