Who Will Go With Courage To Cuba in 1898 Call
The Williston Graphic prints a rallying poem urging enlistment to aid Cuba against Spain. Edgar Jones calls for brave action and relief, imagining the roll call for duty as the drums sound and the flag rises, urging Americans to march for freedom and justice.
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Cuba
Brenton Tong
API
Aale Gage
Spain
Maine
Endipas
Herooc
Huar
Edgar Jones
Hunchback Readies War News In Distant Village
A crippled man named Sandy reads the latest war dispatches in a dim village store where locals argue over war funding and county treasury gains. The scene reveals class tensions and skepticism about volunteering amid mounting conflict.
The Hunchback's War The Maine and a Deserted Town
A hunchback named Hartog seeks enlistment for country and flag after losing Nell to a lone cabin on a mountain. He travels 200 miles to Las Telitas recruiting station, faces rejection for heart disease, and walks away toward an uncertain future as patriotic music drifts from nearby Vaquero Water. The crowd recalls the Maine as war news shocks the town.
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Nell
Jedge
Maine
Ned
Lasates
Hartog
North Star
Las Telitas
Jeroriah
Sinquse
Jim
Francisco Argonaut
The Gorgon's Head and a Fading Tale of Iron and Wonder
Fragmentary report describes a mythical iron ore called the Gorgon's Head with a glowing eye and fiery halo, claimed to yield coke when processed. A French engineer noted potential sources near Rome, while discussions mention lignite like substances and experimental claims. The piece touches on a wedding and family chatter amid the odd tale.
Hope for Him and a Murderer’s Odd News Tidings
A mosaic of 1900s joke lines and notices includes a jailer and murderer scene praising Dewey, ads on sheriff sales, and a string of humorous quips from newspapers like the Chicago Daily News and Washington Star. The piece blends crime lore, advertising satire, and social one liners from era humor pages.
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Tal
Manila
Dewey
Cbleazo Post
Wheels and roads spark long reform debate in 19th century period
In 1886 wheelmen pushed for better highways noting that improved roads aid all travel. The essay argues that persistent advocacy by cyclists shaped public demand for firm parkways and durable routes, while acknowledging local gaps and seasonal inaccessibility.
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Wheeluii
Babemooth
L. A. W. Bul- Tetin
Splendid for Stock Beet Feed Debate Prompts Dairy Farmers
A critique on beet sugar factories and beet feeding value for dairy herds, stock stockers, and hogs. It discusses two acres per herd, feeding economics, and the comparative nutritive value of raw roots, pomace, and silage. The article notes digestibility benefits, potential silage use, and cautions wet roots require grain.
Chain stanchion use in dairies praised for efficiency
Inquiries cite value of chain stanchions for cattle, noting strong approval by most dairymen. Objections focus on rigidity, yet similarities to wooden stanchions exist. Cows retain head movement and can lie or rise easily on the platform, remaining clean and devoted to their own stalls as shown by the illustration and setup with two round stanchions about three feet apart per stall.
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Ohio
Stable Subdivision Indications and Cheese Making Tips
Notes on stable design show indented stalls and a necklace chain securing animals at feeders. Cheese making urged to farmers to stabilize milk prices, attract buyers, and boost home production with wrapped parchment packaging and branding. Prairie Farmer columns advise selecting robust sows for breeding and rapid growth to improve offspring traits. English gooseberry varieties noted as poor bearers.
Practical Young Woman Rejects Ghost Visit in St Louis Hotel
A Kansas City woman, practical and newly married, faced a noisy wardrobe haunting in a St Louis hotel while her husband was away. Six months later in San Francisco she hears a medium declare her mother tried to contact her through the wardrobe. She replies that if the mother wants to reach her again, avoid frightening her at night.
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Kansas City
St. Louis
San Francisco
Set Jie
Blanks
Chicago Chronicle
Graveyard Tale and Oddities in a Midnight Scene
A fragmentary nocturnal scene in a graveyard shows a furtive figure at a gallows victim’s grave, a moonlit exchange with a garbled dialect speaker, and a suggestive confrontation. The text shifts to an old advertisement for Allen's Foot-Ease remedy, plus disjointed clippings about symbols, a boarding house joke, and race into miscellany.
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Trehuive
Johnaim
Hiram Jackson
Louisville
Connier- Journal
Remarkable relief letter praises Lydia E Pinkham remedy
A Philadelphia woman describes severe womb trouble and long illness ending with relief after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She details despair, nervous breakdown, and improved health after initial doses, praising the medicine and thanking God. The letter notes Mrs Pinkham invites suffering women to write for advice.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
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