Tillman McLaurin clash looms in South Carolina race
A political pamphlet style editorial traces the Tillman McLaurin contest in South Carolina. It argues Tillman’s intolerance harms farming towns and warns McLaurin may grow in influence if provoked. The piece notes SC’s shift toward manufacturing and questions Old political alignments, urging prudence.
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Tillman
Yeo
Ifo
South Carolina
Tillanay
McLaurin
Elemont
Senate
Calhoun
Shoes for Men Women and All Satisfy Wear Review
An advertisement extols Bion F Reynold's Shoes for Men Julia Marlowe Shoes for Women and Battle Axe Shoes for Everybody. It promises wear style and fit surpassing others and notes a wide stock including overshoes. The copy urges readers to try a pair.
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Bion F. Reynold
Julia Marlowe
Aged women rights talk in a misgoury corner shop
A wandering debate in a corner grocery about wives rights shows men condemning harsh treatment and supporting wives’ desires for leisure. Tales from Possum Ridge and Toledo frame a broader argument on respect, fair treatment, and shared finances amid ordinary shop talk.
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Hom
Ivan
Posum Ridge
Ole Jack
Possum Ridge
Acandilouss
Digesting the Past and A Practical Joke
A mixed page fragment cites a tomfool joke on Rev. Hageman at Oxford Michigan’s Leader during a Congregational Church meeting about hiring a preacher. A medical ad promises strength via Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery and Pills. Other notes discuss Luther and home life, and a schoolboy mispronounces letters while a farmer asks his father what he says after plowing.
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New York
Toni Tarrison
Aly
Detroit
Hageman
Oxford
Michigan
Congregational Church
Tragoman
Ani
Els
Phon
Reverend Henson to lead Hanson Place Church in Brooklyn
Chicago minister Rev. Dr. Poindexter S. Henson, famed Chautauqua lecturer, accepted to pastor Hanson Place Baptist church in Brooklyn. A Boston exchange recounts a humorous tale involving Bishop Vincent and Henson about calling a fool the wisest man in America. A Paris Library find notes an ancient China anesthesia using hemp before operations.
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Poindexter S. Henson
Chicago
Hanson Place
Brooklyn
Vincent
Audienco
Cryptic Christmas Letter with Delayed Demands
A rambling colonial era style address pleads for public works including rock piles waterworks electric lights and a new school while lamenting pessimism and social changes. The writer in a long stream of questions and flourishes asks for modernization and even a wife, closing with season’s greetings and thanks to a friend.
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Tilo
Phosphate Mining Scale in Florida and Carolinas
The article notes phosphate rock mining as a key industry in Florida and South Carolina producing about 1,000,000 tons annually with a value near 6.8 million dollars at production. It mentions the protected British black rat in Greenlawn Montgomery and references a U S Granvalds Schoolmate and a dull boy in class.
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Florida
Sau Carolina
Vale
Greenlooa
Montgomery
Dr Miles Pain Pills touted for headache relief
A vintage testimonial promotes Dr Miles Pain Pills as a remedy for headaches backache neuralgia sciatica and rheumatic pains. Quotes from W Dy Kreas ter of Arkansas City and Jubal Jonson of Chicago claim they cure chronic headaches prevent attacks and enable social and religious participation. Sold by all druggists with 25 doses for 24 cents.
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Miles
Mus Jubal Jonson
Chicago
Jil
Deuwateta
Miloa
Chicago Board Sets Football Rules for High Schoolers
The Chicago Board of Education outlines conditions for high school students to play football requiring scholastic standing written parental consent and a physician's certificate of good physical condition.
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Chicago Board of Education
Atudenta
Cotton Seed Price Victory for Mississippi Growers
The fight between Mississippi cotton growers and the Cotton Seed Oil Trust ends in a growers victory as mills fixed seed at 2 per ton and agreed not to raise it. Several managers faced state court actions and indictments by a US grand jury. Prices have risen from 14 to 15 per ton as mills struggle to sustain the prior rate amidst regional invasions.
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Mississippi Cotton Growers
Cotton Seed Oil Trust
United States Grand Jury
Milla
Mississippi
Mille Texas
DoWitt s Witch Hazel Salve Cited for Child Wound Relief
A fragmentary ad touts DeWitt s Witch Hazel Salve as unequalled for minor cuts and wounds in children, claiming rapid pain relief and healing. It warns against counterfeits and quotes a parent praising the product after medical care failed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DoWitt
James Jock
N. Webster
The Editor's Mistake in a Western Newspaper
A Western newspaper chief laments two subscribers misaddressed letters. One asked about valuing twins safely the other how to rid a orchard of grasshoppers. Envelopes swapped by accident mixed the replies. The editor recalls humorous misdirections and a broader note about Congress considering salaries rising to ten thousand per year, with supporters hoping the bill passes to show regard for the treasury.
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Myolf
Ana
Dent
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