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Newspaper
Western Sentinel
Location
Winston, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1879
Page
1
The excerpt warns that sharp ridicule and severe replies to a perceived offense can lead to irreparable harm. It argues that avoiding offense is not enough. one must also avoid sinful or impolite actions. The reflection emphasizes the importance of humane conduct and proper manners in discourse.
A reflective meditation on aging and youth, praising lasting memories of home, friends, and faith. It celebrates preserved tenderness in the heart and the enduring musical chords of experience shaped by early joys and sorrows.
A large acrolite meteor fell in Chicago and exploded with a cannonlike report. It damaged a library, a telephone, gas meter, chandeliers and window panes, with two bushels of fragments found. No injuries occurred though the nearby couple at Colonel Nutt's home narrowly faced fatal shock.
The narrator recalls Civil War trauma and its lingering scars while recounting a neighbor Freeman and a dog named Dixy. A discussion arises about Gen Sherman and his letter, with Mrs Arp and others debating Reconstruction, immigration, and Southern sentiment. The piece blends memory, regional grievance, and lingering loyalties with a humorous wartime anecdote.
Franklin Shporter reports on the Sagar Fork mine and Dr. Leas, noting corundum shipments worth tens of thousands of dollars and a large, but uncertain, value from fine gems. Mica shipments are vast. overall profits from the mine appear substantial, with future gains likely. The piece also covers a political dispatch about Hendricks and a Democratic programme updating appropriations and election laws.
In a Senate speech Mr. Conkling argued internal taxes of 235 million dollars were paid by Union states, while consumers of whisky beer and tobacco ultimately shoulder the tax load. He cites Lorillards Shufeldt Co Blackwell Co and New Yorks role in duties and taxes. The article also notes a new silver coin act establishing legal tender rules and tax exchange provisions.
Bereare May 21 Mr HL Peer of Teterville Ontario executed a 192 foot plunge from the new Suspension Bridge into the Niagara River eclipsing Sam Patch. Peer wore merino hose tights and a rubber preserver with a cable brake to control descent though not fastened, ending with a splash as spectators watched. Peer, born July 14 1844 in Halton Nelson Dominion of Canada, stands 5 feet 7 4 inches, weighs 1384 pounds, and has a wife and one child.
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