Children at Nightfall and Rice Trade Debate in South Carolina
A nostalgic poem on bidding good night to children contrasts with a Governor Moses letter advocating foreign investment in South Carolina rice culture. The document outlines labor rights, rice decline causes, and im migration incentives, highlighting Santee river valleys as fertile sites and detailing wage scales for colored laborers amid postwar recovery.
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South Carolina
Hie
Moses
Messrs. Duryea & Cohen
Charleston
I. J. Moses
Statz
Meore
Duryea & Cohen
iLaw
Gigneca
Santéa
Rica
Santee
Wacamaw
Ganges
Nile
India
Charleston News and Courier
Rangoon
New York
Carolina
China
Japan
Turkey
Santos
Transient Ads Demand Cash on Delivery
A brief note on page three states that transient advertisements must be accompanied by cash. The instruction implies payment is required at the time of placement or delivery, underscoring a cash-only policy for such notices.
Strange crucifixion marks case shocks San Francisco
A young San Francisco woman reports wounds on her body resembling the crucifixion marks after Good Friday. A priest and others of standing attest to the phenomenon, while skeptics warn of possible fraud. Scientific examination is urged, and researchers weigh religious fervor against genuine injury. The subject, Mise Collins, is described as not Catholic.
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England
San Francisco
Sisters of Notre Dame
Virgin
Misa Colina
J. A. Donohos
Eugene Kelley & Co
John Sullivan
D. Fr. Oliver
McGlynn
George Hooper
Robert Tobin
Emmet Doyle
Senator Casserly
Pawlicki
G.D. O'Sullivan
San S Francisco
Father Pender_grast
Misa Collins
St. Francis of
Veronica Guigliana
California
Miss Collina
Monitor
Christ
America
Mise Collins
Australia
Collins
Ocean Ballooning Dreams of Donaldson's Airflight Feats
A New York World correspondent recaps Donaldson the aeronaut’s perilous balloon and trapeze stunts at 1200 feet, his plans for a world voyage, and his belief in ocean ballooning as a future transit method. He cites scientific interest, funding gaps, and the promise of rapid Atlantic travel by air. The piece also notes a separate Florence murder inquiry revealing a red beard clue tied to an assassin.
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New York
Harmesure
Sherdis
Ecloudland
Flddix
Donaldson
Heory
Swithsonian Institute
Washington
Europe
Providence
Rial Navigation
Treland
Atlantic
Viterbo
Buk
Florence
Roman Times
Rugin
Bugie
Beraamasehi
Legislation and fashion span many years and places
A collage of 19th century notes reports Kentucky law allowing married women control of wages, shifts to fashion with Paris heel trends, a new Broadway building by Westore Union Telegraph Company, and New York firearms safety legislation. It covers beef preservation methods, a Western farmers’ movement clash with Grange suspensions, a Louisiana lottery joke, a St Louis agricultural convention, rumored fili busting plans, and shipowner criticisms by Mr Plimigall amid Atlantic disasters.
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Charley Dickens
Wien
Angela
God
Jesus
Kingdom of God
United States
General Assembly
Abor
Yey
Donaldron
Cameric
Leu
Kentucky
Paris
Westore Union Telegraph Company
Broadway
Franklin and Mores
New
Texas
Western Farmers’ Movement
Keokuk
Iowa
United: Presbyterian Church
Granges
Congress
St. Louis
Seaboard
Philadelphia Ledger
Rio Grande
Plimigall
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