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Newspaper

The Daily Phoenix

Location

Columbia, South Carolina, United States of America

Date

May 16, 1875

Page

5

The Detroit prison rose to soften hardened hearts

Inside the Detroit house of correction, brackets and flowers brightened bare corridors. A grim inmate known as Ugly Greg once defied rules, yet after a single rose near his cell door, he watered it daily and his sullen demeanor softened. The flower’s quiet impact showed gentler urges can break strong resistance.

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The Rose Tree and Ugly Greg’s Quiet End

An old man known as Ugly Greg guards a rose tree in prison. The blossom arrives as his life ebbs, bringing a last, quiet mercy before death. A Shanghai, eating corn, takes 2 peck every time.

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Central National Bank Ad Promotes Loans and Exchange

Money to loan on marketable collaterals advertised with exchange in New York and other cities. Deposits received and interest bearing certificates issued. Stocks bonds gold silver bought and sold. Merchant accounts solicited with liberal lines. Central National, corner Plain and Richardson. John Preston, President. Lawyen, Cashier.

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