No Place Like Home Negroes Return From Mexico
A group of about 200 Georgia Alabama negro colonists led by William or Ellis from Tishualilo Mexico walk back toward home troubled by hardships. They describe cold, barren land, lack of housing, and need for irrigation, with many planning to resume life in Alabama or Georgia. The report notes opposition from locals, a possible contract to move more, and warns that Mexico offers few chances for displaced southern blacks while Diaz’s government promotes farming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Ayroxia
Tex
Pegleg’' Williams
W. N. Ellis
Tishualilo
Durango
Mexico
Georgia
Alabama
San Antonio
Beagle Pass
Southern Pacific
Constitution
John Washburn
Birmingham
Mr. Williams
Ellis
Mapima
Texas
Themuelvea
Washburn
Nazas River
Laguna
Iis
Ubut
W. T. Huia
Williams
Mississippi
Louisiana
Capsalin
Nacrements
United States
West
Uncle Sam
Grant
Garfield
Sam
New York City
New York
Great Britain
Hampton County Scandal Involving Doc Chasseré and a Coase Case
A Hampton County Georgia tale describes a farmer, about 40, who asked Augusta police to locate his wife and a young boy after she fled with Benny A. Coase. Detectives arrested Coase at a boarding house. the husband was telegraphed for and expected to join. The couple deny thefts while the wife expresses mixed feelings about returning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ancesta
Doc. W. Chasseré
Hampton County
D. C
Benny A. Coase
Augusta
Howard
Kelly
Prescott
Dmecor
Cease
How Many Happy Days in a Year According to Billarp
A humor piece recounts a man and family tallying daily happiness over 120 days to measure bliss, noting most days broke down into small mishaps. It contrasts their experiment with a tale of a lord offering a bacon reward to couples claiming not to quarrel for a year, and ends with a Tampa trip where the narrator’s wife falls ill aboard a return boat.
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Atla
McCay
Europe
Cath
Covery
Pater
Dinah
Greeat
Jord
Tampa
Bay
St. Petersburg
Tampa Bay Hotel
The Lady’s Travel Memoir And Family Advice
A narrative fragment describes a woman relieved after leaving a dangerous scene and reaching a car, reflecting on Tampa and a hotel, then a derailed note hints at sunlit home. It blends travel experience with a later piece on child training and health.
A Tired Boy
An office boy Tommie pleads fatigue while the employer scolds him for lack of work yet admits the boy will face hard labor later in life. The comic exchange ends with plans to fetch patent medicine for that tired feeling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tommie
Thomas
Tommin
Sound Reasoning In A School Apple Math Joke
A classroom joke shows Tommy Jones preferring half an apple for more juice. Willy compares halves and fractions, while Tommy notes juiciness loses when an apple is cut into sixteenths. The tale contrasts common sense with arithmetic abstraction in a humorous scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tommy Jones
Wade
Willy Smith
Willy
Tommy
Infallible Coffee Rule and Domestic Woes
A joke from Kaisan City Star about Bridget the cook and a miscalled coffee blend. Also a husband’s ruse with local papers brings his wife home to uncover what he hid, plus a tale of a Walders Ridge farmer fending off panthers and a Des Moines dentist cured by Chamberlain's Vaso Balm.
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Bridget
Kaisan
Tate
Henry Williams
Walders Ridge
Chattanooga
Tenn
J. T Oper
Des
Moines
Towa
Chamberlain
Ilo
Till Bros
Weapons Used by Indians in Warfare and Craft
A historical account describes techniques and weapons of Native Americans, detailing bows, arrows, knives, scalping, and war gear. It notes archery skill, bow wood types, poison arrowheads, and the shift from traditional weapons to knives and revolvers as implied by encounters and decades of frontier conflict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Potone
Tate
Jinkout
To-Say
Miles
Geronimo
Thomas Cshone
Willis Edionston
Union Paville Railways
Sidney
Nob
Dogro
Cabone
Various Witty Reflections and Local Anecdotes.
A collage of short vignettes and quips from a bygone era includes moral maxims on debt and pride, jokes about marriage and city names, experimental snippets on weather and technology, candid anecdotes of daily life, and brief notes on health and commerce. The piece blends humor with blunt social observation, featuring characters from Miss Yazoo to Providence and references to trains, streetcars, and the electric light.
Irby Tilman Senate clash rumors rile South Carolina
In South Carolina the Irby Tilman duel over a second U.S. Senate term unfolds amid factional splits. Irby demands a reelect but Tilman’s supporters say he blocks it. The dispute centers on rival strategies, recent meetings in Washington and the pending Constitutional Convention, with the Reform movement watching closely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Itiseros
South Carolina
Janie
Malmetto
Senator Irby
Tilman
Trby
Agnemas
United States
Irby
Senate
Ito
Limon
Tillman
Wade Hampton
Evans
Vans
Tlei
Whide Tillman
News Aith Courier
Meyers
Tillan
Baltimore
Philadelphia
New York
Messrs
Tilluiao
Evang
Ife
Washington
Talbert
Shell
Talay
Butler
Latimer
Albert
Strait
Tillwah
Althogether
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B. OO. Evans & CO
B. O. Evans & CO
P. X
ORR & Sloan’s
Rome
Oliver
Yours Truly
Sullivan Hardware CO
G. F. Tolly & Son
J. P. Sullivan & CO
J.P. Sullivan & CO
Anderson
Hotel Fhiquola Block
Dr. Maxwell & Son
J. A. Austin & CO
Atlanta
Diaz
Uncle Sam’s Mall
Billarp
Eva
Presa
Jeu
Milmonstan Aramor
Pet Caloue
Ronduetor
Ogden
T'toh
Mdmonston
Ooden
New Varle
Tle
Syria
Palestine
Arabia
London
Providence
Ri. L
Lowell
Taverhill
Mass
Paul
Fannie
Corge
Punnie
Beauregard Wilson
Yazoo
City
Miss
Amos Moses
Fire Island
Paps
Repy
Lancaster
Wilhite & Wilhite, Draggists
Joshua
Byrne Rison
Edson
Irhy
Tvasse
Cissy
K. J. Chesney & Co
Toledo
Catarr
Gleason
Nuke
Teall
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