Curing Tobacco and Curious Chronicles
Instructions detail the tobacco curing process from heat application to final drying, with guidance on barn setup, air vents, and staged temperature increases. The passage then shifts through odd anecdotes and anecdotes, including Saint Saba’s cave tale, travel impressions, and whimsical quips from Mr. Josh Billings about his forthcoming book and lighthearted musings on money, manners, and manners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Border Review
Josh Billings
White Mountains
White Mountain
Lappy
Kantry
Josu Barrince
Descent Into Mar Saba A Desert Monastery Tale
A San Francisco Chronicle report describes gaining entry to the cliffside Mar Saba monastery. It recounts guards, gates, and a monk guide guiding visitors past hermits and candlelit chapels built into the rock. The piece notes Saint Saba’s fifth century founding and the austere monastic life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saba
Suba
San Francisco Chronicle
Mar Saba
St. Saba
St. Enuthymius
Laura
Kidron
The St. Fair Set For Raleigh On October Thirteenth
The St Fair will convene in Raleigh starting October 13 and run for several days. Premiums totaling 4500 dollars are offered in cash prizes.
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Raleigh
Notable Virginia NC conflict tale and satire on marriage
Long fragment recounts Governor Berkeley hanging Liam Drummond in Williamsburg in 1677 after Bacon's Rebellion, with added bemused notes on gender, courtship, and married life. It weaves colonial figures with social commentary, ending in a reflection on honesty in relationships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Drummond
North Carolina
Berkeley
Virginia
Williamsburg
Bacon
Hanson
Plind
Claiborne
Phillips
Gov
Drummond
Chickshominy
Gov Drummond
Christ
Pilate
Lake Drommond
Ewing Campaign Pageant Draws Across Lancaster Ohio
At Lancaster Ohio on a Thursday General Ewing spoke as about 1 000 marched in the parade with many mottoes and color banners. A flag bore Charley Foster’s War Record “Seventy five Cents a Yard” prompting laughter. The New York Herald urged Democrats to unite behind a clear platform and a candidate of integrity amid discontent with Republican rule.
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Lancaster
Ohio
Ewing
Lexington Bo
Charley Foster
Rice
Columbus
N. Y
Sound sense in change debate and Bertillon study
The passage notes public faith in peaceful turnover between parties and cites Dr Bertillon’s mortality analysis. He finds marriage boosts health and longevity, with widowers and bachelors facing higher death rates. Crime and suicide figures also favor married men and women, highlighting strong social benefits of marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bertillon
Europe
France
Paris
The Great Wall of China Detailed in a Engineer's Letter
An American engineer in China reports on the Great Wall, noting a length of 1,723 miles, 16 feet high and 15 feet thick at the top. Foundations are rubble and masonry. towers rise every 3 to 4 miles, with parapets on top and sides for defenders to move unseen.
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China
Rom
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Giliver
Main Street
Winston, N. C
KDE
T1as
Winston
Tie
Nyeng Dewey
I. C
Prucs, Medicines
DR. Squibp
Limiteiys Drug Store
Geo. W. Hinshaw
W. M. Hinshaw
Hinshaw Brothers
Ford ST
Piedmont
WN. C
Allison & Addison
Richmond
Spencer J. Hanes
Allison & Addison’s
Yea Lin
Brand
Winchester
Newton N. Medearis
Forsyth Co
W. P. Benson
Stokes Co
Baleimor
Hinshzaw Brothers
Weve
Braider
Howerton
the National Hotel
State Mouse Square
Raleigh, N.C
Iskee
Gaston House
New Berne, N.C
S. R.strlet & Son Proprietors
St. Saba Himse
Orient
Liam Drummond
Urs
A. A. Hayes
M. D
Massachusetts
Buckingham
R. P. Hall & CO
Nashua
N. H
DR. C. McLane
Fleetin
Dr. McLane
C. McLane and Fieainc Bros
McLaxe
Koch Weapper
C. Mei
Astandening Baus
C. MeLasi
Memning
Thoroaet
Oureres
Loteh
Piiuph
Bhat Buerina
Pris
Rowe Kueh
Balle
Jens
Garth
Easant
Uae
Frey
DR. Sage
Pitner
Durham Tobacco
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