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St. Louis Daily Globe (St. Louis, Missouri), April 3, 1875. Complete newspaper with extensive front page coverage of the nationally sensational Beecher-Tilton adultery scandal, headlined “FRENZIED TILTON.” Additional subheadlines include “A Startling and Desperate Sequel to the Great Scandal,” “Tilton Driven to Fury by His Inevitable Downfall,” “He Challenges Beecher to Fight a Duel,” “Great Excitement Over the Tragic Turn in Affairs,” and “Mr. Beecher Solemnly Asseverates His Innocence.”

The issue devotes nearly the entire front page to testimony and developments in the civil trial brought by Theodore Tilton against the celebrated Brooklyn minister Henry Ward Beecher. Among the most closely followed courtroom dramas of the nineteenth century, the proceedings captivated the nation with allegations that Beecher had engaged in an adulterous relationship with Tilton’s wife, Elizabeth. The newspaper reports on courtroom testimony, public reaction, and Tilton’s increasingly emotional response as the trial reached one of its most dramatic stages.

The Beecher-Tilton scandal dominated American newspapers throughout the 1870s, intertwining questions of religion, morality, journalism, women’s rights, and celebrity. Although the jury ultimately failed to reach a verdict, the trial remains one of the most famous legal and social controversies of the Gilded Age.

Overall good condition with expected age toning, moderate edge wear, and light chipping along the spine from original binding.

Henry Ward Beecher (1813-1887) was one of America’s most influential Protestant ministers, abolitionists, and public speakers. Pastor of Plymouth Church in Brooklyn, he was a leading advocate for the antislavery cause, women’s suffrage, and social reform. His reputation was severely challenged by the Beecher-Tilton adultery scandal, one of the most publicized legal controversies of the nineteenth century, though he continued his ministry following the trial.

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