Veteran notes and political views mix with a panicked robbery
Fragments recount a midnight hold up where Burton and his wife chase a figure after a missing watch. A doctor reports being robbed on the road. The Washington Star cites a plan to swap votes via split currency in the St Louis convention. Chamberlain's remedy helps Hartman with annual colic attacks. Madrid budget figures echo costs of Cuba war and yellow fever deaths. Jefferson Davis is praised as a respectful southern leader deserving a commemorative holiday.
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Freidie
Burton
Washington Star
St.ouis
Simon S. Hartman
Tunnelton
West Virginia
Chamberlain
Isale
Dr. W. L. Carmichael Dragk
Madrid
Ain
Cuba
Printer mix up prints funeral note in reform era edition
A printer handling reforms paperwork accidentally inserted a funeral notice fragment into a reform edition. The erroneous line described bearers lowering a body to the grave and mocked the deceased as an eyesore, while noting insurance covered the loss. The editor allegedly wrote the obituary as a satire tied to a five year subscription.
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Times
Shew
Mary and the lamb and a village store tale
A fragmentary tale follows Mary searching for her lamb after it strays into a village. John the storekeeper sits smoking by the open door while a sheriff closes him. The narrator hints at sympathy and gossip among merchants while Mary laments her maid.
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Mary
John
Fragmented Georgia notes mix satire and political chatter
A collection of clipped items mentions a lynching condemnation in Arkansas, a Georgia adjournment, a prohibition rally cancelation, Georgia politics and figures like Gov Atkins and Crisp, and a Sandersville dairy note about a Jersey cow producing six and a half gallons daily.
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Hawkinsville
Frankfort
Atlanta
Moody Tabernacle
Algera
Atkinsoty
Georgia
E. T. May
Sandersville
Notable Facts and Figures From Ancient and Modern Times
A mix of curiosities: estimates of ancient cultures, population claims, and unusual statistics. Notes on Chinese demographics and trade include vast language reach, human hair exports, and railcar claims. A Butler County farmer banker is cited with 84 children, plus data on deaf mutes ratios in the U S and world.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Europe
J. O.rissinger
Butler County
Pennsylvania
United States
Blood Purifier Claims To Cure Wide Range Of Ailments
An advertisement promotes S.S.S. as a veget able blood medicine for scrofula cancer eczema and all blood diseases. It also hawks No-To-Bac a tobacco habit cure saying it strengthens nerves and restores vigor with a money back guarantee. Books and guarantees are offered by Sterling Remedy Co. in New York or Chicago.
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Asa Smith
Greencastle
Indiana
S.S.S
Sterling Remedy Co
New York
Chicago
Jerete
Munn & CO
New Yor
America
Scientific American
Pirwaees
Broadway
New York City
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Shaw
Jett Davis
Jefferson Davis
Tg West
Rand
United State
Davis
South
Mary’s Lamb
Arkansas
Utteré Fiem
Hoke
Charles
Crisp
Senate
Ail
Ana
Jackson, Georgia
Surreys
Dempsey
Mulberry and
Third Streets
Batts County
A. G. Hitchins
Southern Railway
Sepina
Brunswick
Cha
Atlante
Chattanooga
Oo & P. BR
Everett
Cincinnati
Jacksonville
Salavelar
Pullman
Oyenine
Mann Boudoir
Jackson- Ville
Lexington
Cincinnati Erie
Union Depot
H. Green
J. M. Culp
Washington
D. C
H. Hardwick
Washington, D. C
Atlanta, Ga
Enews
Lehurst
Uber City
Elena
Normandale
S Cochran
Biovilla
Clinc Oats McDonough
McDonough
Flovilla
Ap Inet Acai
West Ees
Seeey
Swift Specific Co
Krum
Walnut Street
Ohio
Jackson Argus
Job Printing Department
Jackson Banking Company
Authorized State Depository
ErnerroGe
W. S
William
S. Carer
Scientific American Agency For
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