Fall Clearing Sale Offers Wide Range of Goods
A long weathered ad proclaims a fall overhaul with a vast inventory from dry goods to hardware and groceries. It touts low prices on dresses, fabrics, shoes, hats, furniture, stoves, wagons, buggies, and farm implements, promises bulk buying savings, and invites customers to compare prices while claiming top value and service.
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Chattanooga
Wright
Hillsboro
New York
Reynold’s
Leonard
Shaw & Dean
Reed
J. I. Nissen
Geo. E. Nissen & Co's
Chase City
Harrison and Virginia Wagon Co’s
Lion
Anchor
Hackney Bros
China
The Rocket and the Rose in Flight and Fall
A Denver Times poem by Henry E. Warner contrasts a rocket’s ascent to the moon with a rose’s longing to fly. The rocket ends in a blackened descent beside a garden fence as the rose laments not achieving wings. The piece reflects on human aspiration and the pull of earthly limits.
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Henry E. Warner
Denver Times
Return, Sooner: Old Man Reunites With Son After Shoot Incident
A wagon travels July noon along a sun baked road to a hidden hollow where Phil Turner, an old foreman, is found after a long absence. John Parkerson, now grown, recognizes him as his father's former companion. The two men reconcile as the family discusses settling at the Burke place, aided by a back pay nearly thirty years old.
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Moyer
Pap
Hyer
Colonel Parkerson
John
Phil Turner
Tom Parkerson
John Parkerson
Phil
Burke
Burke Place
Boston Home Journal
New York Weekly
Public advertising systems in European cities described
The piece notes Leiden keeping public notices through city managed boards and kiosks, Paris restricting large signs and tree attachments, Rome using marble government tablets, and private notices on regulated billboards with owner permission. It also mentions a Dew fall observation about color impact on a yellow surface.
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Leiden
Paris
Rome
Drawbacks of Blessed Sleep and Jokes Across Papers
A collage of humorous clippings notes sleep as a priceless blessing cited by the Philadelphia Bulletin while lampooning privacy, jokes, and social mores. It includes gags from the New York Times and Chicago Tribune about marriage, manners, and performance, plus a quirky Lobster piece from the Ohio State Journal.
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Philadelphia Bulletin
Keetoowah Creek Raid Recounts Ancient Cherokee Bond
A long article recalls Keetoowah legends among full blood Cherokees and Creek warriors, detailing a raid, an elder bond formed after Creek defense, and the emergence of Cherokee as Keetoowah and kin to Muskogee. It ties Choctaw alliances to Jackson's era and notes Cherokee origins. An adjacent tale critiques bank door art and trust in safety.
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Creeks
World Within a World Globe at Tsarskoe-Selo Academy
An eleven foot copper globe sits in the Academy of Sciences building at Tsarskoe-Selo. Begun in 1654 and finished a decade later under Duke Frederick of Holstein, it features an exterior Earth and interior celestial sphere. A door opens inside to a central round table for twelve, and a mechanism lets the globe rotate on its axis. The globe weighs about three and a half tons.
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Academy of Sciences
Tsarskoe-Selo
Frederick of
Holstein
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