Temperance Tale Warns Youth Against Saloon Vices
In a crowded city street scene a crowd watches Paul Thompson dragged from a saloon after a fight. A brass-buttoned officer leads the intoxicated man, a once promising student, into ruin as a public school nearby hints at the paths of temptation. The article, sourced from Youth's Temperance Banner, urges youths to avoid taverns and guard their character.
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Leu
La 16
Trias
Paul Thompson
Ensy Ming
Pol Liceman
Paul Thosapson
Eby
Gerber
Eit
Paul Thompsson
Useis
Wheatle
Hogan
Nuys
Pant ‘Thompson
Temperance items echo calls to curb liquor crime
A Victorian B C assize judge urged reform of saloon crime linking robbery cases to liquor. A Chicago paper argues drunkenness should be a crime and punished. England lists parishes where tavern traffic is banned, noting Saltaire and Bessbrook as early examples and other districts long cleansed of drink venues.
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Lev
Heid
Edlinburgh
Justice Gray
Victoria
B. C
Chicago
Inter Ocean
England
London
Liveey
Inirmingham
Manchester
Saltaire
Yorkshire
Bessbrook
And
County Tyrone
France and England Land Cultivation Contrast Noted
An article discusses peasant proprietorship in France and Flanders versus England, noting Belgians and French regions with small farms showing high yields and thrift. It cites observers like Mr. Arnold and Mr. Laveleye, while acknowledging soil and climate differences. The piece also mentions discoveries in Anderson Township revealing native artifacts in altar mounds and rich ornaments made of copper and silver.
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Flanders
Easant
Belgium
Mr. Arnold
England
Laveleye
Josie Twely
France
Cliffe Teslie
Coblon Club
Anderson + Township
Mantison Square
Ohta
Medieval Beliefs on Demons and Disease Unearthed
A fragmentary discussion notes Layard era finds of Mesopotamian clay tablets on theology magic and astronomy dating back three thousand years. It describes demons as illnesses and cites rites to expel or avert disease with proper words, while including a school diagrammed quip about true worth of clothes and brains and a remark on fattening animals from The Times.
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Western
Europe
Christianii
Nin Veh
Babylon
Henry Layard
Marriage Case in Dakota Justice Shop Scene
A dramatic Dakota scene recounts a marriage case in a justice of the peace court. A young man seeks marriage while legal processes and threats of penalties unfold, and the judge orders actions including attachment and writs as required. The account intertwines local frontier justice with courtroom maneuvering and a warning to heed legal steps.
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Bill Dummars
Dakota
Amall
Pennssylvania
Pennsylvania
Ditnars
Sian
Ditmars
oWell
Marriel
Tve
Dannister
Lotwes
Hell
PITH AND POINT. A Collection of Brief Humorous Quips
A mosaic of short, playful quips from various readers and papers. The snippets include exchanges about cold bites turning warm, a magnifying-glass glance at a feathered head, witticisms about waltzing, tobogganing, slippery pavements, and a shy mispronunciation in a choir scene.
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Chicago Leiger
Presa
Jase
New Haven News
Junge
Boston Transcript
de Wiggs
Pittsburgh Chronicle
Chicago
Somerville Journal
Academy
Jenkins
A HORSE TRADE IN TEXAS TALE OF A LAME HORSE
A humorous Texas Siftings piece recounts a wary horse trade between Colonel Witherspoon and Gidooly. Witherspoon claims the horse’s limp hides a nail in the hoof that, once removed, doubles the animal’s value. Bulger admits suspicion but agrees to a cautious sale, while both men expose shrewd bargaining and caution in horse dealings.
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Doxa
Yon
Colonel Witherspoon
Gidooly
Witherspoon
Gilhooly
G. W. Bulger
Bulger
Texas Siftings
A Busy Meter Sparks Gas Bill Fairness Debate
A citizen complains the new gas meter records household fuel use too aggressively, noting it measures coal gas and converts lamp oil and candles into gas. He asks for a line drawn to limit profits from raw materials, and the matter is referred to the board of directors of Merchant Traveler.
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Clark
Board of Directors
Merchant Traveler
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Pumchas
NG AT
Powell
Cheap Cash
Narnnoap Avenue
Brookhaven, Miss
Famil Groceries
A. Lewenthal, Jr
Taw
Prookhaven
Mississippi
Lincoln
Piul
Winbling. Co
Tinw
Spookhaven, Mississippi
McNair
Taaw
Brookhaven
Goiila
Jackson
G. S. McMillan
Chancery
Mississiapl
Niites
Lincol
W. R. Spencer
Tprookhaven
Orrin Stora
R. H. Thompson
Attorney At Law
J. W. Bennett
Brookhave Orvier—Daughtry & Smylie’s Dragone
E. J. Bowen
Daughtry & Smylie
J. O. Frilick
Brookhaven, Mississippi
Cherokee Street
J. B. Daughtry
Ioontx
Hartford
New York Factors & Traders
N.Q
Liverpool
London and Globe
J. Warren
Sam Lightfoot
Barber
Fruit Strest
New York
Priebatsch’s
Old Stand
Milburn Wacons
Max Priebatsch
R. KR. Ledbetter
Pearl and
State Streets
Johnson
Pesare
Waward
Home Education
Mamma
Lincoln and
Grant
Seminans
North Ard
War Department
Halleck
Virginia
Potomac
Lee
Genera Luleck
General Grant
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