29 Oct 1895
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Newspaper
Brookhaven Leader
Location
Brookhaven, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1895
Page
1
Sam Jones catalogs types of unreliable people including cheaters in business politics and social life. He warns about constant liars spendthrifts and those who shirk duties, urging readers to confront these character flaws and their social costs.
A western paper reports a sensational case where a man was killed by a rifle discharged via reflected sun rays warming a cartridge. Lawyer C G Wallis defended Avery, leading to appeals and retrials. a demonstration with a sun-glass pitcher showed how the sun refracted onto the cartridge, challenging the murder verdict.
In Georgia the author recalls how common pebbles near Tallapoosa foreshadowed later wealth from manganese aluminum ochre and other minerals. He notes roads of natural concrete near Tunnel Hill and predicts railroads stimulating mining and highways while praising scientific exploration and a proposed national flower choice by women.
A column catalogs eccentricities of notable men and public figures including Reagan West and Carlisle, from fidgeting string tricks to chewing quills and tearing up paper. It also notes peculiar behaviors of entertainers, a nail-on-shoulder habit, and a woodpecker-like tapping in conversation. The piece includes observations on behaviors of the insane and a quip about a man who died after neglecting prescribed pills.
National headlines report the formation of the Vicksburg National Military Park Association led by Gen. 8, D Lee, Gen. J. A. Alger, and other prominent figures to back a park surrounding Vicksburg. The aim parallels Gettysburg and Chickamauga as a monument to American manhood and regional reunions.
Southern Gleanings reports harsh sentiment toward Ward Forgerion linked to thefts of 50 000 from Meliptiis and Seeger and 700 000 from Ward's bank. Banking losses ripple as Mechanics National Bank of New York holds 938 000 in Ward’s paper and telegraphs its plan to salvage the lender. The page covers a fatal street duel in Uniontown Alabama, gunboat christening in Nashville, a revival preacher dying in Texas, South Carolina tax dodges on dogs, a Birmingham suicide, a fire at a Montgomery machinery firm, and births and misfortunes across the region.
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