Ithaca Gratiot County Institute announces August sessions
Gratiot County Institute to begin Monday with Supt J W Simonds Owosso and Supt J G Monroe St Johns guiding divisions by teaching experience. Sessions cover Reading Pedagogy Child Study Civil Government Arithmetic Language Grammar and School Management. Details include opening exercises, class structure, and board arrangements in Ithaca.
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Ithaca
Rathng
Devlock
J. W. Simouns
Owosso
J. G. Monver
St. Johns
A. P. Cook
Belp Sour
Sapt JW. Sinkmans
Pleasant Valley County News Update
Pleasant Valley reports Eben Good returns from Detroit where he visited a brother. Mrs Ellen Barcume of St Louis visits her daughter Mrs GC Hall. Kate McCune returns from Williamstown week with friends. May and Ashley visit Serpeice. Mr D B Ball returns to Coleman. G N Browns new store project advances, improving our porches. Charlie Hall and family leave for Durand after visiting their parents.
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Mrs. May
Ashley
Serpeice
4. B. Ball
Coleman
G. N. Brown
Charlie Hall
Latle
Glenn
Durand
Local notices on fruit and crop issues in Wright district
Descriptions of plentiful cherring and a law inviting unappointed neighbors to help themselves. Mention of Miss Wood of Newark Township guiding Wright school district fall term intellectual development. Weather spike and wheat sprouting causing high panic. raspberry patches near Page in Pine area yield heavy fruit. Berry pickers photographed. potato bug control and pesticide concerns, including misinformation about Paria green and its effects on pests.
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Wright
Ville Township
Page
Wright Sehool Hocee
Worth Wheeler and local farming notes mixed in muddled report
The report lists Worth Wheeler and Lemon Parrett preparations along with several farm updates. Mosier’s house addition nears completion while Wheat shows a fair crop. Marsh recovers from a severe fall and walks with effort. John Thompe loses many fowls. Pine River remains a Sunday resort nearby. Sam Murphy plans minor relocation. Jo’s Carl’s hate six year old injures a foot from an unfortunate accident.
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Worth Wheeler
Lemon Parrett
Yadaew
George Holster
Mosier
John Thompe
Pine River
Pien
Aliady Banke
Sam Murphy
Ohio
Sam
Carl
Tim
Outing, moves, and accidents touch Breckenridge area
Breckenridge and surrounding households report a reunion at Crystal Lake, Mrs Clif Hinckly hosting kin from Cheaming, and entertainment plans. A buggy overturn injures Mr Minnick. Mack moved household goods to a new jeweler location. Chas Zabler reports machinery repairs for his business. Minnie McGreaham returns from Saginaw voyage as other locals resume routines.
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Breckenridge
Terry Eldred
de. Watson
Joe
Gemily
Bessie
Jere Watery
Crystal Lake
Clitf Hinckly
Cheaming
Frank Eldred
Minnie McGreaham
Saginaw
Mack Hve
Minnick
M. Shay
Zabler Cos
Fragile beauty myth examined across generations
The essay-truncated excerpt critiques how modern women face criticism for aging and nerves, contrasting contemporary youth with grandmothers and fictional characters. It cites Abbe Robin and Chevalier de Bear appears to note perceived decline in beauty with age, while implying a dated view clashes with present athletic, prolonged youth.
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Denny Trotwood
David Copperfield
Abbe Robin
Rochambeau
Louis Felix de Bear Your
The Qualla Reserve Home Of Cherokee Indians
A historic description of the Qualla Reserve in western North Carolina, the home of about 1000 Cherokee within a 50 000 acre republic. It covers Ocona Lufta and Soco creeks with a native president serving four year terms, a cabinet, a two seat congress, and voting rights for male residents over 16 plus certain wives. The constitution funds a bilingual public school and portrays residents as educated and industrious.
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Qualla
North Carolina
Indiana
Harper's Round Table
Ocona
Lufta
Soco
Litte Republic
Washington
Republic
Congress
Bank clerk buncoed in Paris theft scam
A Paris bank clerk helped a stranger by holding a bicycle while the man bought goods. The first cyclist paid him ten francs and fled. A second cyclist later claimed the bike, accusing the clerk of theft, and both men were arrested revealing the scam and the bike’s owner.
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Paris
Cyelist
Riot Suppressed in Lancashire Mill Strike with Searchlight
A factory owner facing a striking workforce used a powerful electric searchlight nightly to guard his mill and prevent arson. The light, together with police at the works, helped patrol the area and locate pickets, allowing the owner to hire new workers and keep production running.
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Lancashire
England
A Queer Deposit in East Brookfield Farm
Dullus Howe reports a peculiar ten acre bog deposit in a ravine on his East Brookfield farm. It lies about a foot below the surface and yields a petrified shelllike mass of minute flies or beetles. When burned it becomes a white powder valued for cleaning metal.
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Dullus Howe
East Brookfield
Maas
Introduction of English Gold Coins in Early Era
In England Edward III introduced gold coins titled six shilling pivers nearly the size of a modern sovereign. Nobles followed at six shillings eight pence, then quarter and half nobles. Edward IV minted angels bearing a figure of Michael and the dragon, marking the evolving coinage.
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Kays
England
Edeward III
Edward IV
Miabael
Do You Use It Best for hair under all circumstances
An advertisement extols Ayer’s Hair Vigor promising it promotes hair growth by nourishing the roots, removes dandruff, and preserves color. It links the product to general scalp care and notes a belief in restoring faded hair through proper nourishment.
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Ayer
Bladder functions and disease pathways noted
The bladder is described as a urine receptacle with four orifice openings and two main routes for disease. One path is imperfect kidney action, the other is negligent local treatment of other diseases.
Dr Kilmer's Swanp Root Kidney and Bladder Remedy Ad
Advertises Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root as a cure for kidney and bladder troubles. Claims urinary sediment after twenty four hours signals trouble and offers sample bottle and pamphlet free by mail. Mentions Binghamton New York and Alma record for response.
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Mal
Alma Record
de Kilmer & Co
Binghamton, N
West Point Graduates Civil War Veterans Fact Fragment
Fragmentary historical notes recount West Point graduates who served in the Federal army during the Civil War with one fifth believed killed in action and half wounded, while other disparate items reference New York City as a major commercial seaport and various ad-like quotes and testimonials.
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West Point
Bank official comments on cashier’s appearance
Washington Star notes Commission Cox appoints PM Sutherland of Grand Ledge to a clerkship in his office. The dialogue contrasts a cashier’s pleasing appearance with an unpleasant disappearance, reflecting a brief exchange on local office appointments and odd phrasing.
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Washington Star
Lahore
Cox
Sutherland
Grand Ledge
Iis
Paradox and Digestive Cordial Featured in Banquet Speech
An amusing paradox speech at a banquet with President Hayes in Omaha ends with a long, rambling line about public men. An advertisement touts Shaker Digestive Cordial as a cure for indigestion, recommending a trial bottle and claiming relief from heartache wind and other dyspepsia symptoms.
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Evarte
Newt
Hayes
Omaha
West
Mount Lebanon
What He Sends What He Needs in Washington
A statesman says he needs a private secretary to manage correspondence so he can devote time to affairs in Washington. A committed assistant offers to edit speeches to keep letters concise and well written, ensuring public addresses are not weaker than written correspondence. The article notes the Consolidated Rail Joint Company of Muskegon will soon open its new rolling mill plant.
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Wilson
Han Eon
Sifleria
United States
Treasury Despartment
Chicago
Arthur Brathere Company
Florida
Georgia
Fla
Boston
Wilmington Ae
Jacksonville
Hancroft
Smyrna
Porter
New York
Oyster Bay II
Sere ‘Way Roosevelt
Lieut. Gibbons
Naval Department
Brooklyn
Secretary of the Navy
Washington
Ager
War Department
Spon
Boas
Consolidated Rail Joint Company of
Muskegon
Fragmented Historical Reflections on Slavery and Piles
The passage cites anecdotes about historical terms and slavery practices in Britain, noting the word hondage as a female farm servant in Northumberland, salt miners in East Lothian as enslaved until 1774, and the eventual abolition milestones including the English serfdom timeline. It references Down's Ointment and a casual reflection on social attitudes and medical claims.
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Dugland
Northumberland
East Lothian
England
Eo Cocly
Gromitetler
Mosselburg
Troubled for Three Years
Fragmentary text references long troubles and names Alex. M. Agens and Lidingtong Mict. amid unclear events.
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Syresparilla
Lawan
Alex. M. Agens
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Borat Barisc Pos Pen Company
Gratiot County Institute
OMS General Baereiine
Lisatin the Great
George Eliot
Freeman
Leuchorren
Doxee
Bamphreye' Med. Co
Ettinen A, A.l
Marte
Bowevearme Masvat
County News
West Pine River
Buncoed
Department of Agriculture
Hermione
Hanewa
Sou Dangota
Asia
Serres
Thie
Alec
Colorado
New Providence Journal
Colorado Legisture
Thomas
Branch
Momma
Emty Mallon
Bradfield Regulator CO
Atlanta
Alma Business Directory
Madley
Poyeins
Opera Haute Bisck
Aeue
Pacy
Paya
Sant Ducewn
Ana
Chokuh
Dervices Ace
Brae
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Clouza
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LMA Lodge
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Paina
Lma
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Abbie
A. R
William Sloper
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Mail
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Orie Kiliburg
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Tcukck & CO
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