Defiant Teasers and Sage Ad Slogans From a 1900 Page
A collage of short slogans and notices floats from oats to medicine and wages to economy. It promotes Steota Cure for throat and lung issues, Defiance Starch, Red Cross Ball Blue, and sugar-below-cost grocer quips. It also advertises M K T Railway business chances and a book on opportunities sent from St. Louis.
Old Uncle Joe the Driver of Napier Plantation
A Chattanooga obituary honors Uncle Joe as a trusted slave driver for the Napier family in Walker County Georgia. Born on the Napier plantations, he managed enslaved groups, bought land in St Elmo after the war, laid out the area’s first Black-owned addition, and remained devout at the E Street Colored Methodist church. He died of old age after guiding both enslaved and family members through the Civil War era.
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Revenge as a Fine Art Revolt in Indian satire and traveler tale
Fragmentary copy discusses native response to a senator's antitrust speech. Mentions travelers and a notion of getting even by digging into cracks and pulling rocks, implying a dark, ironic quest for retaliation. No clear dates or names.
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Syrup of Figs Proclaimed Best Family Laxative
Advertising copy extols Syrup of Figs as the world’s finest family laxative. It credits the California Fig Syrup Co for uniform purity and urges buying only genuine packages labeled Syrup of Figs with California Fig Syrup Co. on the front.
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