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Newspaper
Brandon News
Location
Brandon, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1905
Page
8
A narrator recalls a Baltimore upbringing where a father taught temperance and self control, yet poker games among college friends drew them into gambling. Ernest Walton, a talented player, pressures risk for money as the mentor pleads caution, while peers debate personal mastery versus temptation.
In a social gathering, John Newsom is teased for his strict manner as others joke about the horror seen during a card game. The dialogue suggests playful challenge to his conventional reputation without detailing any wrongdoing.
John Newsom recalls how Ernest sank into dissipation and left town with his mother. Years later in Washington he encounters a similar man who shuns John, blaming him and his father as his worst enemies. The group agrees to destroy the cards as penance and vow never to gamble again.
A letter from Henderson Texas dated June 23 asks for a boy to fill a role described as a lost servant of mine in a provocative appeal. It rails against sin and drink while urging "thousands or more of the boys" to come, and mentions Simmons the gambler killed in a fight. The writer notes Texas’s climate and rural abundance after decades in East Texas.
A North Texas farmer writes from Rankin describing sandy land with good water and health, but a wet spring and heavy Boll Weevil damage have ruined planting and lowered crop prospects. He notes rising land prices, shares local knowledge with relatives, and signs off with best wishes to The News and friends.
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