No Wonder He Was Crazy The Port England Mirror’s odd detention note
A Port Elizabeth writer details a labyrinth of marriages and relations to explain why he was detained. The piece lists marriages between widows, fathers, stepchildren, and in law links until stating the narrator is his own grandfather in a tangled family web.
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Port England
Luck versus Labor in Character and Fate
The Christian Advocate contrasts luck and labor noting a boy who cries misfortune would be better suited to blame laziness or inattention. It argues luck waits for news while labor acts with diligence at dawn to build competence. Luck relies on chance. labor on character and effort leading to independence.
Pointed Paragraphs of Idle Thoughts and Warnings
A collection of maxims on wisdom, learning, love, bravery, reputation, and desire. The lines contrast folly and prudence, noting people learn from fools and self love can blind. They warn against purchasing unnecessary goods and laziness seeking busywork when nothing is required.
Burdened by Pain The Surgeon Fears Universal Body Part Removal
A spoof letter cites extreme medical proposals to remove organs from born children, mocking a Missouri doctor’s suggestion. It contrasts such fantasies with crowded New York tenements and a comic wedding tale from 1825, noting eccentric anecdotes.
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Missouri
Nervine Cures Girl Spasms and Family Health
Mrs Hannah Barrett of Springdale Arkansas reports that Dr Miles Nervine cured her nine year old daughter after years of epileptic like spasms and nervousness. She also notes its use for her mother in law’s LaGrippe related insanity and sick headache relief in a sister. All druggists sell first bottle with guarantee and free book offer.
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Jumbo Gold Mining Company Incorporation Petition
A Lumpkin County filing from August 10 1908 petitions to form The Jumbo Gold Mining Company. It lists Wilbur In Covsyy Denver J Mex Want Huntingdon Clements TL F Jackson My Moore of Dahlons as sponsors. The charter seeks a two million dollar capital stock divided into one dollar shares and authority to mine gold silver copper coal iron and quarry marble and to operate electric plants rail lines and telephone lines with eminent domain powers and real estate holdings. The petition asks to establish a corporate office in Dahlonega Georgia with rights to issue bonds and create by laws and a board of directors.
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