17 Sep 1886
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1886
Page
1
The text references Faulk County with a licensed saloon count, widespread Sunday closures, and a court session note. It mentions German temperance sentiment, California territory discussions, and migrations reshaping western lands amid Emperor William’s travels and western expansion.
A damaged OCR paragraph describes a saloon adjacent to a coupe with a sofa and a camp bed in a nearby Emperor era study, a dressing room, a final compartment with tables and mirrors, and notes a German observer quoting an optical delusion theory about storm clouds. It cites Arps and Harper’s discussions of thunder and cloud layers up to 7,500 feet.
A fragmented historical piece recounts a woman narrator describing a shopkeeper Mr Slade who helps her troubled family. He mentors Charley, aids house tasks, and ultimately advances to a professor’s chair while Charley excels in math. The woman, grateful, reflects on love, loss, and a new stable life.
The poem ponders death and what lies beyond. It questions fear of dying and suggests reunion with loved ones after death, framing mortality as a mystery to be faced by all.
Rev Dr Fairweather, riding near the Iron Bridge, recounted a sight of a large male eagle grappling a six foot nine inch snake. The bird fell to the ground, strangled by the serpent, and the minister killed the snake and kept the eagle as proof. The incident marked the largest eagle seen in the area.
The account compares the Boulanger duel in Paris to the 1829 duel featuring the Duke of Wellington and Lord Winchelsea. The Duke aimed to disable, not kill, his opponent. both men avoided fatal harm, and Winchelsea fired in the air, delivering a written apology. The King and Prime Minister remarked on the event, highlighting the era’s formal courtesy.
A historical note proposes two simple tests to confirm death. The first cites a French prize method: in a dark room a living person’s fingers held near a candle show a bright color from capillary circulation when they touch, indicating the body is still responsive.
Cooking guidance from a periodical on preserving meat in heat. Methods include binding with stinging nettles and hanging in a canvas bag, wrapping with malt vinegar moistened cloth, and covering with buttermilk renewed every other day. Also recommends a weak potassium permanganate solution to restore tainted meat, with color change indicating readiness for further cooking.
Thomas Cowing of Fergus Falls now at the land office recalls a vivid war tale. In 1863 he was shot through and left for dead. A surgeon, thinking him beyond help, gave a lethal poison. Three weeks later Cowing returned to duty, later confronting the very doctor who had attempted to end his life.
A scrambled OCR style fragment references a selfish felon, a fish seller, a metti¢ man, a steve dealer, and a clever lawyer. The garbled text mentions Laborwick and Brie, LA, interag gas, and a life described as perpel. No clear event or outcome is discernible.
An old report describes John Adams and Henry Jarvis clashing in the Capitol. Adams refused an apology. Jarvis allegedly slapped Adams in the nose, a scuffle ensued, and a select committee investigated with no punishments. Included is a poem fragment by Ben Perley Poore.
A senator recalls a nutmeg remedy gifted by an sympathetic old lady to treat neuralgia, reportedly providing relief after wearing the spice on a string around the neck. The column also notes a Louisville lightning strike causing wall plaster damage and a collection of humorous snippets from various papers, including remarks on weddings, engagements, and superstitions about clothing and luck.
Dr Widmark treated a girl whose right eye was blind despite no detectable pathology. A dental surgeon found upper and lower teeth decayed with inflamed roots and removed the roots on the sight side. Four days later eye sight began to return and normalized by day eleven. The remaining fangs later deteriorated, with risk of ophthalmic relapse.
A fragmented OCR passage describes a rapid penman writing thirty words per minute with symbolic measurements like red sixteen and a half feet and furlongs per minute. It cites many odd numbers, turns per word, and large drone-like figures, reflecting garbled historical typography.
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