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Newspaper
Vienna Progress
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1900
Page
7
A Pearson's excerpt describes brutal camp games where two men blindfolded in a cleared room are struck with leather straps or ropes while bets and cheering surround them. Rounds continue until one is carried off or refuses further blows, with violence escalating from rough sport to potential duels.
A Washington born woman in a small Indiana town befriends neighbors by accepting an egg laid in her woodbox. A 12 year old girl on the opposite side of the fence offers the egg and, after a brief chat, mentions a tack hammer for a possible gift. The scene highlights tact and neighborly generosity in a quiet domestic moment reported by the Washington Post.
A neighbor questions moral suasion while a father, poised with a switch, vows to whip his son to instill discipline. He believes moral suasion is valuable and intends to demonstrate its benefits by harsh physical correction, hoping the boy will learn to be ruled by it next time.
The fragment mentions only three of King Ed ward I’s original crosses marking Queen Eleanor’s funeral route. Two remain near Northampton and Waltham Cross, with a third at Charing Cross. A distant monument called the Three Shires Stone lies four miles from Bath at Kingland, revealing views over Somerset, Gloucestershire, and Wiltshire.
A Baltimore Sun item recounts a St Paul street corporation official’s wife famed for economy in shopping. She dragged her husband across markets, arguing over egg prices, exposing handlers charging 16 cents a dozen and revealing her belief that sellers were robbers.
A columnist notes quirks of human behavior in bank safe deposit routines. He cites women who cannot locate keys and men who doubt their lock, recounting a new customer who chooses to store one key in his box while keeping the other on his key ring, illustrating perceived gender logic differences.
A local store offers low prices on capes pants neckwear umbrellas hardware tinware pocket knives table cutlery tobacco and cigars at D A Taylors. The listing highlights a wide range of goods available to shoppers seeking discounts.
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