Drunkenness and its ruinous home life decried in strong prose
A harrowing sermon on the devastation of alcohol on wives and children. The speaker denounces drunken husbands and fathers, urges harsh penalties and reform, and tells a cautionary tale of a prosperous man ruined by drink. He laments legalized liquor and calls for laws to protect homes, promising a follow up on government roles.
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Bam Javea Tals
Tome
Copfricht
Teara
Sirink
Mary Phing
America
Lfe
Linne
Hin
Tie
Ganges
Sau P. Jones
The Most Strangest Death at Rocky Creek
A lore-filled reminiscence from Rocky Creek recounts the death of little Jim Dargin after a runaway horse injury at Cool Springs. The narrator ties his tale to local faith, the unseen feather bed, and community memory, weaving tales of Hawthorne, Squire Wilson, and Savin Sukey with folksy humor and tall regional lore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boady Haythorne
Squire Wilson
Cool Springs
Jim Dargin
Pris Les
Ac Springs
Little Jim
Widder Dargin
Plat
Bac
Jim
Treskon
Norea
Eich
Rocky Creek
God's Own Country
Ike
Rockey Greek
Astonishing Alabama Discoveries Near Baron Bluff
A Philadelphia dispatch reports prospectors near Baron Alabama claim a cave in a bluff along the Tenpessee river between Sheffield and Riverton. They found a square stone doorway and human remains with prehistorical relics unlike local Indian mounds. Debris suggests ancient burial, with archaeologists to determine age and race.
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Franesco
Ann
Baron
Ala
Hays
Tenpessee River
Sheffield
Riverton
Poe
Witt
Hsve
Illuminating Case on Child Burn Pain Timeline
A four or five year old girl in Minnesota reportedly suffered severe burns when her clothes caught fire beside an outdoor cook stove. Despite rapid first aid, she died nine hours later. The report argues that once skin and nerve sensation are overwhelmed by extensive burns, pain subsides quickly, and notes the brain as the true center of sensation.
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West Virginia
William Mizley
Gullion
Detroit
Trecollect
Mother
Mather
Teeling
Mlinoia
Faye
Eny
Abollahad
Thualng
United States
Lynam D. Smith
Philadelphia Press
Haat
India
China
Japan
Cameo carving and ramie sails in early modern craft lore
The article details novice friendly cameo cutting with shells and polishing steps, notes on the ramie fiber for sails including origin, growth, processing, and strength, plus brief recipes for summer fruit soups and assorted quirky facts from the era.
Applied Two Ways A Scholar Versus The Teacher
A schoolmaster contrasts his pupils with famed figures, asking John to solve a problem. At sixteen John cannot, while his classmate notes Washington was surveying at that age and later led the United States as president. The remark highlights relative achievements across generations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Que
John
George Washington
Lord Fairfax
Washington
Tom
United States
Philadelphia
Monument of Bismarck Birthday Gift Featured Memento
A German university driven monument to Otto von Bismarck depicts him as a young student at Rudelsberg in Thuringia. The model shows him seated with crossed legs and a corp cap, surrounded by life symbols like beer barrels and swords. Other extracts comment on education, love, physics, and postmasters, with garbled notes on photography and a quip about a doctor.
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Demorest
Wilson
Boady
Squire Wilson
Hawthorne
Tie
Someror Uandy Tayy
Rowley Crooke
Boady Mawthorne
Randy Hawthorne
Haethorna
Paort
Bondy
Squire
Lahore
Bismarck
Rudelsberg
Thuringia
Phil
United States
Pennsylvania
Successfuuhlin
Wala Cite
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Avoices
B. O. Evans & Co., Clothiers and Furnishers
Dp. P.sloan & CO
G. F. Bigby
A. Reed Music House
Canandy
Target Tiller
Pely Abriwugh
Anderson
South Carolina
Quality of Goode
Xero
F. Tolly & Son
J.P. Sullivan & CO
Issa
J. P.sullivan & CO
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Home Destroyer
Jobster
Polk County
North Carolina
Gibbs
Bufus Sanders
Mars
Treckon
Rondy Mawthorne
Preaghin
Georgy
Goady
Savin Sukey
Panther Creek
Nancy Newton
Iruly
Tilthless
Ruros Saxpens
Alabama
Philalatphia
Savannas
Morea
Liberia
Kensington
Liverpool
Sa Uad
Kansas City
Okaloma
Grant Colinas
Libaria
Oka~ Homa
Lhe
Death BY
Ruito
Oregon
California
Gret
Adrian Wilson
Boston
New York Sun
East Tadin
Gulf States
New Orleans
Europe
Attwater
Eilnent
Roy
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