Home Made Quilts of U S Represent 675000000 Labor
The article reflects on domestic quilting in the United States, noting millions of home made quilts valued at about 675 million dollars and comparing labor costs across histories. It discusses patterns like the big star hex and crazy quilts, and contrasts past and present quilting enthusiasm. It cites Rockefeller's wealth hypothetically, and notes the enduring sentimental value of home made quilts.
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U. S
D. Rockeneller
United
Orient
Elisa
United States
Bay
John DB
Rockefeller
Bex
Alee
Odd Reason for Bankruptcy From Malta Court Tale
A Maltese trader blamed bankruptcy on following a creditor onto a ship and becoming an unwilling passenger to Kingland. During the voyage the foreman fled with all veal, leaving the shop to collapse. The owner returned home to ruin.
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Malta
Daerder
Ehip
Kingland
Speaking of Powder Fourth of duty remark
A garbled OCR excerpt discusses gender and duty with fragmented phrasing. It references men and women in a vague context about the Fourth of July and implied social roles, but the meaning is unclear and the source text is damaged. No concrete events or names emerge.
Scrap Book for Invalide Clippings Gathered
A compact note describes a scrapbook assembled from witty clippings and poems kept as a mad collage. It mentions the editor’s effort to preserve clever lines when lengthy articles cannot be read, highlighting humor as a solace.
Bright Day Aid Through Small Tokens For Bedridden
A fragment notes loaning brightening items like tiny pasted pieces and pictures for cards to cheer patients confined to bed. It mentions cheerful visuals such as gay pictures and comics as amusement for impatient light sufferers. A newcomer arrives, claiming to just spoke and can’t speak again.
Provident Amanoo Chestnut and the stray ticket tale
A Philadelphia Ledger item recounts a commuter named Provident Amanoo Chestnut who searched his packet for a ticket, found only one, and handed it to the conductor. He explained he would not surrender his tent ticket and kept a cash reserve for emergencies to ensure he could get home.
Guatemala Thermometers Guarded by Wire for Safety
The Mercury tale describes Guatemala’s heat driving natives to steal mercury from exposed thermometers. A host explains iron-wrapped thermometers deter theft as locals, unable to buy mercury, risk illness by taking it to treat themselves.
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Guatemala
The Roundabout Mercury Feast and the Inheritance Plot
A confused dialogue centers on a curious tale of thermometers as food, misread currencies, and a three sons inheritance scheme. A wealthy elder promises $100 in the coffin and the sons reveal their consciences by choosing different payments. The narrative unfolds with whispers of a grand, ominous will and a letter from home shaping the trio’s fates.
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Vantek
Hev
Two Tall Stories of Wit and Oddincidents in Dialogue
A pair of witty men trade curious incidents and strange claims in a brisk banter. They boast of a woman turned to wood and a deaf man who suddenly spoke after twenty years, each tale ending with a playful wager and a puzzled smile.
Governor Robert Glenn Life and Career Highlights
Governor Robert Brodnax Glenn of North Carolina championed rights amid a railway rate law controversy with the federal court. Born 1854 in Rockingham County, he studied in Leaksville, Davidson College, the University of Virginia, and studied law in Richwood TN. He practiced law in Wingaton and served in the legislature and as a United States district attorney.
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Robert Brodnax Glenn
North Carolina
Ide Atite
Rocklighian County
Dail
Leakaville
Davidson College
University of Virginia
Richwood
N.C
Te Waa
Knoxvilly
Dondurick
Wington
Hetite
Wollestar
United States
Grirer
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Kndepfel
Knoepfol
Marion
Lirror
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