Grape shipping and a Maine born humorist tale
Capt Fairchild recalls Hammondsport grape shipments to New York and the early cedar shavings method, noting the rise of the local wine trade. The piece shifts to Bill Nye in Bustun and a reflective, humorous visit to his Maine birthplace, mingling family memory with public sentiment and a light anecdote about a drunken umbrella incident at a hotel.
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Keuka Jake
Smith Fairchild
Penn Yan
New York
Stanley Fairchild
Billy Hastings
Yooder
Billy
Hin
Uncle Billy
Hilly
Doy
New York Sun
Pay Day at the Miners Arms Fist Fight Ends with Pay Dirt
In a Fort Lupton era scene at the Miners Arms, miners discuss a parson and his boy, then stage a dog fight as a ruse to hide pay dirt discovery, while a new arrival recalls the event and a bartender notes the payoff. Also included is a summary of West Point reform ideas from Adj Gen Drum and a frank Rev Sam Jones General talk.
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Miners’ Arms
Front Street
Elko
Deacon Holbrook
Connecticut
Bob
Mar
Deacon
Piery
Bill Stevens
Bour
Bill
Purson
Descon
Tre States
New Fort
West Point
Adjt
Drum
Aot
Weat Point
New York
Sam Jones
Allunia Constitution
Nature as a Prohibitionist Ruling Against Whisky
An Atlanta Constitution excerpt argues eight months of year four in whisky harms the South more than the North. It asserts lower drunkenness in the South, cites temperance as the prevailing force, and claims nature itself aligns with abstinence. It presents temperance as natural and unavoidable in the region.
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Nebraska
Detroit Free Press
Atlanta Constitution
Drank Umbrella Causes Laughable Scene at Hotel
A traveling man named Smith displayed a new jointed umbrella at the Plankington House that looked drunk when closed, prompting a crew to play a prank by making clerks believe he was intoxicated. Smith resisted until the room fell into laughter and a plan formed to fool hotel staff.
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Smith
Jooker
Joe
Simith
Due
Jon
Nan
Avian Ats
Syer
Joe Xine
Viera
Ure Whobrelin
Saath
Sobur Ux
Uiey
Jov Sai
Plankington House
Beilief
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Academy OF Music
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Life Monthly
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Amoung Enm
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Soxa Keetstereat
M.otte Git
Ziad
Manes Grier
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Ventiman
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Lawrence
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District Court
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Kas
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