29 Sep 1893
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Newspaper
Americus Times Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1893
Page
1
A poem extols a rural pump as a generous neighbor and symbol of simple grace. It portrays how horses, oxen, and dogs drink from its mossy trough while a farmer and speaker wish to imitate the pump’s steady giving and kindness.
Marion Wilbur, employed as governess for the Perrin children in New Haven, endures snubs and neglect during a strained probation. A grand musicale looms, and Mrs Perrin privately bars Marion from attending. A pivotal door scene with Leslie reveals unspoken longing as she faces social barriers and a possible confession.
Discussion on eye care notes hereditary defects color blindness and the value of glasses while recounting Captain Daniels escape from a cave after 28 hours. The Baltimore Sun and New Orleans Picayune excerpts illustrate danger fatigue thirst and perseverance leading to daylight and rescue.
Report from New York Weekly recounts a blaze in Dugont City that razed nineteen houses before the fire left only seventeen standing. Western and eastern observers debate causes and extent of the disaster.
Captain J N Daniels of San Antonio returns from a ten day hunt in the northwest mountains. He descends into a canyon cave with a rope from his saddle and finds pottery, Indian stone hatchets, obsidian arrow heads, and twenty human skulls. A stream below contains fish with sightless eyes.
A Popular Science Monthly excerpt notes 205 lives lost in 1891 and 292 in 1892 east of the Rocky Mountains by lightning, with indirect deaths and health injuries inferred. It estimates direct financial losses at least 1.5 million dollars and records 2223 fires caused by lightning over 1885–1890 totaling 3,386,826 dollars. It argues for improved protection beyond simple copper rods as to how to defend against lightning.
A Australian finding reports tomato leaves around trunks and branches repelled sun and insects in peach and chard trees. A new infusion of fresh tomato leaves steeped in water and sprayed on peach, rose, and orange trees led to a rapid disappearance of numerous pests, suggesting a valuable method for growers if confirmed.
The St Louis street engineer warns that street paving materials can grow and move after laying. Wood blocks are worst and should not be used in cities. He notes cracks widening. over 500 feet of wood pavement shows walls and curbstones shifted by growth, with granite least affected.
A children’s column blends a fairy lore explanation of popcorn with a New Orleans Pixayune poem on frogs and lilies. It recounts a monarch of Annam, Thanh Tai, sneaking out for shopping with a hair clipper, sparking court intrigue and the French resident’s restoration of order.
A promotional appeal extols The Weekly Constitution as essential for national legislation, urging readers to support the paper for its worldwide news, wide network, educational value, and household usefulness to children and mothers alike.
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