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Newspaper
Wichita Eagle
Location
Wichita, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1888
Page
7
Fragmentary lines evoke a nocturnal plea for love, despair, and longing. Imagery shifts through dreamlike scenes, touching sorrow, memory, and distant figures as a hush falls on a troubled psyche. The cryptic passage hints at personal conflict and desire framed by vapid, waning hope.
An excerpted tale from a New York to Boston train journey portrays a married woman and other passengers witnessing a suspenseful telegram exchange. A man quietly passes a note to a pretty girl, prompting reactions from onlookers and a moral debate on propriety, marriage, and social status. The narrative, drawn from contemporary columns, reflects gender norms and class tensions of the era.
The article notes that women largely drive cigar production in Spain and its colonies, with elder women earning higher wages on fine tobacco blends. It cites Manila and Cavite shows 7,000 female workers to 1,200 men in one factory, and similar gender dynamics in Havana and California where cigarmakers are mostly women, contrasted with Chinese competition and Cuban traditions.
Returned missionary Rev. T F Wright describes Jerusalem’s religious strife and interactions with Muslims, Jews, and various Christian sects. He notes Arab Temanites, a new Americas colony led by Spafford and others, and Jewish Bedouin relations, with praise for Felow Spurr’s Bible translation.
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