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Newspaper
Brookhaven Leader
Location
Brookhaven, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1884
Page
1
A Philadelphia Times report details amber from the Baltic, its ancient entombment of insects and lizards, prices, and deposits. It explains real amber varieties, imitation methods, and market value, plus anecdotes on Amber frauds and global trade notes.
A speaker recalls family harm from alcohol and condemns the liquor traffic. The piece recounts moral failings, a father's plea, and a public map showing Boston liquor saloons. It argues taxation burden falls on the broader community, contrasts Vineland and New York, and urges reform against saloons.
A city scene describes an opera audience where a tenor struggles to be heard as the pianist plays loudly. The dialogue explores why the pianist overpowers the singer and whether the crowd approves of the noisy accompaniment. Contrasting notes mention two Tariffville boys and a historic musket story, with town chatter about frontier adventures.
The text contrasts English and Scottish family life, noting reserve over intimacy and strict parental roles. It describes that sons kiss their mothers but not their fathers, and explains how a father’s death prompts questions about his care or insurance. The piece reflects on Presbyterian influence and daily household rituals.
A collage of humorous quips and snippet jokes from various papers. Notes on a traveler’s mole, a sailor’s musical misquote, a pithy exchange about a map suitor, and a comic exchange about Aunt Malviny reveal social foibles and regional dialect humor.
A Missouri license law raises money for education by fees from liquor licenses. The author argues the income should cover most alms houses prisons insane asylums hospitals and police court costs, else liquor business is a tax on sober industrious citizens.
A New York city gathering of liquor sellers elected John Cavanaugh president and M P Gillmore secretary to form a powerful political bloc. They claimed 11,000 licensed dealers controlled 100, WK votes and could sway mayoral and district attorney races. Cavanaugh urged unity and warned against police raids, noting many dealers routinely violate the law while seeking to avoid being labeled as lawbreakers. The meeting adjourned as organizers planned broader cooperation and strategies.
The author recalls a clergyman lecture who endorses total abstinence as a cure for social ills tied to intemperance. A railway carriage exchange with the rector of the English Church reveals a belief that worldly sin comes from drinking habits, and that unified abstinence would end crime and shame. The piece presents Neal Dow and a case for Christian restraint.
A New York chemist proposes using three pails of water and twenty cents worth of ingredients to produce six gallons of champagne that fools would pay a dollar a pint for. Tacovoxs Feenoentrries condemns such traffic, urging men to abandon the taw book and abandon the opiate of a court license, warning of degraded reason and the wages of iniquity.
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