A North Carolina preacher and mountain whiskey lore
A long reminiscence tracing illicit distilling in Burke County and nearby regions, recounting Rev Baylus Hamrick arrest, local distilling traditions, and the culture of whiskey making among Baptists and Presbyterians in the Carolinas and South Carolina. The piece blends anecdote, historical notes, and personal reflections on charity, neighborliness, and local life.
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New York
the Sun
Baylus Hamrick
South Mountains
Burke County
N. C
Hemrick
Sedmont
South Carolina
Mr. Hamrick
Sun
Jos
Vanderford
Joe
Oddas
North
North Carolina
Upper
Aettlera
Pennsylvania
Inia
Falatuff
Piedmont Belt
Brimstone
Heaven
Elysian Land of Peace
Edmund Blanton
Edmund
Ton
A Child's Christening Offer of Welcome Misread
Little Mabel, with a dead mother and a distant father, hides a stranger at the door. A poor woman begs warmth, and the child asks if she knows Jesus. Sensing common ground, the girl asserts that if the visitor knows Jesus, she may come inside because her father approves and God does as well.
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Han
Towabe
Lanarus
Philon
Bey
Yeate
Marintta Street
Abe
Oross
Jen Han
Thad
Atlanta
Mabel
Jesus
Jeans
Papa
A Living Stone
A monkish reflection recounts an Arab boy captured near Algiers who embraces Christianity. He later refuses Mahomet, is condemned by neighbors who build him into cement for a citadel block, and dies with a peaceful look. The speaker sees this as a divine sacrifice and a sign of God’s love for Arab boys.
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Algiers
Europe
Mahomet
Geronimo
Algiera
Deafness Cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure Claim
An advertisement proclaims Hall's Catarrh Cure can cure deafness caused by catarrh. It asserts the Eustachian tube inflammation leads to rumbling sounds and hearing loss, promises $100 for an incurable case, and offers free circulars from FP J Cheney Co Toledo Ohio. The message closes with a moral about a daughter who remembers her mother.
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Hall
J. Cheney
Toledo
Denguleta
Tesson for a Boy Governor and a Bumblebee Fight
A long rambling letter recalls a plow boy story in the fifties about fighting bees with bare skin and improvised tools, ending with a caution to a young governor about listening to older advisers. It is followed by a second anecdote of a bashful suitor and a bridal chamber misadventure, then a brief news item snippet about meat intake and a comic tale of a boy and his hidden fish, ending with a testimonial for Chamberlain’s remedy from Tennessee sources.
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Ditor
Jawa
United States
South Carolina
Alleghanies
Aheo
Sallie
Hber
Toho
John
Blughing
Pulashi News Review
Charlie
Chamberlain
Muna
W. L. Duncan
Bon-aqua
Hickman Co
Tenn
Tor Sale
Hill Bros
Lincoln and compensated emancipation debated at Hampton Roads
Col McClure argues Lincoln favored paying 400 million dollars to the South as compensation for slaves to end the war and restore the Union. He cites records, Stephens' instructions, and cabinet opposition. Lincoln reportedly read a draft message proposing the payment on February 5 1865 after a Hampton Roads conference.
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Lincoln
Hampton Roads
Seward
Pieshen
Hunter
Campbell
Davis
Confederacy
Col. Watterson
Mr. Stephens
South
Graves
Atlanta Constitution
Howell
Stephens
Taneolo
Chicago Tribune
Orth
Congress
Union
Jefferson Davis
McClure
Davia
Davin
River Queen
Fortress Monroe
Abe
A. Lincoun
Hampton Raids
Incoln
Lincole
4. K. McClure
Philadelphia Times
Smithsonian Builds Miniature Tower of Babel for Exposition
The Smithsonian prepares a 5 ft 8 in square first story miniature of the Tower of Babel for Atino Exposition. Dr. Palmer oversees construction under Dr. Cyrus Adler, with plaster of Paris bricks cast from a single mold to recreate the ancient sun dried brick façade.
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Smithsonian Institution
Bable
Atinots
Babylon
Washington Monument
Assyria
Tower of Babel
Paria
Palmer
Cyrus Adler
Rae
Saturn
Jupiter
Mara
Venus
Mercury
Washington Star
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Mothe
DP. Sloan & CO
Tilly
G. F. Bigby
A-Reed
Music House
Reed Music House
Anderson, S.C
G. F. Tolly & Son
J. P. Sullivan & CO
Piedmont Moonshiners
Althar
Virginia
Darkey
Odd Fellows
Bill Arps
Anid
Teo
Grandpa
Daniel
Morgan
Justice Jackson
Supreme Court
Folka
Randolph
Patrick Henry
Charlottesville
W. Wrenn
Savannah
Havana
Gulf Coast
Florida
Exposition Grounds
Chicago
Chriattanty
Pone
Tesson
Col. McClura
Mexico
France
Lasy
Panama
Canton
Gratz
Austria
Nevada
Idaho
Montana
Wyoming
Mississippi Valley
Great Lakes
Gulf
Pines
Sivon Gonpaave
Ban Luis Rey
Cal
Forsale
Jarman
Rome
Constantinople
Rainsville
Indiana
Jacob Brown
Hill ‘Bros
Piza
Elis
Hsau
Middlesex
Oxfordshire
Charles I
L. H. Baily
Tia
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