Political论 on liquor licenses and Republican liberty
A thunderous defense of state power to regulate or prohibit retail liquor sales in the interest of public health and morality. Citing Stone v. Mississippi and Taney, the piece urges Petersburg voters to oppose saloons and contrast Supreme Court precedent with saloon rhetoric.
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United States
Stone
Mississippi
A.S
Taney
Howard
Petersburg
Supreme Court of the United States
In remembrance of mother Mary F A Winfield
A memorial verse from her children J B Winfield and S A Jones marks one year since her death in the graveyard where flowers wave. The poem laments parting and the ache of never meeting again on earth.
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Mary F. A. Winfield
J.B. Winfield
S.A. Jones
Lone Sierra shepherds and their carved buckles in folklore
A fragmentary sketch contrasts Basque shepherds in the California Sierras with lone workers amid sheep and dogs. It notes their skill in carving ornate buckle designs, including saints and monograms, and mentions plants said to protect them as well as a digression on the listless beauty of Paeurnassus and the deceptive petals that lure bees.
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California Sierras
Idteque
Pyrenees
Jean
Sauie Wanuverer
Miauntains
Vone
Algut
Philadelphia
Paurnassus
Remarkable Travels and Trials of Pianist Ilarald Bauer
Aged pianist Ilarald Bauer faced odd scenes abroad including a duel challenge in Barcelona, a security halt in Italy, and a police arrest in Moscow over a false pretenses claim. The piece notes patriotic talk around the Isle of Wight and European views, plus a brief 1839 China opium trade war summary and Japan sugar production limits.
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Ilarald Bauer
America
Wile
Barcelona
Italy
Russia
New
Moscow
Pitner
England
China
Gov A Thulett
East India Company
Jingland
Nanking
Hong Mong
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Mayor's Office
Anti-Saloon League of Virginia
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Electoral Board
New York
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Old Street
N. Market St
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Code of Virginia
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J. P. Banks
W. M
T. J. Gills
Louis Baxter & Co
Men’s Tailors
Sycamore ST
Shepherd
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Great Piv
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Japan
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ED. B. Bowman
South Street
Corner Market
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Roserstock
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Southside Realty Co, Inc
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Percivail
Gen. Mg’r
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