Ocala Investigation Committee Authorized In National Farmers’ Alliance
The investigation committee at Ocala is authorized and requested to file a complete transcript of stenographic notes with the President of the National Farmers' Alliance and Industrial Union. Resolution read and adopted: the Supreme Council approves the Woman's Christian Temperance Union and offers Godspeed in their righteous pursuit. Motion adopted to appoint a committee on summer encampment with full power to act as last year. The Supreme Council adjourned.
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Ocala
National Farmers’ Alliance and Industrial Union
Gwynn
Supreme Council
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Household Recipes From Old Time Pantry Finds
A collection of kitchen notes outlining cranberry bottling methods, milk soup with tapioca, coffee rolls with currants, cranberry tarts with puff pastry shells, a calf head and parsley soup, and baked fish with mushroom gravy. Contains practical steps and ingredient quantities for each dish.
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Pera
Missing Links and Mince Pie at Pennsylvania Depot
A motherly woman in a Pennsylvania depot offers her lunch from a paper bag and recounts making mince pie. The exchange recalls old times as she laments a missing lemon juice and citron and brandy left out in the batch, promising to fix it next batch.
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Pennsylvania Depot
New York
A Flag of Truce and a Prairie Reckoning
A tale from a wet Kansas Sunday in a small town recounts Jim Dixon Big Jim a feared frontier figure who spares a settler after a child’s plea and a haunting voice. The settler’s daughter’s grave and a changed man lead to mercy and a shared life with settlers.
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Kansas
Tsoon
West
Chuck
Jim Dixon
Big Jim
Jim
Oklahoma
Texas
Monty
Ailin
Leetle
Jimery
Detroit Free Press
Dead Certainty and Quick Quips in Brief Exchange
A witty snippet shows two figures exchanging lines about clothing and a rose, then a brief note from Citizen and Statesman about a Mr. Officeholder’s death. The dialogue hints at succession politics as an appointment lines form.
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Statesman
N. Y
Using Him Up in the War Era Lead Weight Comment
A Harper's Bazar line satirizes wartime violence by noting how a man could be killed by a single blow of a heavy lead weight, claiming it would have left him feeling used up. The passage reflects period humor and the casual treatment of lethal force during the war era.
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Harper’s Bazar
Rock-A-Bye Baby in a Grand Central Waiting Room
A man cares for a stranger's baby in a Grand Central waiting room after the mother misplaces her purse. The scene draws scrutiny from bystanders as the child rebels with kicks and wide eyes. After multiple attempts to soothe him, the man distracts him with song and a bear story, until the mother returns and the baby is peacefully content.
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Grand Central Depot
East Thirty Sixth Street
New Haven
Humane Society
Information Bureau
Hoyle
Ned
Westward Ho! A Comic Encounter on Chambers Street
A man accosts a New Yorker on Chambers Street asking for a dime to leave a pleasant impression of New York. He claims to live in a chipmunk town of 2,000 and promises the impression will grow lighter in about five minutes. The exchange ends with a bow and a quip about westward travel.
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Chambers Street
New York
County Official Books for Alliances Priced By Barnes
Shave prepared for County and Sub Alliances three record books with stubs to aid in keeping accounts. Prices set: Secretary's receipt book for dues 25 cents warrant book 10 cents general receipt book 10 cents. Signed by Barnes Secretary-Treasurer N C F Sal.
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Shave
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Moue Bopp
Jessup
Jessup’s
Allus
Old White
White
Kingley
Bikingley
M. Quad
Barnes
Sec’y-Treas
N. C, F. Sal
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