Whisky barrels and temperance debate in Philadelphia
A Philadelphia encounter over timber To make whisky barrels exposes racial tension and pride while a narrator recalls a life harmed by drink An older man warns drinkers to work and reflect as he recounts lost family and a longing for a kinder future The passage links temperance ideals to a broader critique of alcohols wreckage and social harm across communities
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Philadelphia
Juan
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E. M. Stonns
New electric light firm formed at Jackson report
A new electric light company has been formed at Jackson. A state sanitary convention is in progress at East Saginaw. Jackson’s bucket shop is said to have captured patrons totaling $200,000. Allegan county reports record apple yields this fall. A Barry county man was fined $13 for playfully pointing a gun. A kindergarten linked to Coldwater’s state public school has started. Liberal Grant Klapida citizens gave a $500 Thanksgiving dinner to the poor. Detroiter Emory A. Noble, a policeman, killed 49 deer on his vacation in the north woods. Prices, people, and places arise in a collage of local notices and incidents.
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Allegan County
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M. Urewer
Frances C. Page
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Register of Docde
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Marshall
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Jang
Premigta
Mrebwl
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Mary Knearl
Mary Murphy
Mich
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