Kurnel Bunker and Captain Roper Duel of Histories
In a humorous reminiscence, Kurnel Bunker recounts a planned duel with Capt. Roper over conflicting war histories. They realize historians vary, declare the authors liars, exchange apologies, and end by pledging friendship.
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Appomattox
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Sharpsburg
Gettysburg
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Groveton
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Timmins Faces Cautious Support From Landlady
A flippant exchange reveals Timmins tempering his affection for the landlady who once pressed scraps and meat ends on him, suggesting she expected him to settle.
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Timmins
Indianapolis Journal
Two-Dollar Bill Recalls Drunken Tragedy Warning
A Boston woman quotes a two-dollar bill that bears a red back inscription describing a chilling tale of ruin from drink. The note claims a man squandered a fortune, killed his wife, harmed his children, and vows to die an alcoholic end as the bill passes through relatives.
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Boston
The Boss and the Williamsport Road
A traveler seeks directions at a four corners farm where a strong wife rules the homestead. The husband, battered by life, deflects the inquiry and hides behind currant bushes as the stout wife whips the horse forward with sharp commands and the man gives chase.
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Williamsport
Bank Talk With Old Miner Shows New-Fangled Cash Notes
In 1898 pine town tale Maj. Dale opens a private bank in Pine Tree City. Jim Hayes, an old miner, deposits around $500 and learns about receipts checks and signatures. The exchange contrasts bank rules with saloon chaos as the old man balks at modern banking. The scene closes with Hayes refusing to deposit and choosing to keep money safe at home.
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Pine Tree City
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Rhyme and Reason From the Union Signal
A humorous verse warns that different drinks bring discomfort and distress. The speaker vows to join a Templar Band and stand with divine help, asserting firm resolve despite wine or spirits. The piece blends satirical verse with a pledge of steadfastness.
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Templar
Uniton
The Enticing Cigarette Warns Of Tobacco Peril
C H St John argues in Union Signal that cigarette use wrecks manhood and youth, causing heart failure, eye damage, delirium, and addiction. He warns of widespread harm to boys and women and urges state action to curb tobacco and nicotine poison.
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Nessus
Hercules
C. H. St. John
Union Signal
Sociable whisky or castor oil lesson on drinking
A moral tale from Golden Days urges young men to resist pressure to drink. Perry, a temperate southern gentleman, refuses sociable alcohol and suggests castor oil as an alternative to show the other man the folly of pressuring for vice. The story stresses health money and morals saved.
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Terry
Parley on Bill Votes and Global Social Notes
The report notes 90 MPs pledge to oppose a bill barring sending children to public houses for drink. It cites rising Russian apothecary shops with women clerks and favor from doctors and the public. Georgia officials report 3 percent of jail inmates never attended Sunday school. Armenians of Tabriz organize a temperance society, about 76 pledged members. Betting columns in Leicester papers are hidden with strips of paper to block reading. Lyons silk weavers' early incentives included exemptions from military service and taxes. by 1659 they numbered 18 000, or 60 000 with affiliates.
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Leicester
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Rapic
White Fruit House Sees Prosperity With Large New Stock
The year just past has been prosperous for White Fruit House and they expect continued growth this year. They report laying in an extraordinary large line of goods bought at the very lowest cash price.
Local Grocer Ad Lists Wide Range of Foods and Goods
An old market listing details sugars, coffee, tea, dried fruits, canned goods, oils, syrups, and liquors. Items include granulated sugar, powdered sugar, Rio coffee, various teas, California fruits, evaporated apples, canned corn and peas, peaches, raisins, mackerel, herring, oils, maple syrup, and New Orleans molasses. Prices are given per unit or per gallon, with emphasis on fresh loose coffee and improved quality.
Me teorological Effects of Alcohol on Sunstroke
Dr W F Rt Philips analyzes 841 sunstroke cases from 1897 data. Alcohol history appears in 465 cases, with 140 excess, 230 moderate, 9 none, and 376 unknown. Among 140 deaths with known history, 44 deaths were linked to excess alcohol, 22 to moderate use, and 7 to no use.
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W. F. Rt. Philips
Washington
International Medical Magazine
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