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Marble Hill Press in Marble Hill, Missouri

18 Nov 1915

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Marble Hill Press

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Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America

Date

Nov 18, 1915

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3

FURKEY The Great American Bird and its American roots

The article traces the turkey as an American native bird valued by indigenous tribes and explorers. It covers its sacred status among the Zunis and Pamunkeys, colonization and spread to Europe, Cortes and Coronado expeditions, and the varieties of domestic turkeys in the United States, including Narragansett and bronze. It notes Franklin’s suggestion of national bird and the turkey’s enduring cultural importance.

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Columbia Regien C. Hart Merriam Amore Arigogea Rovers Acewan Turkey Cortes Benjamin China Russia Germany America Indiana Mexico Rio Grande Coronado Teas Arizona New Mexico Spain France Charles IX Elizabeth of Austria Dupe American England Mack Norfolk Large Cambridge Aliantic Ocean New England Massachusetts Maryland Virginia Carolinas Florida Richmond Fiehrow Europe Calic Turkey India Narragansett Enjammis Franklin
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Not Giving Anything Away Brought Home the Money

Idaho Governor Moses Alexander blasted a harsh trust at a Boston conference. He told a tale of Sam Bemis whose rat catcher billed $2.25 for removing dead rats, noting no payment for the rats. A Winchester Indiana family features a four year old helper who undercharges for laundry work, answering three nickels more than due.

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Moses Alexander Idaho Boston Sam Bemis Sam Mr. Bemis Winchester Ind Worie Ah-h-b Indianapolle News
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Scriptural Proof At A Negro Camp Meeting In North Carolina

Senator Tillman quotes a camp meeting scene in North Carolina where a penitent uses the term niggers to describe unconverted brothers as humble before the Maker. The presiding elder amen s and a follower counters that the Bible mentions niggers. The dialogue portrays racial language and religious framing within a revival setting.

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North Carolina Ben Tillman Nigger Demos
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Man keeps word when it benefits him, says observer

A cynically framed remark notes that a man will keep promises when advantageous and that many believe women accept any man who views her as perfect, reflecting social attitudes rather than a factual event.

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Device to Save Time by English Inventor Amplifier

A new device called an amplifier ends telephone waiting. By pressing a button the receiver connects, allowing the caller to resume work while the other end locates the person. The amplifier boosts the ringing tone so it can be heard across a large room.

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Real Estate Pitch Promises Sunlit Climate and Safety

A buyer asks about the climate and the agent extols the area as superb noting the last decade had only one death, attributed to a doctor who died of starvation, highlighting eerie paradoxes in the sales pitch.

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Unnatural Hello Bill Golf Club Query

A humorous, dialect flavored note asks how to take a caddy into the Ladies Golf Club. The speaker jokes that it is not a hard task but fears being told “Goodness gracious” when they foosle.

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Ladies’ Golf Club
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