Mississippi Death Rate Debate and Local Obituary
A Mississippi correspondent seeks official death-rate data versus other South states. The piece cites census figures showing Mississippi’s death rate near 40 per thousand and notes lower mortality from lung diseases in Gulf states. It includes Bishop Hugh Miller Thompson’s remarks on Mississippi health and climate. Also reported is the death of Rev. LE Fowler at Myrtle, aged 86, with wife and several children surviving.
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New York Life Insurance Company
Louisiana
Arkansas
Tom
Kapaas
Pennessee
Texas
Kentucky
Gorka
Alabama
Gulf States
Murex
Massachusetts
Tiliouli
Pennsylvania
Mivais
New York
Thare
Fowler
LE Fowler
Myrtle
Mississippi acreage and events from old friends minutes
Mississippi planting advances rapidly with cotton and corn. acreage in cotton may fall 15 percent from last year, while food crops rise. Gen. Lee bids farewell at A and M College and President Stone outlines policy. Other items report artesian wells, public works at West Point, a murder case, land sales, and local cultural notes from the era.
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Mississippi
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M. College
Lee
Agricultural and Mechanical College
Cleetsl
Jol M. Stone
Tiw S.ate
W. AW. Magruder
Barry
A Pleasant Laxative Syrup Promoting Health
An old advertisement extols Syaur or Fras by the Catronsta Fra Syaur Co as a pleasant liquid laxative. It claims cleansing effects on kidneys liver and bowels, relief from colds headaches fevers and constipation, and warns buyers to rely on the company name to avoid imitations. Sold by druggists with price per bottle.
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Fras
Catronsta Fra Syaur Co
Catironsté Mig Syrvr Co
California Fig Syrup CO
San Francisco
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Louisville
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Engagement Rings Across Ancient Cultures
Text describes engagement rings in Egypt Spain and Anglo-Saxon traditions. It notes iron rings symbolizing liberty and mutual sacrifice, sandstone gems as early tokens of attraction, and gold rings as signals of property trust. It explains the Spanish practice of rings as betrothal proof and the Anglo-Saxon wed, moving from right to left hand.
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Ala Lamina
New York City
Atlanta Constitution
Spain
Egypt
How He Lost Her In a Baseball Scene From a Chicago Tribune Verso
A narrative riff on a baseball plate appearance ends in a strikeout and crowd groans as a young man in a pink shirt waist speaks to a nearby woman. The clipping also notes quips about tailoring and law from contemporary newspapers.
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Spoonamore
Womean
Chicago Tribune
Hoston Advertiser
Chicago Daily
Fragmented 1900s ad and humor mix with medical pitch
A scrambled collage blends ragged OCR fragments from late 19th or early 20th century ads and snippets. It mentions deafness cures, the Nickel Plate Road service to New York and Boston, Allen's Foot-Kane, a joke about giving someone the mitten, and assorted vignettes about editors, editors’ poems, and modesty trends.
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New York
Fragmented 19th century patent medicine snippets
A garbled OCR list of defunct patent medicines and quotations spans poison pills and cures. It mentions Putnam Fadeleas Dyes, Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic, Pisa's Cure for Consumption, Laxative Bromo Quinine, and assorted anecdotes about medical exam requirements and poetry. The text resembles a period ad and quotation collage with no clear narrative.
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Wheelmen's Club
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Yonkers Statesman
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Grove
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