Convict labor boosts road building across states
The article discusses a rising movement to use convict labor to construct roads, arguing it benefits both public works and free labor while reducing idle time for inmates. It details practices in Alabama Colorado Washington Georgia and Minnesota, noting guards, camp life, and cost analyses of rock and earth moving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Onys Francis M. Buzzell
Alabama
Colorado
New Mexico
Wyoming
Washington
Oregon
North Carolina
Georgia
Minnots
Denver
Pueblo
Atlanta
Funeral Revelation Sparks Alabama Town Controversy
An Alabama man recalls a funeral sermon by a local preacher that caused scandal by praising a departed brother whose life was debated as good or bad. The pastor concludes with a blunt remark that the deceased is dead, offering no certainty about his afterlife.
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Alabama
What Kind of an Office in a Joke or Riddle
A quip about definitions of offices and functions echoes through a Yale exam question on gastric juice. A student answered the office of the stomach as the stomach itself, illustrating literal misinterpretation of abstract terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
SheMeld Scientific School
Yale
Everybody's Magazine
Local Application Promoted For Blood Purity Declared
Fragmented OCR text describes a local medical claim promoting a blood purity product sold by a Toledo, Ohio firm. It cites a Drumatets, family name, and references to disease treatment and combination remedies with unclear ingredients. The passage is garbled but centers on a patent medicine claim and sale location.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oherey
Toledo
Drumatets
Saan
Negative Virtues And Brotherhood In A Moral Market
An eclectic column blends quotes on virtue and appetite, contrasting negative morals with active benevolence. It notes how fixating on abstinence harms character unless balanced by compassionate action. The piece also references a humorous quip about newspapers named after heavenly bodies and promotes Marine Eye for Eyes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oliver Wendell Holmes
A Diplomat and Miscellaneous Worldly Quotes
The fragmentary piece presents assorted quotes and ads mentioning a diplomat, advice on behavior, fashion warnings, a Red Cross Ball advertisement, a cigar brand, asbestos from Canada, and a bedtime maxim urging to sleep without supper. It reads like a collage of period prose and commerce notes.
Lydia E Pinkham remedy praised by thousands of women
The letter from a grateful Brooklyn woman joins many testimonials claiming Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound cures organic female troubles. The ad asserts decades of use, global sales, and invites sick women to write for free advice from Mrs. Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
America
E. A. Bishop
Atlantic Ave
Brooklyn, N. Y
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H. C. Chapman
Rory
Canada
Seattle
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