Possum and Potatoes Share Georgia Court House Talk
Sarge Plunkett recalls seasonal Georgia fare from Doonwoody to DeKalb praising possum and potatoes with ginger cakes. He contrasts rural life with Washington politics, notes court sessions near Atlanta, and laments youth leaving farms while urging appreciation of country prosperity and kinfolk.
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Washington
Parsell
Doonwoody
The Virtue of Being Dependable
This piece extols dependable character over goodness or generosity alone. It cites debt payment, kept engagements, and truthful promises as core indicators, warning that repeated failures erode trust and patronage while a reliable person or business earns long term confidence. It closes with a quote from Desa Stanley praising the steadfast friend and adviser.
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Tris
Tia
Wovkaten
Desa Stanley
Heabyn
The Romantic View of Presidency Revolves Through Roosevelt
Honest and fearless, the adversary just and chivalrous, in audh on one therafsy Fragment of the Mock of Ages. The Romance of the Presidency. It recalls how Roosevelt rose from a modest clerkship to the presidency and notes that Polk and Arthur followed unlikely paths to the top, illustrating a pattern of improbable political ascent.
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Faiiard
Skeeter
Theodore Roosevelt
United States
Roosevelt
Jamies K. Polk
Martin van Buren
Tennessce
Frank Horierse
Patrorn
Washington
Chester A. Arthur
New York
Garfield
Guiteau
Louisville Courier-Journal
Irish Wit Before the Bar of Justice
A collection of Irish anecdotes recounted as lighthearted wit from courtroom scenes. Jokes cover a guilty plea, a henpecked husband, a wife’s temper, staircase geometry, and a furniture seller’s question about quartered oak with humorous mispronunciations and misunderstandings.
Revival preacher's fiery tobacco ban shocks Virginia farmers
The Rev. Charles Waggle of Cincinnati presided over a Pittsylvania County revival urging tobacco abstinence as a sin. He taught converts to ruin crops, leading Matthew Searce to burn $8,000 worth of tobacco after emptying barns and gathering neighbors for a public blaze.
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Charles Waggle
Cincinnati
Pittsylvania County
Matthew Searce
Anderson Fertilizer Co Prize Contest Notice
A dated notice from Anderson Fertilizer Co invites participants to declare whether they contest for Six Acre or Three Acre or One Acre prizes. Blank spaces are provided for contestants to fill in. After results are received a day on or before August 1, 1902, will be set to compare results in the presence of invited neighbors and award prizes.
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Anderson Fertilizer Company
Anderson Fertilizer Co
Anderson
Sign Hers) Ltd
Esnh
Tarr Bros. Meviclyn Co
Tich Street
N. Y
D. Phelps
Tory Buos
Medicine Co
Rivington Street
Raphael
East 129Th St
New York City
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