22 Jun 1882
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Newspaper
Bainbridge Democrat
Location
Bainbridge, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1882
Page
1
A fragment from the Bainbridge Democrat features poetic squibs and moral maxims. It weaves verse by Rogers and Ed Lanford with reflections on virtue and superstition, and catalogues a series of household and fate related sayings.
A long varied column notes a sensational tale from Sullivan Maine about a hen that hatched ducks then led them to water. the ducks learned to swim while the hen later tried to force her own brood to water and drowned them. The rest reports political chatter and assorted society items.
The largest whistle ever made, a 400 pound brass behemoth with a 20 inch diameter and 27 inch bell, was shown at Yaton Guie Burnham Co in Bridgeport. It needs 140 horsepower steam and will sound to fifty miles, waking four counties from a roof in a saw factory district.
A preacher’s seven year old asks if his father watches him while he preaches. The father replies and the boy confesses he winks to get him to stop as the sermon spins on. A Madagascan queen bans rum saying she won’t revenue from degradation of her people.
An editorial urges girls to learn housekeeping and cooking before marriage, arguing practical skills protect health and households. It extols daughters sharing duties and criticizes sedentary lifestyles and poor diets, contrasting with mothers’ pride in domestics. It notes a summer fly and ridicules a Louisville editor’s Chicago saloon census claim.
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