Mystery of the Ancilla River in Florida Spurs Expedition
A party led by Captain Rei traverses the Ancilla River in Florida seeking the rumored volcano and mysterious smoke. They encounter underground basins, hollow rocks, and sudden misty plumes as clear waters host fish while rocks tower, suggesting no volcano but peculiar geology and marshy scenery.
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Cola Tribune
of Ancilla
Florida
Bo Rew
Steve
Popelaing
Sears Asher
Rei
Neilla
Ancilla
Mr. Asher
Asher
Lauvel
Did the sun and moon stand still in Jericho miracle
An essayist argues the biblical event may mean the sun and moon were silenced rather than halted in the sky. He cites Hebrew phrasing jasmine demshemesh and notes the hail storm as the main defeat driver. The piece resolves astronomical objections via philological insight.
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Josbus
Church Quarterly Review
Ogase
Demshemesh
Joshus
A Volume in a Sentence in New Orleans Speech
Major F E A Burke, Director General of the World's reat Hsition, urged in New Orleans that if the South manufactured all its cotton into cloth the crop would yield hundreds of millions of dollars annually, with future glory for the cotton States.
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Vicksburg Commercial Herald
New Orleans
F E. A. Burke
South
Malong
Thrifty Colored Parmer Sets Example for Community
Albany News reports Baker county farmer Jackson Eldridge a colored man who thrives by thrift his corn yields fund his meat supply and he even sells surplus meat. He recently brought about one hundred pounds of bacon to Albany selling at a solid cash value of about 250 dollars while his credit remains strong.
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Jackson Eldridge
Baker County
Albany
Morris Mayer
White
Mack
Albany News
Hearty Mortgage Records in County Clerk Office
A rare mortgage for 6500 dollars was filed in the Superior Court Clerk's office, involving F. & Railroad to a New York base for advances to extend services and improve equipment. Albany News notes railroads attract local interest yet fear centralized profits controlled by few in Atlanta. Telegraph and Messenger adds critique of the Railroad Commission as a barrier to Georgia railroad enterprise.
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Superior Court
8. F. & Railroad
New York
Albany News
Atlanta
Railroad Commission
Georgia
Palmyra locals discuss women’s group figures and names
A fragmented Palmyra report mentions Kit Warren and women’s event organizers, referencing Fike and Wartee as involved figures. The text is garbled but indicates a regional meeting or roster discussion among residents about ladies’ activities and local names.
An Unlucky Dog
Bill Nye the funny writer is portrayed as both lucky and unlucky. He finds a paper with 2686, buys a lottery ticket winning 20000, invests in a gold mine, rescues a drowning girl for a thousand, borrows for breakfast after tiger trouble, sells a telegraph wire idea for 5000, spends 8000 on electric light experiments, buys a farm and digs a well hitting coal boosting his stake by 50000 for half the farm.
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Bill Nye
Cape May
Message in Blood Note Rescues Man From Algiers
A Bank of England five pound note carried a hidden blood written warning. The half erased message named John Dean of Longhill and warned his brother languishing in Algiers. Police inquiries led to discovery and ransom of the captive man after eleven years. The incident was reported by the Panama Herald.
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Bank of England
Liverpool
John Dean
Longhill
Carlisle
Algiers
Dean
Dey
Panama Herald
Mr Lincoln and its Clients
A farmer recalls voting for Mr Lincoln after a farm dispute over a boundary. Lincoln advised the men to settle privately, locking the door while he went to dinner. The men chatted, laughed, and agreed to resolve the conflict, avoiding further trouble or harm.
Tariff Reform Denied in Republican Platform Call
The excerpt argues there is no tariff reform in the Republican platform and denounces it as a plea for war taxes, monopolies, and protection of home labor. It urges Democrats to adopt the 1876 tariff reform plank and back a candidate who will push it, predicting independent voters would join.
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Hancock
Christmas Eggnog Caper Among Confederate Leaders
In a Civil War camp scene Gen Hindman and aides chase a thief who stole eggs sugar and whisky for eggnog. A chain of flatboat memories and a shared drink reveal the lighthearted intrigue as officers seek to punish the culprits and keep Christmas spirits alive despite hardship.
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Hindman M4
Arkansaw
Col
Bob Newton
Hindman
Dave Pickett
White River
Gen. Churchill
Newton
Fagan
Gen. Fagan
Reynolds
Gen. Reynolds
Weather prophets Tice and Vennor dead leave Wiggins with tough task
Two noted weather prophets, Tice and Vennor, have died this year, leaving Wiggins with a light job on hand, which probably accounts for the recent unseasonable weather.
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Tice
Vennor
Wiggins
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Sumter
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M. D
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