Desertion and resolve on a Civil War picket line
A worn Confederate soldier Tom Boyer, exhausted and disillusioned, debates desertion with a Union picket. The two exchange blunt views on ending the war, surrender, and the fate awaiting deserters, ending with Boyer shooting a Union soldier who inspired him to stay. The scene culminates as Boyer discovers the dead man is the very Yank who urged him to endure.
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Tom Boyer
Johnny
Yank
Lee
Grant
Gen. Grant
Gineral Lee
Gineral Grant
Ababa
Gen. Lee
Tom
Hull
The Eternal Fitness and the Tramp in Need
A well dressed tramp visits a business man asking for work. He wears a costly outfit after a prior house call, claiming moral obligation to avoid stealing. The merchant hires him at 15 dollars a week, promising advancement based on talent and service to his interests.
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H'm
Joseph
Bob
Doom at Stephensville: condemned man's liquor plea
Across Texas at Stephensville on November 10 Tom Wright faced the scaffold and urged the crowd to promise sobriety as liquor caused his death and that of John Adams. He said the local option law sentenced him to death for drinking.
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Tom Wright
Stephensville
Tex
John Adams
They're Working for Me Chorus Satire
A. H. Evans in National Advocate condemns a corrupt employer who profits from workers and public officials. The piece highlights a wife and children fed, wages low, servants paid, police bought, and voters taxed while the boss lines his pockets.
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A. H. Evans
National Advocate
Opium Packing Advances in India Cut Losses for Growers
A revolution in opium packing in India shifts from jars to cloth and gunny bags. Trials show bags reduce breakage and loss, saving about five pounds per jar and potentially $400,000 per subagency. Five subagencies in Bengal and similar in the northwestern provinces could total nearly $5 million with freight savings. The piece notes farmer refreshment practices and profits from opium trade.
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India
Bengal
Saloon Liquor Case Tests State Damages Law
A defendant’s saloon action involving a death while intoxicated prompts a damages case that tests the state’s law and will be appealed to the supreme court.
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Supreme Court
Drunken Farmer James Gordon’s Recurrent Fines Tale
This Castleton New York farmer's police court record shows James Gordon arrested for drunkenness 100 times, fined in aggregate $1,000. Once prosperous, he squandered his funds, repeatedly drunk in Albany, resisting arrest, and losing deposits as fines accrued with no clear remedy.
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James Gordon
Castleton
Albany
N.Y
Gordon
Quote of Jail and Fines Plan From Drunken Reckoning
A convict outlines a grim cycle of drinking and fines aimed to exhaust his legal debt. He proposes to drink and pay fines until his account is used up, then repeat the pattern to justify further drunken episodes and jail time.
Temperance Items Highlight Liquor Laws And Prohibition Debate
A roundup notes Judge Desnoyers fined R Wiseman the maximum 250 dollars for Sunday liquor sales, fourth offense since July. It also reports on brandy drop candy in New Jersey, arrested drinking youths, DC druggists restricted without physician prescriptions, San Francisco saloons at 3032, and Norfolk’s new arrest policy for women in bars. Khartum access via Cairo opens with a new hotel for sixty guests.
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National Advocate
Desnoyers
R. Wiseman
St. Louis
New Jersey
James Broderick
Kearney
Arlington
District of Columbia
Washington
San Francisco
Norfolk
White Fruit House Stock Boosts Value With Low Prices
White Fruit House reports an unusually large stock to meet trade demand. Prices are kept low despite overall rises, with discounts on sugars and coffees, roasted Rio offered loose, and a broad selection of canned goods, dried fruits, fish, oils, syrups, and molasses detailed for customers.
Belgian socialists open Maison du Peuple at Brussels
The Belgian socialists inaugurate a Maison du Peuple in Brussels featuring a large refreshment room that excludes alcohol. Leader Emile Vandervelde warns that workers who drink gin cannot march with them to a better future.
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Brussels
Emile Vandervelde
Send Surrey Sick Benefit Society split by teetotallers and drinkers
In Send Surrey a sick benefit society shows teetotallers received no sick pay in 12 months while each member’s subscription was returned. Moderate drinkers received 18s per member with £15 1s 8d paid in sick benefits. A verdict was returned against a saloon keeper.
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Send
Surrey
Notable Executors and Trustees: City Records List Names
A historical list names figures acting as Executor, Administrator, Guardian, Assignee, Receiver, Trustee, and Agent. Included are Samuel M. Foster, Charles B. Bush, George W. Pixley, William E K Brossman, Henry C. Pan, Charlies A. Wilding, Andrew E F Hoffman, John C. Peters, William J Vesey, Urais Fox, Ernest W. Cook, David Stadabaker.
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Henry C. Paul
Samuel M. Foster
Andrew E. Hoffman
Charles A. Wilding
William Paul, Jr
Ass’t
Charles 8. Bush
George W. Pixley
William EK. Brossman
Henry C. Pan
Charlies A. Wilding
Andrew EF. Hoffman
John C. Peters
William J Vesey
Urais Fox
Ernest W. Cook
David Stadabaker
Richmond Trip Times Highlight Busy Transport Schedule
Fragmentary OCR notes show specific travel times around morning and evening windows and mention arrivals at Richmond. Mentions Cincinnati and a person or group Routh with unclear roles. No full sentence structure or clear event found.
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