27 Aug 1886
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Newspaper
Carroll Free Press
Location
Carrollton, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1886
Page
1
Mrs Slack moves in next to the Peppers at Seaview and repeatedly borrows items from them, including a piano and a baby carriage. The saga ends with Mrs Slack’s return of nothing while Mrs Pepper recovers belongings, and the tale shifts to a sermon on the Bible’s resilience amid constant assault by skeptics.
A condensed, antiquated reflection praising patience and gentleness with children and self restraint. It extols noble living over wealth, urges study over coin, and warns that laziness invites poverty while industry shortens the day’s toil.
In a Georgia country Sunday school the teacher asks who made God. After the class says God made the world, a small postmaster’s boy answers Joe Brown made the great God. The room and teachers react with shame and provocation at the bold claim.
A discussion on compassionate conduct toward the ill and aged. It condemns cruel jokes about distress and urges cheerful, respectful manners from all ages, noting true breeding shows in everyday courtesy from youth to the elderly. A concluding remark laments a poorly kept wrestling match as a tumbled-down affair.
A New York Sun essay argues stature does not define greatness. It cites figures like Tilden Gladstone Bismarck Disraeli Napoleon Wellington Jefferson and others, noting many were not tall. Greatness rests on capacity and character, not height.
A reflection on child punishment stressing calm discipline over anger. It argues that parents shape a child’s moral development, warning that anger damages character. The piece cites Socrates and urges praise to sustain ambition and virtue in youth.
Edward Shepherd of Harrisburg Illinois credits Electric Bitters and Bucklen's Arnica Salve with healing a seven year leg condition. He says doctors advised bone scraping or amputation, but three bottles of Electric Bitters and seven boxes of Arnica Salve cured the issue. Prices and local dealer Harum Hamrick & Co. promote the remedies.
Extracts echo Jeffersonian ideals on minority rights religious liberty and restrained government while noting Tennessee’s novel gubernatorial clash between Alfred E. Taylor and Robert L. Taylor. The text mentions jailed Atlantans brewing whisky from makeshift distillery and a Chicago friar ordering a grave fence for a young man.
Toledo Ohio Dec. quotes a controversial piece arguing war with Mexico would be more than a riot. It cites Mexico's 27 states and 6,000 mile coastline, population figures, and notes alleged cowardice and crime in Mexico City with dire warnings about Mexican forces.
In our criminal system many sentenced to hard labor are not civil criminals but violators of prohibitory laws such as selling spirits or carrying pistols. A more liberal construction is urged to separate statutory violations from true criminal bias, ensuring humane treatment and proper classification of convicts, especially when poverty limits confession fees. Observations from Wedowee Alabama. Carroll Free Press.
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