Duty of the People at the Next Election for Township Trustees
The piece urges voters to choose qualified candidates for township trustee, arguing training and experience matter as much as any professional skill. It compares selecting trustees to hiring physicians, lawyers, or judges, and outlines four key duties: choosing teachers, selecting textbooks, framing study plans, and designing school facilities for effective education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Sentinel
Board of Education
Damascus Through the Ages a Desert City Remains Resplendent
The piece extols Damascus as the world’s oldest city and a persistent cultural hub. It notes its historic role as a trade capital, biblical associations, ancient streets, and continuous life alongside modern roads. It links Damascus to damson, damask fabric, Damascus steel, and damaskeoning, highlighting its enduring beauty and craft.
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Damascus
Tyre
Sidon
Baalbeck
Palmyra
Ninevah
Babylon
Tigris
Euphrates
Abraham
Verdue
Saul of Tarsus
Mediterranean
Mahomed
Julian
East
Isaiah
Syria
Portugal
England
Henry VIII
Tamerlane
Persia
Zebsnon
Congressman's bill on money in elections faces oath constraint
The measure by Congressman Holman prohibits monetary influence in campaigns and quotes the oath sworn by witnesses. It emphasizes avoiding any direct or indirect payment or promise of money in political procedures. The proposal aims to curb corruption and reinforce electoral integrity through sworn obligations.
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Holman
A. B
Baaye & Son
Natural Rock House of Swain County Shaped as Ancient Ruins
In Swain County North Carolina a natural rock house along the Nantahala river resembles ruins of an ancient mansion. Its long arched pillars give a majestic look and five rooms there, the largest about 300 capacity, are used for a church. The dedicatory sermon was preached last month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swain County
North Carolina
Nantabala
Lent shifts Easter to April 25 this year
The text explains Lent starts March 10, Easter falls on April 25 due to lunar rules. It notes such alignment is unlikely for 500 years, detailing the method: the first Sunday after the first full moon post equinox. It cites 1886 as the vernal equinox date and time, and the sequence leading to Easter on the 25th.
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Easster
Sexennial Assessment Preparations Urged by State Auditor
The State Auditor mails county officers real and personal property lists for the sexennial assessment. The aim is prompt completion for early submission to the State Board of Equalization meeting June 22. The statute requires simultaneous listing of personal and real property and allows assessors to correct real estate errors found on the books. Real estate assessment will set the tax base through 1892.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Board of Equalization
Sumner's Four Classes and a Barber's Insight
A Lancaster Examiner summary of Professor Sumner's view dividing society into workers paying yesterday, today, and tomorrow plus a fourth group that eats without working. An illustrated tale of a colored barber who stops drinking after seeing the cost of rum versus meat for his family, and the call for self denial as a path to capital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lancaster
Sumner
Yale College
Prof. Sumner
Deaths by the Cold From Destructive Blizzard Across West
Telegraphs report a devastating blizzard across the western and southern states with many deaths and widespread freezing injuries. Settlers in Nebraska and Colorado found frozen. Topeka records twenty dead in Hamilton County. numerous bodies found along prairies and near homes. cattle losses reported.
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North Western
Denver
Col
West
Benkelman
Neb
Foker
Burns
Arrickaree
Middle Fork
Republican River
Adron
Colorado
Kansas
Topeka
Hamilton County
Wardite
Scott
Clark
Greely
Adams and Jefferson final days on nation’s jubilee
Washington correspondent recalls the 1826 death of John Adams and Thomas Jefferson on Americas independence jubilee. It notes their lifelong friendship, cherished letters from Monticello dated 1822, and Jefferson and Adams dying within hours of each other on July 4, 1826, marking a remarkable coincidence in US history.
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Jefferson
Adams
Monticello
Sireines
Jay
Union
John Adams
Thomas Jefferson
Jefferton
The Paper Age and a Peculiar Probate Case
A nostalgia piece traces the paper age from 900 A D and imagines a future of paper everything from shirts to shoes. It also reports an English Probate Court case about a man named Pound who lived with two wives for fifteen years, deceiving both about his absence and finances.
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Pound
Jackson
Evansville and nearby towns list appears in OCR fragment
Fragmentary OCR reads a sequence of place names including Evansville 9 Ft Branch Owenville Cynthiana Poseyville Wadesville Mt. Vernon. The text suggests a regional listing or directory fragment without a complete narrative or clear event. Entities are mostly towns and locations in Indiana.
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Evansvil
E. Ft. Branch
Owenville
Cynthiana
Poseyville
Wadesville
Mt. Vernon
Evansville
Owenville Cynthiana
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Calvin. Jones
Cece Ce Teerae
Aersees
Elbert M. Swan
Law
Rockport
Indiana
Circuit
Supreme and
Federal Courts of
Orvice
Third and Main Streets
Emory L. Boyd
Rockport, Indiana
Ffigce
Third
Nixon
Spencer
Denly Kramer
Hiram M. Logsdon
Logsdon & Kramer
Attorneys & Counselors At Law
Supreme
Federal
Third Street
Citizens Bank
W. H. Thomas
Cunningham’s Drug Store
Main
Third Streets
G. 2
Kellums
Gentryville
F. M. Hackleman
Ind
Uhlie
Main Street
Hatfield
Arthur White, M. D
Rockport Ind
Ofice
Basye & Son
Bryant
Gentry Villa
Simon F. Bossler
Ayena
Ayer
Ann O'Brian
Sullivan St
New York
Porsons
Wrifer
Boston Herald
BG. W. Ball
Rochester
N.H
J.C. Ayer & Co
Lowell
Mase
America
Washington
Louisville Courier-Journal
Quincy
Sin
the Paper Age
Inland Printer
Basywe & Son’s
City Drug Store
J. Wetzel
Bro’s
J. Wetzel & Bro
I. Gillett & Sons
FREHS
Main Streets
Pentecost
J.J. Adata
Cor
B. H. Rounds & Son
Watchmakers and Jewelers
Springfield
Brest
Evansville and
Terre Haute
IA. M
Mla
A.M
A. MA
MT. Vernon Branch
Armv
Indianapolis
Woodruff
Chicago
G. J. Grammer
C.J. Weraves, Sup’t
R. B
Oakland City
Petersburg
Evanaville
D. J. Mackey
G J Grammer
Saperi
Agt
Louisville, & St. L. Air Line
Louisville, Evansville & St. Louis
St. Louis
Missouri
Nebraska
Texas
Iowa
Tim
Louisville
Evangville
Union Depot
White Sulphur Springs
Staunton
Richmond
Baltimore
Philadelphia
I. A. Pecinpaugh
Gro. F. Evans
T Press
Bachien
Wm. Richey
W. L. Partridge & Son
Countrie
Shepherd of Harrieburg
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