Wealth and Poverty in a Thoughtful Sermon and Views on Labor
A Worcester Mass pastor critiques the popular notion that wealth equates virtue and questions the true meaning of riches. He argues real wealth lies in character and friendship, not money, noting civilization grows by expanding wants while Christianity promotes equality. The Monroe Journal adds that skilled bricklayers command high wages, while unskilled labor saturates the market, highlighting wage contrasts in the South.
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Monroe
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Beware the Bold Path to Power in a Humble Nation
A garbled relic notes a warning about marriage choices shaping a son’s fate, with a cynical line about a woman sensing power and presidents. The fragment hints at social pressure and political ambition within a domestic setting.
Trinity students and faculty blamed for editor's execution
A fragmentary note claims Trinity students have not learned the sacredness of the illimitable freedom of the human wind and are not more to blame than the faculty for the editor's fate, reflecting a controversial opinion from a historic News and Observer issue.
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Trinity
News and Observer
Salis
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Flowers and cleanliness urged for earthly streets
Writers praising heaven often overlook earthly beauty. The plea calls for more attention to flowers music clean yards and tidy sidewalks in this world. The note urges civic care and daily beauty to reflect heaven’s harmony in everyday life.
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Heaven
Kin You Hera Way Brat Bears at State Fair Show
Reader complains the paper overestimated the size of a show display claiming 31 feet instead of 2 feet. Editor blames crowding for reduced exhibit space yesterday and says everything had to be cut.
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Notice of Public Auction of Watauga County Lands
Albert R. Shattuck, as trustee, will sell at public auction on the first Monday in January 1904 at the Boone courthouse to satisfy a deed of trust securing 1300 dollars. Lands total 443 acres in three tracts in Meat Camp and Bald Mountain townships, bounded by named heirs and landowners, with references to recorded deeds, metes and bounds.
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Edmund B Miller
Albert RL Shattuck
Watauga County
North Carolina
Edmond Bb. Miller
British & Americas Mortgage Company, Limited
Court House
Boone
Meat Camp Township
C. Moreta
Mrs. Hauck
T. ¢. Wallen
J. H. Taylor
J. E. Finley
Julie Geven
June Miller
Edmund Miller
A.J. Moretz
Bald Mountain Township
W. Binley
William Norris
E. B. Miller
J. W.flenry Steele
Jace Miller
EB. {. Miller
Joseph Holman
Miller
Wiliam Norris
J. W W. Henry Steel
Janet Miller
Albert R, Suat Tuck
John Smith
Jake Smith
Fannie Smith
Jas. Smith
Maney Fountain
Edgar Fountain
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Smith
Boone Township
Boone Creek
Coffey
F. A Linney
John I. Hardin
Wemee
N.C
Niebel
Tuomas Bingham
Port Paragraphs and Prohibition Laugh Lines
A fragmented humor piece riffs on daily life and fads from taxation to prohibition. It parodies thrift, transport, and work culture with puns about watches, gasoline, and meals, while a tramp and a football player humorously navigate misadventures and consequences.
Honeymoon Bluish Recedes as Bride’s Glow Fades
A witty line reflects the fading shimmer of marital bliss. The quip notes that the bluish hue seen during the honeymoon fades as the bride loses her initial radiance, signaling the return to ordinary days after wedding excitement.
To travel hopefully in a better thing than to arrive
Quote attributed to Robert Louis Stevenson notes the value of the journey over final arrival. The fragment presents a literary reflection on striving and hope rather than endpoint achievement.
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Robert Louis
Steven
Subscription price notice from RATIGH North Carolina
Subscription terms offered for one month three months and one year are stated as strictly in advance. The readable text focuses on price options and advance payment requirement, with the name RATIGH and location North Carolina appearing in the fragment.
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