Great State Bonfire of 1826 and Maine Timber Thieves
A Boston Transcript writer recounts Maine’s great state bonfire of 1826 in the Seboeis pumpkin pine region. Timber cruiser Jim Chase set hay alight to deter thieves, but the fire consumed forests and wildlife, forcing Chase to flee Mount Chase to Bangor. Moosehead Lake and vast timber losses followed the authorized blaze. The tale contrasts with owl behavior observed by St. Nicholas.
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Maine
Boston Transcript
Seboeis
Jim Chase
Jim
Brer
Mount Chase
Bangor
Moosehead Lake
Whistler's Ingenious Prank Drives Off Noisy Neighbor
In Venice Whistler devises a clever ruse to silence a troublesome countess living below. He fishes from her balcony jar using a bent pin on a thread, broils the goldfish, and drops them back as she returns to find them dead. The commotion leads her to leave, blaming the sun for cooking the fish.
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Whistler
A. J. Eddy
Venice
Photographing an Owl in a Dog Driven Scenario
A descriptive note explains photographing a great horned owl as it watches a dog and captures the moment when the owl seizes a fowl then rests before returning to the woods. The technique suggests guiding a dog within twenty feet to facilitate the shot.
Cham berlain’s Stomach and Liver Tablets Promised Cure
Mrs. T. V. Williams of Laingsburg Michigan says sour stomach and vomiting spells were cured by Cham berlain’s Stomach and Liver Tablets. The ad guarantees to cure stomach trouble of this character and says the tablets are sold by all druggists.
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Chamberlain
T. V. Williams
Laingsburg
Mich
Il Trovatore Shines In Des Moines Easter Opera Festival
Savage English Grand Opera Co presents a full Il Trovatore at the Auditorium Des Moines during Easter Festival along with Lohengrin and Carmen. Joseph Sheehan stars as high C tenor with a noted Anvil Chorus and Miserere, as railroads offer excursion rates for April 25 26 27.
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Savage English Grand Opera Co
Des Moines
Erias
Il Trovatore
Savage Company
Chamberlain's Colic Remedy Praised by Texas Family
Mrs J B Cooke of Nederlands Texas touts Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy for bowel complaints in children. She says it cured their family and urges use as directed. Ad copy ends with an unrelated voice example from Detroit Free Press.
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J. B. Cooke
Nederlands
Texas
Detroit Free Press
Low Rates to St Louis for Baptist Anniversaries
North Western Line offers excursion tickets from May 13 to 22 with return by May 24 to attend the National Baptist anniversaries in St Louis. Tickets available through Chicago and North Western Railway agents. This notice blends travel incentive with religious event timing.
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St. Louis
North-Western
National Baptist
Chicago & North-Western Rail
Great Cities and the Shaping of National Industry
Dr Louis Bell argues in Engineering Magazine that industrial concentration in large cities fuels decaying rural communities and reliance on distribution chains. He warns that nations with production subordinate to distribution mechanisms risk eventual disintegration and declining prosperity.
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Louis Bell
Engineering Magazine
Sciatic Rheumatism Cured by Chamberlain's Pain Balm
E. H. Waldron of Wilton Junction Iowa says years of sciatic rheumatism caused stiff joints and pain. He used Cham berlain's Pain Balm and reports a thorough cure with no pain for many months. Sold by all druggists.
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E. H. Waldron
Wilton Junction
Iowa
Chamberlain
Newlywed at the club drags anchor after squall
A reader notes a newlywed man frequently at the club since his baby arrived. The correspondent says the couple seemed anchored at home but he began to drag his anchor at the first squall.
Electric Bitters Cure Kidney Trouble in Bear Grove Man
E H Wolfe of Bear Grove Iowa credits Electric Bitters with curing two years of kidney trouble after great pain and anxiety. He says the medicine also eases general debility and nerve trouble and keeps it on hand. L M Bosworth, druggist, guarantees them at 50c.
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E. H. Wolfe
Bear Grove
Iowa
L. M. Bosworth
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St. Nicholas
Savage Grand Opera CO
Uchamberlain
Shakespeare
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Maple St
Champaign, Il
FOLEY
Henry Livingstone
Babylon
N. Y
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Dennis
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D. D
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Ames
F. H. Waters
Keedicks Store
Story County Bank
Ames, Iowa
M’carthy
Lef
E. S McCord, M. D
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Mutual
W. E. Harriman
McWilliam
C. W. Payne
BM. i
Boone, Iowa
B. G. Dyer, M. D
Groves
Cardus
Cardui
Ladies’ Advisory Dept
Chattanooga Medicine Co
Chattanooga
Tenn
Burt Kooser
L. A. Morris
East Main Street
Ames, Lowa
the Undertaker
G. D. Loud
Hannas
W.M. Greeley
Daniel McCarthy
Henry Wilson Cashier
Union National
Bankers' National Bank
Chicago
National City Bank
New York
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C. E. Gardres
Sorenson & Gamrath’s
M. J. Adams
Mutual ’Phone
E. F. Posegate
Bucklen
Theodore Schuele
Columbus, O
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