Aunt Tempy Avery Faces End Of Long Life In Western NC
In Asheville North Carolina a famed elderly woman known as Aunt Tempy Avery nears the end of life. The article records her long memory of slave era ties and generations of family, noting her age claimed at 106 and her life serving many children while living in a cabin with views of Mount Pisgah.
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Sheville
N. C
Tempy
Mistis
Si Haynes
Mummy
The
Christian Herald
Milwaukee Father Delays Milestone for Thirteen Years
Louis Nuesse of Rockwell Manufacturing faced delays in securing a birth certificate for Elmer Carl Gustave born in May 1903, hindering a later claim for a labor permit. The story notes the family, celebrations, and a South Side physician blamed for missing paperwork, with the couple at 320 Sixteenth Avenue receiving Social joy and public inquiries.
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Papa
h.o—Attenst Thetisavhat
Louis Nuesse
Rockwell Manufacturing Company
Elmer Carl Gustave
Vale of Tears
Papa Nuesse
Elmer
Wisconsin
Ster Chel Gustave
Dewish Department
Ceenth
Mre Nuesse Atse
South Side
Vanderlip estate promotes home gardens in wartime effort
An article from New York highlights Mrs. Vanderlip of Scarborough turning garden beds from flowers to vegetables to boost food production. She plans potatoes and vegetables, guiding neighbors and family to grow produce for the war effort and relief from food shortages.
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York
Frank
Vanderlip
Scarborough
Gibevedt
Venus Coston
Vanderiip
Sulrnice Feirty
Westchester County
Lora
Poor Man Joins Liberty Bond Drive in War Effort
An elderly man, sixty seven, pledges all he has to Liberty Bonds amid war relief efforts. He explains he will continue until the war ends, giving daily to the Red Cross and urging others to subscribe.
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Andesky
Petrok Mahon
Botel Shiser
Datug
Bat Daeser
Suas
Red Cross
Com Water Labs
Micon
Gothic roof barn offers largest space for small farms
William A. Redford outlines benefits of Gothic roof barns for small farms. He explains roof shapes including pitched, gambrel, and Gothic, noting Gothic yields distinct appearance and efficient space for haymows, with guidance for builders and farmers on planning, financing, and expanding existing operations.
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Ceater
Dayman
Ghetto a Serious Place and Its Cultural Debate
A fragmentary excerpt discusses Hutchins Hapgood and Century magazine view on Jewish ghetto life, humor, and seriousness. It contrasts Russian Jewish art with Japanese spirit, noting ghetto youths prefer earnest discourse over light banter after long days of work.
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Ines
Hutchins Hapgood
Temperance Speaker Sparks Debate on Voting Methods
A temperance advocate faces sharp critique as supporters argue for strict voting approaches. The exchange highlights tensions over method and persuasion in local political discourse.
Human body as engine linked to alcohol energy
A comparison explains the body as a slow combustion engine that digests food, produces energy, and maintains temperature. It notes alcohol can fuel internal combustion in the body, giving rapid energy, while physicians say drunkenness pushes the body beyond safe speed limits.
Origin of the Totem Pole and Tribal Emblems
The passage explains how tribes named themselves after natural emblems like wolves, using animal totems as clan symbols. It notes later shifts to individual names such as Lonely Wolf and Growling Wolf and describes totems as body art and insignia, with emblems sometimes treated as worship tokens.
Sugar Makin Days Remembered On An Old Farm
Tto recalls sugar making on a family farm with memories of hard work in winter dullness. The old sugar house vanished and the grove was cleared, but a reconstruction dream seeks to restore the grove and the winding road to the grandfather’s house and the taste of real molasses from trees.
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Wasawas
Cash Payments Hurt Hig Credit
A man seeking store credit in a business tale paid cash for all items at butcher and grocer but applied for an account elsewhere. Credit staff questioned why he would buy dry goods on credit yet pay cash for essentials, and the man’s prior lack of credit history led to a denial.
Great discovery on antiseptic flavine by Browning and colleagues
London Morning Post reports flavine antiseptic properties discovered by Dr C H Browning and colleagues at the Blind Sutton Institute of Pathology Middlesex hospital. Flavine diamine meths veridium chloride derives from coal tar and links to Erlich era chemistry.
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C H Browning
Life Coteague
Blind Sutton Institute of Pathology
Middlesex Hospital
Benda
Eirlich
Paul Erlich
Browning
London Morning Post
Fragmentary Voice Passage From Obscured Text
An unreadable quotation fragment presents a distorted dialogue with phrases like I should like to point and Taste world ae dae. The garbled text includes stray names and disjointed ideas, lacking clear context or identifiable events.
Conventions and scandal threaten political hope in tense city
Anita and Bob contend with a smear about a Gatterson affair as Chipman probes. Anita hides the truth to protect the convention lead, while Bob plans two front doors to sway events and save his nomination.
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Citizens’ Reform Committee
Robert Stanton
Bob
Anita
Jerry
Jerry Chipman
Buffingham Grill
Chipman
Father
Gatterton
Aftics
Doctor Young
Sean
Robert
Doctor Song
Rob
Chiptian
Chip
Love
Ray
Tranjnd
Bee Wong de
Barry
Lucy
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Tunis
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