Fragmented eulogy and legal notice on Turner Reavis
An archaic verse piece laments a vanished figure, interwoven with a legal notice about the revised code of Alsbaind and Turner Reavis of Raleigh. It recalls old Raleigh citizens, a bakery shop, and links Reavis to the U S circuit court and Mulligh history, urging readers to follow his industrious example.
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Thid
Alsbaind
Turner Krave
Muovre
Ahwt State
Reavin
Raleigh
Turner Reavia
Bucchandi
Muleigh
Amubulla
Fragmented OCR Poorly Scanned Text Item
An unclear OCR fragment references wartime figures and penalties with many garbled numbers and names. It mentions prisoners, taxes, and markers, but the exact event, dates, and entities are obscured by unreadable characters and mis-typed words.
Dedication of the Resaca Confederate Cemetery
A Georgia correspondent recounts the May to October effort by women to gather and inter Confederate dead from the Hesaea battlefield. Three hundred sixty six bodies were laid to rest, each grave marked by name or "Unknown." The cemetery near Keswen sits on the battlefield, enclosed by a grand fence and arches. Visitors on October 26 attended a moving dedication beneath an evergreen temple, with state plots and mottoes honoring fallen soldiers.
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Atlanta Intelligencer
Resaca
Resaca Confederate Cemetery
Georgia
Hesaea
Uosa
Keswen
Eich
Hitt
Sam
Muesra
Meador
Tomble
Btone Mountain
Tennessee
Uriehton
Phey
Mwir
Phy
Mississipya
Teave
Alabama
Rave
Charley G
Kentucky
Enim
Aubor Viteo
Louisiane
A Glorious Shot in an Indian Encounter
An elderly narrator recalls settling in Virginia near Kanawha falls around 1805 and surviving a tense Indian ambush. He describes a twilight defense at his cabin, a precise shot that felled five attackers, the loss of a cow, and the courage of his family as they faced a second assault. The tale ends with the old man praising the remarkable shot.
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Virginia
Falls
Kanawha
India
Puwchery
Jess
Lost and Found Mystery From Old Jackson Hamlets
A fifty year old tale recalls a missing boy from Blackmen area. A young woman accused of murder was later released after no evidence. Decades later the boy reappears in the southern state, now a man of thirty five, recalling two red faced men who took him away to join Native expeditions.
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Dom Jones
Griffin
Dda
Thelugle
Dheill
Jackson
Blackmen
Ele
Grand River
Me. J. Ballard
Thin Suite
I'ray
Pottsville
St. Paul
Missing Jackson County youth Willey found by Poto watomi tribe
Duckson citizen reports a Jackson County youth abducted as Willey by the Poto watomi. He spoke the tribe’s language, learned their ways, and learned of his captors’ claim. His father Filly, Myr Ballard, seeks his return and awaits his coming home to ease his distressed parents.
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Jackson County
Willey
Filly
Myr
Ballard
Duckson Citis Zen
Excessive adjectives spark tongue lashings from reformers
An English usage quarrel laments overblown adjectives and superlatives used by educated women and youths. A judge's rebuke about beauty and taste follows, arguing true merit comes from self discipline and effort, not flashy phrasing or borrowed grandiloquence.
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Armerica
FIRID AND GARDEN Asan Mixixa Potatoxs
We met a successful farmer who advocates mixing several potato varieties and planting the mixed grains alongside separate plots. He claims the mixed approach yields a larger crop. He asks readers for farmer feedback to verify the idea.
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Profis
Brother Farmeré
Marie Flor Wer
Keeping Sweet Potatoes Plan for Cold Storage
A Southern Cultivator correspondent outlines a log pen storage method for sweet potatoes to prevent bulking and freezing damage. Build a log pen with a raised stone base, sand between potatoes, and a roof, then cover with dry sand at deep frost. Dig late October or when vines wilt, testing ripeness by breaking several roots.
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Walla
Turnips: Nutritional Value and Farm Use Analyzed
A Southern Cultivator summary notes turnips hold high water content and lower nutritive value than corn yet offer great per acre fodder potential. Experiments show 52 pounds corn or 59 pounds from hay equal 100 pounds of turnips, but acre yields and drought resilience favor turnips with proper soil preparation and manure.
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Boussengalt
Quips and Quotations Move Through Lively Gossip
A cobbler in Baltimore advertises boots and shoes with jokes about surgery and new screws. Amusing snippets include exchanges about court plaster on a lady’s lip in Louisville, a judge’s quip on arbitration, and a tester’s cavils at a roomful of social types.
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Baltmore
Advica Gratis
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