Growing Old Gracefully and Its Challenges Across Life
A reflective piece argues aging beyond three score and ten brings declines not cured by changing work or surroundings. It warns against blaming time, urges adapting routines, and notes the folly of chasing youth, while highlighting inner resilience, steady judgment, and the value of enduring comforts. It also mentions local mining rumor and a Floyd County farm run by the Beard sisters with notable Jerseys.
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Temselves
Dage
Wartedlarisuekxer
Tirsde
Ambraw River
Ound-Builders
Nims
Ikland
Beard
Zorgetown
Dst
Farma
Floyd County
Lyd
Jerseys
Stricken Charleston Faces Massive Rebuilding Costs
The Charleston disaster brings staggering losses with at least 5,000,000 to restore city to its prior state. Government engineers will assess building safety, shelter the homeless, and coordinate relief as tents and huts serve refugees. Both white and colored residents require aid as recovery plans outline a long rebuilding effort.
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Charleston
D C
Secretary of the Treasury
Supervising Architect of the Treasury
Chandyston
United States
Josh
Fiom Tire Welds Of Ure Ron.
Brien Cirene, Oregon, Sept, writes from The Dalles describing travels ahead of Gen Logan and party, reflections on climate, water, soil, and early settlement in eastern Oregon. He notes sermons by Rev. Millery, social life, and dangers of stock rustling, with vivid observations of wildlife and lack of timber as he moves from Salt Lake to San Francisco and north toward Heppner.
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Sherman
Atlanta
Logan
Edvat
Alderman Poster
Millery
M. E. Church
Oregon
Umatilla
Columbus
Heppiin
Cowboys Saddle Horse and Salvation Sermon Notes
Fragmented reminiscences describe a bucking pony ridden by a rider from Cedar Rapids area, with remarks on saddle costs. The text shifts to sermons praising salvation, Christian unity, and sermons urging churches to meet outdoors in Cedar Rapids like Savannah, plus notes on Knights of Pythias growth and Blaine’s political rhetoric.
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Ae T
Mary
Stewart
St. Paul
Timothy
Jesus
England
Lue Ohith
Wesley
Luther
Paul Si Gail
Savana
Cedar Rapids
Remi
Shelag
Lowe
Nual
Aureus
Wien
THY Murray Medicine CO
Jenaisae City
J. Lou Wiglad
C M and St Paul Railways Proclaim Fare Offers
The C M and St P Ry announces weekly sale tickets with round trips to Chicago for 30.25 and Milwaukee 611.40, Boston first-class 19.75, Odd Fellows family specials, and Keokuk and Sigourney trips with round trips from 2.60, plus September 22 nationwide one fare round trips to multiple Kansas and Nebraska points. Inquiries at Depot corner B Avenue and Four Street.
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Chicago
Milwaukee
Boston
Odd Fellows
Keokuk County Fair
Sigourney
Kansas
Nebraska
B Avenue
Four Street
Miscellaneous curiosities and oddities from era notes
A collage of miscellaneous items notes extravagant roses and attar, grand estate dreams, unusual people, a panther encounter with a worker, Italian yellow jacket swarm, a new fruit destroyer pest, and a testimonial to Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery for blood and chronic ailments.
The Rise of New York as a Global City
The article extols New York and its nearby boroughs Brooklyn Jersey City and Hoboken as a growing continuous city forming one urban region. It compares New York’s rise to London and Paris and notes its expanding population and commercial power driven by favorable geography and trade dynamics.
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Lynon
Jersey City
Paris
Hudson
Firthethor
Thas
Brow's
New York
Brooklyn
Josey City
Aml
Hoboken
Ili Lee
Constantinople
Ellis
London
England
Lilly Tola
Cam Reneh
Linn Londos
Staolf
Anata
Hurtford
Hebrew salesman and clergyman tale at St James Hotel
In the dining room of St James Hotel two guests, a traveling Hebrew salesman and a solemn ministerial figure, converse on work. The salesman asks about the company, the ministerial man says his firm is unknown to him, and the exchange ends with the salesman mentioning an annual salary of eight hundred dollars.
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St James Hotel
AL Godeabofans
Aes
de Vinci
Peter
Sirtis
Vail
Tusus
John
Judas
Anne
Jesus
Julus
Judas Cord
Philadelphia Times
Promises for the Future Fall Short in Quiet Exchange
A fragmentary report describes a scene where a passerby urges caution about promises without written contracts, preferring cash as safer. Nearby, a sailor near Galveston shoots a porpoise, secures it aboard, and witnesses a shark attack that splits the carcass.
Oddities and Anecdotes From The Boston Bulletin
A fragmented 18th century style column recounts oddities in law and life. Notes on a three dozen page deed printed in 1780, bees in a hive of sixteen, and a Times style trivia mix with jokes about shop clerks and etiquette. Local humor items and sketches echoing a busy town life.
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Practical Gun and Locksmith &1 General Repairer
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Chicago Market Report
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District Court of the
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American Bible Society
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Iowa
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Cedar Rapids Business College
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USA
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Cedar Rapids, Iowa
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Jacob Tsaaestvin
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