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Newspaper
Americus Weekly Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1885
Page
3
A mother tells her child a verse about Easter eggs and the Easter story. The scene centers on a bird in a mossy nest with four ivory white eggs and the Resurrection, as the bird’s song and the angel’s rising vow echo the miracle of Easter.
A couple faces humiliation under a holy law as spectators witness a confrontation. The Rajah orders two to be stripped and confined in a guesthouse until morning. At dawn the garments are returned, and the pair depart together hand in hand to their home.
A Jacksonville reader recounts tasting a street orange and discovering it was real fruit, not a trick. He describes explosive sourness and bitterness that made his face contort, while noting oranges on street trees deter theft because they are inedible. The piece contrasts Florida produce with northern expectations and ends with a humorous caution about street fruit security.
In a colonial India vignette Colonel Lewin records a village scene on a Rajah’s platform. A tearful young woman demands divorce from Tawagey citing suspicion and jealousy as elders listen as the Rajah sets conditions for acceptable wailing and social order.
Allen Ireland of Miles City reports a baby born last Sunday that fell from bed and appeared dead for hours. The infant later swallowed the father's amber pipe mouthpiece and is now said to be experimenting with a lebina egg.
A brief note requests remedies for rough coughs and hoarseness. It mentions common irritants and suggests seeking relief for throat discomfort. No specific treatments or brands are named in the accessible text.
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