The New Moon and a Childs Superstition
Gretie Grafton fears a silver new moon over her left shoulder as bad luck while her mother is away. After a day of mishaps caused by mood and mismanagement, she learns the moon is not to blame. Her mother explains the real cause and Gretie abandons superstition, promising better days.
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Guurme Grarror
Grettie Grafton
Biddle
Jas
Grettie
Mrs. Grafton
Grattie
Hardor
Ind
Joe
Harry
Cross
Mother
Uespric
Grottie
Barry
Ima
Grettié
Mamama
Nursa Biddle
Papa
de Bula
F. Independent
Forth
Hudson Bay
Lake Superior
Ac Nebah Shen
Faraday
Hudson Bay Territory
Abe
Evening Post
J. Frank Baxter
Lake Plenszat
Bax
Evgar Man
Williams
Abe “Bunter
Boston Journal
Mycena
Maziotrata M. Ht
Freeman
New York
Macon@a
Temperance Column and Fire Service Notes
Washington pension figures dominate this temperance column with data on veteran benefits and annual costs. The piece also includes a poem by Kewl. PF Cole and a Firemen's Journal excerpt arguing public support and fair pay for fire departments.
Beers Touted as Turkey Nourishment in Antiquated Advice
A fragment from a Sunday School Times discussion argues beer and porter as tonic feeds for turkeys and children, citing Brews’ nourishing claims, with Liver and kidney medicines pitched for human use. It blends dubious veterinary food theory with old temperance notions and ends by touting Dr Kidney-Wort and Bull's Baby Syrup.
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Sunday School Times
Poultry Yard
Conmerica
London
Frou Baron
Liebig
Avery
Cayenne
What the Drunokard Barters Away. BY FOUNT. ACT
A fragmented historical piece rails against drink and poor leadership, mixing moral commentary with early advertising and local notices. It rails at incompetence in fire departments, extols Dr King's New Discovery for respiratory ailments, critiques British farming losses, and includes assorted notices and local color drawn from a 19th century newspaper page.
Original Advice for Drinkers in City
The text mocks drinkers by calculating whisky costs, urging a wife to act as bar-keeper to drain funds. It describes lending money for a gallon, paying ten cents per drink, and turning a spouse into a financial engine for perpetual intoxication, ending with a crude appeal linked to a public example in Maysville, Key.
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Maysville, Key
English Gentleman Dies in Montreal Sober After Drink Life
A Montreal resident described as an English gentleman died of starvation in prison cells after a long battle with drink. An observer recalls how inherited alcoholism ruined families and warns that youth raised around alcohol often pay a heavy, lasting price. The piece notes North Carolina cotton and liquor taxes, citing a large liquor bill as a fiscal issue impacting the region.
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Otiere
Phiadelphis
New Haven
United States
Totine
Philadelphia
Journal and Courier
Montreal
Vanel
Montreck
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Cedar Rapids
J. C
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Attorney
Mansora Block
Wastington Street
Jere Lynch
Atorney
AT Lam
Troons
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Fors
Blake & Ormel
Atideness
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OMS
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Cedar
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Parkhurst & Simmons
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OfSex
Laws Avenue
Wtnox
M. Pafsion
C. I. M. Preston , Son
Tiorneys
LAW
Preston
Iowa Avenue
Cogar Rapids
Iowa
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Post Gales
DRS. H. & J. Mristive
Tows Avenue
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River
Mice Hnars
Titol
University of Wooster
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Cleveland
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Lowa Avene
P Coder Rapids
Lowa
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DiKos
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Lowe Avenue
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W. L. Wel
North America
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Morris County
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Wisconsin State Journal
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Save the Boy
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Cedar. Rapids
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York
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Clarence
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Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Office
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North Caroolina
Americar Afessenger
S. Mitchell
Eagle Street
Cedat Rapids
Xtra
Searles & Baxter
Foraign & American Marble
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HMA
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Hays
Ae Mane
OSUN
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Paladins
Cedar Rapids, Low A
Tf Re Glos
South Commercial St
Cedar Rapids, Rw
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PRG
BE. Ferguson
Gainer
Lows Avenue
Legh Bower’s
Washington St
van Alstyne
Scotttrt
Nis
Lavin
Pak Avenue
Ol Madey
Wire
Tavcerreens
W. D. Watrous & Co
Cadar Rapids Mills
Conquest
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Holmesic Room
Ghicage
Sottier
Lind
Tawa
THES
Business College
Atavhug
English Training School
Tneleding i
Rurrion
Elraulars
P.O. Trauding
Seine Rapist
Towa
Tackname & Skea
Proprictor
Cedar Rapids, la
R. A. Condit
TM Sinclair & Co
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