Untitled fragment recalls tragedy and loss at home
Fragmentary text depicts scenes of blood and death and a young boy’s life cut short. It references sorrow in a family setting, prayers, and a gravely altered home life, with mentions of passing and bereavement.
Neighborly loan habits spark call to settle debts
The note asks readers to settle a recurring yearly dollar loan as The Review reports hundreds of dollars out. Camp J B Robertson members are urged to meet at the courthouse on Tuesday August 9 at 4 pm by order of Commander A C Brietz and Adjutant W G Mitchell.
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Navsota Review
J. B. Robertson
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A. C. Brietz
W. G. Mitchell
Emperor Blended Tea and Dairy Goods Ad
Advertises Emperor Blended for iced tea, Chase and Sanborn coffee, White and Red Cloud Cheese on ice. Claims all grades and prices, notes freshness and quality, with contact phone 106.
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Queer Letter Carried In Stone Slabs From Front
A Washington newspaper man recalls a Romantic Civil War era message written on two limestone slabs by a captain in Gen. Crook's Arizona chase. The writer used a pistol bullet to inscribe, packed with a kerchief, and mailed it from Maricopa for eighteen cents. The recipient, a Washington belle, prizes the epistle.
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Washington
New Orleans Times-Democrat
War Department
Crook
Geronimo
Arizona
Gila River
Maricopa
Donkey Transformations in Ancient Magic Tale
An old chronicle recounts two Rome area witches who turn strangers into animals to sell them for profit. A minstrel youth becomes a donkey. he retains intellect and skills, performs tricks, and evades water that would revert him. The story ends with the judge punishing the witches.
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Apuleius
Rome
Dives
A City Built of Zinc in Beira Transvaal
Beira on Africa's eastern border is described as the world's strangest town built entirely of zinc. Dwellings public buildings governor's residence barracks stores hotels saloons music halls all zinc. Speculation and gold fever plus rapid immigrant influx led to a six month construction boom.
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Transvaal
Africa
Beira
Junior Republic to Let News Boys Run Their City
Washington and Baltimore plan a Junior Republic where news boys will enact laws appoint judges and police officers and learn to become useful men. The scheme, tried five years in New York, is reported as a success.
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Washington
Baltimore
New York
Breakfast Table Etiquette and Morning Table Setting
A guidance piece on keeping a bright breakfast table with a clean cloth, fresh flowers, and proper service. It stresses attractive meals, warm teacups, and orderly place settings to inspire good temper and appetite, noting utensils, hot plates, napkins, and spacing for salt and pepper.
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Smwller
Davitt
Vacation choice Colorado and Denver travel notes
Denver offers a quickened schedule and up to date equipment including Pullman sleepers and cafe cars. The advertisement promotes a la carte dining and convenient service with contacts D. B. Keeler and A. A. Glisson for pass and traffic manuals in Ft Worth and Denver.
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Pullman
Denver
A. A. Glisson
Ft. Worth
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