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Newspaper
Bainbridge Democrat
Location
Bainbridge, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1907
Page
4
A sailor recalls an encounter with a Kaffir chief who scolds him for stepping on a shadow. The tale explains Kaffir shadow etiquette, including crouching to keep a shadow shorter than a superior's and the belief that lowering one’s shadow links to ancient ideas of bowing and respect. The speaker, amid a drink, reflects on cultural misunderstandings and humorous bravado.
A collection of quick anecdotes and sayings: a lawyer jokes about having no case yet relying on books, snow yields rainfall estimates from 18th century notes, the adder’s tail misidentification, courtesy from a butler in old style English, time and aging musings, a quip about thee and thou from editors, a rural dialect joke about dentistry, and a moral about honesty. The items are brief, period-tinged vignettes with varied topics.
Georgia farmers in Laurens and Dodge counties face a serious cotton disease known as anthracnose. The disease first shows as red specks on bolls, which become sunken and blackened, then spore formation spreads the infection. Spores, carried by wind and insects, cause boll and lint damage and often prevent boll opening or maturation.
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