Texas Emigrant Praises Northern Districts and Plentiful Crops
A Georgia writer in Amen Texas extols Collin Dallas Grayson and Denton counties praising fertile soil, abundant crops, and cheap stock pasture. He argues Texas offers healthful climate, extensive rail networks, good society, and broad opportunity for industrious newcomers while noting strong Democratic politics and limited free labor presence. He urges readers to visit northern Texas to assess conditions firsthand.
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Texas
Llive
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Georgia
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Zeras
Dallas
Grayson
Denton
Lasmar
Prairies
Union
Atlantic
Pacific
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Georgia Weekly Telegraph
Old Maids And A Pickle Of A Child In The Newspaper
A reflective piece on old maids describing them as a distinct human species and guardians of the past, followed by a satirical guide to raising a troublesome boy titled How to Make A Pickie. The excerpt closes with humorous ink stain removal tips and a quip about people embracing sorrow.
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Heaven
Watch found near Virginia mine sparks peculiar description
Timekeeper Shaw found a watch in the snow near the Consolidated Virginia Mine. Workers described a rare gold quartz chain watch, with a Frenchman accurately detailing the wind mechanism and even the tail, proving a remarkable and humorous identification.
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Shaw
Consolidated Virginia
Mistair Shaw
Zee Shain
Widow and Maid Echoes in Lucid Verse
A fragmented poem contrasts a widow with a maid, praising subtle charm and worldly wiles. It contrasts modesty and boldness, noting a widow’s studied psychology and a maid’s fleeting allure. The piece questions youth and aging in a witty, nostalgic voice.
Modern morals in a humorous domestic sermon
The text critiques honesty framed as a policy of banking on settlements, then dispenses social caution. It lampoons debt avoidance, prudent living, neighborly borrowing, and cautious speech, ending with a quip about appearances and family finances. It humorously warns about age, propriety, and unexpected appetite in the parlor.
Importance of Reading and Military Draft Figures
The piece extols reading as a path to social advancement and personal contentment, arguing literacy grants access to culture, wisdom, and independence. It then cites continental military manpower, noting 7,000,900 under arms in Europe, with Russia 2,000,000 and France and Germany 1,500,000 each, plus Austria and Italy at 1,000,000, amid talk of conscription in England.
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Europe
Russia
France
Germany
Austria
Italy
Billings' Good Resolutions for 1876
A humorous list of personal pledges for 1876. Items include not borrowing or lending, avoiding swindling, treating poverty as a possible blessing, earning one’s living, maintaining politeness, and choosing a moral life even at personal cost. The closing line states the above will do for 1876.
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Negelar
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Soi Ipeietett Colada
Why I Am a Poor Man Wool Hat in the Planters Ad vocate
A Georgia reader explains poverty by listing his trade goods and sources. He notes buying meat from the Northwest fish from Portland with a government bounty, onion sets and seeds from Michigan, wool sold to Reading by a hat firm then repurchased as a hat, hide sent to Homer New York for tanning, axe handles from Connecticut, matches from Delaware, and ink and paper from New York. He ends asking if he is the only fool in Georgia.
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Planters Advocate
North West
Portland
Michigan
Reading
Penn
Himyra
N. Y
Connecticut
Delaware
New York
Georgia
Mormon Courtship and Odd Tales From Salt Lake News
A Salt Lake caption recounts Fulmer's mission plan and Brigham Young counsel to marry a Brown daughter before Arizona. The piece adds quips about a mountain salute, a mother’s grave concern, a cow’s blessings, a sliding moral tale, and a Maine teacher attacked by a pupil.
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Arizona
Brigham Young
Ped Bat
Palmer
Falmer
Brother Brown
Brown
Wil
Salt Lake
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