Political fund solicitations reveal party campaign methods
A letter to a Williamesnuty postmaster exposes Ohio Republican funding tactics for the 19th century campaign. It discusses soliciting contributions from federal officers and inside a federal building while insisting on lawful disbursement and control of campaign expenses. The message urges support for the party and pledges careful distribution of funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamesnuty
Olio
North Dakota
Finance Committee
Ohio Republican Suite Executive Committee
Columbus
Voller
Colossal Maine tree measured near Jay on Androscoggin
A large tree near Jay Maine on the Androscoggin lawn of the late Dudley Bean is cited as among Maine’s biggest. Its trunk circumference four feet above ground is 23 feet, diameter seven feet, with seven branches at six feet high, extending over a 90 foot diameter area. A band stand for 25 sits under the branches, and a Boston visitor marveled at its size, noting that $10,000 would not buy it if on his lawn. The tree was planted 42 years ago by Lafayette Bean before his California departure.
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Jay
Maine
Androscoggin
Dudley Bean
Boston
Tie
Lafayette Bean
California
Whisky Saved His Life on the St Paul
Charles Gross, a white headed new groporter on the steamboat St Paul, credits whisky with saving his life after a Mascot explosion killed much of her crew. He keeps one vow to Captain Burke and fears divine retribution if the St Paul ever blows up while he remains a drinker.
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Charles Gross
St. Paul
St. Louis Republic
Charlie
St. Louis
Cape Girardeau
Leligh
Gross
Burke
Strange Wheels and the Early Bicycle Lore
A fragmentary 19th or early 20th century reflection traces the bicycle’s origins from a stained glass wheel in Stoke Pogis to 19th century English and French experiments. It notes 1811 “damly horse” or hobby horse names, Keats references, and Keats’s epistle imagining velocipede-like devices, then muses on future invention and the dream of a wheel in 2000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stoke Pogis
Windsor
England
Gray
John Gilmer Speed
Lippincott
Pan
John Keats
America
John Ieals
Enghmd
Anecdotes on England’s unchanged manners and a Philadelphia musical clan
The article recounts Mrs. Harrison’s tale of an English woman remaining in the same chair by a window with the same needlework over three years apart, illustrating England’s constancy. It then describes a Philadelphia family in a house for forty years whose generations form a musical tradition with a father and sons playing classical pieces every Sunday noon, and the author’s plan to visit again for a Sunday recital. The piece also touches on firing in Indian medicine, a British critique of steel ship coldness, and the dangers of warming steel sides in cold weather, noting potential rheumatism and icicle formations in ships.
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Burton Tluvrison
Anser Jean
Lusden
Buweed Bimuell
America
Lomlon
Pen
Philadelphia
Manadelphia
Loften
India
Agra
Bombay
Strange ship stories of haunting voyages and deaths at sea
A reporter records a tavern of tugboat men recalling grisly maritime legends. One tale centers a Lisbon to Leishan voyage on the Italian brig Leonore where a crew succumbs to a mysterious illness and rash after weeks at sea. Survivors relay fracture, fear, and a brutal struggle for life amid dwindling water and drifting hope.
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South Street
Sirante
Candhe
Tru
Phe
Shladel
Phin
Leonore
Capes
Lisbon
Sgt Nore
Capelain
Leshan
Hettimere
Byebeer
Apheton
del Weber
Weil
Wei
New York
Brooklyn
Mystery of Mississippi Source Claims and Local Ads
An OCR fragment threads a claim that the Mississippi rises in the Rocky Mountains near Montana, with notes on river depth, distance from the Gulf, and the longest continuous current. The text shifts to local notices and ads for saddles, clothing, and tailor services in Williston, Williston, North Dakota, circa 1895, including merchants and prices for suits and fall winter goods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mississippi
Rockies
Boundacy
Montana
Caut
Mexico
SPH
AMBER
Soph Williston
Sealed Proposals Wanted for School District House
Sealed proposals for construction of a frame house in Ness School District Nessou North Dakota will be received at the district clerk's office. Specifications on file at the district clerk's office. House to be completed by December 1, 1800. The board reserves the right to reject any or all bids. J. M. Foearnysts, Clerk. September 6, 180.
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Geliael House
Seimal House
Howth
J. M. Foeaunysts
Ness
Nessou
N.D
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Pelle
Milwaukee
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Fender
Tose Navy
Terengese Navy
Neil Afi Ndams
Oy Mens
Isa Pilob
Aly
Engwenty
Shapan
Slecuberel
Minor
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Wiliam Lovanlasd
Ney Jes
Hownthip
Walt Tone
Charles Weldwin
John Tenester
Forman Willant McRey
Momar
Olsgaird
LG. Stewart
Favathow & Cogushuall
Stark Sudellen
Olste Williston
Uwe Inferior
Minh
George Py
Willban Cooper
Combestow
Cingper
Towinaf Willistuti
N. Deo
Reeember
Sa Wishaw
Unis
Peter Fee
Reddy Tan
Berry
Watt
Benirdine
Sinios Lund
Minot
Tau
Firth
Canterea
Titan
St Paul
Williston
Freeman
Williston, No
Thin Scientific American
Eles Jamal Fone
Aig
HM & Co
Ofice
Washington, D.C
M. G. Markell
Photograph
Hyomtway
Alt Law
E. C. Palmer
Willieton
Williania
Towner
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Aspe Griomeerses
Art Diket ‘Towner
WM. Snyder
Delcions Tempieranes Dreaka Atuniys
Sss
Mut Street
Bryant & Sharp
North Dawota
City Dray Line
John Heffernan
Prop
Parry
John Mercer
Miso
and Poon
Alsan Hower-pol Brand
H. A. Nelson Postalties
Nelson, NY
Rand Alan
George W. Newton
Williston, N.D
Aisa Fon
Ole Thorson
Nueson
Carthe
W.O. Barstad
Frinton Heft
Cilv
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Chris, Anderson
Tostoffive
Willistan, Nout
E. L. Moore
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Taree
Thomas Shea
Postoffice
whtrom—Wolet
Saive Titan
Mio Benyon Bell
Dietitians
Willistos
Strou Eros
Britet i
Jane Pistes
Cuthes
Mee
Venti
Uncle Sam
Sundberg
Optician
Broadway
Fargo, N, D
West
Cite Reval History Department
Aiot Lear
Partivalans
Liqniry Teush
Try Deperiaent
Mrdison Se
Caivage
Fear Feek Prynvettten
Fu Yurtirutye Eippeeimen
Douglas Bell
Williston, N. D
Dan Harris
Williston, N. de
Wildines
Williston, N, D
F. R. Zahh
N. D
General Blacksmiths
Brennt & Sharp
N. Dak
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