Orange Blossoms in Hale and Across the Nation
A mosaic of 1880s notices and anecdotes reports Hale county Alabama tax defaulter T J Britton, Apaches near the border, yellow fever in Mazatlan, and rail investment by Americans. It notes Mrs H B Stowe’s new work, a Boston library count, Indian peg lip ornaments in Alaska, and New York society chatter about President Arthur.
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H. B. Stowe
Hale County
Ala
T. J. Britton Ia
Mazatlan
Mexico
Guaymas
Henry Villard
Heinrich Hilgard
Villard
New York
Alaska
Breakfast sausage rolls and odd fashion notes from the era
A recipe describes shaping a rice and egg mixture into small sausage rolls fried in fat or butter. The piece then surveys fashion, noting a long coat for both sexes and a turban. It also mentions a New York Tribune report on deaf students learning to hear and a Fulton cemetery mummy exhibit interest. It ends with a gardening tip on Bermuda grass for pond embankments and river levees protection.
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M. B
Charleston
South Carolina
Mississippi River
Southern Live Stock Journal
Cabinet maker Samuel G Kirby dies at eighty four
Samuel G. Kirby, famed cabinet maker and former undertaker, died yesterday morning at age 84. Born in Maryland late in the 19th century, he was known for a strict anti tobacco stance and his shop forbade smoking or chewing. He declined a center table sale over a cigar and once walked back from Brightwood when a companion lit a cigar. Washington Post obituary.
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Samuel G. Kirby
Maryland
Kirby
Natchez Orphan Asylum appeal faces low funds in 1885
The Natchez Protestant Orphan Asylum issues a public appeal dated Sept 20 1885 asking churches Sunday Schools societies and lodges to raise funds via sick money and remit to Treasurer Mrs John Flemming. The note lists multiple named managers and asks state press coverage.
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Grand and Masons of
Mississippi
Lodgea
John Flemming
Natchez
A Large Family of 197 Survives on Vegetables in Spain
The Madrid Estafette reports Spanish immigrant Senor Lucas Negueiras Saez recently returned to Spain with his entire family of 197 souls. He has been thrice married producing thirty seven children, plus many grandchildren and great grandchildren, with a vegetarian diet and daily three hour walks at age ninety three.
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Madrid
Senor
Lucas Negueiras Saez
America
Spain
Senor Saez
Sonor Saez
How Luther Became a Monk
Luther travels from Manegeld to Erfurt in 1505 and is struck by a storm. He vows to become a monk after a plea to the Virgin Mary and seeks admission to the Augustinian monastery. His father Hans hopes for a different path, while Luther endures harsh penances and beggar’s duties in the order.
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Luther
Father Stanpitz
Wias
Frederick
Frederick the Wise
Wittenburg
Elb
Staupitz
Luther Thither
Germany
Erfurt
Manegeld
Holly Anne
Hans
Martin
The Corn Dentist and the Plum ber
A humorous misadventure unfolds when a woman asks for a corn dentist and a plumber arrives first. Tools spill on a floor as gas fittings leak, the scene centers on a frightened woman and a burly plumber who blushes at her proximity. The tale swirls with mistaken roles and comic tension.
Plumber and corn doctor amuse wife in domestic mishap
A comedic scene unfolds as a plumber called to fix a broken joint in a woman's top leaves the room laughing with a corn doctor. The woman, shocked, mistakes the plumber for a corn doctor and later insists her husband send a plumber for any future work.
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Qalto
Polie
Mississippi State Teachers Association Annual Session Plans
The Mississippi State Teachers Association invites all teachers and interested parties to its annual session in Jackson on December 27. The program lists 18 discussion topics led by named educators, with an opening address to be delivered by Rev. Dr. A G Haygood, and notes on rail and lodging discounts for attendees. An English gardener commentary on hoeing emphasizes soil porosity and crop health.
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Jackson
W. J. Gibson
Rienzi
Miss
Teacher's Institutea
J. A. Rainwater
Sardia
H. F. Johnson
Brookhaven
Minaiasippi
Starkville
Judge Peyton
Raziebyrat
BE. D. Miller
Holly Springs
Mina
Alice Lunk
D. Lee
A. P. Stewart
Oxford
Jessie Buck
Macon
Wm. M. Buck
Slarkville
A. G. Haygood
John F Slater
Neeless
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New Orleans
Boosh
Rawroad
Memphis
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Gren
Goin
South
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Grenada
C. St L& N
M. Burke
United States
Arthur
Fifth Avenue Hotel
Oadet James R. Tuggle
Kentucky
Naval Academy
Winfield Scott
Virginia
Public Library of
Boston
Kansas City
Mother Hubbard
Wm. Faxon
Gideon Wells
Hartford
Conn
Washington
N. Y
Gresham
Congress
Henry Clay
Thurston
Mount Pleasant
Tex
Rocco Mina
Hawaiian Kingdom
Carter
Sandwich Island
Chicago News
Logan
Deadwood
India
Ceylon
Barmah
Galveston
Texas
Los Angeles
George
Yonkers Statesman
Charlie Ban
Mary Ballock
Arkansas
Winchester Rifles
Chicago Journal
Juliet Corson
Oman
Arkansaw
N. C. Taylor
Main Street
J. $. Morris
Attorney AT Law
Vicksburg, Miss
Feder Arts
Chas. B. Howry
C. L. Carter
LAW Oxford
S. Heard
John H. Kimmons
IL Oxford
Stowers & Peltin
A. J. Baker
W. H. Carothers, JR
Taylors Depot
Jas. G. Trigg
Will
J. Ty
Hamblet
Waren Varley
B. P. Howell
New York Tribune
Nebraska Institute For the Deaf and Dumb
Omaha
Mount Adah
Fulton
N. Y. Tribune
Friends of the
Courier Journal
Peek
Mississipp! State Teachers’ Association
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