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Newspaper
Cedartown Record
Location
Cedartown, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1876
Page
4
A highly garbled text snippet hints at old poetry or prose with mentions of years, names, and places. The fragment references Che years, Nines, and a figure named Talla amid shadowy winter imagery.
On a Mississippi river steamer between New Orleans and Vicksburg a high stakes gambling scene ends in tragedy. A famous gambler Daniel Sturdivant advances his luck against a mysterious stranger who boasts ten thousand dollars. The double cross leads to a fatal shot. the stranger reveals a vendetta for a wife’s ruin and murder attempt, then vanishes after the crime.
The Rev Dr Vaughan began an early morning course on the Greek New Testament for lawyers at the Middle Temple lecture room in London. About thirty to forty men attended, mostly from the legal profession, with clerics also present. Vaughan lectured on Paul’s second letter to the Corinthians in Greek, with note taking and concordances in hand.
A humorous court moment in Omaha features a lawyer demanding attention and the judge retorting with a sharp reply. The piece notes the Royal Commission report on vivisection, awaiting presentation to the Queen and Parliament before public release.
Aboard the Goliath at Grays a fire broke out after a lamp exploded in the lamp-room while preparations were made to wake the ship’s 400 boys for cleaning. The blaze swept decks causing many to flee to the side as rescue boats lowered. Two girls were among those saved by rech waves. Volunteers from the training ships Arthas and Chichester aided rescue, with Grays townsfolk offering aid and clothing to survivors. Some boys remain missing or unaccounted for as authorities assess the full toll.
Caliph Alapinnaor converses with poet Farelli about whether later generations grow wiser. Farelli argues knowledge increases but wisdom remains constant, guiding happiness and virtue. The exchange ends with humility before the unknown and a note on humanity’s limits.
The article discusses Emerson's lectures on immortality, urging action over doubt and suggesting that conscious life continues if real, with contemplation of life beyond death. It includes a long anecdote about two U.S. senators whose conversations on the soul illustrate the search for evidence of immortality and the limits of human certainty.
A long four mile drive leads to the Jumna Ganges where hundreds of thousands, naked Hindus bathe on both banks during a festival season. The writer observes physiques, age effects on women, and cultural practices while noting devout behavior and a personal dip in the sacred yet muddy waters. Separate items describe a Vestal Center church steeple jug incident and English Baptist church statistics.
A survey covers Methodist preachers in North Carolina Mormons fundraising abroad and church growth in the South with 34 new Protestant houses in the state in seven years. It cites church figures in the North American Episcopal Church and notes relocations and conversions of churches in San Francisco Philadelphia and Richmond.
The article reports varied curiosities from oiling turning edges to cut metals, to a petroleum mix enabling hard steel turning, and describes a water well driven by perforated gunpipe with brass and zinc coverings. It also surveys a Russian admiralty yacht, magnetism in Tele St Paul rocks, and the evolution of the royal flag and railroad rail fittings.
During Prince of Wales visits in Bombay the Parsees wore the traditional night gowns at receptions and festive events. The article argues it is time they reform their long standing ceremonial habit.
A garbled roster lists governors of thirty seven states with party hints and misspelled names. It includes Democrats Republicans and several fragmented names such as John J. Hagley Pillsbury Ames Hardin Garber Chamberlain Carter Coke Kemper and others with scattered state tags like Pennsylvania South Carolina Tennessee Vermont and Virginia amid broken phrases.
Dr. Pierce, promoted as a noble American figure, presents a comprehensive medical work advocating common sense rather than technical jargon. The text extols Juniper Tar Soap and other remedies, praising widespread public reliance on familiar cures and celebrating progress in patient care.
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