Thoughts by the Way by Annie D Bradley
Excerpted religious prose urging service through suffering and patience. References Browning Milton and the Bible, urging readers to wait on the Lord when the path is dark.
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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1891
Page
17
Excerpted religious prose urging service through suffering and patience. References Browning Milton and the Bible, urging readers to wait on the Lord when the path is dark.
The Sunday debate over opening the Columbian Exposition to visitors on Sundays is a national issue. The Independent reports strong support for closing gates on Sundays, while a minority favors restricted or unrestricted Sunday access based on responses from 119 Senators and Representatives.
A mother asks a kneeling boy how to bless poor children on a cold night. He suggests giving bread if he cannot buy cakes, then considers earning money, and finally offers to give half his seven pennies, four pennies, to help those in need.
A steamboat disaster ended Stephen A. Price's life, and a worn scrap in his pocket lists maxims on virtue, honesty, and prudent living. The advice urges industrious living, truth, steady gains, avoiding debt, and self discipline, with a final quip about the Oconee river.
A notice recalls a lost little girl and a woman who replaced her with a doppelganger. It also recounts a tale of two Scotsmen meeting in Monterey and a railroad youth who proves his worth, urging boys to choose a fitting profession with care.
A satirical piece by Edgar W. Nye reflects on dining car work and hotel standards. It pairs travel anecdotes with vivid scenes of ice cream murals, kitchen chaos, and the rhythm of managing stock, cash, and service while traveling at speed. Nye also riffs on Jay Gould and Drexel Morgan connections in a mock anecdote about a Texas traveler.
A beardless youth Jack Slocum seeks help from a drug dealer to end his life after a rejected marriage claim revealing his despair and a rumored transformation. The narrative notes his appearance and lament as he abandons his youthful hue.
A historical note argues against caustic agents for animal warts noting slow action and risk to owner and patient. It favors ligature removal when possible to cut blood supply, with cautions about bleeding on large growths and the need to tie or sear vessels.
The piece discusses surgical use of the double hitch knot to remove large warts, emphasizing tight constriction to cut off blood supply. It also reports on a New York beekeepers convention debating honey plants, with views favoring alfalfa clover and comparisons to white clover and Chapman honey plant. Additional poultry notes cover incubation, broilers, and hen management, plus general farming wisdom and religious reflections.
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