Plainfield Republicans oppose city bonds before the people vote
The Courier publishes replies from Plainfield officials and candidates urging bond approval only after a public vote. Mayors and councilmen, led by Mr. Lee and others, affirm opposition to bonding without a polls decision, stressing bonds as a last resort only with voter consent.
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Courier
Sam
Rufus K. Case
Pisinfield
E. H. Biro
Plaintiell
Erickson
City of Plain
Burron
Courmer
A. Grom
Lee
The Umbrella Paper and Its Laughing Foreman
A fragment from a 19th century newspaper satire describes diverse staff roles like proof readers and machinemen, plus a joke about editors and an imagined paper called The Umbrella. It also recounts origins of Delaware’s Blue Hen’s Chickens nickname and a note on the Astor family maintaining English investments, ending with an Irish song fragment reflecting on Carroll Magnus.
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Delaware
Caldwell
Diamond State
St. Louis Republic
Definition of Home The Best Of Five Thousand Prize
A fragmented piece offers poetic lines on home love charity and human ties. It mentions a prize for best definition, reflections on home as sanctuary and center of mercy, and musings on youth age and affection across long distances.
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London
Brigh
Oten
Panthers Wikin
Progress in Science and Inventions Across Nations
A fragmented survey notes gas use harms book bindings, an egg skin method soothes skin issues, and Germany leads electrical science with the US as a distant follower. It mentions a French device for producing oxygen water, a potassium chloride mix for light, and early fish longevity in aquariums. Texas experiment results show cotton seed meal affecting dairy butter yield via centrifugal extraction and gravity methods.
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Germany
Coyst
Petersburg
Texas Iment
Fragmentary Tales and Odds and Ends in 19th Century Echoes
The clipping gathers fragmented quips and aphorisms about childhood innocence, faith, and daily life. It cites scattered sayings from papers like the Galveston News and Baltimore American and notes humorous bits from varied sources.
Kansas Philosophy Reflections on Work and Belief
A fragmented citation discusses love, blindness, and wisdom in Kansas philosophy. It notes men’s lack of sense, urges slow eating, and mentions unpaid workers who built fine years ago, highlighting social inequity in a Globe publication.
World Progress Highlights From Rail to Ocean Travel
A digest of 19th century feats: steel rails replacing wood ties in railroading, vast US oil output, Fort Worth’s deep productive well, rising butter prices amid oleomargarine mixing, efficient sea post on steamers, burgeoning California lemon culture, vast safety of sea travel with few fatalities, Egypt statue discoveries near Aboukir, and royal-era curiosities from pyramids to queens on thrones.
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Kansas City
California
United
Fort Worth
Texas
Egypt
Aboukir
Hentmara
Ram's Horn Reflections on Temptation and Duty
A Ram's Horn quotation collection emphasizes that effort and conscience shape character. It warns against complacency and hypocrisy, notes temptations threaten progress, and argues that true guidance comes from steadfast inner light rather than hollow incentives.
Shoe Trade Ads Reflect Busy Labor Market Headlines
A cluttered set of shoe trade ads seeks workers for various roles. Listings call for a girl for socking, a table carrier, an energetic youth, a sharp lad for eye news closers, and skilled pressroom staff. Other posts include band sewn men, a competent pressman, rough-stuff sorting, a stabber, and shavers, all offering piecework or daily wages.
Short and Sweet Sayings from Texas Siftings
A compact collection of adages and wry maxims from Texas Siftings. The lines offer humor and homespun wisdom on patience silence blame happiness and effort with playful wordplay and rustic charm.
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Earth
Texas
It Takes a Woman to Appreciate
An indulgent word when she is peevish and out of sorts. A tender word when she has failed in some unde r gracious word when she has made some slight mistake. A generous word when she is tired out with petty worries and says something unkind. An ingenious word when she asks ad vice upon some important event.
Plantation Philosophy and Luck in Old Arkansas Dialect
A rustic verse from the Arkansaw Traveler lampoons luck and debt with sharp regional speech. It contrasts a gambler, a brave man, and a fool who kies heedlessly, hinting at moral judgment and social quirks of the era.
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Arkansaw Traveler
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