Obstinate Gardeners and a Lady of the Old Regime
Anecdotes from reminiscences show Lady Milman insisting on her staff yielding to her whims in her garden at Pinner. A gardener Sanders refuses, while Abraham the footman kneels by the fire for salmon, and a June bride contends with a gardener over roses tests precedence at a show.
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Anthony Trollope
T. A. Trollope
Lady Milman
Pinner
Abraham
Gardner
Sanders
McRae
Philadelphia Life Insurance Company
The Usual Way Time Is Precious Dialogue
A brief exchange contrasts views on time value with a businessman admitting waste from punctuality, while a good man suggests it comes from indulging pleasures. The Indianapolis Star cites the dialogue as a proverb on efficiency.
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Indianapols Star
Groves Tasteless Chill Ale Touted as General Tonic
An advertisement extols Grove’s Tasteless Chill Ale as a valuable general tonic. It claims to strengthen the liver drive malaria relief and improve the blood and overall health. Price listed as 9 cents.
Fragmentary malaria remedy note with dubious claims
A damaged OCR fragment discusses a prescription claimed to treat malaria and fever. It mentions doves and tonics, references the liver, and compares to calomel. The text is unreadable in places, with nonsensical phrasing and unclear source details.
Community notes on health, vice, and local visits
Indian Trail News reports on Miss Annie Harkey’s steady improvement after treatment in Charlotte, visits by Hugh WIM Davis, and a thwarted patriotic entertainment due to rain. The piece urges better home ventilation, notes concerns about cigarettes and illegal tailgate activities, and lists local Sunday gatherings and family visits in Antioch and Ford Grove areas.
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Indian Trail
Annie Harkey
Charlotte
Hugh Wim Davis
Siler
Antoch
Wingate
J. T. Yeargen
Statesville
Yeargen
Ward
Odessa Lemmond
Mill Grove Church
Annie Crowell
Kate Simpson
Antioch
Pars. Lemmond
U. 5 Army
Samuel Lemmond
J. M. Hiss
Ford Grove
Sir John
Preparedness in the Reall A South African school tale
A South African school writes of two five year old boys Tommy and his neighbor’s son who vanish after lunch and return at dusk pulling a small wagon with a Bible inside The children explain they kept the Bible open in the wagon to avoid the rats and staying safe, a parable of caution from The Christian Herald.
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Darkey
The
Christian Herald
Tommie
Isamme
Tommy
Unclear court exchange from Topeka State Journal fragment
A courtroom dialogue fragment shows a judge pressing a defendant who deflects with phrases like alae and lacks relevance. The accuser asserts sensing a warlike motive, while the defendant maintains no connection to the case and hints at personal sensitivity. The source is a damaged Topeka State Journal page.
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Tam
Topeke State Tournal
Streetcar Conversation on Music and Cards
A passenger discussion on a streetcar debates music as art versus worship and notes some people earn a living from music while others from card playing. The dialogue shifts to judgments about passions being wicked or unreasonable and suggests diverse ways people earn income through entertainment.
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Coast Sea i
Dance and Daring on the Island Houseboat
Madeline works over morning berries on a houseboat bench near Greenglade as a rescue dog and a wayward cat disrupt the harvest. A summer romance with Austin Maycourt grows amid mischief, a cat chase, a dead bird, and a tea promise for reconciliation after a tense day.
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Madeline
Cardwells
Greenglade
Elina
Austin Naycourt
Anne
Mother
Dravo
George
Tore Krist
Krist
Taj
Austin May Court
Austin Maycourt
Talso
Mike
Austin
Puss
Ike
Kitty
Peter
waDapor
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ICE Service
Dewey English
Dewey
N.C
T! Christian Herald
Montoe Iron & Metal
S. A. Warlick
Hayne Street
G. B. Caldwell
English Drug CO
Carolinas
Tyson-Jones
Corbitts
Queens
the Sikes Co. Argest
Co-operative Mercantile Co
Monroe
Gordon Insurance & Investment CO
North Carolina
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