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05 Apr 1883
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Brookhaven Leader in Brookhaven, Mississippi
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Newspaper
Brookhaven Leader
Location
Brookhaven, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1883
Page
1
The Valuable Package and a Depot Standoff
A teen telegraph clerk at a remote depot protects a sealed express bag containing twenty thousand dollars as two armed men try to force entry. He wires the hotel telegraph to summon aid, holds the line against a break in, and with help from local townsfolk and a hotel operator, overpowers the robbers and saves the money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Branthwaite
Phillips
Old Powers
Tes
Phillipa
Philips
Talon
Clark
Bat
Abend
Medea
George
Etiquette And Social Card Rules For Brides And Guests
A department column debates social usage for visiting cards at weddings and new marriages. Advice covers bride card etiquette, whether to call when cards are sent or not, and how to handle introductions after absence or relocation. It also mentions card details for widows and unmarried sisters and notes cautions about gambling stories from a companion tale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Viaita
Woma
Bert
Miss Smith
Fashions in house plants and tips for beginners
A New York Star reporter visits a domestic florist who explains fashions in general flowers remain unchanged for home cultivation. He outlines two classes of house plants, lists popular varieties like portulacas and vincas, and warns on overwatering and improper freezing practices. The piece adds remarks on German and Irish plant lovers, prices, and a brief cultural stroll through notable figures and publications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Star
Howe
U. W
Blosson
Tony
Soap quality and safety advice from a prior era
A discussion warns against impure soaps made from animal fats and cholera-diseased hog grease. It urges careful home and commercial soap choices, favoring washing soda for dishwashing, Castile from olive oil, and pilot costs for quality skin soaps, noting sunflower oil potential.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Castile
A Wonderful Child Perry F Crisp Of Trenton Nine
Perry F Crisp a nine year old boy of Trenton New Jersey is described as a wonderful child with a precocious mind He excelled in spelling geography and ancient history and enjoyed reading old translated fairy tales He could discuss topics well beyond his years despite attention from illness and hard times
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trenton
N. J
Perry F. Crisp
Avery
Allanta
Humorous misadventures in old newspapers
A collage of quips and jokes from various papers. A clerk injured by an accidental discharge. a seamstress mishears orders. a traveler jailed for embezzlement. neighbors boasting about daughters. a retiree singing in company. a boy misreports church seating. Mount Hood’s venturing volcano. social gossip about village life. scissor fling in Berks County. Punch style banter about love and plays. a drunken wagon nightmare and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. S. Graphic
Pittsburgh Telegraph
Boston Transcript
Pennsylvania
Norristown Herald
Mount Hood
Telegraph
Detrat Free Press
Mamma
Maud
Arkansaw
No Complaints From the Boardera Milkman schemed to dodge debt
A Detroit milkman sought to extend the debt by diluting milk with water. He first added a quarter water, then half, then seventy five percent, and finally watered it down further. The neighbor’s servant girl said nothing until the next day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
A Mother's Lesson on Temperance and a Son's Temptation
A mother guides her son Charlie toward a life free of drink. She asks him to pledge never to drink and writes a solemn promise he signs at eighteen. Years later a relapse at Uncle Dan's tavern exposes how a single taste can unravel resolve and threaten a life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlie
Omething
Hersel
Tom
Dan
Mary . Ward
Dying Child Pleads With Father to Stop Drinking
A devastated child pleads with her drunken father to quit alcohol as illness and poverty erode their once happy home. The scene recalls a mother’s fatigue and a family life wrecked by Bacchus, urging a societal turn inward to end the misery caused by drink.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bacchus
Amelort
Paya
Belio
Y Ledger
What He Drinks and the Hidden Cost of Beer
A critique of beer drinking noting a barrel of beer yields 100 glasses at 8 cents each, selling at 2 cents per glass. It claims 460 glasses cost 23 dollars, dissecting beer as water molasses and alcohol with health harms. Also mentions temperance campaigns in Maryland and Manchester with moral warnings from The New York Commercial Advertiser.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ubeebi
Pauigger
Maryland
Camariel
Manchester
England
Graystone
Brien
New York
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