Pictorial Bursier SUSPICIOUS
Pictorial item notes Tea Hotta returning from a visit to Lafayette relatives. Rev. John Thogmonton held a successful Oak Mul Church meeting. Mib Hearn went to Washington City to fetch government horses. Arthur and Sam Muse with George Thomas attended Niah ville carnival. Dr. Register and children hosted by Rev and Mrs Greaselose. Lilea Lightfoot abandons Nashville business college plan to clerk for J Rhea Supter Drug Co.
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John Thogmonton
Oak Mul Church
Square Deal Turns Sour in Frolic at Corner Store
A small German man, Fritz, tries to pay a bill at a corner grocery. The grocer says he is square after giving a cigar, prompting Fritz to protest in a heated, confused retort about being taken for round and paying for his “pill Wire 2 shendleman.”
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Fritz
Parrel
Dom
Brother Dickey's View On War With Spaniards
The Atlanta Constitution records Brother Dickey claiming the Spanish-American War was long over, arguing the war only shifted to Washington. He recounts political bargaining, and the idea that pensions and debate replace decisive action, while mentioning calls to settle disputes with old swords and promises.
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Spaniola
Dickey
Rooswell
Iin Imperimten
Wien
Atlanta Constitution
Native Floridan and Cincinnati drummer discuss orange groves
A Cincinnati drummer recalls a Floridian's tale of trying to sell an eighty acre grove amid delays. The seller explains ground preparation will take a year and farming life five more years, prompting the question what to do during the long wait. The reply suggests gambling, tobacco, and fishing as interim pursuits.
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Utopia
Cincinnati
Chawin’ Terbacker
Hat discourse reveals thrift and fashion satire
A playful exchange between spouses critiques high millinery prices. The husband rails against extravagant hats while complimenting his wife on a Parisian looking creation, praising its artistry yet lamenting the cost.
Frederick Archer the famed organist dies in Pittsburgh
Frederick Archer, renowned organist of England and the United States, died in Pittsburgh after a long career. Born in Orford England on June 16 1813 he held key posts at All Saints Church Walsingham and Alexandra Palace. He gave hundreds of organ recitals across Britain and America including New York Brooklyn and Boston and authored The Organ and The Collegiate Organ Tutor.
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Archer
Car- Mos Hall
Beut
Pittsburg
Fiteteen
Cford
England
Et Chapel
All Saints
Chu On
W's
Orford
Merepee
Contific
Alhambra Thenon
Air
London
Julius Benedict
Christ Church
Alexandra Palace
Alezandra Palace
University of Glasgow
Frederick Archer
United States
Limesticthurch
Brooklyn
New York
Chickering Hall
Boston
Faith Shaken in Tennessee Church Storm Incident
A Fayette County Tennessee town reports a man seeking shelter in a station house during a windstorm while a brick and cornice were torn from a nearby church. A local church member questions why a man of faith would shelter outside a house of worship as bricks fly.
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Fayette County
Tennessee
Matlon-House
Isham
Hexton
Hot Blast Iron Making History at Oxford Furnace
Government report traces early hot blast use in iron making from Oxford furnace New Jersey in 1534 by William Henry to 1836 improvements. Notes fire heating methods, cast iron pipe tump waste surface flow and blast temperature increases, with charcoal fuel. Includes a dramatic dialogue between a villain and heroine.
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James M. Swank
Iron and Steel
Oxford
New Jersey
William Henry
Henry
Spider Weather Prophet of Yucatan Described
An El Dorado of odd science explains a Yucatan spider that signals rain by its behavior. The crablike insect, yellow with brown spots, retreats under banana leaves as storms loom, and when touched it dies and drops from its leaf to mark rain arrival. Its prolific young swarm as the storm approaches.
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Mont
Yucatan
Ite Poleon
Ami
Leleure
Chance a Quarter Change Throughout Seventies Pennies
The Philadelphia Record describes how a quarter can be exchanged in many coin combinations. It lists seven ways in detail and adds that a thief with a quarter could trade for five pennies and four nickels, two dimes and one nickel, or other mixes, noting twenty five pennies two dimes and five nickels cover all options.
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Philadelphia Record
Queen of Helgians Faces Grief Amid House of Hapsburg Lore
A queen who just marked her fifth birthday bears heavy sorrow from the doomed Hapsburg line. Her hair turned white in her thirties and her eldest son Duke of Brabant died accidentally or by poisoning. Her son-in-law Crown Prince Rudolph died tragically, her nephew perished in an accident, and her sister died in a lunatic asylum near Brussels.
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Helgians
Romes
Brussels
Bees Inside Equestrian Statue Share Richmond Oak
Bees have nested in the Robert E. Lee statue in Richmond Virginia. Hundreds of pounds of honey are said to be concealed inside the hollow statue as insects pass in and out through the parted lips. Authorities fear vandalism could damage the monument while attempting removal.
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Robert E. Les
Richmond
Invica
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Weather Prophet
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