Maria Mitchell a Pioneer of American Astronomy
The article recalls Maria Mitchell as a diligent self-made astronomer from Nantucket who rose from a farmer’s family to teach and study, discovered a comet in 1847, and built a career at Vassar College with influence to advance women’s education through science and navigation. It links her success to her father’s schooling, her mother’s literacy, and the patronage of Mathew Vassar, noting her later years as educator and the era’s respect for her work.
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Maria
Mitchell
Maria Mitchells
Nantucket
Miss Mitchell
Maria Mitchell
Frederick VI
Denmark
Europe
Somerville
Herschels
Humboldt
Hawthornes
Mies Bremer
Rome
Lynn
Mass
Hudson River
Vassar College
Matthew Vassar
America
Court House Business and Land Clearing Contracts
County commissioners authorize Link Mullis to clear about 20 acres on the county farm at 4.00 per acre. Earle Deshon named janitor at 275 per year. East court house front rooms leased to James P Barron for Democrat printing office at 100 per year. Various estate matters: multiple administrators and reports approved or discharged. venue changes and dismissals noted. sale of personal property and probate orders granted.
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Link Mullis
Earle Deshon
Court House
James P.2barron
Democrat Printing Office
Casis
John B. Grove
James Hasler
Florence Hattabaugh
Rhoda Janette
C.1.&l. Railroad
Sullivan County
Ellen McCoy
John W. Baker
Owen County
Henry Bradfield
Mattie Herndon
Emil Stein
Joseph Himebrook
Co. C. Ballard
Eliza L. John
Wm. Hays
Merrit C. Taylor
Geo. Seyfert
Hannah Schryer
Discha Solomon R. Richardson
Sylvanus Richardson
Noah B. Armstrong
Wm. Craig
Padgett
Josiah Ellis
Brown from Boston Delightful Musical Farce at People's Theatre
The traveling company offers bright humor and entertaining specialties led by Dot Halcott as Caroline Runham Downe with exquisite diamonds and stylish gowns. Alma Farley as Mrs Malloney and Fiora Shurtleff Carter's famed whistling solos heighten the show. Performances at People's Theatre Tuesday Dec 25.
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Brown
Boston
Caroline Runham Downe
Dot Halcott
Halcott
Alma Farley
Bloomfield Mill Feeds Offered at Discounted Rates
The Bloomfield Mill advertises feed purchases with lower prices to bypass middlemen. Shipments cost 80 cents per hundred, mixed feed 75 cents per hundred pounds, and bran 70 cents per hundred pounds.
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Bloomfield
We Lost in Daily Strife Yet Hope Remains
Poem fragment reflects on noble life once imagined, urging that goodness endures beyond daily troubles. It recalls thoughts of possibility and the belief that one may still attain what was hoped for, with redemption of evil through spiritual life. The speaker quotes Adelaide Proctor.
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Earth
Adelaide Proctor
British Imperial Ambition in Africa and Colonies
A commentary links Lord Roberts and British policy in Africa with manifest destiny as a guiding principle. It argues Britain seeks colonial gains in the Transvaal and other regions, while noting rival powers’ actions and warnings against overreach. An advertisement from Hendren & Slinkard offers quick loans with favorable terms.
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Lord Robert
South African Republic
Orange Free State
Vaal River
Orange River
Africa
Great Britain
Transvaal
France
Sahara
Fashoda
Babr-el- Ghazel
Portugal
Angola
Rhodesia
Germany
Bechuanaland
Why Mary Is Popular at the Tea Party
An old man hosts a tea party for town girls and offers a doll to the crowd’s most popular girl Mary Blaine wins the doll as the best liked. Fanny Wilson explains Mary’s appeal by noting she identifies others’ wishes and proposes them, inspiring the man to emulate the tactic.
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Mary Blaine
Mary
Fanny Wilson
Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets Claim One Day Cold Cure
Ad claims Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets cure a cold in one day with no cure no pay. Product offered at 25 cents. The brief notice markets a patent remedy asserting rapid relief and full payment policy.
Detroit Free Prena Judge Well Joke
Mrs Jopps quarrels with her husband claiming he is loving but financially impractical. The exchange highlights a humorous courtroom moment with a pun on finances.
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Detroit
Jopps
Jedge
US Mint reports 1900 gold output at record level
The 1900 report shows gold production at 71,052,400 dollars and silver at 32,858,700 dollars, with gold the highest in U.S. history surpassing 1898 by 6.59 million and 1853 by 6.05 million. Alaska Colorado and Utah led gains. silver output reached 64,764,000 ounces, price 60 cents per ounce.
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Washington, D. C
the Mint
United States
California
Alaska
Cape Nome
Colorado
Utah
State of Territory
Alabama
Tavnzona
Georgia
Maine
Maryland
SOO
Michigan
Missouri
Montana
Nevada
Po Fednetattese
New Mexico
Oregon
South Dakota
South Carolina
Washington
Wyoming
Canada
Australaia
Africa
Transvaal
Castle Hall Lodge Mourns Loss of Wife of Robert Allen
Dec. 17 1900 Bloomfield papers carry notice from Castle Hall of Evergreen Lodge No 381K P N Newberry Ind announcing the death of the wife of Robert Allen. The resolution expresses sympathy, asks copies to be published and sent to the bereaved, and to be spread on lodge minutes. Signed by M F McIntosh J A Sims and M E Hindman as committee.
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P. Newberry
Ind
Robert Allen
Brother Allen
Bloomfield
M. F. McIintosh
J. A. Sims
M. E. Hindman
Cure a Cold in One Day Patent Claim
Advertises Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets to cure a cold in one day. Promises refund if ineffective. Box bears E. W. Grove’s signature. Priced at 25 cents.
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E. W. Grove
Modern Polk Mansion Site to Become Polk Place Apartments
Demolition clears the old home of President James K. Polk on Polk Ave in Nashville. Craig McLanahan and J. W. Gatea bought the property for 30000 dollars and will build a 100000 dollar apartment house named Polk Place, preserving no portion of the mansion.
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James K. Polk
Polkave
Nashville
Polk
State of
Tennessee
Supreme Court
Daughters of the Revolution
Craiga McLanahan
J. W. Gatea
Chicago
Congress opens with calls for ship subsidy bill to profit few
A fiery critique denounces the ship subsidy as a Republican plunder, praising a partisan push to approve 9.6 million dollars yearly for twenty years. It claims most funds go to the International Navigation Company led by Standard Oil, harming American merchant trade and taxing the public to enrich a few elites.
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Congress
International Navigation Company
Standard Oil Company
Like the Deadly Under-Current
The passage warns that a hidden scourge weakens tissues and invites disease in any organ from lungs to stomach. It argues all such ailments spring from a single root and spread through the body via a lining mucus connection.
Pe-ru-Na Promoted as Cure for Winter Catarrh
Advert says catarrh or infections strike the delicate eye and nasal lining in winter causing pneumonia coughs fevers and colds and urges Pe-ru-Na as the only remedy that reaches the right place and cures. The piece claims many ailments stem from catarrh and must be treated with Pe-ru-Na.
Shipping policy clash argues for nationalist merchant marine
The speaker contrasts 1807 and 1899 vessel value, cites 624 percent export share in 1861 under Democratic rule, and 9 percent in 1899. It blames Republican policy for reducing American ships, says foreign vessels carry 90 percent of trade, and denounces proposed subsidies as a steal from the people under Hanna and McKinley.
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Hanna
McKinley
Monon Route Offers Holiday Excursion Fares
Christmas and New Year holidays excursion tickets priced at one and one third fare. Sales on December 22 23 24 25 and 31 1900 and January 1 1903. Valid for travel on sale dates with return allowed through January 2 1901. J W Branson Agt Bloomfield Ind.
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Monon
J. W. Branson
Agt
Bloomfield
Ind
Eye specialist Dr Hilburn at Elmora Hotel event
Dr W A Hilburn eye specialist will be at the Elmora Hotel on Tuesday and Wednesday December 18 and 19 for glasses fittings.
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Elmora Hotel
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Mathew Vassar
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Rachel Page
Henry Exline
Marion Beaty
James Maddson
Samantha Lehman
Continental Tailoring Co
David 8. Miller
Chas. Henson
Sarah Henson
Geo. O. Sample
Guardian
Andy Runy
William F. Vaughbo
David S. Miller
Charles Henson
Sarah A. Henson
William T. Vaughn
Robert T. Patterson
Clifton E. Dixon
Wm. L. Mortland
Jacob Jackson
James Beeman
Rose Barney
Walter Scott Goss
Maggie Terhune
Archie Acton
Emma Holley
Charles E. Holder
Nancy J. Holley
Frank Radeiman
Catherine Pickard
John J. Todd
Josie E. Hutt
Gottlieb Aulmer
Susanna Geddes
John T.burch
Nora Martindale
Beal Estate
Elize Mitchel
Terhun Coal Co
Stockton Township
Laira E. Moss
Island Coal Co
D. J
Terhune
Linton Milling Co
Linton
Samuel A. Guthery
Basil ‘Dove
Newberry
Chas, Markle
A. W. Hilburn
Ann Allen
Alto
Geo
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Acker
David Fry
State B. & L. —Acres
David A. Worth
Margaret L
W. W. Hubbard
Alto Anna Holder
Craig Et al
Frank Coulter
Mtom
Ella Tea
H.H. Haseman
J.W. Jones
G. E. Murphy
J. B. Sher
Isaac Brown
Chas, Koester
H. J. Haseman
Aon
Linton He Tee CO
Santiago
Havana
Havanda
H. W. Stropes
Court House Notes
Hendren & Slinkard
Mononblock
N. W. Corner Public Square
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Haviland
China
W. A. Hilburn
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