Senses Tricks and Rural Scenes from Ruskin to Rumors
A miscellany of curiosities and vignettes. An explanation of a heat and cold illusion using coins and touch. Reflections on country life by John Ruskin. A Vermont anecdote about Ab Drake and his late wife. A Manchester bachelor’s playful courtship and a gag about Uncle George and Dick.
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Earth
John Ruskin
Old Ab Drake
Vermont
Jess
Lizy Ellen
Manchester
London
Tatler
Guying
George
Boston Transcript
It Wouldn't Keep A Scotsman’s Wisdom On Whisky
A New York Tribune item recounts a New York club chairwoman debating liquor licenses. She notes women avoid drinking for appearance, while a Scottish farmer jokes whisky won’t keep. The anecdote illustrates attitudes toward alcohol and licensing in a period setting.
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New York
Scotland
Scottish Highlands
New York Tribune
Crop report notes mixed gains and declines across states
Clover Geed reports thirteen principal corn producing states with one named as increasing acreage. Ohio Utah California and Colorado show no change. Other principal states report decreases. Site and Utah conditions match ten year average, while others exceed it.
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Fritzois
Ohio
Utah
California
Colorado
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Flint River Lumber Co
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McMillan Bros
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Thiee and
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B. Hl. Levy
Bro. & Co
Georgia
C. A. Helton
Eagie Salron
North Broad’st
J. H. Powell
Clover Geed
Benson Lane
Law
Bainbridge, GA
Hamil Building
Court House
Wilfred ¢. Lane
Valdosta
M. E. O’neal
E. J. Morgan
Bainbridge Ga
Willis Drug Store
D. Talbert
J. W. Talbert
Talbert
Attorneys-At-Law
Bainbridge and Brinson
Donalson & Donalson
Shingler Building
Wallace D. Sheffield
Bainbridge Gn
Hamil
J. C. Neely
Clark and
Broughton Streets
Dink Campbell
SF Electric Bell
Smith’s Jewelry
Diaiy National Tgilit Company
Paris
Bears
Ust
Basi Beamridge
Cypress Lumber CO
Apalachicola, Florida
Waterman & Company
Bainbridge
Sale & Exchange Stabies
Es OS Oe
Panacea Springs Hotel
Gulf of Mexico
Florida
Daily Mail
DM. Lutz
Southern Dental College
Soutern Dental
Atlanta
Dake Fos
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