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Newspaper
Brookhaven Leader
Location
Brookhaven, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1897
Page
3
A poetic fragment from A.W. Bulletin extols the shore at low tide with tide goes out imagery. It recalls shining rocks seaweed pearls shells and breakers, and ends noting the heart of youth awaiting joy and the tide's retreat. The piece blends vivid natural detail with a reflective, hopeful mood.
In a warm afternoon in a rural scene, Donald and Becky collide with Sneaden over a hat, then plot to photograph lightning. Donald, inspired, uses a camera and a window lookout as storm clouds roll in, with Becky hoping for another visitor.
Donald, an eager young photographer, captures a stormy Halloween day at a mill with his camera. He proves Becky’s innocence in a melon theft by exposing the culprit in a developed plate, earning a reward and ending the rural suspense. The story hints at broader village life and a later historical vignette.
A reflective piece on Spain contrasts sunny villages with historic battles from the Pyrenees to Madrid. It notes Moorish influence, famed painters, noble titles, vibrant court life, and a stark view of social attitudes toward the dead, including ritual neglect and public danger near bodegas and street violence.
A reflective essay portrays Spain's charm and cruelties, noting polite veneer and genuine kindness as rare. It critiques bullfighting cruelty, feudal oppression, and economic strain from Cuba and the Philippines, while contrasting climate, diet, and education with a call for modernization and reform. The piece cites nobility's odd employment shift to execution and predicts a future republic with progressive governance.
Thackeray’s bookbinder and other London literary figures are named in this quirky review. Mrs J M Barrie plans a stage return in The Little Minuet while John Kemfrick Bangs plays a gallant role. Richard Le Guillenne’s Quest of the Goldedged Girl appears rebranded as The Quest of the Giltedged Girl. Rex Hill receives a Jubilee mug from Rex Hill. W T Alden notes daily bicycle cleaning and slow typing, then bursts to 3 000 words in bursts before memory falters.
A muddled excerpt portrays SQUIRRELS in the oak, describing their hole in a living trunk, bold chases, and leaps between branches. It blends nature observations with stray magazine notes, humor, and scattered ads from The Philadelphia North American and other sources.
Indiana lad Martin A. Quinn rises from ragged farmhand to University of Chicago student by trading produce to fund his dairy. He milks four years, supplying milk to the college at a reduced price and living on the earnings, then buys books and studies law at Lafayette, Indiana after graduation.
The excerpt records a disjointed courtroom dialogue with a judge and prisoner, mentioning a crate, a tire, pockets emptied, and a 23 cent sum, followed by "You may go" and a signature-like line. The legible names include De jeter Vine and rancisco Poet.
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