Prehistoric Graves and a Minister's Views on Advertising
In Western Tennessee a traveller recounts ancient burial mounds of a pygmy people at a confluence, describing small stone coffins, layered tombs, and artifacts. The piece contrasts skeletal remains with regalia for magnates and notes segregated child burials. A minister, Rev. Burnfield, argues successful businesses prosper through advertising and presses to reach the public.
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Tennessee
New York Herald
Buria
George Stanley Burnfield
North Presbyterian Church
Philadelphia
Burnfield
Vassar Prize Sparks Tales of a Heroine
The student body at Vassar College offers a $20 prize for the best story featuring a Vassar girl as heroine. Other notes mention camphor production in Hioga Japan, scarce U.S. import share, and a range of historical and civic curiosities from biblical division by Langton to a proposal for a free Washington library. A Louisville marriage ends a long engagement, while a notable mountain near the Arizona Mexico line resembles Kabel’s tower in sandstone and pumice.
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Vassar
Hioga
Japan
United States
Harlem
Stephen Langton
Canterbury
Congressional
Washington
M. L. Henry
Sallie Jesse
Louisville
Tunseasort
Arizona
Mexico
White Slave Mart in Finland Reveals Exploitative Parishes
An 1880s style notice details regular slave markets in Finnish country districts where paupers age and lunatics are auctioned to board and be driven by parish authorities. They endure hard labor with corporal punishment while appeals for mercy fail.
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Finland
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Kress of Marksmen
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Texas
New Mexico
Key West
Havana
New York
Galveston
New Orleans
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Larimerer
Geo
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Hanson
Shilonh
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Acnee
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Reform Press Association
Western Newspaper
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