Hampton and Hayes clash over South Carolina politics in postwar era
Wade Hampton, praised for military service, rises to govern South Carolina amid contested 1876 election, military occupation, and political realignment. The piece traces Hampton’s path from campaign leader to governor, senator, and reconciled elder statesman, highlighting his insistence on order, impeachment of factionalism, and eventual retirement with national honor.
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Toy Town
Hampton
Bradley Johnson
Mackey
Lamar
Wailaca
Carolina Hall
Oderal
Chamber Thin
Hayes
Caroling
Electoral Commission
Chamberlain
Washington
State House
National Republican Party
Alain Ty
South Jar
Miri
Lis Hutda
Dhey
Congress
United States Senate
Vresident Hayes
Nampton
Tia
United States
South Carolina
Mr. Chamberlain
Col
Wade Hampton
State Capitol
Davis
News and Courier
Let 5 Alone Scott's Emulsion Ad
Modern weight gain pitch touts Scott's Emulsion as a simple natural remedy for thin people. The fictitious claim promises endless energy, improved appetite, and steady weight gain with no fatigue. Free samples offered amid garbled trailing text.
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Scott
Eve and Adam argue over biscuits in a humorous old quarrel
A San Francisco Bulletin style fragment depicts Eve and Adam clashing over biscuits with playful ridicules. The scene ends with a fatherly figure remarking on the folly of Jonesomeness and the stubborn lovers reconciliation. The quirky dialogue spools a comic, era-specific tone about domestic strife and love.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adan
Eve
Adam
Jing
Tosanius
San Francisco Bulletin
New York Growth Debate With Hewitt and Mayoral Vision
A clipped exchange centers on how much nature versus policy drives New York's progress. Hewitt contends natural advantages shape the city while admitting policy matters, and Sewitt echoes the need to attract capable citizens. Hewitt quips nature would grow grass on Broadway without intervention.
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New York
Wayur
Mr. Sewitt
Mr. Hewitt
Broadway
Mail to Valdez: Oscar Fish Wins Best Paid U S Mail Contract
Oscar Fish of Valdez Alaska secures a four year contract to carry US mails from Valdez to Eagle, earning 235000 yearly for two monthly trips over 113 miles. The route by dog sled is dangerous and fraught with avalanches and precipices, yet Fish continues to deliver, weathering extreme risk as the government notes the pay is reasonable for the perilous journeys.
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Oscar Fish
Valdez
Alaska
United States
Eagle
Post Office Department
Alaske
Tio
They Killed Him. Col. Jack Chinon Recalls Fatal Ambush
Col. Jack Chinon of Harrodsburg Kentucky, famed for knife and gun fighting, told a visiting English party in New York of a deathly attack on his home. He said 20 armed men surrounded his house, set it on fire, and claimed he was killed when escape seemed impossible, before finally surviving.
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Jack" Chinon
Harrodsburg
New York
Kentucky
Col. Chinn
Polly Allison
Vievo
Sin
Han Gent
Pat
Kansas City
Montlucon
Theodore Parker
Parson and boy on Sabbath and other ad blurbs
A fragment from a page mixes a parson reprimanding a boy for digging on the Sabbath with a quick quip about necessity. It then moves to assorted lines about watchmakers, beauty, a cold cure ad, moral maxims, a rheumatic pain anecdote praising Chamberlain's Pain Balm, and a New Jersey testimonial from Sallie Ha Balom.
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Ian Gase
Sketches and notes on people and events from a late 19th century page
A collage of anecdotes and brief items includes a humorous tale of Mr Bronehidn sketching the Alps with an old woman seated in foreground then reveals an ant hill discovery. It also notes a Massachusetts bill licensing cats, salt production data, digestion facts, a plan for a sea to sky light, obituaries, school rules, and assorted aphorisms and anecdotes from various places and times.
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United States
Utah
Hyans Pharmacy
Diamond Shoal
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Conterh Tin Siee
bin Rssistsa
Love
Nature
Valtez
E. W. Grava
Massachusetts
N. K. Fairbank Company
Boston
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PRIOG
Evans Pharmacy
Bonham & Watkins
Attorneys AT Law
Anderson
Peoples Bank
Foley
J. Hw, Collins
Conten
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Ghariesten
Suuumiersilie
Bigohwille
Columbia
Ninsty- Greenwood
Bam
Sas Dally
Ladon
TOD
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Inne
Bration
Chariatan
Berderel
Siranek Il
Crarleston Ea
Dteason
Evans
Frank Johnson & Co
Church Street
J.P. Todd
Ohana Cath
Bas Aoa
Beatae
Swit & CO
U.S. Patent Office
Washington, D.C
BANNE
Carol and Western Carolina Railway
Abbeville Amule
Charleston
Ar Bavannah
Blue Ridge Railroad
Ly Walhalla
Atlantic Cease Line
Want Live
Bete Ero Oy
Sanciabia
Uppe Spar
Ruth Garplizin
Boot
Dale
Ben’ Fae Res
Hverm Onariidto
M. Sen,elaoke
Poe
C. Ain Ion
SuDeaaGar
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