A Nickel and a Rising Sons of Liberty
An Austin political tale shows Uncle Mose trading a nickel for political influence. A prominent candidate hires the group, the Rising Sons of Liberty, who pledge loyalty for votes. Mose presses for larger bribes, yielding a $100 payoff framed as funding a local ward school, exposing corruption and manipulation in postemancipation politics.
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Fred Douglags
Pinchback
darkey
Austin
karnel
Mose
Sons of Liberty
informasion
Noah
anto David
uncle Mose
white statesman
Jess
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The Nickel Souvenir and the Suffrage Ruse
A Harlem scene recounts Uncle Mose tying funds in a handkerchief and demanding a nickel as a souvenir. A cantankerous elder jokes about candidates and whips up satire on suffrage as greed, warning black and white politicians will exploit the greens in a satirical tally of votes and harvests.
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oncle Mose
Aloz
Sweet
New York Mercury
Long Life in Mexico and Indian Longevity Tales
A Boston Herald correspondent reports astonishing ages in Mexican towns and among Indians, including Jose Onofre Ojeda aged 115 in Jaliaco and Martina Riviera aged 150 in a local church record, with notes on diet and habits linked to their long lives. The piece cites parrots of old parish records, references to San Miguel de Allende, Ori taba, and 1844 death of Juan Santiag, and observes tortilla consumption and lime content as factors in dental health and longevity.
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Jose Onofre Ojeda
Jaliaco
San Miguel de Allende
Oritaba
Martina Riviera
Juan Santiag
Boston Herald
Quirky Bits From Fremont to Galveston News
Readable fragments cover topics from Fremont quail flocks and dear London land to a Buffalo doctor fitting a silver windpipe. Other items mention a Greenshend woman seeking divorce for being gagged, vast land figures, a Galveston letter rerouted to Palestine, and scattered astronomy notes about Andromeda observers.
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Fremont
Kansas
London
Buffalo
Greenshend
geeriematrenae
Mr. Richardson
Galveston
ater
Andromeda
Liverpool Imports Rise as Five Steamers Arrive From New World
In the first week of October arrivals of stock and fresh meat at Liverpool from American and Canadian ports totaled 1,175 cattle, 520 sheep, 8,387 quarters of beef, and 326 mutton carcasses, marking a rise from the previous week. Eight steamers carried the goods, including Kansas, Lake Winnipeg, St Ronana, Celtic, Lord Clive, City of Rome, Wyoming, and Brittanic, with varied beef quotas and carcass counts.
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Liverpool
Kansas
Lake Winnipeg
St. Ronana
Celtic
Lord Clive
City of
Rome
Wyoming
Order to Show Cause in Estate Guardianship Case
The Seventh Judicial District Court of Nevada in Washoe County orders Myron Charles Lake guardian to show cause why a sale of the minor’s real estate should not be granted. The hearing is set for February 16, in Reno, with publication of this order required to inform interested parties.
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DISTRICT COURT
SEVENTH Judicial District
State of Nevada
Wiehoe
Myron Charlies Lake
tidon ibis
Jane ik
minor
Reno
Washoe county
Nevada
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Wasnes county
Reno Pioneer Marble Works Meeting Notice
Crutch er president and R. W. Lewss secretary announce a 7 pm gathering at the es shovel Belnese near Recond on West Side ia Street. The notice invites all members to attend the meeting of the Speta Teenvon Teeedsy Merch Wy.
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Belnese
herrby
iheole Place
Recond
UAL
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CRUTCHER
R. W. Lewss
Seustars
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