Billarps Letter on North South Wealth and Tariff
A reflective letter contrasts northern thrift and southern hospitality, praising Borden and David as generous northern magnates. It recounts Florida winter scenes, mentions tariffs as preserving American manufactures, and argues for reducing cotton acreage while boosting domestic production. It ends with Civil War reminiscences and a discussion of Roux serum therapy and wartime anecdotes.
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Boston
Georgia
New England
Green Cove Springs
Bordens
Borden
Miss Belle
Gail Borden
Eagle
Hig Odvic
David
Thadeus David
Florida
Howell
Central Park
New York
Jeremiah Shaddock
Providence
South
North Carolina
Suth Carolina
Teoe
South Carolina
Sanford
East Tennessee
Jacksonville
Tampa
Key West
Best Agricultural System Says Mormons Prove Diversified Farming
The Chicago Record lauds Brigham Young's village farming in Utah, highlighting forty acre farms with homes, schools, and stores nearby. It notes abundant alfalfa, fruit, wheat, oats, berries, dairy products, and meat, with self sufficiency, no Mormon farm sold for debt, and broad prosperity through diversified, small farm systems.
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Utah
Brigham Young
Woodruff
Mormon Church
Chicago Record
Taion
Allanta Constitution
A Horst's Sense of Locality in Maine Farm Tale
A 1866 Maine born colt leaves Avonstook County to Houston physician owner. The Civil War sends the master to cavalry, the horse enduring wrecks on Red River, returning home after five years. On a Maine road home, the horse recognises the old farm and turns toward the familiar lane.
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Saya
Lewiston Journal
Avonstook County
Maine
Houston
Red River
Araostock
Hall's Catarrh Cure Claim and Prescription Details
Catarrh cannot be cured with local applications. Cure requires internal remedies. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally and tested by physicians. It is marketed as a reliable prescription with purifiers acting on mucous surfaces. Testimonials are offered. product from J Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio. Sold by druggists.
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T Hall
Hall
J. Cheney & CO
Alodo
Ohio
Reminiscences of Gen Gary and Gen Butler Reflections
A reader shares a Confederate reminiscence praising Gen M M C Butler under Gen Hampton and Gen Gary. The account recalls Gary as brave and humane, with anecdotes of battlefield leadership, a chaplaincy promotion for piety, and moments of weathered humor amid combat.
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Sunday News
Mart Gary
Gen. Gary
Ge. M. D. Butler
Wade Hampton
MM. C. Butler
Geo. Hampton
Virginia
Hampton
Gary
Gen
Gen-Gary
Blaine Refuses Confrontation Amid House Humour
Blaine, hailed as a speaker, faced a new member on Pennsylvania Avenue after adjournment who challenged him with insults. Blaine replied with calm wit asking what liberty he would take if Blaine were a close friend, prompting laughter from the bystanders and his companions.
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Wheeling
Gordon
Wheeling Opera House
Mitchell
Melvin Me
Shenandoah Valley
Warly
Jalquays
Robert McEldowney
Fort Stedman
Petersburg
Col
Bob
Lee
Hia
Lhays
Sol
Joren
Ren
Grant
Gen. Johnston
Richmond
Davis
Congress
Zot
Bert Stedman
Appa
Blaine
Pennsylvania Avenue
L Nughter
Long Engagements and a Silent Burglar
A humorous sequence contrasts long engagements with marriage outcomes. It notes a ten percent chance of marrying the chosen man, then shifts to a metaphor of a burglar offering a remedy for sneezing. The piece mocks self interest, aging, and the fragility of romance as time passes and tides turn.
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B. O. Evans & Coo. Clothiers
Stem
Palnton
Wien
Hill Bros
Drygeists
Andersom
Wesne
Museen
Foaxas
Murphy & Evans
Anderson
Ouueotion
Giydo Munition
Hl Cement and Brick Co
Wasons
East Bay
Charleston
ABD
Cordovan
Freda Fanongnor
Jetzvio
Brockton
Mass
Bold Co
F. Jones & CO
C. Geeribros
Belton
Jackson Mattison
Hhareby
Anderson County
J. J. Trussell
D. H. Simmond
Bareby
Payton T. Barton
G. M. McKee
R. Foy
Aspisson County
W. . Cox
Milton Lindsay
Probste
Anderson Court House
Enterprise Furniture Co
Santa Claus Aiaslo
G. F. Bigby
County
Ghiquola Block
D. 5
Maxwell & Son
Bhakem
J. A Austin & CO
Hivans’ Pharmacy
HOTEL
Chiquola
OBR & Sloan’s
Cena Se
Uae
Billarps
Atlanta Constitut
B. Louis
Memphis
Cincinnati
Budapest
Roux
London Daily Graphic
Marsan
Pasteur
France
Guimal
Paris
Trousseau Hospital
Tous
Hospital Des Enfyats
Rupy
Morris Rupy
Lancaster
Wilhite
Wuhe
Mr. Davis
Peppers
Liscommand
Mary
8. C
Parsgrapta
Job
Monticello
Fla
Miss Budd
Benedict
Mr.b
Rhode Island
John
Chamberlain
J. W. Young
West Liberty
W.va
Ira P. Wetmore
San Angelo
Texas
L. B. Mulford
Plainfield
N. J
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