Galloway's Dedication Oration for Mississippi Capitol
The address by Bishop Charles B. Galloway delivered June 3 at Jackson celebrates Mississippi’s new state capitol, praising the state’s growth, leaders, and heritage. He lauds past governors, military heroes, Reconstruction resilience, and urges unity, equal opportunity, and patriotic public service to advance the commonwealth.
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Digestion Theory Debates Mouth Mastication Role
A Philadelphia Medical Journal writer cautions against equating dental caries with impaired nutrition. Modern views suggest mastication and saliva are not essential to digestion, water is vital, and digestion can proceed despite poor tooth function. The piece links mouth infections to broader disease via toxic mouth matter.
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Potter Abraham Lincoln foe to Pryor rests in Troy cemetery
John Fox Potter known as Bowie Potter and abolitionist Wisconsin congressman before the Civil War was buried in a Troy, Walworth County, Wisconsin cemetery. His grave marks a plain slab with a bowler hat placed atop a land farm burial, recalling his duel threat over a Bowie knife choice.
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Skeletons cause plain talk among two young boys
Two seven and eight year old boys overhear adults discussing skeletons. The elder claims special knowledge and asserts skeletons are bones with the people off, sparking a curious exchange in a fragment from Mappinccott's.
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Mappincott's
The Fourth of July Vote That Gave Independence
In the 1776 scene described by Landon Knight, Caesar Rodney’s dramatic late arrival and decisive roll call for Delaware secures the Declaration of Independence. Jefferson and Franklin urged Hodney’s return, while Rodney’s affirmation seals the vote granting birth to the United States. The piece intertwines with a Chicago Daily Tribune quip about shifting blame for a toy pistol.
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Lawyer’s Queer Bill and the Listening Clerk
A Washington man recalls a lawyer who told improbable tales while presenting a bill. The clerk asks what he paid for and the man replies for listening to the stories, a tale framed as a witty payment ending the exchange.
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Birth of the Flag by Arthur Lewis Turrs
In a Quaker City setting a humble woman births a banner that becomes a symbol of freedom. The verse extols the flag’s beauty, enduring history, and the nation’s love of liberty while linking it to independence’s early declarations and moral courage across eras.
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Fragmented dialogue hints at cross talk and confusion
A garbled exchange presents two speakers Green and Brown trading fragmented lines about a dog, free makers, and American glory. The text includes incomplete questions about a dog and an English letter as a misread ending, suggesting noisy, unclear sheet-printed dialogue from a page segment.
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Dublin tales and medical cures from a small town
A misspelled survey on gas adoption shows locals reluctant to incur costs. Dublin reports a woman named Mrs. Chalker found relief from back pain using Dodd’s Kidney Pills after trying many remedies. she credits the medicine with curing her backache. Other snippets mention medicinal cures, opium and liquor habits, and a note about Laxative Bromo Quinidine Tablets.
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