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Newspaper
Waycross Headlight
Location
Waycross, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1887
Page
3
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Central Time and May 45 1837 publish rail schedule for Pasemer trelay service on the Savanoal Florida and Western road. Trains to Tampa and New Orleans listed with departures from Bay, Havens, Eiseenee, and service to New York, Bow Orleans, and Jacksonville via Themarzile Express.
A veteran recalls near execution on the scaffold during Civil War siege life. He describes a tense drumbeat court martial, the Confederate spy accusation, and the shocking moment of imminent death averted by reprieve while awaiting dawn.
A dramatic Civil War era account details a man who, believed by a drunken general to be a spy, faces the scaffold. Captured and bound, he endures the trap before a court martial reveals a critical identity mix-up, saving him from death and sending the general to a hospital with fever.
The Giant's Causeway is a coastline feature in County Antrim Ireland. It comprises eight miles of basalt cliffs and formally columnar rock formations, with three named sections the Little Middle and Great Causeway extending toward the sea.
A clipped tale describes workmen in Mexican silver mines growing expert at stealing silver. An owner recounts a detective visiting in apparent madness, then discovering through weeks of testing that silver ran at a high rate per ton. Miners allegedly platted a thin for a cousin and cared for a small swarth of silver at the sandal sale.
A traveling man recently discovered he is a great poet through a stray note of lines and playful misreads. The fragment suggests he found poetry in his own wandering, echoing a lighthearted penny-dreadful tone.
A compact proverb style note urges action in the present. It contrasts fools who delay with wise men who seize opportunities while time and sunshine allow. The verse warns against postponing effort and highlights the value of timely action.
A collage of humorous snippets and quips from early 20th century columns. Items reference tramp desires, carpet cleaning by spouses, fashion jabs at straw hats, orange moths and seeds, medical adages, Tennyson cracks, and wry observations on fish hooks, twins, and gossip. Scattered notes from papers in Boston, Cleveland, Paris, and Rochester.
A Brooklyn physician advocates humane treatment as animals are confined in cases. The report notes concern for welfare and calls for inspection and proper care standards. Details on the cases and authorities are limited in the fragment.
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