Lincoln and War End Notions in Early Republican Era
A fragmented reading covers Civil War era politics with Lincoln's re election prospects, the 1864 Republican convention under Moreau, the Grant led campaigns, and Johnson's succession after Lincoln's assassination. It notes Democratic opposition, the Thirteenth Amendment push, and early Reconstruction tensions. It closes with a note on Japan's five fingered orange tree discovery.
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Pray Renobads
Dance Misadventure Sparks Comical Domestic Tale
A young man recalls returning home to find his roommate applying beefsteak to a black eye after a dance. The roommate explains the girl canceled their date, but the scene escalated when the deaf father unexpected walked in to the music.
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Bill
Phiz
Fig Coffee Substitutes Roasted Figs for Coffee
Report from Czechoslovakia describes figs used as a coffee substitute. Figs are dried in sun or evaporated, roasted until brown and brittle, ground into powder, pressed into tablets, and dissolved in hot water to form a coffee-like beverage.
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Czechoslovakia
Dad Warns Boy Against Chick en Business Venture
In the Richmond Times Dispatch playful exchange a son asks about entering the chicken business and a father cautions that feeding fowls is costly and reliance on taxicabs could lead to bankruptcy.
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Richmond Times-Dispatch
Profanity Sparks Local Comment from Uncle Eben
Uncle Eben says profanity reveals a lack of courage and compares a man’s harsh taunts to speaking to a mule, suggesting the animal would not understand such words. The remark captures a coastal community mood and the plainspoken humor of local figures.
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Uncle Eben
Dear Santa Letters From Indiana 1924 Christmas Wish List
Three letters to Santa from children in Fairbanks Indiana Sumner Illinois and Fairbanks Living recount gift requests for doll set of dishes money bank candy oranges and a toy tractor plus family wishes and travel plans for Christmas day. Names Dorothy Melvina Foutz Geraldene Hlena Genell Foutz Ruth Joan Drake appear with places mentioned.
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Santa Claus
Lama
Santa
Mamma
Fittie Sisters
Grandma Foutz
Indiana
Geraldene Hlena Genell Foutz
Lama Litle
Ruth Joan
James Albert Drake
Ancient Ypres town estate guards Cinque Port history
The fragment notes Exatish Ypres and others in the Cinque Port of Ryne. It describes a quadrangular building from the Twelfth Century built by William of Ypres, Earl of Kent, as protection against invasion. The piece reflects on the irony of shared names during recent war times.
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Ypres
Ryne
William of
Kent
T. H. Star and Union One-Year Subscription Notice
T. H. Star and Union announces a one year subscription priced at four dollars. The notice lists terms for renewal and payment, inviting readers to subscribe and continue receiving the publication.
Forestalled hostess at child’s goodbye dance
The hostess of a children's dance bid farewell to guests when a polite six-year-old girl cleverly forestalled her by saying, Good-night, Mars, we hope I have enjoyed myself, avoiding the built in custom of saying goodbye.
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Mars
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