Tom and the Slaves: A Story of Freedom and Violence
A dramatic historical excerpt traces Tom the slave's life from Shelby's holding through St Clare's New Orleans estate to Legree's brutal plantation. Tom maintains faith amid cruelty, endures sale and betrayal, and dies after valiantly defending his soul against oppression.
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Armerica
House of
Shelby
Canouns
Mississippi
Oho River
Sandusky
Canada
Eriza
Tom
George
Missy
Topeline “Riay
Sue Source
Eva
Augustine St. Clare
New Orleans
St. Clare
Flowerskettle
Ton
Tor
St. Claire
Simon Legree
Lepren
Leferee
Legree
Lesrear
Todd
Cassie
Ipubitte
Marse Legree
Carnty
Marse
George Sheibs
Kennnely
Legres Samnteren
Satan
Erie
Uncle Tom
Steeneth
Bird Friend of the Rhinoceros
A fragment discusses a bird that feeds on insects on the rhinoceros back and may warn the animal of approaching threats. It mentions four other birds believed to alert the rhinoceros to danger, noting their warning calls and behavior.
Early Learned Truth About Earth From Antiquity
A garbled passage notes Eratosthenes as challenging the settling of the Earth's shape and describes ancient methods. It claims he wrote about navigation to India by always sailing west and references Tractosthenes measuring the earth’s circumference using a principle central to geometry.
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Earth
Lraesthenes
Egypt
Co- Hutibus
Spain
India
Tratosthenses
Paris Etcher Found Artist Alonzy Webb
American soldier and Paris etcher Alonzy Webb gains fame for prints made by taille dopee. A dealer buys five, prompting requests for replacements. Webb values quiet pleasure over sudden success and keeps his triumphs to himself.
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Alonzy
Webb
Paris
Rue de Rivoli
Son Depot
Bellevue
Charles Hh, Grasty
New York Times
Days and seasons in Albania told through travel lore
The text portrays Albanian time without calendars, noting peasants measure by work, noon, night, winter and summer. Distances are described as fractions of a day, and appointments lateness tolerated. It contrasts Albanian ages with Western norms and includes a quip about mis-translations and anecdotes from Britain’s view of Near East life.
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Albania
Daiger of Being Too Tall in Jer Robbek Text
A fragment notes Jer Robbek a Deinish specialist on tuberculosis. It mentions children who are abnormally tall and predisposed to tubercular conditions. The passage is unclear and incomplete but centers on medical risk linked to growth and disease.
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Vilteen
Toshall
Pwenty
Mabel
Hiden
Misbel
West
BO Voups
Jebus
New York
Daiger
Jer
Robbek
Woman credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
In a St. Louis testimonial Mia Lula Lucas describes chronic back pain weakness and nervous fatigue. After using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound she reports full relief and capability to work at home and for Swift's Packing Company. She urges others to try the remedy.
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St. Louis
Lydia EB. Pinkham
Swift’s
Mia
Lula Lucas
Tlva
Vindicates the Turkey in Grain Field Evidence
A late fall tally of a tom turkey's crop shows 240 grass hoppers 50 black crickets and nine kernels of grain. The report argues that turkeys select a single fat cricket over a field of grain and suggests turkeys are vindicated by broader statewide evidence.
Ancient Measuring Tools and Eratosthenes Credit
The article notes crude angle measuring devices long before Christ, based on circle subdivision. Ancient Egyptians laid out lands along the Nile and Eratosthenes measured Earth’s circumference around 240 BCE using these early instruments.
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Eratosthenes
Visitors from away or trips urge using the telephone
The note advises contacting No. 164 for any visitors from out of town or travel news. It frames telephone as the channel for sharing items of local interest or trip information.
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S Cabin
Harriet Beecher
Stowe
John Kendrick Bangs
Gui
Poston Boas
Lieutaenant Cotmmander Ass
Elwell Sutton
Tigris
Bagdad
Omaha
Conant
Hotel Sanford
Henshaw
Conant Hotel Company
Gillette
Gillette Safety Razor CO
Boston, U.S.A
Wmm.m.clage & Co
LeMars
Iowa
Globe-Post
LeMars Globe-Fost
Des Moines Cosety Company
Standard Oil Company
Indiana
Michigan Ave
Chicago
Fordior
Universal Tractor
Detroit
Fordson
Fickey Motor Co
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