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Newspaper
Fayetteville News
Location
Fayetteville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1900
Page
5
A collage of quick observations: religion and invention in modern times, Connecticut trout limits, a Paris sword duel, a Missouri wedding, Arnold White's Canadians term idea, coffee and soda adulteration trends, dress code tyranny critique, child discipline tips, a Ladies' Home Journal poem excerpt, and Richard Burton's Outlook reflection on human frailty and longing for redemption.
The article extols bicycles as healthful and beneficial to society, noting their role in promoting sports, geography, beauty, industry, and road-building. It praises General Joubert as a real statesman, soldier, and gentleman whose death commands global reverence and reflects on civic virtue beyond military triumphs.
Rosy Williams, wife of itinerant Jackson Williams, hires loggers to pull the five-room parsonage across Lake to Marston after learning their circuit will again move. The stunt shocks Link’s Mills and delights Marston as the couple resettle in a new parish, with Williams still behind on salary.
A church parsonage vanished prompting a stunned crowd to inspect the vacant site and press for action. Rumors spread as Rev. Jackson Williams learned his family had moved to Marston and threatened to restore the house, but the church offset the parsonage against the unpaid salary. Mrs Williams asserts ownership of the property and vows to move it if a nearer circuit is found.
In Washington Criminal Court No IL Justice Cole heard Lelia and Sabina Matthews sue E. B. Randall for 300 each after a bull on the steamer Harry Randall at Chapel Point Md. tossed them into the Potomac. The jury awarded 300 to each and Randall appealed. The report ends with a humorous aside about a rival and a bored meeting.
A traveling salesman recounts a true tale of a Gotham boarding house landlady who profits from a late boarder’s death and insurance. A Detroit Free Press piece extols a confident man whose bold demeanor lands him opportunities. The page glances at science notes on brain weight, Sahara oases and petrified forests, Greenwich meridian debates, and snake behavior. Short humor items, jokes, ads, and anecdotes follow, including a tale of a Europe-traveling girl and a mix of witty quips.
A historical note reveals Lord Roberts as a boy loved carving wooden boats. He often wagered his handmade vessel against a bought boat for small bets and named his boats after naval heroes or famous sea battles, foreshadowing his later brilliant leadership.
A discussion notes that over twenty million pins are needed daily in America to repair clothing and meet general needs. It questions what happens to all the pins when demand remains constant, but asserts there is no drop in demand, implying constant daily disappearance of pins.
A station dog named Sfin, garlanded and cup-fed for charity, caught Queen Victoria’s eye during her London visit after the South Africa war, as the sovereign dropped a sovereign into the dog’s collection box attached to its collar aboard the royal train.
The familiar wet meadow plant labeled cowslip is not the true English cowslip. Its yellow petals and abundant stamens resemble buttercups. Botanist Gray advised the English name marsh marigold but it is more than a primrose, properly Caltha palustris in Self-Culture Maga.
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