Parson and Deacon Rivalry Ends With Pay Dirt Fight
In Elko a parson and Deacon Holbrook arranged a staged dog fight to settle a feud over a ranch claim. The ruse produced a nugget of gold and a triumphant return to the western states as witnesses discussed the staged thrill.
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Miners’ Arms
Front Street
Elko
Deacon Holbrook
Connecticut
Bob
Deacon
Ill Stevens
Bill
Eacon
Bill Stevens
New York Sun
What killed Alexandria a visitor explains the cotton mill failure
A visitor recalls how Northern investors built idle factory buildings in Alexandria before the war and local taxes and high rents blocked their use. The cotton mill failed, tenants were not found, and white Yankees left the city feeling “dead.”
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Alexandria
Keuka grapes and cedar shavings spark a boom
Captain Smith Fairchild recalls Hammondsports rise as a premier grape region around Keuka Lake. He describes early experiments shipping small grape batches to New York using cedar shavings, the modest start that led to a thriving wine and grape trade across the lake and hills.
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Keuka Iake
Smith Fairchild
Urbana
Penn Yan
New York
Stanley Fairchild
Billy Hastings
Billy
Uncle Billy
Birthplace musings and a Texas wife’s tale
A Globe columnist revisits his Maine birthplace and laments public interest, recalling childhood ties and a warning about perseverance. The piece blends memories with a later Austin Texas anecdote about a wife’s calm virtue in a quarrel, ending with a humorous domestic tale.
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Maine
United States
Moosehead Lake
William
America
Ostmaster
Laramie City
Wyoming
Piscataquis
Missouri
Shirley
Globe
Boston Sunday Globe
Austin
Peterby
Texas
Gilhooly
Treating and Law in Nebraska A Failed Anti Treating Act
The article discusses Nebraska’s failed anti treating law describing evasion risks and the impact on drinking. It argues treating as a great evil at the root of intemperance and contributing to drinking between drinks, noting the predictably evasive response and social frustration. The piece cites Detrow Free Tess as a source.
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Everywenulor
Feldross Bass Bros
Terrell
Texas
Britain
Nebraska
Old-Time School Master in Skippack and Salford
In 19th century Pennsylvania German settlements, Christopher Dock taught at Skippack and Salford. He rewarded diligent pupils with pennies and eggs, while a strict probation system tracked reading, spelling, and behavior. A chalked large O marked perfect scholars, making for humorous “Lazy Scholar” outings.
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Pennsylvania
Christopher Dock
Skippack
Salford
Dock
Paneer’ Eggleston
St. Nicholas
Uly
Nature as a Prohibitionist in the South
The Atlanta Constitution argues eight months of the year the South cannot safely drink whisky claiming natural forces oppose excess. It asserts Southern drinkers cannot match Northern consumption and that temperance prevailed even in earlier eras.
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Atlanta Constitution
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Packace
Friaremedy CO
M’fa
ST. Lavuis
Smith & CO
Louise Mo
Beng
BiAcsshd
Newark
Hammondsport
N. Y
Bill ME
Boston
State
Mrs. Peterby
George
Meaven
Nature
Prohibitionist
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