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Newspaper
Waycross Headlight
Location
Waycross, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1886
Page
2
A poetic fragment describes summer’s call echoing from fields and dales into valleys and streams. It speaks of nature’s voice in trees, brooks, and birds, inviting listeners to leave old roots and learn from the speaker’s age and pine wisdom.
A physician visits a wealthy district home summoned by a nervous mother. Inside, the grand rooms reveal a daughter vanished years earlier, and the old mistress, driven by grief, believes the girl is dead. The tale ends with the doctor learning of past tragedy and the house's eerie atmosphere.
The fall story recounts Trinidad Nerdan, ten, rescued from hostile Indians in Arizona by Mexicans. She describes constant travel with meals and plentiful rations, minimal killings, and a large country span. She recalls a major group moving under Geronimo’s command and being kept at the rear, with rough treatment limited to scarce episodes.
A fragmented health piece lists ten risks to wellbeing. It warns against overindulgence, poor diet, and harmful substances, urging balanced routines and proper medical guidance. The text references remedies and cautions about stomach strain, nervous strain, and poisons masquerading as medicines. It emphasizes prudent living to avoid distress.
The Treasury warns on counterfeit notes by noting two paper types. Genuine greenbacks use federal fiber paper with blue and red threads visible in light, while fakes lack the fibers. All notes with brown seals have the mixed fiber threads. counterfeit $10, $20, and others may omit them.
An American Angler correspondent describes Alaska estuaries and Lake Loring outlet as choked with salmon. The inlet, two miles long and two rods wide, traps fish in salt and fresh water, making passage nearly impossible. Bears and other wildlife exploit the crowd.
A collage of social notes on Mrs. Francis’s dairy business and estate, tattoo discussions, jewelry trends, millinery wrinkles, lucky and unlucky days, and seasonal fashion forecasts. Includes commentary on dolls and local society, with fashion details from New York and London, and advice on wedding timings and colors.
Luke Sharp rails at Turkish baths describing them as brutal luxury. He details extreme heat, rough attendants, and punitive treatment as a form of public vengeance, ending with a man paying a dollar and leaving in distress.
A playful verse set features English lords and French princes in a comic domestic scene. A young woman asks an aging Mr Lent to guess her age, he teases with a line about twenty three summers, she retorts about wearing glasses, and the exchange ends with light ribbing over aging and charm.
A syndicated trio of humorous vignettes opens with a quixotic quip on a Quincy contractor and a sly coat swap that nets a $5 gain. It shifts to a thrifty Vermont parson demanding beeswax before a wedding, then to a Texas town where a failing merchant jokes about selling a water clock.
The article describes diamond cutting and polishing from old craft terms. It details splitting stones with tempered blades placing stones in ferrules and matrices, and the patient work of polishes using steam powered discs and diamond dust to create facets. It notes the care and skill of craftsmen and the technical challenges involved.
Narrative on ancient and modern couriers who carried messages across vast regions. The account references Emin Bey Dr Junker Signor Casati and their isolation in Africa near the Nile sources, and parallels with historic methods of sending letters via messengers, bamboo tubes, and royal roads from Seagon to Annam.
An unclear excerpt mentions Theodore R. Davia and a war context with references to smoke, colors, and Vicksburg. A Chicago inventor is noted for a salt winding device and a "pedometer" like watch. Contains garbled names and stray numbers.
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