Bill Arp's Letter Roasts and Reflections on Public Mercy
The writer laments harsh critics and roasters across society from Galveston to Jacksonville and cites Civil War era charity. He notes northern aid to southern sufferers and questions outsiders' assumptions about the South. He defends respectable behavior, praises loyal locals like Pat and his wife, and muses on education, labor, and gender roles amid domestic life, weather, and garden scenes.
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Parlk
Yorstend Broughton
Lamp’ Kins
Parkhurst
Galveston
Lecksonville
Jacksonville
Ogden & Co
Neguros
Yethhurath
Patte Ronks
Pat Ibroke
Moon
Anthbe
Selfish tongues and false judgment corrode community trust
The piece denounces gossip and moral indignation as corrosive to society, urging restraint in criticizing others. It laments how rumor spreaders distort truth, and advises suspending judgment until hearing defense. It warns individuals to examine their own faults before judging others, comparing zeal to a city’s cleanliness beginning at home.
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Christian Herald
Fragmented letter from 19th century reader on health and meals
In a dated missive titled Current Literature the writer laments school issues, complains of meals and kitchen conditions, mentions black beetles in the kitchen, and requests money for allegedly unreliable advice. The tone is intimate and distressed, with references to consumption and discomfort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Matilda
Woman Faints at Circus Scene in Town
A woman accompanying her husband from a suburban town fainted in the crowd near a circus. She recovered after a physician examined her and held a thermometer under her tongue while noting the pulse. The doctor quipped that the long tongue surprised him as she finally cooperated.
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Bbabadd
Bia
Billion Dollar Man Speaks to Penniless Boys at Memorial
The New York Suns reports Charles M Schwab president of United States Steel addressed graduates in the Memorial building at 207 East Sixteenth Street. He urged self reliance and merit over influence stressing that success comes from doing more than required and starting early without college bias.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billion Dollar Area Trust
New York Suns
Charles M. Schwab
United States Steel Corporation
Ss. George’n ‘Vening
Memorial Building
East Sixteenth Street
Schwab
Frank E. Hagemeyer
Mr. Sohwas
Gikod
H. ©. Frick
Bodncer
Lothia
Carnegie Company
What Ma Didn't Forget
Pa recounts a playful grandmotherly remark about an aging man, amid laughter and a teasing exchange. The child relays Mrs Flipley’s compliment on appearance, then notes the old gentleman’s mock pose and a quip about his morning routine before dental work.
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Mra. Flipley
Chicago Record-Herald
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Bill-Arp
Bartow
Hese
Fistent
Clarissy
Clarins
Wawal Fm Bt
Trecoggige
Hambler
Thore
Henderson
Marechal Niel Rosa
Hare
Moystie
Iiti
Ahea
Nese
Istchen
Standard Oil Company
AIGA
Ase
Genanos Cat
Ling
Mahlmtiod
Swans Pharmacy
Pee Ee
Church Street
Frank Johnson & CO
J. H. Carlisle
Carlisle
Anderson County
Terrill
Josh Berry
Buffalo
Mott’s
Carlisle Bros
Anderan
Dr. Mott's Chemical CO
Cleveland
Ohio
Tiago
Evan Ayvo
Peoples Bank
Mm, L. Wellia
C. A. Reed Music House
Ney
Tony
G. F. Tolly & Son
Old Reliable Furniture Dealers
Depot St
Anderson
Ua Pliva
Osborne & Osborne
Texas
Oo. D. Anderson & Bro
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