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Newspaper
Sandersville Herald
Location
Sandersville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1908
Page
6
Poem fragment listing numerous joys as separate subjects including movement, hearts, memory, loneliness, and unnamed inner voices. The speaker, M. Thomas, reflects on joy, love, and consolation through personal imagery of mirrors, wind, sea, and sunlight. The lines evoke spiritual longing and a search for meaning beyond self.
Simon Tanner, an idle drunkard, is confronted by his young son Jim in a public house where hard luck and laughter expose the father's failings. After witnessing the cruelty of drink, Simon vows to reform, seeks his family's forgiveness, and begins a path toward temperance with support from a fellow worker. The tale ends with renewed hope as the family finds stability and Jim receives new boots, symbolizing a brighter future.
Prof William A McKeever of Kansas State Agricultural College records heart beats of students using a clockwork sphygmograph. Five plates in the college paper show zigzag traces from cadets who smoke coffin nails and dope sticks. He concludes habitual smokers' hearts are weak except briefly during indulgence.
Water recedes in Columbus as mills resume and river steamers restart. Elberton Air Line placed under temporary receiver. Georgia peach growers plan Atlanta meeting May 18. Cyclone relief, oil drilling in Terrell County, and boundary rulings favor Laurens. State candidates list includes Clay, Brown, Smith, Cook, Hart, Rab.
A Chicago special reports abnormal April weather with freezing temperatures across the country from the Alleghenies to the Rockies. Frosts reach southern Texas and killing frosts hit western Wisconsin and southern Minnesota. Heavy snow and cold damage orchards, fruit trees, gardens, and flower beds. Kentucky reports two inches of snow but fruit remains safe.
Governor Noel informs President Roosevelt that about 2,500 people in Hattiesburg and Purvis will need rations and tents for around thirty days. Some 150 are wounded and require hospital care. He says residents of the Mississippi river plantations have different needs and seek only tentage with federal and Red Cross relief.
Mallory Steamship Company plans to abandon Brunswick Georgia port on June 1 and will relocate serving steamers to run between New York Mobile and Tampa. The move follows the launch of a new A B line linking Brunswick with New York, reducing the Brunswick trade.
A yellow fever case emerged in the Daiquiri hills near Santiago, Cuba. The patient is a Spanish immigrant stricken by the illness about fifteen miles from the city of Santiago.
Relief efforts spread across Louisiana Mississippi and Alabama after violent storms. Authorities report about 400 deaths and around 1200 injured with many still in danger of dying. Federal and state aid deploy tents supplies and hospital space as troops guard communities.
A joint committee in Atlanta arranged 6000 in premiums for the Georgia State Fair. Three thousand go to county unions and three thousand to exhibits from outside the union. County prizes include 1200 for first, 800 for second, 500 for third, 300 for fourth, and 200 for fifth. A subcommittee chaired by L H O Martin G F Humkutt and W I Kemp will handle questions. seed selection by G M Davis may trigger 20 prize funds for best 12 ears and likely similar for 12 stalks of corn grown.
Secretary of the Treasury Cortelyou announced a further call on national banks for about 45 million dollars. About 20 million is due by May 9 and 25 million by May 23. The move aims to bolster government reserves amid ongoing fiscal actions.
Rev Dr Morgan Dix rector of a New York parish since 1862 died after a brief illness at Trinity rectory on Twenty Fifth Street. He was 81 and a son of General John A Dix.
A London dispatch reports the American play Way Down East opened at the Aldwych on April 28 but failed to appeal to British audiences. An American troupe starred and the production collapsed after a brief showing.
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