Pictorial Burner SUSPICIOUS Tea Howie Returns From Visit
A collage of brief notes from multiple Tennessee towns reports visits and events. Tea Howie returned from a visit to Lafayette relatives. Rev. John Thogmonton led a successful Oak Mill Church meeting. Mib Hearn traveled to Washington City Institute to fetch horses for the government. Arthur, Sam Muse, George Thomas, and Beedle Land attended the Nashville carnival. Mrs Dr Register and child from Spring City visited Rev and Mrs Greaselose. Lilea Lightfoot abandoned Nashville clerking plans for J Rhea Bapter Drug Company in Pulaski.
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John Thogmonton
Oak Mill Church
Parly Prose
Mib Hearn
Washington City
Lebanon
Arthur
Sam Muse
George Thomas
Beedle Land
Nashville
Thin Walk
Pitteburg Enterprian
J. Rhea Bapter Drug Company
Pulask! Citron
German Boy Loses Nerve Over Square Deal
A small German boy, Fritz, visits a corner grocery to pay an old bill. After receiving payment and a Elgar as “square” settlement, he protests the term and erupts in anger, shouting that he will not accept more harm from the shopkeeper.
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Frits
Brother Dickey's View of It on War and Peace
The Atlanta Constitution reports Brother Dickey reflecting on the Spanish-American War lingering in memory. He argues the conflict shifted to Washington and criticizes leaders for using the war to rally public support while proposing that talk is cheap and action matters.
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Dickey
Rooswell
Atlanta Constitution
Native Floridan Talks of Utopia and Orange Groves
A Cincinnati drummer recalls a Floridian view of utopia as he recounts a man offering an eighty acre grove. The buyer questions the long waits for land development and potential returns. The speaker suggests six years of idle time before farming begins, imagining leisure and chafing at the delay.
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Utopia
Chawin' Terbacker
Be Liked at Wife Hat Exchange Reflected in Echoing Banter
A playful early 20th century dialogue centers on fashion and cost as a wife boasts a homemade hat while the husband quips about Parisian style and high prices. The exchange underscores themes of creativity and domestic economies in a lighthearted domestic scene.
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Paris
Frederick Archer A Renowned English Organist Dies in Pittsburg
The celebrated organist Frederick Archer died recently in Pittsburg after a long career in England. He held positions at All Saints, Oxford, and Alexandra Palace, gave thousands of recitals, directed orchestral concerts, taught as examiner for the University of Glasgow, and formed a British opera company. He visited the United States in 1851 and 1880.
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Pittsburg
Mies
Archer
Waard
England
Hohe
Chapw
All Saints
TSR
London
Christ Church
Via
Alezandra Palace
University of Glasgow
Frederick Archer
United States
Orpaniat
Jipmeett Church
Brooklyn
Church of the Dnonitation
New York
Chickering Hall
Kuynuth
Boston
Wuther
the Green
Faithful Shelter in Fayetteville Storm
A story recalls Uncle Isham Sweexton sheltering in a station house during a windstorm near a white church in Fayette County Tennessee. A church member questions why a man of faith would seek shelter there when a house of worship stands nearby. The man replies that one must seek shelter when the Lord casts bricks and debris during the storm.
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Fayette County
Tennessee
Isham Sweexton
Jim
First Practical Hot Blast Use in Iron Making
Government report by James M. Evans notes 1834 Oxford furnace in New Jersey produced the first practical hot blast pig iron using William Henry as manager. Technology involved a bent waste pipe over the iron surface and 250F blast, yielding about 10 percent more product. By 1885 a hot blast oven atop the stack raised blast to 500F using arched pipes and coal fuel.
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James M. Evans
Oxford
New Jersey
William Henry
Henry
Spider Weather Myth From Yucatan Described In 4 Stem Tale
A fragment describes a yellow brown spider in Yucatan whose venom supposedly kills horses that ingest it. It claims the creature spins vast webs, preys on insects, and causes mysterious ams when storms form. The piece notes the spider’s dramatic life cycle and storm-related behavior with dramatic, nontechnical phrasing.
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Yucatan
Iain
Leleure
Change a Quarter Jingle in Old Diary Jottings
In a playful note from the Philadelphia Record a reader counts possible coin exchanges for a quarter. The piece lists twenty five pennies, two dimes and five nickels among various combinations, ending with a need to possess a large cash assortment to accommodate all requests.
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Weann
Mle Jenna
Philadelphia
Queen of Belgians Endures Family Tragedies
The Belgians' queen, who just marked a sixth birthday, bears a string of sorrows from the Habsburg era. Her son, the Duke of Brabant, died under suspected poisoning. her son in law Rudolf, the Crown Prince, died tragically. her favorite nephew perished in an accident. and her sister is in a nearby asylum.
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Hapsburg
Duke of Brabant
Rudolph
Montle
Brussels
Bees suspected inside Civil War statue in Richmond
The heroic statue of Robert E. Lee in Richmond is believed to hide hundreds of pounds of honey within its hollow parts. Bees have entered and left the man and horse figures since last summer, with no access to the interior without damage, raising fears of possible vandal attempts.
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Robert E. Les
Richmond
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Edna
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Freip
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Rophet
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