Forsyth Grange denounces cotton tax in resolutions
The Monroe Advertiser reprints Forsyth Grange resolutions urging Congress to refund the sixty million dollar cotton tax from 1865 66 67 68 and oppose refunds to speculators. The measures call for unity within the Order of Patrons of Husbandry and demand action at the October State Grange meeting.
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Forsyth Grange
State Grange
Congress
South
Court of Claims
B. B. Napisr
Fatal Panic and Acrobatic Tragedy in New York and Croatia
A financial panic grimly reshapes fortunes with bankers like Keep, Lockwood, and Little killed or ruined. News recounts a fatal Wall Street clash of bulls and bears, the Round Robin, and a Europebound speculator ruined. In Croatia a crowd gathers for a tightrope display when acrobats Kolter and Pergowitch collide midair, Kolter dies and Pergowitch survives amid a distraught crowd and a jealous motive.
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Pivethousan- Mend
Jay Gould
Keep
Lockwood
Little
New York
Wall Street
Agram
Crotia
Andreas Kolter
Francis Pergowitch
Kolter
Pergowitch
Kotter
Rosita Sergenoff
Entrance into Life and the Art of Education
The essay argues against the prejudice that wouth is educated too early and warns that premature independence ruins guidance from parents. It urges adults to teach children the pilot’s art of life during adolescence to avoid perilous mistakes. A visitor relays news of Dr Creshbone’s death, prompting a child’s grim joke about more babies.
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Wouth
Mamma
Mr. Creshbone
Jimmy
Measuring Land with a Simple Towa Farmer Device
A Towa farmer recommends a land measuring tool made from two six foot slats aligned like compasses with points five feet six inches apart. After nailing ends and adding a crossbar forming a letter A, one person can measure by walking, lifting the rear point, and swinging to the forward line. Three spaces equal one rod, so counting spaces and dividing by three yields the measurement.
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Towa
Newspaper Usefulness Then and Now in Village Life
The piece extols newspapers as essential for knowledge and moral guidance, noting their role in connecting readers with local, national, and world events. It highlights how newspapers advertise communities, shape prosperity, and even influence a child’s future, while citing a historical note on Thomas Topham showcasing old showmanship.
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Wheeler & Wilsonetande
Leek
Wheeler & Wilson
Mi’ Co
Savat Augnats
Macer
Columbus
W. B. Cleves
Gen
Savannah
Earth
Ventilation and air quality urgency urged in public health
The article stresses vitiated air as a major cause of disease from scrofula to consumption, warning that carbonic gases from decay can kill in enclosed spaces. It calls for ventilation to be a primary building consideration and for fresh air to be a basic life necessity, contrasting it with fire and food. It ends with a humorous aside about a Jew observing a ham and a remark about converting to Christianity.
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