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Newspaper
Brookhaven Leader
Location
Brookhaven, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1885
Page
1
A long reminiscence explains how manuscripts are treated by publishers with readers and commercial tests. It notes that many works are rejected, costs shared by writers, and why manuscripts often languish unsought while readers assess merit and marketability.
A compact review of engraving with hard stone and metal tools on glass noting ancient origins, Flemish Dutch and German use, and methods using gum milk coatings for fine lines. It surveys Washington real estate plots offering rent-free garden strips and narrow yard allotments, then critiques friendship and perception, Chinese engineering feats, brain fat analysis, and a stray observation about a pocket watch.
A Chicago Jour excerpt critiques bootblack access for women and suggests a neat sheltered booth on main streets. Washington letters report over 5 million in state assets seized and 50 million in indemnities paid, plus New York banks holding unclaimed deposits amid Napoleonic era transfers.
The piece surveys theatrical tailoring and prosthetic tricks to reshape actors bodies including tights, plaster casts, and custom supports for asymmetries. It notes the use of padded garments to alter calves, thighs, shoulders, and even the chest for both male and female roles, with caution about dangers in handling such work. It also reports on crude turtle fighting practices in the east, detailing how trainers select, condition, and weaponize fighting turtles through diet, restraint, and jaw shaping, warning of serious injuries and even death to trainers.
A historical vignette recounts Robert Charnock leaping ashore to prevent suttee and founding Calcutta after marrying the widow, contrasted with Dr. Draper noting a possible link between pneumonia deaths in New York and atmospheric ozone over the past eight years, an era marked by a deadly cholera comparison. The piece blends colonial legend with scientific inquiry into airborne disease patterns.
A murky excerpt compares English hotel soap, pie, and customs with French tastes. It muses on guests’ reactions to worn hotel soap and jokes about French gentlemen avoiding it. It also notes that some French ladies carry their own linen on travels.
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