Hampton Institute Trades and Colored Community Progress
The Hampton Institute trains Black students in farming, homemaking, and trades like carpentry, blacksmithing, and printing at a 600 acre farm. The article notes hands on building work on campus and cites William Quinney's large family journey, tracing church leadership, census data on Black churches, and progress shown by Booker T. Washington at a National Negro Business League meeting in Muskogee.
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Hampton Institute
Hampton School
Hamptt Institute Bore and Girle
Hampton
Bte
Neves Mary 5
Meer
Wrather
Bors
Enthicelaeam
William Quinney
McNeil
Shreveport
Quinney
Ark
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
National Nobro Business League
Muskogee
Oklo
Booker Washington
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Praise in Local Ads
In Sterling Conn and Massena NY readers praise Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for young women facing irregular periods fainting spells and anemia. Letters describe relief from weakness pimples and bad color after using the remedy and invite others to inquire about their experiences.
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Sterling
Conn
Lydia
Bertha A. Petoquin
Sterling, Conn
Massena
N. Y
Lydia E. Pinkham
Snyons
Misa Visa Myres
Massena, N.Y
Lydis E. Pinkham
Notice to Quit and Seating Mockery at Pew
A brief Dickensian snip reports a quarrel over seating in a church pew. A lady in the aisle asks a pew occupant if she is Mrs Pilkington Haywick, prompting a witty exchange about one o clock in the morning and pew placement observed by a bystander identified as Lady in Pew.
Lost head joke ad hints at stomach remedy in old paper
A fragmented auction style snippet mocks a decoy ad with a joke about finding a lost head and a humorous pitch for Dr Pie Pellets claimed to soothe stomach and liver issues. The garbled text resembles an 19th century newspaper classifieds tone.
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Crete
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