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Newspaper
Brookhaven Leader
Location
Brookhaven, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1889
Page
4
Southern Cultivator advises harvesting corn as soon as kernels dry, driving wagons along rows to speed gathering, and storing in a dry crib to prevent weevil damage. It stresses careful crop handling to maximize price, and notes labor costs of hand picking cotton versus mechanized ginning, urging rapid, bulk housing and seed protection.
An agricultural article outlines sowing times for grasses in the cotton region, favoring September to November and noting frost risks. It lists grasses suited for inexperienced farmers such as orchard, oat, rescue, and Bermuda grasses, with mixes advised for pastures, and stresses gradual adoption, seed costs, and broader pasture expansion.
A detailed critique links alcohol and tobacco to hereditary disease and social decay. Dr. Henry N. Hurd cites epilepsy and insanity in descendants of drinkers, while Kraft-Ebing outlines a generational chain of moral decline to extinction. The piece argues liquor fosters crime, Sabbath desecration, and public disorder, urging sober living to protect future children.
The piece discusses Prohibition in Kansas, quoting Sen Inzalls on replacing dram shops with social resorts. It argues coffee houses would aid temperance, reduce saloon influence, and ease enforcement of laws. The text then blends humorous fragments from various sources and notes on public sentiment.
During a Jersey City trial three boys under fourteen confessed to stealing liquor, saying taverns nearby supplied them easily. The London Christ outlook warns of trance like intoxication where addicts appear sane yet commit crimes. Cardinal Mannie urges total abstinence as ideal, noting France’s rising insanity and alcohol use while absinthe is linked to crime or self harm.
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