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[Clipping: Astronomical Charts]

Description: A newspaper clipping that includes an astronomical table and an outline of the moon's phases for the month. The clipping is badly stained and is unintelligible in some areas of the table.
Date: unknown
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Clipping: Buggy Advertisement]

Description: Newspaper clipping containing an advertisement for high-grade top buggies and leather grade top buggies. Description, reproduced illustrations, and prices of both models are included in the clipping. The reverse side of the advertisement details shipping costs for the buggies to locations all of the United States and to select locations in Mexico. There are handwritten notes on the front and back of the page.
Date: unknown
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Clipping of d'Arusamont Case from the Cincinnati Gazette]

Description: Article over the alimony case between Mr. d'Arusamont and his ex-wife Fanny Wright. It covers a small history of Fanny Wright: large inheritance from a maternal uncle and then she moved to the United States to promote her views. She was against slavery and she she couldn't eradicate it bought thirty slaves and set them up in St. Domingo. She then subscribed to the school of Socialist and set up a press but this project failed. In one of Fanny's visits to Paris she met Mr. d'Arusamont.
Date: unknown
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[Clipping on Agriculture]

Description: Discussing the cost to produce a bushel of grain. Feeding hogs is also discussed. The cost of corn which is fed to the hogs, which is not making any profit because of the high cost of corn.
Date: unknown
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[Clipping: Otto Wettstein]

Description: Newspaper clipping of a biographical article about Otto Wettstein, a jeweler. The article discusses several pieces of specialty jewelry that Wettstein had designed as well as his other interests. The reverse contains snippets of other articles including one about a terrier that killed nearly 50 expensive birds, part of an article regarding a mining company expedition, and updates on the stock exchange.
Date: unknown
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[Clipping: Rebel Prisoners]

Description: Newspaper clipping with details about rebel prisoners who were detained by the Union Army. The text notes that eight commissioned officers, two hundred and nineteen enlisted soldiers, and one hundred six deserters were captured. The names, ranks, and previous camp location of the officers are also included.
Date: unknown
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[A description of settler life in North Texas]

Description: Clipping, undated, that has the reminiscences of Taylor Allen on one side. Mr. Allen talks about growing up in the North Texas area and the changes that development and progress have brought. The opposite side has short news items from Dallas and Cameron, Texas.
Date: 18XX
Creator: Allen, Taylor
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[Eloquent Passage]

Description: A clipping of lights going out and midnight approaching. Spirits walking like wolves, the watcher was frightened and in walks a cat.
Date: unknown
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[Episode with Quantrell]

Description: Clipping titled "Episode with Quantrell," in which the author says that he agrees with Levi Perryman's call to have an old settler's reunion. He also recounts his memories of the history of the North Texas area. There is a portion of an ad on the reverse side with numerals penciled over the add.
Date: unknown
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[Epitaph of Colonel Ezekiel Polk]

Description: Newspaper clipping containing the epitaph of Colonel Ezekiel Polk, father of former President James K. Polk. The epitaph was contributed to the newspaper by Mr. O. P. Foote, who copied the inscription while visiting the burying-ground in Bolivar, Tennessee while stationed there with the Third Iowa Infantry in 1862. Ezekiel Polk was born September 7, 1747, and died August 31, 1824 at the age of 76. The epitaph is a 20-line poem written by Ezekiel Polk himself at the age of 74. A handwritten note… more
Date: unknown
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[From the Baltimore Gazette]

Description: Lyric's by Holmes, compared to Drake's "American Flag."
Date: unknown
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Gospel Advocate

Description: TWo men discussing the bible: God made vs Man made, good men vs bad men, wisdom of heaven vs wisdom of men.
Date: unknown
Creator: Carr, O. A.
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His Peculiarities

Description: The article discusses the correspondence between a man that was unfamiliar with the Bible and how the author tried to inform him. The subject was a man of knowledge and posed as a philosopher.
Date: unknown
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[Home remedies]

Description: Clipping, undated, which gives home remedies for getting rid of mice and rats and curing colic in horses. The opposite side seems to be discussing the pricing of cotton, grain, and cattle.
Date: unknown
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[John G. Arthur Sues for Divorce]

Description: The article mentions the cause of John G. Arthur call for divorce. It also mentions how his wife Mattie became a lawyer and throughout the marriage was the boss of the relationship and caused him financial loss. John also accuses his wife of beating him physically and verbally. His wife also schemed to disinherit John's daughter from a previous marriage. He was then forced at gun point to give her the deeds to all of his properties.
Date: unknown
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Members American White Plymouth Rock Club]

Description: Portraits of the members of the American White Plymouth Rock Club. Frank Pudney Kalkaskia, Michigan; J. A. Bickerdike Millersville, Illinois; G. W. Swarts Ariel, Pennsylvania; Dr. Robert Buchanan Nevada, Missouri; F. K. Linhard Kipling, Ohio. on the flip side is a photo of the home of Sass Brothers White Plymouth Rocks, Ancona, Illinois.
Date: unknown
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A Natural Avenue Near Edmonton

Description: Short article on the Canadian west. On the other side is a photo of a natural avenue near Edmonton.
Date: unknown
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Newspaper Clipping: Henry Ward Beecher Pleads Pardon for the Rebels and Jeff Davis]

Description: A newspaper clipping with an article about the post-Civil War sentiments of Reverend Henry Ward Beecher towards the rebels and Jeff Davis. Reverend Beecher pleaded for a pardon for those who aligned with the South during the war. The reverse side includes snippets of advertisements.
Date: unknown
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Newspaper Clipping: Illinois Regiments at Vicksburg]

Description: Newspaper clipping listing of regiments participating in the siege at Vicksburg. The list organizes the regiments in infantry, cavalry, artillery, and independent regiments who were traveling to Vicksburg for duty.
Date: unknown
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[Newspaper Fragment]

Description: A newspaper clipping that details the yearly rainfall amounts from 1839 to 1861. This fragment is torn and the missing pieces makes the rainfall table unintelligible.
Date: unknown
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Obituaries for James Irvin Guthrie and Sarah Ann McKinley]

Description: Obituaries for James Irvin Guthrie and Sarah Ann McKinley. Guthrie, a veteran of the Mexican War, died of pneumonia at his home in Sumner County, Tennessee at the age of 77. At the time of his death, Guthrie had been married to his wife, Lizzie, for 50 years. He was survived by his wife and three of his children children. Guthrie was known as a very religious man, and was one of the wealthiest men in the county. Sarah Ann McKinley, wife of W. J. McKinley, died after a long illness at the age o… more
Date: unknown
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[Obituary for Roy Griffin]

Description: Obituary for Roy Griffin, the 16 month old son of Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Griffin near Luton (Tennessee?).
Date: unknown
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

The Old Millstone used as a Door-step

Description: Clipping of reproduction of photo of a girl sweeping an old millstone that was turned into a door-step.
Date: unknown
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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