East Tennessee Road Relief and Reconstruction News
A historical narrative argues Washington County's people endured hardship after the war, paying subscriptions to East Tennessee railroad bonds. It recalls farming recovery, stock sales, and the community’s resolve to support rail lines, claiming rail investment boosts wealth and development despite costs and political opposition.
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Washeington
Joss
Universal Inyon
Providence Dent
Tenneesin
Volun
Pyar
Chucky Valley
Washington County
One and One: A Strange Bargain in a Dreamlike Scene
The fragmentary verse portrays a surreal exchange between a master and a couple, hinting at love and fate. Obscure names and shifting imagery evoke a bygone era, ending with a cryptic line about "One and one maky one" attributed to Yankoo Blade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bond
Yankoo Blade
Elevating Monkeys by Breeding Intellectual Supremacy
A Washington resident pledges 100000 to breed apes for enhanced intellect arguing science supports improvement through selection. The piece cites chimpanzees, langurs, and other simians in tasks and describes a proposed 25 year program to create superior apes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
India
Stanley
Scientista
Washington Evening Star
The Horseshoe Superstition Across Cultures
The article surveys a long held belief in horseshoes as protection against evil. It traces widespread use in the United States, Europe, and Asia, noting three lucky elements: crescent shape contact with a horse and iron. Historical references include Romans, Arabs, Scandinavians, and English lore calling the horseshoe a luck bringer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Newland
Hindoostan
England
St. Loula Republic
Subscriptions and odd economic quips from city papers
A reader pays a dollar to credit a subscription at a Georgia turn while recounting a near drowning in Spring Creek due to a thunderstorm and log entrapment. The item also notes a night-foil painter, 1740 steel privileges in Connecticut, and scattered quotations on mind and youth from periodicals.
How the Treasury is Guarded
The treasury is protected by seventy veteran soldiers in three eight hour watches. They appear unarmed by day and carry a large 42 caliber revolver at night. Guards patrol four entrances and press electric buttons to announce themselves in the corridors. Secretary Folger oversaw this interior watch system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Treasury
Nigt
Folger
Indianapolis Journal
What a Palliom Is
The palliom is a two inch wide white woolen band worn around the shoulders and crossed in front. Made at Rome from wool of two lambs offered by the sisterhood of Santa Agnese during Saint Agnes feast and mass. The pal Hum bears black crosses and end ornaments. It is sent by the pope to new archbishops with origins dating to early church history. An 886 era document and an eight century mosaic reference Pope St. Mark and Pope St. Leo.
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Rome
Santa Agnese
St. Mark
St. Leo
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Road inventor John Macadam and cicada sound tale
St Pancr as patch quotes John London Macadam noting a cicada warns foes with a drum sound at the abdomen. He contrasts this with a large wasp detaching a cicada, and mentions his road-building work and a parliament vote, ending with his monument being the roads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John London Macadam
Swift's Specific Promoted for Blood and Skin Ailments
A late 19th century promotion extols Swift's Specific as the cure for syphilis skin diseases and general health restoration. The ad cites testimonials from Mrs. E. J. Rowell of Medford and claims branches in Atlanta and Massachusetts, touting purifying effects through the skin and pores. It warns against substitutes and promises refunds if unsatisfied.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swift
E. J. Rowell
Quincy Street
Medford
Masa
Swift Specific CO
Atlanta
Desperate quest and oddities from a newspaper page
A Kansas desperado chase ends with a cautious confrontation at Wichita station as a vigilance group seeks Big Bill. a series of odd anecdotes follows, including a bold wardrobe theft, an actor’s quip, a monkey photographed unexpectedly, and unrelated local quirks from Lynne and Pennsylvania Falls.
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East Tennessee
Daniel Boone
Weel
Ranmel B. Cunningham
East Tonmesece
Vie Seathimue
Orwell
Walter Inn
Tad
Vitel Ina Ho
Ail Ming
Jobison City
Swallows
West Pring
Ivory
Georgia
Sancturn
Spring Creek
Levin
Brooklyn Eagle
Connecticut
Messrs. Pitch, Walker & Willys
Aaron Ejlot
Techabod Miller
Simsbury
W. F. Durfee
Popular Science Monthly
Blackwood's
Papa
Bially
New York Weekly
Bronxes
As & Rls
St. Pan
Thor
Cleura
Astar
Bert le Lord Houghton
Dr. King
Act A
Mo Rarland& Oo
Drugatore
the Wall
Kuvwiy
Farland & Coy
Hve Babu
Kobe
Ted
McFarland & Co
Weigland
Tremove
Hee
Atanta, Ga
Kansas
Wichita
Hier
Big
New York Herald
Dadiou
Thio
Mr. Dediew
Limble
Lynn
Proferton
Detroit
Free Press
Kawanila Falls
John A. Libson
Frederick I
Ant of Blinarck
California
Triro
Whit
Ania
Apollo
Ole
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