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Newspaper

Brookhaven Leader

Location

Brookhaven, Mississippi, United States of America

Date

Oct 28, 1905

Page

7

The Ong Bird and the Washoe Hero’s Descent

In a Washoe legend, a giant lake-dwelling bird named the Ong feeds on all creatures, while a young brave binds to its leg to hijack the hunt. The tale follows his struggle, poison arrows, and the brave woman Nona who sails toward the lake to join her fate in the tribe’s fated marriage selection.

Tle Ong Afyore Northland Nona

Six Hundred Dollar Bills at the New Willard Hotel

A New Yorker traveling by Pullman between St Louis and home recounts a case of a missing six hundred dollars in new hundred dollar bills. After a search sparked by a robbery claim, a stubborn man who opposed the search revealed a roll of cash identical to the missing money, proving a fortunate circumstance spared him from suspicion.

New Willard Hotel Washington St. Louis Sherlock Holmes

Thanks to the Ladies by the Citizens Band

The Citizens Band of Jonesboro thanks the ladies who provided a supper for the group on Wednesday night August 9. They offer sincere gratitude and pray these good ladies are welcomed into heaven, hoping their example guides the band to higher moral and artistic achievement.

Jonesboro Ark Citizen’s Band Heavenly Band

Chickamauga Anniversary Recounts Lytle Heroic Death

A retrospective on the Chickamauga battle and the fall of Union Brigadier General William H. Lytle. The narrative recalls Bragg’s forces, Rosecrans, and the fight for Chattanooga, noting Lytle’s death and his poem Anthony and Cleopatra as a celebrated piece of American poetry.

Lytie Rosecrans Chickamagua Chai South Bragg Chattanooga Chickamaqua Park Chickamaqua Virginia Longstreet Buckner East Tennessee Anthony Cleonatra

Cleopatra’s Dying Echoes in Antony’s Final Plea

Fragmented verse scene presents Cleopatra amid Rome’s collapse and Antony’s death wish. References to Caesar, Octavia, Actium, Isis, and royal imagery evoke imperial tragedy, with a vow to die by Cleopatra’s side and defy Rome’s victors as the gods loom over stygian shadows.

Tommy Isis Cleopatra Rome

Nursery Nonsense on the Rail Tales of a Magpie

Odd scraps describe a rail journey and playful animals, a small magpie and a jay sharing antics on a rail line. The fragment hints at a te ak of a little tail and a bardlike tale, suggesting a light childlike narrative about creatures and travel.

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