The Boys Stand For Belief In Favorite Tales
A group of boys and girls express firm support for classic stories and figures such as William Tell Crusoe Friday and Scheherazade. They mock modern doubt and vow to defend beloved legends through a student resolutions meeting declaring their rights to believe and protect these tales.
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Aladdin
Scheherazady
Santa Claus
Master Washington
Ua Boys
Sotheral
Wiliam
Gesler
William Tell
Gester
Switzerland
Crusoe
Georgy
Little boy bears fever toll while awaiting heaven
A young boy, eight years old, repeatedly brings death notices to the Picayune amid a fever outbreak in New Orleans. He mourns his mother sister Margaret and multiple relatives, facing a haunting hearse and fearful visions as the fever consumes his family and finally claims him as well.
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New Orleans
the Picayune
Margaret
Papa
Edward
James
Mamma
Mutual Surprise in a Romantic Letter Meeting
A tale of two strangers who, after exchanging letters, meet by appointment. Each learns the other is far different from expectation as he is described as 46, stumpy, red headed and fat while she is 18 with golden hair and abnormal measures, making for surprising revelations.
Lengthy life ends for Cooper Angus woman of 107
Mus Marcianer Ropeatsoux of Cooper Angus Scotland died aged 107. She lived under three British kings and one queen. She scorned the poor who could not live over 50 or 90 and told Sir Henry Thompson the surgeon it was nae agenta. Her clay pipe stayed in her mouth as she quipped about smoking all her days.
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James
Col. Allen
Papa
Marcianer Ropeatsoux
Cooper Angus
Scotland
Henry Thompson
Grant Movement Surprises Georgia Democrats in 1880s
A New York Herald correspondent reports strong nonpartisan sentiment favoring Gen. Grant among Georgia’s merchants lawyers and workers. Georgia leaders face a rift over loyalty to Democratic state leaders and national party strategy as Grant clubs organize and prominent figures back his Presidential bid.
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Georgia
Pacificater
Gramt
Pitlacts
New York Herald
Gen. Grant
Grant
Atlanta
Col. B. A. Crawford
Augusta
Benjamin H. Hill
B. W. Habersham
South
Tilden
Ohio
Hayes
Castle Garden
Horace Greeley
Kelly, Cox, and Company
New York
Gen. Lee
Appomattox
President Johnson
Mr. Hayes
Sherman
Blaie
Conkling
Joseph F. Burke
Gate City Guard
North
United
Fitzsimmons
O. A. Lachrane
Congress
Lochrane
Toombs Reply Reflects Southern Bourbon Sentiment
A Chicago Tribune piece cites Rob Toombs of Georgia opposing Grant and praising the Confederacy. It argues Toombs embodies Southern anti Union fervor, predicting widespread Southern support for his stance and warning against Democratic control of national affairs.
The Volunteer Soldiers Toast at Chicago Banquet
The Society of the Army of the Tennessee banquet in Chicago honored Union volunteers. Col. Rob Iversoll praised their defense of liberty, ending slavery, and national unity, noting they finished the Revolution’s work and kept the country on the map. The speech lauds Lincoln, Grant, Sherman, Sheridan, and the persistence of freedom, ending with a tribute to fallen soldiers.
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Society of the Army of the Tennessee
Chicago
Union Army
Rob Igersoll
North
Republic
Lincoln
Grant
Iwa Staineas
Soldiers of
The
Union
South
Lipleas
Sherman
Sheridan
Household Economies and Home Remedies
A miscellany of kitchen recipes and domestic tips including basen toasters beefsteak with tomato sauce and potato yeast. Instructions cover bread, cakes, and cleaning cosmetics as well as pest control and plant care with practical steps and measurements.
Paris Begins Large Scale Employment of Women in Telegraphic Service
In Paris 240 girls enter a three month apprenticeship on trial for telegraphic work. They earn 3200 a year, cheaper than men who receive 3300 and 400, and night shifts are not expected. Fort Worth and Houston consumption figures for October show 19,127 alcoholic and 50,543 malt drinks in Fort Worth and 90,680 alcoholic and 28,533 malt drinks in Houston.
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France
Paris
Fort Worth
Tex
Houston
Stanley’s new African expedition plan outlined
The letter from the famed explorer dated Banana point Congo river Sept 13 describes launching a philanthropic commercial mission across hast coast districts. Stanley states fifty Europeans and about 200 natives accompany him and vows nonviolence while seeking open access for commerce with adaptable, tolerant methods.
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Stanley
Banana Point
Congo River
Hast
Mediterranean
Tam
Oey
Great Britain
Central Africa
Lomdom Telegraph
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Osceola Record
Eintendrender
Pusksuxas
Csceol
Nebraska
AL. B. Winntaws
8. A. Crawford
Toombs
Chicago Tribune
Gen
Granton
BR. Toosees
United States Senate
Okalona
Radical Party
Rob Toombs
Manc
Okolona
Wade Hampton
Maryland
Phelps
Missouri
Alexander H Stephens iv
Bob Toombs
Toomba
Avery Vilage
Hamlet
Mason and Dixon
Democratic Party
Col
Robert
Ingersoll
Housenwold Ecosony
Texas
Kansas
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