Lila Havens Rejects Judge Mason in Mexican Honeymoon Plan
In a 19th century drama, Lila Havens refuses a marriage to Judge Mason after a financial crash, falling for Carroll Trainor who departs for Mexico. Letters reveal shifting affections as Admiral Blair and aunt press an alliance, while Lila plots a daring elopement to a palm thatched Mexico retreat.
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Trainor
Carroll
Potomac
Lila
Sharpsburg
Heigho
Mexico
Lila Havens
Admiral
Mrs. Blair
Admiral Blair
Antietam Battle Ground
Baltimore
Judge Mason
Mason
Carroll Trainor
Thomas Mason
Blairs
Gulf Coast
Vera Cruz
United States
Miss Havens
Trousseau
New Orleans Times Democrat
Advertisement payment message from North Carolina trade partner
A Raleigh based Progressive Farmer advertiser writes from Philadelphia on June 28, 1894, enclosing a $55 payment for advertising and praising the paper. The note states readiness to continue using the Philadelphia paper and credits advertising for favorable trade in North Carolina.
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Philadelphia
Progressive Farmer
Raleigh
N. C
North Carolina
Chinese Etiquette and Pott Reception Rituals
Recounts Rev. F L H Pott headmaster of St John’s College Shanghai detailing Chinese etiquette in greeting a father and pupil at tea, pipe, and seating, with a lively dialogue on names, origins, age, and family while noting the politeness and occasional bluntness toward foreigners. Mentions other curious notes from the era on geology, travel, and technology.
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F. L. H. Pott
St. John’s College, Shanghai
Tribune
Wong
Pott
United States of America
Cnis
N. Y. Tribune
Items of Interest: notes on materials and etymology
A compact, quizzical roundup noting artificial granite made in California and a claim that a fly can be heard walking when amplified by a microphone. It also explains the bayonet’s name arising from Bayonne, France. The item closes with a curious exclamation.
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Bayone
France
Alliance district organizers listed for North Carolina election districts
The document lists regional organizers and districts across North Carolina. Names include Jas H Wright for the Sixth district and Elijah W Flake for the Eighth, with counties such as Johnston Granville Mecklenberg and unions among Harnett Moore Richmond Stanly Montgomery. It covers districts from First Currituck to Fifteenth Haywood Jackson Macon Cherokee and notes organizers like J W Babb and Don O Sanders.
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Jas. H. Wright
Carl WN
Oro
Johnstonhn
Granville
Anes
C. McG. Dunn
Ae Laden
Elijah W. Flake
Nay
le C
Harnett
Moore
Richmond
Stanly
Montgomunties
Izer
Guilfoham
Stokes
Forsyth
Davidson
Vie
Yadkin
Say
Tlevouth
Rowan
Cabarrus
Mecklenae
Apace Coln
Iredell County
Currituck
Camden
Pasquotank
Pelimans
Chowan
Hertford
Demand Adoptions By Farmers Alliance at Topeka 1894
Demands adopted by the Farmers Alliance and Industria Union in Topeka Kansas on February 6 1894 call for national currency issued by the government legal tender for all debts free coinage of silver and gold at 16 to 1 higher per capita money supply graduated income tax and economic policies favoring public ownership and postal savings banks to safeguard deposits and public interests.
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Farmers’ Alliance and Industria Union
Topeka
Kan
Ublic
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Carrie B. Emery
Bence
Portland Times
Parker House
Poor’s Manual
All As Authority Railroad Statistics
Massachusetts
New York
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
England
The
Southern Minnesota Mutual Creamery Association
Owatonna
Mion
Mower, Dodge, Freeh, Steele, Rice and
Waseca
Admiral’s Ward
Paris
India
London
Hong Kong
Shanghai
Gresham
Ceylon
Sumatra
California
Wong Yip Kong
Strabo
B. C
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