Child labor in southern mills exposed in Augusta report
Gilson Gardner recounts mill childhoods from Augusta to Graniteville and across 70 miles of South Carolina. He describes 8 and 9 year old girls standing 12 hours at spinning frames, 11 to 13 year old children doing backbreaking tasks, and many never returning to school. The piece urges congressional inquiry and cites up to 60,000 children employed in mills, urging action against such exhausting work.
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Gilson Gardner
Augusta
South
Congress
South Carolina
Graniteville
United States
Ella Watson
Sister
Ella
Ida Mae Bell
Alvira
Warrenville
Langley
Bath
Vaucluse
Miles
Trenton
Johnston
Columbia
Ruskin
Theological Institute to Meet in Dunkirk Indiana
The Theological Institute of the North Indiana M E conference meets in Dunkirk this week with examining board led by Rev F G Browne D D Tipton as president and a registrar and several ministers from Tipton Geneva Muncie Angola Decatur Sheridan Garrett Ligonier Kendalville Columbia City Peru Kokomo. About six students are to graduate for the ministry.
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Tipton
Ind
Theological Institute of the North Indiana
M. E
Dunkirk Ind
F. G. Browne
D. D
C. King
Geneva
T. J. Johnson
Muncie
Sherman Powell
Angola
C. B. Wilcox
Decatur
J. A. Sumwalt
Sheridan
P. E. Powell
Garrett
J. C. Murray
Ligonier
C. E. White
Kendalville
E. F. Albertson
Columbia City
C. W. Smith
Peru
C. W. Shoemaker
Kokomo
Widower and Wife Die by Carbolic Acid At Lexington Races
Sharpsburg Kentucky October 14 Richard Walters aged two committed suicide using carbolic acid in Lexington while his wife had taken her own life at their home six months earlier. Walters was a well to do widower from Sharpsburg and was at the Lexington races when the tragedy occurred.
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Sharpsburg
Richard Walters
Lexington
Walters
Fire destroys Wentz barn near New Castle
An unknown incendiary set fire to Daniel Wentz's barn three miles from New Castle Indiana on Sunday morning. The blaze consumed the barn and contents valued at 3500 dollars with total loss estimated at 7500 dollars. Five horses three cows hay grain and vehicles were destroyed.
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New Castle
Ind
Daniel Wentz
Bump Talks By Prof BumpTarara On Folk
A satirical profile criticizing a Missouri political figure known as Folk. It describes his origins Tennesseean by birth and Missourian by education, his booster persona, his long influence over Missouri cities, and his public speech habit. The piece mocks his sincerity and self-regard while questioning his leadership.
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Bumptarara
Folk
Moses
Aaron
Old Uncle Enob County eel tale and crane misadventure
A rustic Pennsylvania yarn recounts Uncle Jase and Dan'l in a day of small oddities. An eel nips a fishing tackle while a crane narrowly escapes a cook's roast after a failed hunt. The tale blends quips on waiting, luck, and survival as the pair drift through misfortune and humor in Perkiomen.
Blood Remedy Promises Cure for Wide Range of Ailments
This passage touts a universal blood remedy claimed to treat eruptions boils pimples acrofulous sores eczema salt rheum rheumatism catarrh and various troubles. It boasts an unequaled record of cures and positions the remedy as the greatest solution for numerous illnesses.
Cure by Cuticura Remedies Restores Health in Old Man
Geo N Westcott of Postmote, Ceylon New York reports severe skin eruptions from December 1905 spreading from shins to elbows. After two doctors failed, Cuticura Remedies cleared the rash in days and ongoing use prevents recurrences.
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Geo. N. Westcott
Ceylon
N. Y
Foot Comfort Remedies With Cuticura Soap
A vintage advertisement promotes Foot Comfort Baths with Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment for foot and hand conditions. It touts hot soaks, drying, and light bandaging, claiming cures for eczema inflammations cracks and brittle nails, plus a complete external and internal treatment line for infants and children.
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Otter Diag & Chem
Crane and eel caper ends in slapstick fishing tale
Uncle Jase recalls a misadventure on the river where a crane swallows a hook with an eel and a chub sharing the catch, as the narrator reels through a night of set lines and cooking plans. The tale blends humor with a nod to village prudence and a tavern threshold moment.
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Jase
Jason
Dan’l
Uncle Jase
Dan
Perkiomen
Rhigs
Dan'l
Ebeneezer
Chancellor Loreburn’s Great Seal Vacation Stirsi
London October 14 England reels with agitation as Lord Loreburn the lord chancellor prepares a Canada vacation leaving the great seal unguarded. Historic note recalls Lord Brougham accused of treason for taking the seal to Scotland in the 1830s. Ladies hid the seal in a tea caddy, forcing a blindfolded search.
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London
England
Lord Loreburn
Canada
William IV
Brougham
Scotland
Duke
Duchess of Bedford
Anzity
Indianapolis Public Works approves assessment roll for Keystone Ave alley work
The Board of Public Works in Indianapolis announces on October 3, 19% that it approved an assessment roll under Improvement Resolution No. 4954. The project covers the first alley east of Keystone Avenue from property line to property line with graveling along the line. Several interested and affected parties are noted in the record.
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First Alley
Ea&t
Keystone Avenue
Ports Rth
Pork Oy Hn
Board of Public Works
Board of Pub- Me War
T Elliott
Preston C. Trubler
Fred J. Mack
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Hood
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Duesseldorfer
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St- Louis
Liege
Milen
Indianapolis
Prospect
Puro Distilled Water Company
Universal Food Choppers
Vonnegut
Vonnegut Hardware Co
Washington Street
Ur Home Laundry
East St
New Phore
Loreburn
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