Southern manufacturing revival shown in Dixie report
Abilene Reflector notes Dixie monthly summary praising Southern industrial growth. Birmingham irons and mills expand. Mobile wood products ship from port. 139 cotton seed mills exist. Tennessee and Alabama ramp up furnaces due to higher pig iron prices. Pittsburgh furnaces planned moved to Sylacauga with an eight mile branch to Childersburg, signaling South’s full awakening.
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Southern
Dizie
Alabama
Binningham
Iron and, Steel
Mobile
Tennessee
Gallatin
Clifton
Columbia
South Carolina
United States
Florida
Glasgow
Dixie
Pittsburgh
Sylacuaga
Ala
Childersburg
Educational column on physiology legal mandate and local school plans
Edited by D D Hornaday the article urges teaching physiology with focus on stimulants and narcotics as required by Kansas law. It reviews textbooks and profiles Thomas N Dinsmore, notes county high school proposals, new school bonds, district reorganization, and teacher meetings in Hope Dillon and Herington.
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Kansas
Thos. N. Dinsmore
Highland
Doniphan County
Ughtland University
State Normal School
Emporia
Kansas County
Senate
House
Western School Journal
Hope
Dillon
Ohio editor endures twenty-eight days without food
A man in Ohio has reportedly not eaten for twenty-eight days while serving as an editor. A married woman wrote to Harper & Brothers about a rejected manuscript, scolding the publishers as a meaner set and saying no child will bear the name Harper.
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Ohio
Messrs. Harper & Bros
Harper
Bobby’s Questions About God and Camel Water
In a family scene a boy named Bobby asks his father if God can do everything and if he can make a two foot rule with only one end. The father answers patiently, then Bobby asks how long a camel can go without water and with water. The exchange ends with Bobby being sent to bed.
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Bobby
Bread and telegram misread in humorous domestic tale
A husband hungry for bread prompts a telegram to his wife who, surrounded by friends, fears bad news. The misread message triggers a comic faint, then a joke about the bread box hiding the telegram. The piece closes with a weight joke tied to a coal yard base line and a punchy exchange about weight.
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Hamilton
McInerney Opens Hall and Sells Boots Shoes
McInerney announces McInerney's Hall is open for the season. Boys calf boots and caps are offered at low prices. Men and boys caps and boots cheap. The American Sewing Machine touted as best in America with $35 price. Call to inspect and learn in ten minutes.
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America
McInerney’s
Abilene
Express
Abilene Flour and Feed Store Ad at Fourth and Broadway
Abilene flour and feed store advertises constant stock at the corner of Fourth and Broadway. It offers breads, flour, mill feed, grain, ground oil cakes, salt, and more. Raven's Animal Food is sold as the sole agency for Mt. Jackson (Mt JAcon Scnorr) Prop r.
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Abilene
Fourth and Broadway
Raven’s Animal Food
Jacon Scnorr
Prop
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J. G. Wine
J. W. Mitchell
D. D. Stroup
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Flames Gasser
Hinkel
Keller
Dsésrae
Glomea
Haley
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