M. Quad And His Fun In A Tennessee Schoolhouse
A community boards a young woman candidate for a rural school job. Jinny, an 18 year old mountaineer’s daughter, answers questions on Nashville, rivers, spelling, and arithmetic, proving quick and accurate as locals gauge her fitness. The author then describes a later scene in Fair Tropes, a near-deserted town in Haven county, where the sole remaining inhabitant reflects on past settlers and vanished families.
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Lizness
Jim
Nashville
Tennnessee
Jinny
Tennessee
Cumberland
Atlantic Ocean
Jonas Day
One Man Holds All County Offices in Fair Hopes
An unnamed resident recounts securing every county post from sheriff to surveyor in Fair Hopes. He recalls the railroad dispute, a mass exodus of neighbors, and his self appointment as county clerk after firing the former holder. He jokes about plans to create six more offices, raise salaries, and bond the county for 20000 to pocket every cent.
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Fair Hopes
Hall
Stranger Cannot Find Lodging as War News Mixes In
A traveler meets a squatter who offers no shelter due to his wife’s estrangement and religious prejudice. The tale shifts to wartime notes on Captain Morro castles in Cuban waters, explaining Morro as a term for a projecting eminence, reflecting readers’ curiosity about geography.
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Cuban
Morro Castle
Havana Harbor
Morro
San Juan
Santiago
Shadow in the Home Shows Toll of Alcohol
A mother in a railroad town fights for her six year old son amid a drunken father. A tea visit reveals the boy’s plea for his father to quit drinking, while the mother advocates temperance and contemplates relocation to a town with no saloons. A note on club and host conduct follows.
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Papa
Union
Effects of beer drinking on health warned by 85 year Toledo physician
Dr S H Burgen, an 85 year old Toledo practitioner, links beer to rapid mortality and a cascade of injuries. He cites kidneys and liver damage, dropsy, Brights disease, pneumonia, rheumatism, and poor recovery from mild illnesses. He contrasts beer with whisky and notes repeated death risk from acute diseases.
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S. H. Burgen
Toledo
Bright
Moham med Spread of Religion and Domestic Life
Fragmentary text mentions Muhammad and his wife, with unclear details about how Islam spread. The source is damaged and its historical context is not fully decipherable.
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Mas
Johnny
Mohammed
Geempar Feldh
Slings and Stones Oppose Alcohol in Public Warnings
A National Advocate piece argues against drinking and liquor traffic, urging temperance and tying strong drink to social ills. It contrasts water with alcohol and notes health harms, duty to conscience, and the link between grog shops and workhouses.
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National Advocate
Alcoholism linked to tuberculosis in expert call for action
A professor warns alcoholism is a powerful driver of tuberculosis and urges unified efforts across states and temperance groups. He cites mortality figures by occupation and stresses public health costs of drunkards' families while condemning ease of fiscal focus on drink duties. In Bridgeport a 24 year old smoker’s violent insanity shows tobacco danger.
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Tatham
Cigarette Habit Warned as Dangerous to Youth
Brethren evangelist warns that the cigarette habit is one of the most dangerous and ruinous addictions to which young men are exposed, stressing it as a harmful pastime rather than a harmless amusement.
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Brethren
Candidate Jackson’s Washoe Duel Test of Record
A Washoe district tale shows Col. Jackson seeking votes for the legislature. Joe of Washoe insists on a public record, proposing a 30 pace rifle duel. The staged contest ends with a shoulder wound but secures the colonel a legislative seat amid cheers. Verditschew auction notice appears with a large debt owed to the government and creditors.
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Washoe
Col. Jackson
Rocky Cove
Joe
Sisterhood of States
Sam
I. M. Quad
Wide Variety Grocery and Tobacco Prices Listed for Europe California
A catalog of European and American goods with prices covers sugars teas coffees dried fruits nuts canned fish salts carpets rugs oils and tobaccos. It notes tea price increases due to wholesale margins and highlights fresh Roasted Rio coffee and assorted California fruits and dried goods with multiple price points and package sizes.
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Europe
California
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Varus
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Washington Star
Cuba
Isle
W.C. T.U
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Conn
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Wilkie
Coronel
Ivil
Judge Truman
Renader
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Russia
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Ely
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New York
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X Head
Undertakkers
Klaehn & Melching
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Fort Wayne
Ind
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Hyson
Hyason
Ceylon
New Orleans
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China
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Rio
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Syar
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Port
Hiawatha
Artistic
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J. T
Standard Navy
American Star
Brussels
Salli
Sellaes
Luttrell
Neva
Etektng Remedy Company
Chicaza
Montreal
J. Isay
Saratoga
N.Y
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Old National Bank
Bertha Hall
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Pennsylvania Station
Pennsylvania
Wayne
Valparaiso
Plymouth
Chicago
Pitts
Mansfield
Lima
Canton
Pittsburg
Crestline
Phila
Wash
Y Central
Ept Sunda
Grand Rapids & Indianary
Grand Rapids
North
Richmond
Cincinnati
Rickmond
Ines
Fort Waynt
Toledo and Battilo Limited
New England
Eastern Express
Cointr West
Phausaupolis
St. Louis
Apolis
Indianapolis
Logansport
Tad Alm
Peru
Pern
KK. G. Thompson, Fass
van Buren Street Union
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Standard Express
Nickel Plate Express
Astern
FT. Wayne
Western Express
Cleveland
Erie
Buffalo
Boston
C. A
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Suni
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