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Newspaper
Brookhaven Leader
Location
Brookhaven, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1883
Page
1
A tale blends a Quiet Farmhouse misread Sunday with a stormy Christmas tone. Deacon Stearns and wife misjudge the day, meet neighbors in need, and learn kindness and restraint as a neighborly sermon in practice.
An anecdotal tale recounts a hunter claiming to kill fifty ducks with one shot using a wire spool contraption, then shifts to a Cairo slave trade and reform discussion. It details Egypt and Soudan manumission laws, restricted sales, and government duties for freed slaves, with newspaper notes on temperance and public figures.
A Senate Education and Labor Committee hearing features Mr. Medi arguing that wage spending on liquor and tobacco represents more than mere loss. The Chicago Tribune notes a counterview from a San Francisco journal of freedom and rights, estimating indirect economic and health costs. The piece contrasts direct monetary loss with broader social harm and suggests diverting funds to productive labor benefits workers, families, and communities.
A collage of comic lines and household quips from readers and editors. Jokes about European crowds, farm life, beekeeping, a moth eaten tongue the shuttle family, and a boy tasked for starch plus a teacher's shingle remark.
A miner near Socorro New Mexico mislaid blasting powder from a haversack during a rock walk two weeks ago. The explosion revealed horn silver in a crevice and a claim was quickly located, named the Close Shave. Within a week a one third interest sold for fifteen thousand dollars. The prospector, Jota Quincy Adams of Watts Ohio, hails from wagered lands and welcomes friends at his new camp.
A fragment from Union Signal quotes WMra. A. Harriman urging workers to stay steadfast in the temperance cause. The speaker recalls a wife urged to buy tickets to a lecture, praising perseverance and faith, insisting the movement can win despite few numbers and hardships.
A temperance item quotes Tue Kino of Sweper claiming abstinence is easier and safer, with Dr. Felix Oswalay backing temperance. The piece cites a wife who left her husband after drinking, a man lamenting it’s too late to reform, and a plea to save the youth from drink.
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