Mill Town Abolishes Old Blue Monday in Two Plants
Greenwood S C mill owner James C Self bans the traditional Blue Monday and improves worker life by installing plant laundries offering free wet wash. New humidified factory air, neat cottages with gardens rent at 1 dollar per room, a hill golf course and coal supplied for home use mark a modernization. No mill store exists. workers trade with local merchants.
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Greenwood
S. C
James C. Self
Self
Cose
World traveler with 30000 autographs weighs 55 pounds
Joseph Frank Mikulec a Croatian native spent 28 years roaming the globe to collect autographs. In New York he carries a 55 pound volume with over 30000 signatures including nine presidents European rulers and famous figures across arts science and business. He plans to continue collecting more on his quest.
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New York
Joseph Frank Mikulec
Croatia
Mikulee
Selicle
Coolidze
Mikule
Cattle Men Clash With Wild Horses in Texas
Texas cattle men report large numbers of wild range horses roaming cattle districts. Horses strip grass from ranges threatening cattle and forcing water holes to be fenced. Most stock are broom tails from lapsed brands, offspring of former community herds from old Spanish grants. Indians on New Mexican reservations hold thousands of such horses, with over 1000 driven to El Paso by rangers from the Datil forest reserve amid range protection efforts.
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el Paso
Texas
New Mexico
New Mexican
Datil
The Patient and His Son In a Quiet City Hospital
In a quiet hospital room Nick, a patient in a high white bed, lies motionless as Miss Rooney the nurse and Doctor Hadden debate his fate. His son George arrives as a steel-shovel scene unfolds, awakening Nick to possibility and a future in South America.
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Miss Rooneys
Nick
Miss Rooney
ECH
Uadden
Doctor Hadden
Cuda
Hadden
Sphinx
Holmes Hall
Mr. Nichols
George
Molly
Miss Lowney
South America
Shelia Rooneys
Dredme
Shella
Wary Ladies See Girl Delay Marriage And Independence
A remark from the Atchison Globe notes a trend of women delaying marriage in modern times. It describes women becoming selective and self-reliant as they test how far they can go without wedlock.
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Atchison Globe
Letter-Writing de Luxe Mischief in a Bashful Suitors Tale
Charley Benton, once confident, uses a book titled The Letter Writer de Luxe to craft a proposal to Marian Anno. Marian reads the spoofed form letters, replies via page twenty seven, and a cook’s edition mix up leads to comic confusion. They confront each other at the Bottsfords and realize the letters were misaligned by edition numbers.
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CC Ary
Charley
de Lure
Marian
Annie
Marian Marian
de Luxe
Carly
Charley Benton
Charley Marian
Pottsford
Bottsford
Charlie
Mint Job Interview Ad Teases Wage Offer
A clipped exchange hints at a job inquiry in the mint with a suggested daily wage around QA a day. The humorous tone contrasts ambition with a modest pay figure, reflecting a bygone era in workplace dialogue.
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Mint
Happiness in Thrift Sermon from Franklin Proverb
Franklin notes thrift brings savings and relief from hunger and debt. The piece urges prudence to prevent beggary and economic hardship, promising financial security and dignity through self denial. It reflects on moral economy and personal discipline.
Houston Sees Texas Growth Echoing Sam Houston’s 1832 Vision
In recalling Sam Houston in 1832 the piece notes Texas could support 10 million people, a forecast tied to the era when fewer than 100 Americans resided in the Lone Star state.
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Texas
Sam
Houston
Lone Star State
Executor's Notice in Clark County Illinois Estate
John McCauley as executor of the B R McCauley estate in Clark County Illinois announces. He will appear at the Clark County Court Marshall on the first Monday in September to adjust claims. He requests all creditors to present claims and all debtors to pay promptly. Dated July 5 1928. H R Snavely attorney.
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B. R. McCauley
County of
Clark
State of
Illinois
Clark County
Marshall
Selfish and Sordid The World's Greatest Tragedy
Ambiguous magazine note, claims tragedy lies in men dying while alive. No concrete events, people, or organizations identifiable. Contextual, fragmentary statement without verifiable details.
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Amertedn
Bargains on Lamps Lanterns and Irons Offer
Bargains on diamond lamps self heating irons milk strainers and other items include a 300 candle power lamp as low as five dollars. Also continuing J. M. Pitkin Food Products and Q. W. Dog Remedies offerings.
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J. M. Pitkin Food
Q. W. Dog
Tailor Will Delaney Opens Jennings Shop Over Variety Store
Will Delaney operates a tailor shop in Jennings over the Variety Store in Marshall Illinois. The venture pairs alterations and custom garments with a neighboring retail space, reflecting local small business activity in the region.
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Jennings Tailor Shop
Marshall
Ilinois
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John McCauleey
H. R. Snavely
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Will Delaney
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