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Newspaper
Brookhaven Leader
Location
Brookhaven, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1883
Page
1
A fragmented excerpt from Harper's Magazine portrays a wanderer seeking shelter at a patriarch's gate. The wanderer fears temptation and begs for bread while the patriarch contemplates faith and obedience in a stark night scene. The piece explores divine testing and hospitality in a biblical mood.
In a sunburned cavalry camp near a grim mountain the patrol searches for signs of an Apache trail. A swift chase ends with an ambush and the sergeant wounded as two hundred warriors surge from fringe. The clash erupts in a brutal melee with sabers, carbines, and revolvers, ending with heavy losses on both sides and the sergeant among the wounded.
The article describes the lake dog fish as slow and opportunistic, detailing its feeding strategy and diet. It also lists various historical notices and biographical snippets about notable figures and events, including remarks about President Arthur's sisters, Jamies Payn, Rev Stephen Lyng Sr, Belva Lockwood, and Daniel Webster, among others, in a collage of curiosities and public notices.
Edith Harris asks for a wax doll for her birthday but her father, pressed by his wife to quit drinking, gives her a silver half-dollar instead. He contemplates the cost of a doll, while the mother plans a thrift gift and Santa may bring a doll later. A midnight visit to Jones' saloon changes nothing for him until he sees the luxury his money supports. Edith's father resolves to change his life after a glimpse of excess.
A Philadelphia Press account recalls a harrowing whaling voyage aboard the ship ties Hi Mason. A whale oil burst ignited, forcing a crewman to dive beneath burning oil and tunnel to safety with a knife, emerging barely alive as the captain feared a gray night from the shock.
The passage argues oysters are not highly nutritious or easily digested. It notes raw oyster digesta aligning with cooked beef, warns cooking increases time, and ranks oyster muscle value well below fish and meats. It cites a physician's opinion favoring oysters and suggests they deteriorate when kept out of water in hot weather.
RK G Jennings notes cholera’s recurring spread from the Hadj to Mecca to Egypt, then outward to England and beyond. He traces historical outbreaks from 1837 to 1851 and claims the disease often follows routes through the Hadj and towards Europe, with frequent shifts between regions.
A reporter witnesses wrecked trunks and discusses baggage smashing along the coast. Observations describe damaged handles hinges and locks, with references to sources like the Northern Central and Stonington transfers, and the rough consequences seen in drawers and washstands. The piece notes regional patterns and private marks while noting the practice shifts town to town.
A string of quips and jokes from various papers includes a hired girl lamenting a broken china dish, a Cincinnati merchant with mock wisdom on umbrellas, rhubarb baked in a slow oven, a four year old on a hobby horse, a mother overheard about mustard apple sauce, bathers questions about thirst after water, a lecturer on phenomena with a cow in a tree, a coachman’s photo verdict about Flora, women winning a woodcutting contest, and notes on aesthetic education and crochet from Norristown and Brooklyn papers.
A father refuses twenty dollar dolls and buys a five dollar pledge for his daughter. She receives a wax doll from her mother but joy turns to pride as a note promises never to drink again. Six years earlier a temperance pledge gift brought happiness, and Edith later finds a gold watch and chain as a birthday surprise from her parents.
A 1877 London School Board circular urges temperance education in city and American public schools. It suggests Bible readings, moral instruction, thrift displays, and illustrated materials, with voluntary attendance by teachers and pupils. A London temperance lecturer has delivered hundreds of talks, and one teacher reports many students pledging abstinence.
A compact temperance note discusses the harms of drink, an asylum fate for an insane mother’s child, Edwin Booth cited as a total abstainer, and a Royal banquet where half the guests stayed sober. It notes growing temperance sentiment, Sunday closing petitions, and a judge’s harsh liquor sentence for a summer resort sale.
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