Byron as Blackguard Poet and Hero of Greece
A historical sketch portrays Lord Byron as a vain, brilliant but morally fickle figure, from his painful childhood in England to his later flight from society, his Greece mission, and his dramatic death in 1824. The piece reflects on his poetry, escapades, marriages, and public image, framed by a critical biographical lens.
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Lord Byron
Byron
Scotland
London
England
Switzerland
Italy
Greece
Hellespont
Shelley
Missolonghi
General Local Markets Vegetables and Fraser
Prices for potatoes per bushel 1.40 rising to 1.76 with new stock. Apples per barrel 5.60, box 2.5. Beans navy per bushel 3.2 pounds, Lima and snap peas 3. Strawberries per crate 2, tomatoes 2.76 to 3.26, bananas per bunch 1 to 1.60, pineapples per crate 2.76.
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California
Texas
Grocery price list corrected by J H M and Swift Co
A corrected grocery slate lists prices for staples including sugar 100 lb at 5.85, coffee Ariosa 1 lb per case 24.30, flour patent 6.00 to 6.76, canned peaches 1.90 to 2.26 per dozen, tomatoes 1.40 per dozen, corn 9 to 95 cents per can, salmon chums 1.36, oysters 95 cents to 1.80, lard 23 8, butter 34 cents, margarine 18 to 22 cents, cheese Me.
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J. HM
Calvin
Swift & Co
Swift's Jewel
Corrected listing from New Decatur Hide Tallow Co.
Fragmented catalog item list includes dry flint le and low and beeswax with price 22¢ per unit. Mentions wild sheep pelts 10c to 26¢, bones 100 bs. and scrap per tom $4.60, dress 21-2 and be. te fin a.
Subterfuge in Mr Crosslote’s Yard Tactics
Calculating Nature notes Mr Crosslote dismisses a garden as mere pretense. He admits tearing up portions of the yard with his wife’s permission then abandoning the patch to reduce mowing. The tactic yields less territory for the mower and stirs curiosity.
Decatur lots offered cheap for dwelling builders
A few lots in the best resident part of Decatur will be offered cheap to anyone wanting to build dwellings to help supply the demand. The sale is listed under ABO CAMPKIN.
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Decatur
Abo Campkin
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Blackguarards
By Albert Payson
Terhune
the Frees
Scoundrel
C. H. Austin
Decatur Land and Improvement Company
Ala
C. H. Austin Fm
Narrs Tailoring’ Co
R. N. McCollouch
Morgan County
Alabama
The
Decaturs
Nera
Thos.e. Pride
Ores
Gast Pond St
W. R. Smith
Patterson & Scott
Johnson Street
Sadie
Fryers
New Decatur
Moulton Street
Sivley & Sandlin Phone
Second Avenue
Will C. Butcher
Johnston Street
E. E. Beard
Fourth Avenue
W. C. Bailey
Postoffice Building
LOT Fon
P. C. Gaston
Animal Hospital
Grant Street
M. W. Hellis
Prop
Louisville & Nashyville
Ned
Decatur No
New
Bos
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