Tax sale notices and commentary on slavery per 1907 records
The county announces tax sale on the third Tuesday of January 1907 at 10 a.m. to cover taxes and penalties with parcels offered for sale if unpaid. The notice is followed by a column arguing that slavery persists in modern terms under various labels, critiquing euphemisms for forced labor.
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Elizabeth
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Gateh & Speid el Uae Ae Part Veto
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Brock
W W Jr
Donnelly
Joseph
Ertle
Grear
Mary
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Eyer
Maura
Wiltsee
Goshen
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Arthur
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Bowser
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Dunlap
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Gaskill
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Garrison
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Leever Bent
Norman
Henry Vowles
Page
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Cox
Lydia
Bachee Mwru
Farson
Hill
Martha A
Pricket
Emma R
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Jas Taylor Newtonsville
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Williams
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Coon
John
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Harvie & Fennevens
Tempten
Warren
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Good
Lytle
Smith Smith
Jno McDougal
Jno Monjar
Dondy
Yeager
Frank
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Farrett
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Jas Taylor
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Shumard
Margaret
Mers Conra
Whole
Andersen
Edgar
Wallace
Jas H
Lor & Hill
Shields
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Pattison
Edward S
Wm Lawso
Islaia
Taylor&d
Jen‘vilie
Bunith
Willard
Ambrose Gordan Ai
Hartman
Sarah FE
Todd Wallace
Ambrose Gordan
Hutchinson
Aaron
Wallace & Young
Hatchinson
Alice A
Hadley
Martha J
Lou
Jobnson
Hips Jobreon
Hatohtoxon
Wm M
Grandfathers and clocks in a row of worn values
Fragmentary inscription about grandfathers, virtue, and public morals. Weaving old fashioned ropery, chivalry, and respectability, it hints at reverence for forebears yet questions order and tradition amid modern politics and social change.
Bishop Olmsted Earns Respect Among Denver Slum Poor
A Denver church recounts how Bishop Olmsted, after three years in the city, quietly aided the poor in the slums. Early ambivalence from loungers shifted to pride as he became known as Denver’s bishop.
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Denver
Denver Post
Andrew Jackson Forces Payment On Government Official
A poor widow visiting the White House during Andrew Jacksons era got a government official to sign a note for her board bill. Jackson endorsed the note with his name on the back and advised depositing it in a bank. The official paid promptly, and soon lost his government job.
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Andrew Jackson
White House
Jackson
The Son of Heaven Faces an Uncertain Chinese Future
Europeans rarely see the emperor of China. A favored observer notes a pale, refined but frightened countenance with a mild, Manchu face and large sorrowful eyes. The monarch is childless, with no heir, leaving China’s future to the gods and the dowager empress.
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China
Heaven
It Struck Hornblower by Dave Hill Wit
A St Paul Dispatch quip recalls William H. Hornblower and anti expansion views. A client jokingly leaves guardianship of his ten minor children to Hornblower, highlighting a satirical moment about the supreme bench and politics.
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Hornblower
William H. Hornblower
Dave Hill
Federal Supreme Bench
Philippines
St. Paul
Honest Confession on Smoking Seats in Street Cars
The piece presents a busy woman who defends riding in smokers seats to enjoy the scent of tobacco. She grew up among men who smoked and now misses the smell in New York where she finds few smokers.
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New York
N. Y. Sun
Traveling Service Man and the Veiled Dinner Tale
An unnamed traveler, visiting a town for a year, sits at a hotel table and asks about a former waitress. The waiter coldly asserts she still serves there. The piece then shifts to a historian noting Sir Robert Hart and a rumored return to England, highlighting his long life of service and mastery.
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Robert Hart
Chitoms
Red Hair Boy Dot Learns Town Teases
A confused excerpt shows four year old Douglas called Dot with bright red hair, mocked by townsfolk. He quips he wishes everyone had red hair to end remarks. The passage shifts to a muddled dialogue about engagement and a ring between Tess Jess and Mr Goodley.
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Douglas
N. Y. Press
Tess
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