Poe and Prohibition Era Anecdotes Yet a Weary Tale
A lengthy reminiscence recounts Edgar Allan Poe’s turbulent life from editorships and travels across states to intoxication and rehabilitation efforts. It notes his marriage, the decline and brief recovery, and a final engagement broken by his return to old habits, leading to a somber portrait of the famed writer and his era. It also covers Maine prohibition history and import data on wines, spirits, and ale through 1852 to 1854, highlighting shifts in brandy prices and domestic production.
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New-York City
Edgar A. Poe
Flo
Poe
Wells
Tantt
Philadelphia
Maine
Massachusetts
Vermont
Rhode Island
Secretary of the Treasury
France
United States
The Value of Gentle Discipline in Parenting and Law
A historic Lancaster newspaper column argues that authority guides, not curtails, children’s growth and urges steady, affectionate discipline. It links parental gentleness to future welfare, cites religious framing, and contrasts firm kindness with harsh control amid broader notes on Davidson College bequest and legal temperament.
Court of Claims Bill Passes Congress in Landmark Action
The Court of Claims bill, a major measure in Congress, received final approval yesterday. It creates a federal court to hear and decide claims under federal law or government contracts, aiming for prompt hearings and consolidation, reducing repetitive review of rejected claims. The act shifts jurisdiction to adjudicate claims against the United States.
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Lyttin
Gress
Congress
Va. Intelligencer
House of Representatives
M Love
Executive Department
Daiunl Sunes
Memory and the moral force of remembrance
From the Home Journal a meditation on memory as a powerful, benevolent force shaping destiny beyond life. The essay contemplates memory as a universal instrument of reward or punishment, its creative wand over lifetimes, and the tension between cherishing youth and confronting aging. A playful aside hints at marriage as a social fixture, contrasting memory’s depth with everyday pursuit.
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Orhers
Golden maxim for thrift and soil uses in old agriculture
An essay contrasts frugality with lavish spending, urging "earn before you spend" to avoid debt as a national habit. It extols a prudent domestic economy and details agricultural benefits of ashes and lime as soil amendments, noting how ash byproducts improve soils, concentrate nutrients, and disinfect air while lime enhances texture and porosity.
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Bonwell
Johison
Langton
Hartel
Hatig
Midas
Importance of Fertilizers for Sustainable Tillage
The text explains the need to sustain tillage through appropriate fertilizing agents. It divides fertilizers into organic and inorganic types and lists essential elements plants require. It notes soils lose minerals and crops need nitrogen, carbon, oxygen, and hydrogen, with growth possible in water but full fertility rarely achievable.
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Niy
COUNTRY PAPERS USE AND VALUE IN COUNTY LIFE
County papers are more useful than people imagine, guiding public opinion and stimulating reading across the county. They offer local information, aid family reading, and help children develop taste for learning while building awareness of local interests and prosperity.
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Duis Chine Uf
Speers
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Edgar Allen Poe
America
Portland State of Maine
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Lancaster
South Carolina
Tim
Davinson Cott
Southern Presbyterian
Chambers
Davidson College
Inter
Presbyterian Church
Salis
Taurs
Lange
Lewis
The
Court of Claims
From the Home Journal
Bankelor Frien
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