The Editor's Leisure Hours and Public Matters in Review
A collage of 1910s opinion notes and notices covers presidential candidacy weariness, David Henry Clay era oratory, Bryan's Jamestown speech on Dixie's and Yankee Doodle airs, Roosevelt's Lansing farm labor talk, cotton market prospects in the South, and the Twelfth Confederate Veterans reunion in Richmond with reflections on economy, knowledge, and perseverance. plus short medical ads and remedies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patrick Henry
Jamestown Exposition
William Jennings Bryan
North
South
Capture of Jefferson Davis recounted with corrected tale
A Philadelphia Evening Bulletin May 10 interview with Casper Knobel recounts the 1865 capture of Jefferson Davis near Abbeyville. Knobel describes the night march 419 men led by the Fourth Michigan Cavalry, the staged camp search, and Mrs Davis shielding her husband as a shawl was tossed over him. The piece rejects the hooped skirt myth as a calumny and notes Northern testimony correcting the story.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Macon Telegraph
Jefferson Davis
North
Philadelphia Evening Bulletin
Casper Knobel
Fourth Michigan Cavalry
Knobel
Macon
Davis
Abbeyville
Rinke
Horace Greeley
Mr. Davis
Castle Free From Care
Poem extols a paradise for children called the Castle Free From Care in the Land of Childhood. It contrasts carefree youth with adult worries and urges building a hopeful future with trust and rosy hopes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National
Do Your Utmost in All Endeavors
A wartime lesson from Admiral Togo’s call to effort in the Korean Strait battle is applied to civilian life. The message: success comes not from force alone but from every person giving their best, whether in business, school, farming, or church, to advance worthy ends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Korean Straits
Togo
Church
Kingdom of God
Earth
It Was His Dog and a Five Dollar Toll
A motorist on a country road encounters a man with a gun and a sick dog. After a near collision the shooter admits he intended to shoot the dog, but accepts five dollars to walk away. DeWitts Cavalized Witch Hazel Salve is advertised for minor hurts. Sold by E. T. Whitehead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DeWitt’s
E. T. Whitehead & Co
Water as a beverage from the Brooklyn Citizen
A Brooklyn Citizen essay extols water as the finest drink and offers tips on maximizing its flavor. It discusses timing after foods like apples and popcorn, pairing with peppermint, and how vessels and drinking from a birch bark dipper enhances enjoyment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklyn
Bill Arp on Newspapers and a Little Paper that Paid
A humorous reminiscence about subscribing to a distant southern paper. The writer recalls buying a paper that funded an auction bid and a later sale profit, plus a tale of his father finding a teaching job through a notice and marrying the teacher. He urges readers to subscribe.
He Fired the Stick From 40 Years Use
John Garrett of North Mills North Dakota? No, North Mills NC reports he removed a walking-stick of over four decades during a sore that resisted treatment until Bucklen's Arnica Salve healed it. The salve is guaranteed for piles burns and similar ailments by E T Whitehead & Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bucklen
John Garrett
North Mills
N.C
E. T. Whitehead & Co
The Magic No 3 Mascot for Geo H Parris Cedar Grove Me
A Cedar Grove Maine man credits Electric Bitters with a full recovery from liver and kidney troubles after trying three bottles. The letter says the first bottle brought relief and three bottles completed the cure. Sold by E T Whitehead & Co for 50 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo. H. Parris
Cedar Grove
E. T. Whitehead & Co
Southerners and Civil Service in a National System
Discussion argues the civil service has excessive posts and that many vacancies require little initiative. It cites an exam for a National Museum preparator at $50 monthly, noting gender restrictions and questioning the value of keeping human crania stock. It contrasts Southern restraint with paternalist hiring and mocks easy government employment mandates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Farm Magi Sms
National Civil Service
Civil Service
United States Civil Service Commission
National Museum
Washington
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Kilmer
Swamp Root
Q. F. Smith, M.D
Scotland Neck
Vow Bank
P. Wimberley
Depot Street
Pi. A.clivermon
Steirs
Whitehead
H. W. Mixon
J. Ncbryde Webb
Sey
Law
Norfolk
Valley Public
Bell Phone
L. Travis
Halifax, N. CG
Will Hi
Josey
Land Neck, N.C
Parker
Day & Hedges
Whips
Nobel
Tarboro
North Carolina
T. Iing
Clay
Webester
Caloun
Henry
Dixie
Roosevelt
Lansing
Michigan
Halifax County
United Confederate Veterans
Richmond
McCarthy
Burnside
Pope
McClellan
Sheridan
Grant
Warcome
Hollister
E. T. Whitehead & Co. I
DeWitt
E. W. Goodloe
St. Louis
St. Dallas
Tex
Bill
Mr. Borem
Miss Cuttings
J.C. Ayer
Southerners and Civil Service
India
T Whitehead & Co
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