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Newspaper
Bainbridge Democrat
Location
Bainbridge, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1908
Page
8
The article explains Chinese lanterns made from silk, horn, and wood with rich embroidery and carved frames. It notes lanterns light urban night scenes and that leaving home without a lantern can lead to police arrest. It describes umbrellas as rank markers with red silk signs for governors and mandarins, blue cloth variants, and knobs indicating rank distinctions.
The article weighs fall versus spring plowing. It notes leaving land unplowed in winter helps moisture via snow catch, but a wet spring may negate this. Fall plowed land tends to be workable earlier and can be planted sooner, with late fall plowing often feasible when conditions are better than early spring plowing.
A Chicago clergyman at a recent dinner declares his congregation exemplary in observing religious ordinances. He explains the poor observe fasts while the rich enjoy feasts, and a lawyer questions with his cross examining habit.
General E. P. Alexander writes that the Confederate failure to exploit Grant’s perceived trap near Petersburg was the war’s decisive misstep. He credits Grant and possibly Humphreys for the strategy that avoided a second crucial Confederate defeat by breaking the line instead of pressing old gambits.
A newspaper puzzler presents five four letter words sharing the same letters. The sequence runs vile evil veil Levi and live, each a permutation of the others, crafting a playful anagram chain centered on a four letter set.
Snigsby proposes a novel plan to replace the common swear off with a portable savings bank. He claims to carry the device to collect small deposits from friends and associates each time they indulge in liquid refreshment.
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