Class in Manners and Social Etiquette in Old Times
Excerpts describe a formal classroom drill where boys and girls practiced bowing greetings, exchanging salutations, and mimicking social parlor interactions. The scenes include imagined visitors, paired walking, and carefully choreographed conversations reflecting Confederate era proprieties and etiquette.
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Stephens
Confederate States
John
Alexander
Louis Pendleton
the Statesman
Opporit
Boy Inventors Change the World with Simple Creations
The article praises young innovators such as a miner's helper Humphrey Potter who rigged a cord to run a valve lever, making Newcome's steam engine automatic. It tells how a farmer's boy built a power loom from a jackknife, earned half the profits, and impressed a master loommaker.
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Newcome
Ae Newcome
Humphrey Potter
Biavkth
Heng the Coat vow George and the dog
A fragmented text shows characters arguing about marriage and a dog, with disjointed lines including references to a coast, birds, and a toadmother figure. The scene blends uncertain dialogue and stray phrases, creating a surreal informal vignette.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George
Oliver
Dave
Railway timetable fragment lists connections and routes
The notice lists rail connections for Southern Railway. It names trains 167 296 134 135 12 274 and 015 with stops at Greensboro Richmond Durham and other intermediate stations. It gives schedule notes and agent contacts in Washington and Durham for more information.
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Seaboard Air Line Railway
Durham
Hend
Norfolk
Weldon
Savannah
Jacksonville
F. W. Woodward
Union
R. L. Montgomery
Ta.m
Westhey
Tnt
Greensioe
Tuti
Tau
Keyvite
Richmond
Jeffries Tor Nort
Westimune
Eastbourd
Tars Righ
Selita
Gollsboro
Gane
Winston-Saicth
Salisbury
Columbia
Coastenter
Lavon c
Tiville
Atlante
New Cirleans
Swisbury
Asheville
Knoxtille
Sattuaga
Mempiis
Pedgeyylo
Guyrast Tian
St. Lows
Conmvets Menhherat
Lynethur
Ithe Tans
Waehinton
Futlmore
Marthin Sind
Sanday
Oxford
Kernville
Southern Railway
Biress
Tayloe
Gon
Avent
Washington
D. C
Vernon
Tray. Vasa
Char- Motte
N.C
FW. Woodward
Durhan
Boston
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England
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Walt
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Laweer
James
Jyytor
T. C
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Alyished Andtoy
Theodositie, Et AaTit
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Invalids” Hotel and
Surgical Institute
Buffalo
Pierce
St's
Worth’s Dispensary Medical Association
R. V. Pierce
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Buffalo, N. Y
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White Plains
J. W. Petty
Charlotte Observer
North Carolina
North
Observer
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the Observer Co
Charlotte N CG
Sallie Johnsott
Dahan County
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A. M. Moore T. J. Good
C. H. Gattis
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Greensboro
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