Opulent Reflections and Local Notices from May 1788
The excerpt recalls Mait May 1788 church roofing, public fire plans, and education aims while discussing moral discipline and a broad view of aging. It cites Marie Smith opening a Winchester school, Warren Hastings and Burke, and a moral tone on virtue, aging, and literature with references to Longfellow and Goethe.
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Nemo
Jim
Sint Tite
Warren Hastings
London
Burke
Hastings
India
Eng
Marie ‘Smith
Winchester
Frederick Grusher
Stephensburg
Jis
Viliain
Aldnder
Metelore
Prison and double life echo in Baltimore tale
A man who misused funds faces prison in Baltimore while captured after fleeing. In a Montana death casts light on a concealed double life and a woman who sacrifices her future for love. The piece ends with a reflective poem about the last leaf and parting wisdom.
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Baltimore
Monticello
Hidemce
Baltimore Wholesale Prices Report
Wholesale price list for Baltimore area items includes corn cob at 8.47 per barrel, hay No 1 timothy 19.50, standard timothy 19, No 5 clover mixed 17, No 1 clover 17.50. Butter fancy creamery 86, choice 84, Virginia and nearby dairy prints 21, rolls 20 to 28. Eggs Virginia and nearby firsts offered, live poultry prices for chickens ducks and geese provided with various weights and counts.
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Virginia
Programs at Old Market Street Church
A Sunday program at Old Market Street Church includes morning and evening services led by Rev. C Dol Taylor with the post Christmas meditation and The Peacemaker topics. The morning will feature an offertory anthem and an organ piece, and the evening includes organ prelude, hymns, and a grand chorus. The church choir lists named sopranos altos tenors basses and musicians, with a Sunday school entertainment reprise at 8 oclock Sunday afternoon after a 2 15 pm assembly. Public invited.
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Os Iy Rcg
St Marfzet Street
C. Dol. Taylor
WNT
B. Lemaigre
Katharine Kern
Mary Robinson
Aurstin Sloat
John H. Seal
Ray R. Sartelle
J. P. Sartelle
Misa Bessie Sartelle
John J. Sloat
Balcists
Meta Sartelle
G.H. Eagle
The Wanderlust German and the Hired Man
A humorous exchange features a farmer and a German hired man of eleven years. The farmer jokes about wanderlust as the cause of German mobility, then reframes the idea to caution against electing unsuitable candidates. A German peddler asks for leave and says he got his wish when Mrs Ancry confronts him.
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John
Prices Offered By Wholesalers In Regional Markets Archive
The announce shows quotations from wholesalers buyers and shippers in Philadelphia Baltimore Washington and other cities. Wheat corn hay flour bran middlings millfeed butter young chickens turkeys rabbits potatoes hams shoulders and other staples priced per unit or per bushel with retail ranges noted.
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Occ
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Washington
Stephenson
Timothy Hay
Ieee
Gasoline Explosion Damages Edinburg Parlor Building
An explosion occurred in Edinburg Shenandoah county yesterday afternoon inside a one story frame building used as a moving picture parlor. Mr B F Myers was filling a gasoline engine which powered the projector when a lantern nearby ignited the fire. The machine and engine were nearly destroyed but the building was saved and the fire confined to the interior. Damage estimated at 600 dollars.
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B. F. Myers
Edinburg
Shenandoah County
Christmas Cantata Repeated by E Church
The Sunday school of John Mann will repeat the cantata held. Scene to be shown on Monday night December 29. Morning and evening Sunday school features added. Tomorrow preaching by Rev. A P Shaw. Mr and Mrs Joseph Roeder of Brunswick Maryland visiting relatives.
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John Manne
A. P. Shaw
Joseph Roeder
Brunswick, Md
Charles Moyer Kidnapped By Miners Say The Miners
Calumet Michigan December 27 Charles H Moyer president of the Western Federation of Miners was put on a train and sent out of the copper strike district claimed by miners as kidnapped. Sheriff Cruse denies the charge calling it a frame up. Green Bay Wisconsin December 27 C H Moyer said upon arrival with head bandaged that Charles Tanner and he were assaulted at Calumet in the dark by a city alliance mob dragged a mile threatened with hanging then put on a train and warned they would be killed if they returned.
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Star
Calumet
Mich
Chas. H. Moyer
Western Federation of Miners
Cruse
Moyer
Green 4Ban
Wis
Ho Moyer
Charles Tanner
Alliance
No Enthusiast Says Votes for Women
A conversation shows Mrs. Corntessel agreeing to women’s suffrage while noting potential weakness in support. The exchange suggests women will vote if given the chance but must balance domestic duties with political action.
Just Like Grown Ups Doll Troubles in Caustic Tale
A fragment shows Maigha and a doctor diagnosing a child’s doll as nervous breakdown with muctlage remedy. The line hints at adult language and a surreal punchline about child and medical humor.
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Bie
Maigha
One Lesson Learned From a Misfired Arrow
A farmer swore an arrow killed his cow after it struck an unknown target. The narrator vows not to shoot arrows again, reflecting on the mishap and the lesson learned from the incident.
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Erin
Misinterpretation at the Hill Young Ladies Exchange
A fragmentary dialogue shows Miss Elderleigh accusing Katherine of remarking that she looked old. Jack Spott attempts to explain he compared age with Hill twins known to him, not making a personal insult.
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Miss .Elderleigh
Katherine
Jack Spott
Hill
Woman Made Silent Partner In Business Firm
A humorous exchange centers on a newspaper item noting a woman becoming a silent partner. Mrs. Gabb questions the joke while Mr. Gabb explains the phrase and its implication in the notice.
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Mrs. Gabb
Mr. Gabb
Renatured Santa and the Shave and Haircut Joke
A humorous fragment portrays a narrator reacting to a reformer who plans a shave and a haircut for Santa Claus to prevent the old man from catching fire from Christmas candles. Another line cites a divorce joke about the Smiths, with a pun on incompatibility and fusionists.
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Santa
Santa Claus
Quietel and local inquiry near Mount Sidney Va
Fragmentary OCR notes reference Raby crying over a missing item and a Yvartmaster Shaver from the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad visiting relatives near Mount Sidney in Augusta County Virginia. No clear events or outcomes are stated.
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Yvartmaster Shaver
Baltimore , and Ohio Railroad
Mount Sidney
Augusta County
Building Collapse Endangers Many in Harris Shoe Block
A building near the Harris shoe block collapsed today in St Louis, endangering many lives and causing an estimated loss of 100000. The incident occurred as a large section of the structure gave way, threatening nearby properties and passersby.
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ST. Louis
Harris Shoe
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