A Grand Scheme of Grangers and Cooperatives
The article describes an international cooperative venture where American grangers and British cooperatives plan a direct exchange system. They aim to trade grain and cotton for fabrics and machinery via their own ships and agents, leveraging a growing network of members and a direct southern port link through Savannah.
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Kelly
National Grange
Great Britain
America
South
Savannah
The Appeal Advertising Rates and Policies
The Appeal outlines weekly publication timing and general ad policies with rates for a single square ten lines and successive insertions. It notes discounts for yearly ads, payment requirements, penalties for unpaid ads, candidate announcements at five dollars, obituary charges beyond five lines, and that communications for private business will be treated as advertisements.
Cards of Life and War: A Moral Played Out Across Ages
A poem likens life to a card game where players shuffle, deal, and bet across ages and oceans. Hearts signal love and joy, diamonds greed and loss, clubs prefigures war and ruin, and the final spade marks time ending all games and graves. The piece blends fate, fortune, and mortality with vivid imagery of trumps and decks.
Origin of common phrases from legends and royal decrees
The text explains how phrases such as sud rosa meaning keeping secrets at table and by hook or by crook referring to forest firewood rights originated. It also notes King John of England ordering a Jew to have teeth drawn until payment, leading to the phrase in spite of his teeth.
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Cupid
King’s
John of
England
Grange delegates eye English cooperative union in cotton trade
Washington July 4 The National Grange Executive Committee plans to send Shankland Case and Jones to Raleigh to represent the Patrons of Husbandry at the Cotton States Congress. They consider forming a two nation trading company with England to handle cash based exchanges, valued at 25 million dollars, with ships and warehouses to move American staples to New Orleans and other ports.
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Washineton
The
National Grange
Messrs. Shankland
Iowa
Case
New Hampshire
Jones
Arkansas
Hasbachry
Cotton States Congress
Raleigh
N. C
Thomas D. Worrell
Manchester
England
United Cooperative Lodges
United States
New Orleans
Liverpool
Grange
America
The Whites of the South Defend Labor and Change
A Southern perspective refutes claims whites refuse to work, noting many laborers are white and industries recover after carpetbag rule. It argues whites adapt to new conditions, contrasts with Northern views, and highlights economic self reliance and plundered property claims. The piece cites regional labor patterns and postwar effort across Southern states.
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New York Sun
South
The
Chicago Tribune
Hidden Bottle Reveals Captivity Tale Of German Girls
A Texas man reports finding a Gulf bottle containing an account of German sisters captured by Cheyenne and Arapaho while migrating from Georgia to Colorado. The paper, corked by the two eldest girls Catharine and Sophia, recalls murder of their parents and their eight months of captivity before restoration.
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Georgia
Colorado
Wm. Redus
Texas
Gulf of Mexico
Brazos River
Brazos
Catharine
Sophia
Lone Star
Potatoes Demand Better Seed Selection and Care
The article argues seed quality drives vegetable improvement, noting potatoes are often neglected in seed selection. It explains potatoes are a dual seed and stem entity, with improper cutting or reversion risks. Proper whole or lengthwise cut planting preserves seed quality and growth potential, contrasting other vegetables. A humorous tax-officer quip enters before mentioning a Dallas grain elevator and Texas wheat.
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Dallas
Texas
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Punkinvine Creek
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Lickskillet
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San Antonio River
Roguce
Beauty
Broad Atlantic
Europe
Boston Journal
Jack
Charleston
Chamberlain
Kimpton
Cardoza
Sullivan’s Island
Messrs. Melton and Porter
Mobile
Alabama
Wichita Beacon
Bill
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