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Newspaper
Brookhaven Leader
Location
Brookhaven, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1883
Page
1
In a warm afternoon scene a farm wife tends chores as a wagon collides with sowers in the garden. The poem portrays a mother and wife, Lillie Barr, recalled in a ledger entry, cherishing family duties while the children sleep.
A long contemplation on dreams from Shakespeare to Franklin and Bacon, tracing how dreams have been interpreted and used in literature and science. It covers dream precursors, prophetic dreams, dream books, and notable anecdotes of dream-inspired ideas, with cautionary notes on superstition.
A collage of humor pieces and quotes from Punch and other 19th century rags alongside stern anti liquor arguments. The excerpts contrast light jokes about rules and secrecy with grave warnings on liquor’s social ruin and the economic waste of grain to distilleries.
In fall 1879 hunter Jacob Ehrout set a bear trap near a swamp in Jogging camps, Gregg’s settlement area. A huge bear eluded hunters. the steel jaw trap and timber tethered to trees sometimes dragged miles before a rifle end. Old hunters note bears gnawing off trapped paws to escape, a trick this bear reportedly used.
A New York pastor prescribes a method to stop gossip. He suggests recording and repeating what is said about absent people to test truth, shaming gossips, and upholding duty to the absent, even if it costs friendships. The aim is to curb gossip with meek, faithful application.
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