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Newspaper
Brookhaven Leader
Location
Brookhaven, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1887
Page
1
A purchaser receives a certificate with each package of goods. the holder of the largest number of certificates wins a worth of goods in stock. The next two largest holders receive 33 and 2 in goods. Certificates to be taken up December 31.
A sermon on Matthew 23 compares critics who strain out gnats while swallowing camels. The speaker argues church services suffer from somnolence and laxity, urging livelier preaching and attentive worship. The tale of water purification mirrors moral purification, condemning hypocritical religious fuss.
The author rails at religious fraud, social hypocrisy, and moral laxity, contrasting grand rhetoric with petty vice. He attacks temperance of wealth, stock schemes, and public corruption while urging vigilance against sanctimonious glee and a return to authentic faith. The piece laments modern temptations and extols earlier religious fervor.
The piece argues that timidity, lack of nerve, and fear of risk cause men to miss opportunities. It cites overestimation of the future, poor judgment, and insufficient perseverance as common flaws. Other causes include wasteful habits, tobacco, and lack of education or practical training to suit their calling.
Fragmented reading and diet criticisms surface in the Chicago Journal remarks on child culture. Then a health anecdote from veteran Garriing praises mineral spring cures for paralysis and gout relief. Auckland New Zealand prepares to cap a volcanic crater to serve as a reservoir for water.
The scribbled page blends political, economic, and cultural snippets from varied places. Notes touch New York school planning, a barber case in Iowa, flooded Iowa towns with counterfeit concerns, Buenos Aires petroleum talks, and Sugar Beet entrepreneurship in California. It also mentions a Santa Ire prison life tale, a giant turtle sighting, and mining figures in Australia, with broader cultural notes on Daudet and a Turkish missionary.
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