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[Obituary for J.K. "Tobe" Dodd, November 30, 1905]

Description: Obituary for J. K. "Tobe" Dodd. Dodd passed away on Thursday, November 30, 1905 at the age of sixty-five at his home on the Dobbins Pike in Gallatin, Tennessee. According to the obituary, Dodd died due to a "general breakdown and softening of the brain." Dodd was a Confederate Lieutenant in Company D of the Second Tennessee Cavalry, and was later Sheriff of Sumner County, Tennessee.
Date: November 30, 1905
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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
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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
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[Periodical Clipping of Olivier Pain]

Description: An article describing the adventures of Olivier Pain. Sarting with his writings against Napoleon III's government. It mentions his wife and children. Then his adventures against the Communist government of France and his subsequent inprisonment. After escaping to Australia he arrived in the United States and went on to London. He was then secretary to Osman Pasha, after losing to the Russians he was offered to the French Government and refused. He was then a Russian prisoner of war and after th… more
Date: unknown
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[Poem clipped from newspaper]

Description: Poem clipped from newspaper, half of which is missing. The part that can be read says, "w squall." On the back is an ad for The Pilgrim Teacher with a date of 1886.
Date: 1886
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[Portrait of Chisholm]

Description: Clipping of reproduction of etched portrait of Chisholm.
Date: unknown
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[Portrait of Mrs. Myra Clark Gaines]

Description: Newspaper clipping of the late Mrs. Myra Clark Gaines, reproduction of etched illustration.
Date: unknown
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[Profile of Reverend R. C. Horn]

Description: Profile of Reverend Robert Cannon Horn, born in Middle Tennessee in 1844. Rev. Horn was raised in Collin County, Texas, and traveled between Texas and Tennessee for much of his life. He attended Mt. Pleasant High School before studying English, Latin, and Greek at Kentucky University in 1867. Horn entered the Christian ministry in 1868, and after teaching for 7 years, he spent most of the remainder of his life preaching and organizing churches across North and North-Central Texas. He married Mi… more
Date: unknown
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Some Agricultural Science

Description: An article explaining solid foods and the proportion of water and how it effects how we eat or feed on these foods.
Date: unknown
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[Three Years Ago To-Night]

Description: A poem in memory of Lieut. J. L. F. of Cincinnati.
Date: unknown
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Tombstones on Glass.: Monument on Which the Lettering Was Done by Sand Blast.

Description: Newspaper article describing the first glass tombstone. The tombstone, created for the grave of Elizabeth Pepper by her son Matthias Pepper, is in the cemetery overlooking the city of Kittanning. According to the article, glass was chosen due to its "practical indestructibility." Elizabeth Pepper died at the age of 77 in Ford City on February 4, 1892.
Date: unknown
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[Wonders of the World]

Description: Discusses the wonders of the world. Flip side lecture of the pursuit of happiness through religion and sciences with the lecturer demonstrating part of his lecture.
Date: unknown
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