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Newspaper
Bainbridge Democrat
Location
Bainbridge, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1908
Page
5
A man left with 50 cents declined a low paying job and a friend accepted it. The second man rose from $2.50 weekly pay to head salesman and partner as a retail empire grew in the Midwest. Years later the former benefactor refused further offers, while the other became a magnate valued at a million and a half before his death.
A Badaon resident in upper Burma seeks a third wife after losing two. The tale claims a superstition that a man with two dead wives must marry a doll to appease death, then wed his daughter as a fourth wife. The man follows the ritual, buries the doll, and marries again.
A Scotchman advised to try shower baths a friend explained fitting one leg of a cistern and colander. Sandy completed the setup and later learned the bath was “dry.” He explained he avoided the water with an umbrella, not foolish enough to stand under it.
Eskimo burial customs on the Labrador coast place the dead on hilltop cairns with grave goods to appease spirits. The Moravian mission favors substitutions like rusty razors. In a separate tale a sister misreads Solomon six three, seeking a Bible, and finally finds the verse I am my beloved's and my beloved is mine.
A cowboy in a river rescue reflects on life and money as he drifts toward danger. He reveals his wish to die with his finances settled, prompting the group to note his resolve and the peril they faced during the crisis.
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