Description of General Grant’s Personal Appearance in War Times
A detailed, period tone portrait of General Ulysses S. Grant, describing his height, build, facial features, hair, and eye expression. The piece notes his modest demeanor, buoyant nature, measured voice, and unmilitary gait, along with two habitual gestures and his respectful, non-pushy conduct toward others.
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Grant
Porter
Critien
Olebury
South
Washington
Napoleon
Cromwell
Lincoln
Old Time Southern Sports and the Camden County Haunting Club
The Atlanta Constitution notes a famed Camden County club at Bear Hammock led by Gen. John Floyd. Charter members include Charles and Richard Floyd, Henry Floyd, John Floyd, Ben Hopkins, and others. Members wore scarlet jackets. fines reached 500 copper caps for dress errors and 1000 for absences. After hunts, dinners followed as deer hogs and wildcats roamed the woods.
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Atlanta’ Constitution
Camden County
Bear Hammock
Gen
John Floyd
Ciob
Charles R. Floyd
Richard Floyd
Henry Floyd
Ben Hopkins
J. H. Dilworth
James Helzendorf
John Holzendorf
Alexander Holzendorf
P. M. Nightingale
William Berrie
Henry der Bignon
James Holzendorf
Women Writers and the Clear Prose Tradition
Conan Doyle remarks that women writers show clarity in style, avoiding preciosity. He notes English criticism often confuses style with obscurity and praises Olive Schreiner and Miss Wilkins as models of prose romance, contrasting with florid tendencies.
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Conan Doyle
France
England
Olive Schreiner
Miss Wilkins
New York Commercial Advertiser
Lightning Splits Cedar Bayou Home Doors Opened
A bolt of lightning ripped through John Kipp’s Cedar Bayou residence in Harris County Texas, blowing the kitchen range lid and opening all exterior doors. No injuries reported.
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John Kipp
Cedar Bayou
Harris County
Texas
Not a disease but a cleansing need for the system
The text argues many people feel ill not from disease but from system imbalance, and comfort can be found with Syrup of Figs. It claims the remedy is a pervasive cure sold by California Fig Syrup Company through druggists.
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California Fig Syrup Company
Twilight poem provokes debate on poetic accuracy
An elderly man disputes a youthful reader's poem Twilight claiming a sun sailing west with a burden of gold defies probability. The reader argues it is figurative speech but the exchange highlights concern for realism in verse.
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Colorado
Washington Star
Wise in Thor Generation Seeks Women Theater Hat Legislation
The passage cites unnamed scientists praising Hosetter's Stomach Butters as a remedy for fever rheumatism liver ailments and general infirmities. It laments public ignorance of Americas tonic and alterative while criticizing state legislation about women's theater hats and the influence of individual men on wives.
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Hosetter
America
Hall's Catarrh Cure Ad Promotes Cure and Testimonial
An old advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure with a one hundred dollar reward for an untreatable case. It lists P F Cheney Co Toledo and several wholesalers as endorsers and claims the pill cures by affecting blood and mucous surfaces. The pitch mentions testimonials and a 75 cent price per bottle.
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Hall
No-to-Bac Miracle Cure Ad Hurts Fatigue Image
An old advertisement touts No-to-Bac as a life changing tobacco cure promising stronger manhood, rapid weight gain, and 400000 cured. It claims a free booklet and sample from Sterling Remedy Co. in Chicago or New York and urges readers to buy from their druggist with a guarantee of cure. A separate line hints at a woman’s scheming behavior in a district context.
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Ad. Sterling Remedy Oey
Chicago
New York
Marnane
Tollar
Pacific Coast Two Trains Daily via Union Pacific
The notice advertises a daily Pacific Coast service by Union Pacific with through sleepers and six to fifteen hour travel times to key western points including Omaha Salt Lake City Helena Portland San Francisco and Sacramento. Details at M1 17th St corner Curtis. A separate anecdote mentions Mrs Higby unable to buy Tommy’s cough medicine due to lack of funds and not breaking a five dollar bill.
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Pacific Coast
Union Pacific
Oedeo
Salt Lake
Hutte
Helena
Portland
San Francisco
Sacramento
17Th St
Curtis
Colorful photography and curiosities across the era
The snippet mocks colorized photography and social fashion fads while advertising remedies and curiosities. It cites a Denver railroad offer for a colored picture, mentions Mrs Winslow’s Syrup for teething, Piso’s Cure, Cascarets, and a parliamentary note on pauper children in England and Wales.
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Piret
Masia
Samuel Johnson
Thor
Colorado Midland Railroad
Denver
Wes
Beatrice
Nichols
Princeton
Ind
Span
England and
Wales
Ayer
Denver Directory
Albwok
Nock & Garside
18Th St
Creceries
Boerger Bros
Sapplies
Larimer St
Lawrence
J. ©. Smith
Denver, Colo
E. E. Burlingame
Tiscnarony
Lawrence St
Colo
Viii ‘Co
Cartis St
Denver, Coli
Windsor Hotel
Windsor
J. A. Wiggin
Ie Nowan
Miwaukee
B. M. Woolley
Atlanta, Ga
Thompson
Opiun
de Mansn
Quincy, Mich
Bosanko
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