Carnegie Views Municipal Ownership of Public Utilities
In a Portland Journal interview with Andrew Carnegie the steel magnate argues against perpetual private monopolies in public services. He praises municipal control of wharves docks and utilities, suggesting cities should own franchises, lease briefly, and use rising revenues to fund city needs. He cites New York’s docks and subway as models and urges governance by the people over private cliques.
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Portland Journal
The
Oregon Daily Journal
Andrew Carnegie
Atecel
Journal
Carneele
New York
Carnégie
Subway
Ely
Buckfon’s Arnile Salve Promoted for Many Ailments
An old advertisement touts Buck fon’s Arnle Salve as effective for cuts burns ulcers fever sores sore eyes and bone issues. A Texas reviewer from Hope, L. Gregory, claims quick cures for a bad pore and sore eyes. Sold at Tallman & Co.’s drug store.
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Buckfon
L. Gregory
Hope
Texas
Tallman & Co
Notice of Sale and Assumption of Debts at Daépot Stables
H. Stewart proprietor announces purchase of W. B. Lindsey's interest in Daépot Stables. Stewart will collect all debts due to the firm and pay all firm debts. This notice informs creditors and customers of the ownership and financial responsibility change.
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W. BS. Lindsey
Daépot
H. Stewart
The Two Planes of Existence and Everglades Climate
Discussion contrasts lower animals with humans, asserting sense life vs spirit, memory and thought. It then extols Florida Everglades climate as faultless, evenly tempered, with dry and rainy seasons, humidity in autumn, and malaria absence. Seminole health claimed as proof of climate.
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Senge
Beastie
Everglades
Florida
Glades
The Wrong Spirit at Normal College Address
A fragmented clipping quotes a college president praising teachers while warning against misaligned work. It recalls a rural girl remark about ambition, illustrating tensions between idealism and proper conduct in education.
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New York Normal College
Origin and anecdotes from the early 19th century banjo
This fragment collects anecdotes about the banjo's origin in Banjoemas Java, noting a cheese box and goatskin construction, later cross Atlantic spread and initial London unpopularity. It also includes quotes about tea drinking, Ruskin, and humorous exchanges from various period texts and jokes, reflecting social mores and wit of the era.
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Banjoemas
Java
Atlantic
London
London Chronicle
Meaning of succinet and deliberate progress misspelled in Tribune
A student asks the teacher for the meaning of succinet and is told it means slort. The Chicago Tribune cites a miswritten phrase about a rabbit with a succinet tall. A Bruyere/Rader Furnitre-Rader quotation notes that no road is too long to a man who advances deliberately without undue haste.
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Chicago Tribune
Bruyere
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Gannegie
Municipal
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Iniande
New York Tribune
Hoge
Eton
Ruskin
Quintin Hogg
Lyles
Bulger
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Miss Cathey
Philadelphia Ledger
Furnlture
Northwestern
W. Vincent
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