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Newspaper
Waycross Headlight
Location
Waycross, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1886
Page
7
A fragment describes a reception at a Tauzel mansion with invitations and Turkish women in ornate dress. It discusses fashion trends with flowing dresses, etamine and wool lace, box-plaits, wide skirts, and yashmak style veils plus accessories like coral stones, ribbons, and ornamental hairpins.
A New York widow famed for her high society life is described as a persistent kleptomaniac. She amasses wealth, allegedly stealing objects she desires, with thefts reportedly carried out in public and her movements closely watched by authorities.
A highly garbled OCR fragment shows stray phrases about a roe non harbor and ore, with exclamations and disjointed lines. The readable content is minimal, offering no clear event, names, dates, or places to anchor a full news item.
The text interweaves a chaotic retelling of Custer's demise with a dense, technical digression on mineralogy and fossils. It blends battlefield recollections with scientific speculation, citing soldiers, tribes, and terrain while drifting into descriptions of meteors, iron compounds, and fossil types. The piece reads as a garbled OCR fragment from a 19th or early 20th century periodical, mixing dramatic combat scenes with academic asides.
A Tennessee infantry encampment tale from spring 1903 describes a farmer in a border county aiding a soldier’s escape by crafting a sham furlough. The plot involved a box filled with goods, a ditching of a wagon and a river hoist, and a dramatic confrontation led by Bushrod Johnson’s brigade. The scheme failed as the guard and troops intervened, ending the attempt.
A fragmentary account describes a late night walk home after missing a streetcar. Officers observe a nightly rogue’s gallery of thieves on Woodward Avenue, flashing a lantern as they search for valuables to steal and stash in bags. They target umbrellas shawls bracelets and other items, with finders keepers the rule of the night.
A friend recounts a tale of David Davis showing wry humor when a confident stranger tried to trick him. Davis replies with calm wit, remarking that he would handle the matter and noting his cautious stance toward emancipation.
A vivid excerpt from the New York World describes cons involving horse dealers and unsuspecting buyers. It details a scheme where an agent, posing as a trusted groom, redirects purchases to unscrupulous parties, prompting the victim to buy a horse only to be tied to a rope trap and robbed.
A fragmentary tale depicts Rachel famed for drama and greed. A Parisian host invites her to admire flowers at a lavish table and then abruptly ends the encounter, prompting her return home in a carriage with a wary companion.
The article outlines summer clothing styles including white muslin skirts, lace shawls, embroidered trims, and lace veils. It notes fashionable dress fabrics, hats, and mantles, plus a wartime like remark on Queen Victoria and a surgeon diplomas for Mrs. Emily Dowton. It also mentions male attire details, dress codes for social events, and a note on monogamy in Turkey.
FragmentaryOCR note explores peculiar names in a Taming of the Shrew scene. It lists confused spellings and mentions a mountain grove image, with hints of names like John Ka e Gren ed and Abdo ened eave, mingling with commentary on unusual monikers.
A fragmented reminiscence describes a tour through a Newark hat factory and a maker’s exploration of hat growth from raw to finished. The narrator recalls data collection, sales variety, and evolving interest in the trade, noting scattered statistics about society and bachelorhood.
The text presents a poetic fragment with archaic phrasing and misspellings. It references paths through alien lands and shifting visions of day and night, mentions Mabutver dreams, and hints at distant futures. The excerpt centers on a dialogue of longing and destiny with dramatic imagery.
A collage of quips, notices, and snippets from various papers. The items include jokes about women’s fashion, coinage, and etiquette, along with brief humorous exchanges and oddities from multiple publications. Names, places, and dates are scattered within the varied fragments, reflecting a curio cabinet of clipped newspaper lore.
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