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Newspaper
Barnesville Gazette
Location
Barnesville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1884
Page
2
A collage of comic vignettes from newspapers recounting a troubling scene at the Opera House and a string of anecdotes about divorce, hot water cures, and courtship misadventures. The items feature humorous quips about singing old songs and lawful separations, with colorful dialogue and social foibles from the era.
A fragmentary tale describes Teddy Magee returning home from a spree when he encounters a lon who claims to be a parson. The exchange reveals a drunken stumble and a surprising self-identity moment as the two speak.
A Philadelphia Call item recalls a violent lacrosse game in Toronto where one player was knocked senseless another broke a thumb and a third injured a collar bone while a fourth suffered an arm injury amid several brawls.
Forty years ago a Philadelphia market stall opened by a woman now worth $250,000 due to enterprise and brisk sales of brown paper and meat at thirty cents a pound. Providence News notes a waiter named Pearl, teased as the pearl of great price before correcting it as the pearl cast before swine amid flies buzz in a milk pitcher.
A J White announces private sale of extensive real estate including 7 acre plantation with mill and outbuildings, 650 acre Graham tract, 84 acre Tolan Johnson lands, ten vacant west side lots by railroad, 2624 acre line lot near Upson County, several houses on Main Street and surrounding streets, a steam saw and grist mill, warehouses, and additional dwellings in Carrollton and nearby Dalton. Terms easy and convenient to purchasers.
The Daily Enquirer, printed in Cincinnati, claims superior news gathering and early publication advantages. It highlights centralized access, extensive railroad and mail services, and broad household benefit from its latest information.
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