Old Nat Macon Remembered In North Carolina Memoir
A Warrenton paper recounts Nathaniel Macon the noted North Carolina statesman of Warren county. It details his public service from 1791 to 1828, his frugal life, character, and abstention from self-promotion, and notes his influence on state and national affairs including the 1835 constitutional revision and early education issues.
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Warrenton
N. C
Warren County
John Randolph
Thomas Jefferson
Nathaniel Macon
7Th Carolina
Old Macon
Commonwealth
Congress
United States
Delaware and Chesapeake
North Carolina
William Tell
America
Weldon N. Edwards
Wheeler
Macon
Virgina Cust
Vicerdes
House of Representatives
Senate
Ingersoll
Pennsylvania
GrstLemen
Great Britain
Washington, D. C
Sre
Norwanner Macon
Nat Macon
Hannah Plam
Hannah
Mr. Macon
Raleigh
United States Senate
State University
Widow Reflects on Grave Rowbed With James
A fair widow who survived three husbands visits graves with a gentleman once courting her. In mourning, she sighs that James might have ended up buried there too if only he had more courage.
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House of Representatives
James
Man beaten by father before Austin judge
A man charged with cruelly beating his child faced an Austin court. The record describes the defendant as a strapping negro and the child as saddle-colored. The judge pressed for explanation, questioning the defendant’s parental guilt while the accused responded with anger.
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Jedye
Dogs Attached to Regiments by Russian Government
The Russian government decides to attach a number of dogs to each regiment. These dogs serve as scouting and sentinel auxiliaries in campaigns with savage tribes. They are trained to growl to announce approaching men, using their superior scent and hearing to prevent surprises.
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Ased
Cement for Mending China Instructions and Grim Nonsense
A fragment outlines mending china with a gum orelose and plaster paste, applied warm and left to dry for days, then veers to a grim remark about evolutionists and Adam as prime evil. The text mixes practical repair steps with an unfounded anti evolution statement. The source reads as a jumble of household advice and pseudoscience.
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Plaster of Paris
Arlington Virginia town visited for peg factory work
A writer visits Arlington Va a town of about 2500 with three churches five stores two hotels and a peg factory. Foreman L E White shows the plant where black and yellow birch pegs are cut baked and finished by machines manned by young women. The process includes wintry frost extraction kilns brimstone bleaching and barrelling to produce 600 barrels daily for market.
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Arlington, Vi
L. E. White
France
Vermont
Genius and labor in success in work and life
The saying contrasts genius with labor and ordinary ability, noting that genius alone often harms, while genius paired with consistent effort can perform wonders. Persistent effort turns talent into lasting achievement across any profession or business.
Corn production in the United States tops 890 million bushels
The United States yields more than 890 million bushels of corn each year. Much of the grain goes to feeding cattle and hogs while a large portion supplies sugar, starch, and alcohol production.
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United States
Rattlesnake Quip Sparks Cautionary Laughs
A humorous remark attributed to Artemus Ward features a rattlesnake’s head emerging from a hole. He quips that he bears off to the left and tells himself the hole belongs to the snake, a line intended to defuse danger with wit.
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Artemus Ward
Snaix
Philosophy of Life: Balancing Fortune and Evil
A thoughtful maxim on choosing to maximize good in life while minimizing harm. It frames the art of living as weighing benefits against evils and adopting a measured, prudent approach to daily choices.
Faithful deeds and rain brighten the world
The passage reflects on faith facing obstacles, focusing on the end goal, and notes that small acts of kindness illuminate life, alongside tiny rains that brighten meadows. It ends with a paradox about a legless weapon that kicks.
Railroads south spur growth and shift values in lands
The speaker envisions southern railroads drawing Northern industry and jobs, boosting land values and employment as men learn new trades. He warns mates of courting and marriage shifting with changing times, notes that New England identity wanes as Irish and Dutch communities grow, and asserts a pragmatic, combative stance on courting and wealth.
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New England
Rights of way and fence line rules on roads and land
The article outlines common law on road boundaries noting that farm soil often extends to the road middle subject to public travel rights. Farmers may use road materials for repair but not for private use. no one may feed cattle on another's land or remove trees. Travelers may pass, but abuse is punishable. wells and trees require permission for use or damage.
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Charleston
Census Bureau
United States
Georgia
West Virginia
South S
Richmond D
Congress
Treasury
Sena
Tor Butler
News and Courier
Union
Health Note on Anxiety and Vital Energy Effects
A medical snippet contrasts fretful anxiety with high aspiration and enthusiasm. The text suggests anxiety harms digestion and respiration while enthusiasm boosts vital energy circulating to the body's parts.
Texas Judge Cuts Time Off Ninety Nine Year Term
A Texas judge reduced a ninety nine year sentence by six months to signal leniency toward the inmate and show friends the court’s willingness to offer a chance.
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Texas
Division and Gra ciousness in Life’s Court of Opinion
The text muses on cautious deliberation coupled with firm division and gracious yielding. It notes that many achieve success not from praise but from the hiss of enemies, contrasting it with the applause of friends. It references religious demographics with Roman Catholics and Protestants, implying broad world-scale opinions.
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Wilmington Review of Saturday
A. M. Waddell
T. James
We Dear
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Raleigh News Aml
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Virginia
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