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Newspaper
Bainbridge Democrat
Location
Bainbridge, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1908
Page
8
Cottolene pure vegetable product offers a healthful alternative to lard, claiming only hog-fat risk in common foods. The ad notes lard supply limits and urges choosing Cottolene made by The N. K. Fairbank Company in New York New Orleans and Chicago.
A fragment from a reminiscence recounts Lincoln marching to the Capitol grounds in a battered stovepipe hat and linen duster after dinner with Carl Schurz. The crowd watched as he walked with a brass band and Wide Awakes, unbothered by his formal image and greeted by neighbors. A church moment describes a four year old distracting a sermon, then a warden guiding her back amid giggles.
A garbled excerpt shows social commentary on manners and mimicry in urban life. It mentions a man with sense and taste, a bass that fools him, neighbors, resentments, and pride in catching big fish along the main street.
The piece argues the army offers better pay and retirement prospects than civilian work, encouraging saving and pension potential. It notes many soldiers retire by fifty with a $300 yearly pension and $5,000 to $7,000 saved, while civilians spend holiday money more freely and save less. It laments ambition drawing men from service but suggests training soldiers for useful employment and views “piping lines of peace” life as unnatural for a normal man.
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