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Newspaper
Brookhaven Leader
Location
Brookhaven, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1883
Page
1
Palmer argues on farm progress and machinery versus labor, urging efficient horse power, education of labor, and balance between wealth and virtue. He stresses living well, making a home, investing in children, and the moral side of farming, urging practical invention alongside moral reform.
A Vienna style report describes a proposed special train to New York carrying thousands of shares of New Jersey Central Railroad stock. Brokers attempted to secure engines and a two hundred dollar fare to move the stock by Wall Street deadline, but no suitable engine was available and the plan failed, costing brokers up to a thousand dollars in the effort.
In a western farm, a widow and her ten year old son face theft by tramps. The boy outfits their animals with booted footprints to mislead thieves, creating decoy tracks. The plan fools robbers, preserving their stock and cattle, proving the boy’s ingenuity and resourcefulness.
In this century hidden in Italian convents lay Stradivarius and Guarneri instruments until Tarisio gained fame as a dealer and restorer. He trades a worn violino for a pristine Cremona violin, a bargain that launches his lifelong passion for violin collecting and links to Paris dealers Chanot and Vuillaume. The narrative threads through curiosities of collectors, literary notices, and brief biographical sketches from Chicago and Boston papers.
A collage of humorous snippets and jokes from older papers. Includes lines about gray hair and ridiculous wine, a Turkish pistols curiosity, a turtle decapitation miscue, shutters and sunstrike banter, a banana dress wife quip, college rope tales, and a southern mule boasting a toothy mouth.
Fragmentary reminiscence depicts a traveler's expenses and a salesman discussion. A trade dialogue questions the traveler’s habits, lodging, and spending as part of a firm’s lessons from Wall Street contexts.
A fragmented OCR style text mentions temperance, a mysterious figure named Tomar, and a trap set in a tale-like scene. The piece hints at a dramatic moment with a hidden pun and a warning tone about deception and power. No clear event or date is established in readable form.
A rural town studies why boys fall to drinking after venturing to the city for goods. A mother argues that giving children city treats creates a desire for liquor later. The piece links rest and recreation to temperance, urging disciplined guidance from infancy through adolescence.
A series of temperance notes from newspapers and letters condemns whisky selling and drunkenness. It cites Tennessee moves to abolish alcohol sales near towns, Beecher’s critic of drinking, schoolhouses as saloon battlegrounds, and anecdotes of temperance wins. It highlights social campaigns by Rev. Cerver and organizations like the Ohio and Washington groups promoting abstinence.
In District Court last Friday George Basto a Greylock mills machinist was arraigned for non support. His wife from Utica testified as she entered the court crying and pleaded for reconciliation. He refused saying he had three times tried to return and the result was the same. There was no infidelity or jealousy cited.
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