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Newspaper
Jackson Argus
Location
Jackson, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1898
Page
6
The passage describes cane stalks pulled from roots and carried home on shoulders and wagons to be cooked at the mill. Children and adults alike chew the purple cane while gathering, using it as fuel for meals and as a social feature at gatherings and on porches. Conversations mention stalks kept with roots and doubts about freshness and flavor.
A Boston Journal piece recounts sugar cane season among plantation workers and pickaninnies, describing peeling rituals and playful mischief around Miss Nancy. It notes how cane links to male provisioning and marks differences between rural Black communities and New York city speech habits.
In The World of London this passage recalls that Dean Vaughan of Llandaff refused multiple bishoprics between 1855 and 1863. Palmerston and Queen Victoria were urged to persuade him, with support from Archbishops Sumner Longley and Tait and several bishops and deans. A Victoria station anecdote follows about a mother and her 7 or 8 year old son whose father died early, leaving the boy without a father and the mother unable to remarry.
Piartes Hublan TEA claims to cure dyspepsia constipation and indigestion while regulating the liver. Sold for 25 cents.
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