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Newspaper
Cedartown Record
Location
Cedartown, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1877
Page
4
An old man recalls a perilous December journey home for Christmas. Pushing through dark roads, he crosses a moonlit quarry landscape with looming rocks, a chilling atmosphere, and a tense tavern encounter with rough quarrymen and a suspicious stranger before a dangerous descent into the quarry path.
A tavern struggle on a moonlit path led to a life or death clash over a precipice. The narrator wrestled the assailant, wounded him, and finally knocked him down with a knife at his throat. The attacker was captured and later sentenced to life in prison. The survivor recovered after weeks of brain fever.
The Chicago coroner notes a trend toward deadly weapon use and stresses the need to teach safe handling of weapons. He explores personal crisis reports, mentions German temperament and alcohol, and includes a critical passage on the harms of mother in law as a social pressure influencing tragic acts.
A discussion of diamond pastes and formulas for imitation stones notes the limits of natural diamond brilliance. The text mentions a paste called Loyal's and methods for refining and heating. A separate notice reports Helen Louke of Bristol New Hampshire died after inhaling gas from red fire during a youth tableaux, prompting calls to banish red fire from halls due to its poisonous composition.
At a Parin acad emy meeting M Fea of Padua extolled maize as a superior food with favorable fats and fiber. Fearno rebutted anti maize claims and blamed pellagra on damaged grain. The piece also discusses duckling feed efficiency versus chickens, and a long section on soil absorption and fertility, concluding with remarks on Dr Pierce’s medicine and advertising.
A Memphis firm Cook & Heath exhibit a new prison design at the Nation’s Centennial. Their iron prefabricated cells and hollow wall system promise strong security, efficient ventilation, and safer egress while hindering escapes. The report, by Joseph Barbiere, lauds the engineering and practical economy showcased by Merars, Cook & Heath, and Livermore, highlighting rail links and iron industry strength in the Southwest.
The feature describes hollow wall construction with sand filling for damp and heat protection, integrated locks sliding into dovetailed grooves, and movable drawbridges for controlled connectivity. It highlights ventilation, cell inspection access, and security against escape, praising Mesas Cook & Feath of Memphis as developers and urging correspondence for more details.
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