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Newspaper
Waycross Headlight
Location
Waycross, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1886
Page
6
Ward the sculptor completes a model for a grand granite monument to Brooklyn’s wars. It will rise eighty feet, be meticulously elaborate, and cost between 250000 and 300000 dollars. The piece signals a major civic commemoration amid a year of ambitious public works.
A Boston article notes one half of American men may lose hair by age thirty due to heredity and mental activity rumors. It discusses hat-wearing, speculates on future fashion, then shifts to the Hearites from Ohio. The community, founded in Germany seventy five years ago, practiced communal property and marriage bans, later embracing matrimony while remaining thrifty and devout.
In Portempedocle near Girgenti Italy a feud between Baldassare Indelicato and Alfonso Cannetoni ends in brutal knife violence. Alfonso is killed after a parry leads to a fatal wound. Alfonso’s nineteen year old son and Giovanni Cannetoni are slain in the shop. Giovanni dies and Baldassare wounds another entrant before fleeing. Three killed and two wounded in minutes.
Proctor argues life on other planets undergoes a brief life-supporting phase far shorter than Earth's lifespan. He notes vast time scales make synchronized lifespans unlikely and that life elsewhere may be absent now, while suggesting future or past life across orders and galaxies remains possible though improbable.
A brief, fragmentary necrology notes a sequence of deaths among men who sought the U S presidency or vice presidency after General Grant. The text mentions 1954 figures and references to General RR McCullan and Seymour as Democratic candidates, with unclear surrounding context and garbled OCR.
Thomas Stevens narrates a visit to a Mussilian ceremony in Mirting. He details a room of sheepskin mats, self-flagellation, drums, and a procession of whirling dervishes. A silent lone dancer spins for twenty five minutes while others howl Allah Akbar and the priest walks along the participants bodies.
A fragmentary OCR passage shows a store interaction with a clerk and a customer asking weight and price. It mentions a grocer and a young woman and includes stray phrases about railway weight and passenger cars, with garbled dialogue and incomplete lines.
A scrambled piece notes Toboggen as a adobogean term for sled and passes through assorted curiosities. It discusses language quirks, hunger and subsistence, a shrub Aliza found in Cosatita with potent juice, and a claim about Fat meat eaters in amber regions craving pickles and acids. It cites a Lancet hygienic article and mentions a book titled The Passion of Christ carved by hand.
A southbound Illinois Central train derailed on a Talshatchie River bridge after an unknown person removed a rail. Engineer William Ruffin of Water Valley, Mississippi, stayed at his post to save others, perished in the wreck five hours after extraction. Only one life lost, the engineer, while many were injured. The incident sparked public mourning and questions about the sacred duty of engineers.
The piece presents a witty collection of bits titled Budget of Fun. It highlights a clever woman, a man’s misadventure at work, a wrong man in a critical role, and a preacher and landlord episode. A punchline about a “chill coming on” and saving trouble is noted from a Rumbler remark. Characters and context point to a light, humorous column.
Tadge Peterby returns home pale and trembling claiming a mad dog bite will soon provoke hydrophobia. His wife insists on staying home to care for him while they consider Pasteur treatment in Paris with Ma. No signs of hydrophobia have appeared yet. The second vignette, The Wrong Men, shows a man in City Hall misreading names and tickets, prompting puzzled reactions and a humorous misunderstanding about streetcar fares and postage stamps. The transit gaffe ends with the narrator noting the man’s confusion and promising to note the incident.
The tale recalls Jeck, Maine’s veteran railway mail clerk, showing a novice the dangers of rail cars and how to grip a moving vehicle. An accident leaves the newcomer bruised while Jeck calmly explains the “holding place” and the expert’s scars. Also included is Jokers Outwitted, Kentucky students hazing a new professor during a coon hunt at night, who is nearly lost five miles from help before a rescue litter is improvised.
In Lansingburg and New York factories the brush trade thrives with American-made bristles. Workers tie and seal bristles by hand, weighing five to ten ounces per brush, earning many up to fifty dollars weekly. Bristle sources include horse mane, goat hair, squirrel tail, and Tampico fibers. The article notes quality varies, with some firms producing inferior imitations.
A Dr Tappan tale from Lewiston Maine recalls a Northeast mission journey before railroads. At a rough inn the landlord welcomes the Reverend with a warm supper and family worship. On departure he refuses payment saying travelers pay in their own trade, a quip the doctor relished.
The fragment references Danish rulers and mentions the Batis Empire and Rusia, hinting at historical or geopolitical topics without full context. No clear event or dates are given. context appears literary or catalog-like.
A fragment discusses neuralgia in women linked to scalp hair irritation from hairpins, warns of lasting injury, and endorses a lemonade remedy. It promotes lemon juice diluted in water as a cleanser for bilious systems, advising intake before bed and on rising, with caution about stomach irritation.
An article from the New York Tribune recounts how sipping hot water aids digestion and cleansing of the liver and intestines. It notes dosing, duration, and additives for thirst, diarrhea, and constipation, plus the physiological effects of heat on mucous membranes and digestion.
An ornate, unreliable tale recounts Berry Wall’s rise and fall in New York society. It describes lavish spending, a pricey entourage, and a reckless mocked joke that left money lost and injuries in a Jerome Park incident. The piece notes Wall now lives on his mother’s income after squandering over $300,000.
A New York correspondent asserts General Hancock left a small estate despite generous charity. His twin brother, a brilliant Northwest lawyer earning $15,000 to $20,000, lived a faded life in a distant Western city for thirty years. A romantic aside mentions a handsome suitor pursuing Hancock’s daughter amid social stakes.
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