Tariff theater and an urban tragedy in one essay
A critical old editorial rips the tariff revision as a hollow show and condemns the Payne and Dingley plans for burdening Americans. It then recounts a Nashville Banner story about a homeless mother and dead baby, then a rousing call for agrarian conscience and a Georgia hill image. A shivering newsboy prompts reflections on resilience and faith, ending with Brecher’s quip about vague prayers and daily bread.
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Congress
Dingley
Revia’ion
Payne
Aldrich
Ways and Means
Republican Party
New York
Nashville
Brecher
Taft on income tax constitutional validity and duty
The letter of acceptance cites Taft arguing an income tax could be devised within constitutional constraints. It stresses finding duty in any station, small or great, to become strong and useful, and includes a biblical sentiment about not fearing tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
Taft
Brooks
Idui
Cardui
Clouds Will Break Sermon on Turning Sorrow to Joy
The sermon contrasts two responses to sorrow from Phillips Brooks and Jeremiah Taylor. One path clings to future compensation while the other uses valleys as wells of joy, embodying scriptural commands to thank in all experiences and to find providential purpose in hardship.
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Phillips Brooke
Apostle
Jeremy Taylor
Lees McRae Institute Terms and Mortgage Sale Notice
The tenth session of Lees McRae Institute begins April 28 and ends December 13, 1909, with 117 students from eight states and two foreign countries. A deed of trust dated March 26, 1908 secures 350.39 dollars. real estate in Bald Mountain township, Watauga county, North Carolina will be sold at the courthouse at 2 PM to satisfy the debt, listing boundaries and parcel size of 55 acres.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tex
Appily
Edgar Tuets
Banner Exx
J. R. Hendrix
M. L. Hendris
W. E. Johnson
J. B. Councill
Office of the Register of Deeds
Watauga County
Gist
Court House
Boone
N.Y
Watauga
XN. C
Bald Mountain Township
Castle
Phillips
S. Bo
G. W. Phillips
Atty
Polated Paregrayts and Social Quips to Ponder
The passage offers wry maxims on debt, trust, credit, perception, and gender roles. It notes forgery, models, alarm bells waking a map, distrust between sexes, a bottom to top progression in explosions, life as a dream versus nightmare, auto ownership implications, marriage urgency for men, and a hotel clerk remark about a woman’s inquiry into the 2 o'clock train.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Banka
Arnica Salve cures severe gangrene risk in Pineville man
M L Bingham of Pineville Illinois refused amputation saying he'd rather die. Doctors warned gangrene would kill him, but Bucklen's Arnica Salve healed ten missing toes and fully cured his condition. The advertising claim notes arnica's wide targets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. L. Bingham
Pineville
Ill
Notice of suit in Watauga Superior Court
State of North Carolina Watauga County files suit Bank of Mountain City against Geo M McGuire M M McGuire and Bettie Greene George M McGuire one defendant named. Action seeks two hundred fifty dollars plus interest on note. Defendants must appear at the next term starting after the first Monday in September 1909 at Boone Court House to answer or demur. This March 22 1909 Tos Bincoam CSC.
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State of North Carolina
Watauga County
Bank of Mountain City
Geo. M. McGuire
M. M McGuire
Bettie Greene
George M. McGuire
Said
Boone North Carolina
Tos
Bincoam Csc
Incomplete Shipwreck Tale From 19th Century Ledger
Fragmentary OCR notes recount an elderly inventor recalling a shipwreck and a past debate on perfection. The text mentions a man aged 84, a craftsman at an anvil, and references to horses and oxen in a disconnected ledger fragment from Philadelphia.
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Massachuetts
Smith
Philadelphia Ledger
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Patong Atone
Democrat
Lanier
Georgian Hill
Hapyen
Nes
Tomorromj
Lees-McRae Institute
Girts Department
Keedache
Castoria
Dr. King
Puan
Washington Dc
Fac Limite Signature of
Bears
Katie Burlison
Goreville
Til
Cardus
Knoxville
Tenn
Main-Pike
Ihe
Morristown
Ruscelsville
Robert ‘Weod
Morristown Tenn
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