Lee as Hero and Gentleman in McClure Tribute
Col. A. Y. McClure lauds Robert E Lee as the South’s ideal hero and a Christian gentleman. He contrasts Lee with Grant, notes Lee’s defensive excellence, leadership, and restraint, and details Lee’s wartime career, surrender at Appomattox, and later life at Washington and Lee University.
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Colombia
Texas Oil Boom Sparks Jubilation and Growth
The Atlanta Journal reports Texas celebrates one year since oil discovery with rapid development of Monument and Beaumont. Oil wells rise to 140 in Monument area, pipelines and refineries expand, and 4 million barrels shipped with 4.5 million in storage. Beaumont gains 10,000 residents and over a million dollars in new buildings. Population and wealth surge forecast to rise further as oil spurs statewide growth.
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Fellers and a Fateful Fling with Old Joke Burlsyoorn
A garbled reminiscence recalls John and Fellers in a rough exchange about fighting a rival, with scattered lines hinting at a recurring rival named Old Joke Burlsyoorn. The text shifts to a moral on struggle and luck, ending with an old ad for curing colds using Laxative Bromo Quinine Tab Jota advertised at 25 cents.
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New Orleans Times-Democrat
E. W. Groveta Algenturo
The Reason and Coin Talk in a Milwaukee Snippet
An odd Milwaukee Sentinel fragment features taunting musings on postage stamps and heads on currency. A husband and wife debate why a figure might appear on money and compare it to other coins while noting a shared, drinking taunt that ends with a sharp drinker’s digressive line.
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Milwaukee Sentinel
Thrifty John Wilson and the God Boy Tale
Detroit Free Press recounts the tale of John Wilson a thrifty mechanic whose worship of his son leads to a strange accident. A tin dip marked to a god boy and a dog with a tin cup tied to its tail culminate in a comic yet bruising scene at the gate, a police officer and a tattered souvenir tin cup bearing the words Ton Road Log.
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John Wilson, Jr
Detroit
Parsley Honey Dangers Warn Of Ill Effects On Humans
The article cautions that honey gathered from parsley and other plants like hemlock and green fly can make people ill or even be fatal. Bees collect honey for themselves, not humans, and rare cases of revenge or mixups can yield dangerous honey for consumption.
Ex Cong Calle’s Daughter and a Strange Offer
An Illinois ex congressman Calle relates a childhood parable about selling a younger brother for a roomful of gold and his daughter’s retort to wait until he’s older. A widow’s telegram to her father reports her husband John’s death, ending with a garbled legal phrase.
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Hag Inaugurated Agents Contest Seeks January February Winners
The Semi-Weekly Journal of Atlanta announces an agents contest for January and February 1902 with $160 in cash prize pool to be paid March 1. First prize is $50. Earlier in December they distributed $2100 among fifteen agents. For terms and information address Atlanta GA.
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