28 Jun 1884
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Newspaper
Brunswick Advertiser And Appeal
Location
Brunswick, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1884
Page
1
A Northern gentleman visits Little Rock to buy a home and fixates on a “well of cold water” as the key selling point. An old man reconsiders, leads him to water that proves warming with ice, and the buyer buys the property. Later he learns the water’s cold claim was a ruse tied to an ice business.
A Cincinnati clothing dealer in Hamilton Ohio overheard aNorthbound train passenger claim a city fire. The dealer denied the blaze reached his store noting his stock valued at $9 000 with only $7 000 insurance and quipping the fire must have been a mile away.
A Buffalo Times report describes women buying beer in paper bags from saloons, carried in tin pails inside bags. The piece notes a thriving Sunday satchel trade observed by spotters, suggesting evidence would require a blunt clash that is hard to achieve.
A Southern rail passenger tale recounts a newlywed couple aboard a Southern railroad train at Sawyer station. The brakeman shouts Sawyer as the groom kisses the bride loudly after the whistle, prompting a humorous exchange about ownership.
A Clifton wife, who had married a poor young man and taken up domestic duties, grows disillusioned with society. Her husband returns at 6 pm with a folded sealed paper. He reveals a life insurance policy for $10,000 on him. She recalls her own policy and jokes that she now has two policies after eating two slices of his pie.
A San Francisco showman promotes a troupe of educated flies as summer draws near. The winged act aims to attract attention when other performers rest. If trained, the flies will avoid the via and stay off heads, drawing police approval.
An old monk teaches a scholar by a forest, guiding him through four plants to illustrate how small, newly sprouted impulses can be uprooted, while deeply rooted passions resist. The master warns only divine intervention can uproot deeply entrenched faults and urges constant self-control.
A dense meditation on knowledge as the brain’s lifeblood shaping thought and action. It argues learning fuels culture, work, science, and family harmony, urging lifelong pursuit to enrich lives and uplift mankind.
A former New York legislator and B and B conductor Capt Yoang once captured the colors of the Georgia Regiment during late January fighting. He seeks a reunion this summer with the regiment’s colonel to restore the flag after more than twenty years. A traveler was arrested for forging a check, with peers recalling prior distrust. A Sumter Republican writer mocks nationwide craze urging solid work and political scrutiny ahead of August contests and census.
The passage recounts a 14 year old soap boiler apprentice who vowed to read an hour daily. He stayed seven years, reaching 21 with substantial knowledge. It computes 2,555 hours of reading, equating to about 310 days of eight hours daily, nearly a year of reading. The message urges starting now to build a large store of useful knowledge.
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