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Newspaper
Brookhaven Leader
Location
Brookhaven, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1883
Page
1
The text presents a garbled excerpt with broken phrases and stray terms. It mentions a dialogue about a decision resembling a question of who shall be similar to Din and notes a reference to Detroit Free Press with a monetary amount of one hundred dollars.
Deacon Middleton and Mrs. Middleton scold their charity toward Peter Pike the fiddler who has kept a running debt on their home. Lawyer Spruce arrives with news Pete Pike left a will leaving four thousand dollars to the Deacon, securing his family from ruin and ending worries of the poor house.
The article describes how billiard balls are made from celluloid and bonsilate, noting current dominance of celluloid due to machinery limits. It explains the heating, molding, and pressing steps, including high pressure methods and the unique process for bonSilate balls, which involves water pressure and rubber coverings to prevent water intrusion, producing uniform spheres.
A Chicago News dispatch surveys Paris beggars, contrasting blind and crippled players with street hustlers. It notes beggars use cards and depictions of infirmity to gain alms, warns of impostors, and advises visitors to withhold charity while trusting established relief societies.
A satirical tale recalls Jones’s near death after a botched home treatment by his wife and Bridget. Amid feverish delirium, Jones endures a harsh “remedy” as Mrs. Jones questions the doctor’s directions and a chaotic scene unfolds, leaving him frail yet alive.
A compilation of humorous clippings includes a Yale student swallowing a diamond pin for ninety nine cents, an acrobat on a locomotive stack, a bell-pulling misadventure with a tiny boy, and an absent minded editor mixing a love letter with a tariff editorial. Other vignettes feature a rejected suit to a sister, a Seine bank house sale after a flood, and dinner table politeness from a misdirected guest.
In a Panhandle train story, the narrator observes travelers including a group with a coffin and a reflection on loss. The tale shifts to temperance themes with a conversation about drinking and a humorous anecdote featuring Father Hunt and Bill Myers. The piece then pivots to a statistical note on Chicago liquor trade and saloon patronage.
Fragmentary 1873 note describes a London temperance dispute era with about one hundred sixty such houses. It mentions clashes by temperance advocates, church praise, and coins of public concern. Text is garbled and contains stray phrases about liberty and murder.
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