Paroled Confederate Soldier Recalls Harsh Homeward Trek
A veteran recounts leaving a South Carolina plantation and journeying home with a parole, riding a poor mule and carrying $160 in gold. He describes weeks with officers in Charlotte organizing paroles, trading for a sturdier mule, and facing hunger as he passes desolate cabins and an old woman smoking a pipe along the road.
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Johnston
Diller
South Ca
Lina
Herman
Wwe
Charlotte
Ieee
Ned
Ginnywine Coffee and the Mule in the Hearth
A weary traveler and his mule seek shelter at an old woman’s cabin. After negotiating food, he reveals a stash of green ginnywine coffee and, through a mix of humor and hunger, she prepares a feast. The tale ends with a gracious farewell and gratitude for the visitor.
Debt and Humility in a Barber Shop Encounter
Saint Foix, a renowned French poet with a long history of debt, faces a creditor in a barber shop. He negotiates quietly asking to wait till shaving finishes, then exits with a towel. The creditor agrees and Saint Foix keeps his beard for life.
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Saint Foix
The Strength of Ice Rules and Tests
The article outlines ice thickness thresholds for carrying loads from a man to heavy artillery. Two inch ice supports a person, four inch allows mounted troops, six inch bears heavy guns, eight inch supports artillery, ten inch sustains large forces, fifteen inch could bear a railway, and twenty four inch resists loaded railway car impact. Trautwine notes firm ice crush strength from 167 to 250 psi.
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Trautwine
A Long Twenty
Professor Figgers encounters Mrs. Goldwin at a reception and remarks on Prudence turning twenty. He recalls her as a sixteen year old, marveling at how quickly girls grow into adults.
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Professor Figgers
Mrs. Goldwin
Miss Prudence
Little Prue
The Self Made Man and Political Rhetoric
A nostalgic tale of a self made man who swindles through childhood and business then grows wealthy, forming a stock company that collapses after a long deception. The note contrasts moral fables with a political critique of Quay and party loyalties, ending with a look at the Dallas News assessment of the “great common people.”
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Quay
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Wanamaker
United States Senate
America
Republican Party
Dallas News
State University costs soar for taxpayers and students
The Belton Journal notes the legislature faced two year needs for maintenance, a women’s building, water system, and a museum, plus repairs to medical department facilities after September storm damage funded by Galveston citizens and university land income. It argues tuition may be needed if income from holdings fails to cover expenses.
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State University
Maintenace
Galveston
Belton Journal
Electric Bitters Credited With Saving Life In Malaria Case
E B Munday of Henriet ta Tex recounts persuading his malarial patient brother to take Electric Bitters. The remedy purportedly cured him and purports to expel malaria purify blood aid digestion and regulate organs. Sold for 50c at Handy Matthews drug store Hobart Oklahoma notes local town reticence toward Black residents with an exclusion rule.
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Handy & Matthews Drug Store
E. B. Munday
Henrietta
Tex
Malaria Weakens, Grove Promotes Strength From Chill Remedy
A short notice touts an unlikely remedy claiming that malaria makes you weak and a product called Steless Chill renic supposedly strengthens the body. The text presents promotional rhetoric without scientific backing.
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Grove
Faultless Character Not Believed Faultless by Its Own Opinion
A faultless character cannot convince itself it is faultless, as self assessment is biased by virtue. The statement implies that true perfection remains unseen by those who possess it.
Potatoes urged for economy in Northern restaurants
The Dallas News advocates planting potatoes to offset high meat prices and suggests diversification in fall as well as spring. The article notes a crop window before frost and questions why some people fixate on neighbors, echoing a poet’s line about self-awareness.
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Dallas News
Prominent Alabama Farmer Convicted in Lynch Murder
George Howard was convicted of murder in the first degree and sentenced to life imprisonment. He was part of the mob that lynched Robert White, a Black man, in the county months ago. Others accused of complicity are being tried.
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Montgomery
Ala
Advertiser
Wetumpka
George Howard
Howard
Robert White
New York Thrice-a-Week Edition Subscription Offer
The notice advertises The World weekly edition now marketed as The Week Edition with thrice weekly publication. It promotes a regular subscription rate of $1 per year and a combined Grattan Leader offer for a yearly total of $1.65, totaling $2 for two papers.
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W World
Gratam Leader
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