What they See at Church
After evening services Mrs. Coonton and her three daughters discuss attendees. They comment on Mrs. Parker’s hat and other women's gowns, gossip about Ellen Byxby’s companion, and mock a stranger in the pew while Father Coonton sleeps and remarks drift to temperance and manners.
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Mrs. Coonton
Misses Coonton
Mr Coonton
Emmeline
Isle
Sarah
Mary Schuyler
Amelia
Marshall
Mercy
Reld McMasters
John
Brooklyn
Victoria
Mr. Coonton
Danbury Yews
Darkey at waters of White Sulphur Springs described in racial stereotype
A Cincinnati correspondent reports at White Sulphur Springs a black water attendant mocked as "Jim" with exaggerated features and clothes, reflecting racial caricature. The piece includes a separate item on Hugh Donahue’s reckless 1100 mile walk attempt in Brianton Massachusetts, detailing progress, health decline, and public interest.
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Cincinnati
Darkey
Brogan
Jim
Nebber
Brianton
Mass
Hugh Donahue
Springfield
Mystic Park
Donahue
Boston
Lowell
Richmond
Atlanta
Geological Survey
Jefferson
United States
Kimball House
W.M Nichols
Dr Guthrie on Drink and social misery from alcohol
The passages recount scenes of child hunger and abuse tied to drink, a Boston man’s tiny steam yacht tale, a Galena wife warning her husband via note, and a critique of conformity and loss of individuality driven by fashion and appetite.
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Boston
Loston
Portland
Galena
Mother’s
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Cooper
College Street
Cuthbert
Yavoy
Sg Bow
Wheeler and Wilson
Tomachsbitierp
T. 8
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Dragzgist
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South
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Advertiser
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W. B. Tackett
Gillespie
Wz. Allison & Simpson
Quarterman & Ackerley
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Cne
Sunny South
T.S. Powell
Porter
Wheeler & Wilson Sewing Machine
W. Ellis
Fello
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D. F. Sapp
Superior Court
Stewart Ay
W. F. Westmoreland
J. L. Cobb & Son
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Randolph Superior Court
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Tumlin & Johnston
W. M Tumlin
Levy
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L. A. Smith
Xeorgia
Raxners
Richard T Dosier
J. J. Harden
Caure
R. T. Dozier
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M. Gormise
Family Singer
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Ag T
Macon
D. Smith
R. E.kennon
Fort Gaines
United States District Court
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Idus L. Fielder
Jas. H. Guerry
Dawson, Ga
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DR. Westmoreland
Dentes
South Lumpkin Street
India
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Japan
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Letrees & Irons
Allison & Simpsons
Allison & Simpson's
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Ugs
Powell's
J.L. Warner
America
England
Great American Fire Extinguisher CO
Louisville
Elois
Jd. Wal
California
Sierra Nevada
R. Wi. McDonald & CO
San Francisco
Washington
Charlton Sta
Eureka
T. 8S
J. L. Warner
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