Phosphorescent Sea Guides Ship Through Fog to Port
A Morgan Line freighter El Norte, entering Port from Galveston, rode a dense twenty four hour fog. At 7:30 a.m. the captain and mate sighted lights ahead and breakers, the lead showed no bottom at seventeen fathoms. The ship traveled at about forty five knots as phosphorescence lit the sea, explained by naturalists as produced by Noetilaea or related creatures, with weather likely influencing emission.
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Broadway
Hopner
Morgan Line
el Norte
Galveston
Capes
Delaware
Uncle Ben Culler and His Long Voting Life
Wilkes Patriot reports Uncle Ben Culler of age ninety seven, known locally, arrives from Watauga county with son Govan. He was born in Lincoln’s year and has cast nineteen presidential votes, all except the six presidents before Jackson. His gait and wit are spry, recalling Holmes and aged marble imagery.
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Wilkes
Benjamin Culler
Ben
Watauga County
Govan Culler
Abraham Lincoln
Great Britain
Andy" Jackson
Jackson
Uncle Ben
Holmes
The garden path fear and the light within
The piece portrays a little girl clinging to a narrator, fearing the garden path at night, while a parlor light glimmers ahead. Emma A. Cyrus notes that grown people share similar doubts and tears, as the road to peace, bliss, or fame resembles a journey from darkness to light. The Washington Herald ties in a Christmas prosperity theme through a proverb-like remark.
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Emma A. Cyrus
Millionaire Adviser's Advice Sparks Public Scandal
A Pittsburgh millionaire urged his son to "hitch your wagon to a star" and, the next day, the pair were involved in a crash with an actress in the elder's automobile, stirring a Washington Timer style scandal with vivid local excess.
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Washington
Tillman Tax Rush Draws Brickbats From Chicago
While Tillman faces public criticism in Chicago, critics pile on for not paying his income tax as the Columnian Record notes the political dust being kicked up by his stance.
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Tillman
Chicago
Columbial
Laughing Glow and Whisky Trade Reflected in Local Note
A humorous ode extols laughter and humor as essential roots of happiness and virtue, contrasting joy with sorrow. A Lexington Dispatch excerpt reports a jug dealer shipping 607 gallons of whisky back to Salisbury, noting five months of jugs and a two month liquor bill near $1,700, implying a large citywide drink expense.
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Salisbury
Lexington
Lexington Dispatch
Piles Cure Ad Mentions PAZO OINTMENT and Laxative Bromo Quinine
An old newspaper clipping promotes PAZO OINTMENT for itching bleeding and protracted piles with a promise of refund if it fails within 7 to 14 days. It also touts Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets for cold cure with refund if ineffective and notes Grove’s Tasteless Chill Tonic as a tonic product.
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E. W. Grove
Grove
Questioning Charity Virtue Versus Harsh Poverty Practices
A verbose critique questions consistency in charitable acts citing giving to a beggar and to a Dorcas society, then exploiting the poor. It laments treating orphans as farmhands and urges removing moral beams from one’s own eye. Printer’s notes promote temperance and benevolence, quoting ads and land entries interwoven with reflective commentary.
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Dorcas Society
Fragmented Sermon Fragments On Faith Work And Charity
A collection of religious maxims and aphorisms on work faith generosity and humility. It contrasts fearing God with disdain for others and emphasizes toil secrecy and dedication as paths to lasting worth and divine favor. The source presents didactic statements rather than a narrative or report.
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Halon
Jesus
God
County Commissioners Travel Statement 1906
Notice from M May clerk of Watau fra county certifies the board members travel for year ending November 26 1906 LA Green served 15 days at 82 cents per day and traveled 180 miles at 5 cents per mile totaling 439 dollars 00 cents.
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M. May
Board of County Commissioners
Watau Fra
Diya Eich
Board of
County Commissioners
LA Green
L. A
P.C Younee
P.C. Younee
J.M. May
Bd. Co
Fragmented historical quip about public figures and gifts
An oblique collection of quotes from The New York Press and The Philadelphia Press critiques. It references moral grandiosity, intellectual effort, Christmas shopping urgency, and the idea that a monument cannot weigh down a guilty past. The text presents a collage of journalistic aphorisms without a single coherent narrative.
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New York Press
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Rocky Mountain Tea
Black Burn
Blowing Rock Drug! Co
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Giaran
State of North Carolina
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H.J. Hanmi
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Johns River
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Wm. Hartley
William
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G.W. Robbins
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What Is
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Philadelphia Press
Tare
Mary Shelton
Poplar Tit
Cardus
Johny
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