Ground Hog Day in Indiana Law and Local Notices
A quirky Indiana rule fixes Ground Hog Day on February 2 and a 1870 Mitchell bill made the date official. The piece narrates legal lore from Indianapolis Star and recalls a pneumonia cautionary note for readers regarding pharmaceutical remedies. It ends with stray dialect and trolley worker chatter.
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Indiana
Monroe County
P. L. D. Mitchell
Mitchell
Indiana University
Indianapolis Star
The Death of an Actor to Save Mistress Bracegirdle
A London tragedy from 1692 unfolds as Captain Richard Hill and Lord Mohun plot to abduct Mistress Bracegirdle. Will Mountfort dies when Hill fatally stabs him. Mohun is later deemed mostly but not fully guilty. Bracegirdle survives and remains loyal to Mountfort, while Hill escapes justice.
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London
Buckingham Court
Joff the Strand
Mistress Bracegirdle
Richard Hill
Congreve Song
Lord Burlington
Halifax
Dorset
Bracegirdle
Howard Street
Strand
Lord Charles
Princes Street
Drury Lane
Page
Lord Charles Mohun
Captain Hill
Master Page's
Hill
Mistress Bracegirdie
Lord Mohun
Wil Mountfort
Mountfort
Will Mountfort
Mounffort
Betterton
Garrick
England
House of Lords
Charles Mohun
Duke of Hamilton
Hyde Park
Thetare Royal
Momfort
Mistress Mounfort
Mohun
Mistress Mountfort
Will
Surfense
Fason
Value of Charcoal for Health and Beauty
A discussion extols charcoal as a safe purifier and health aid. It claims charcoal cleanses the stomach and bowels, sweetens breath, improves complexion, whitens teeth, and purifies blood. Stuart's Charcoal Lozenges are highlighted as the best value at twenty five cents a box, with a Buffalo physician praising their benefits.
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Stuart
Buffalo
What Are They Chamberlains Stomach Tablets
An old advertisement notes Chamberlains Stomach and Liver Tablets as a 4 Rew remedy for stomach troubles billiousness and constipation. Priced at 26 cents per box, offered by Stenet J Aralths & Bro.
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Chamberlain
Stenet J Aralths & Bro. Ane
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Allen H. Talmage
Clayton Street
Athens, GA
Grame & Co
Morton & Taylor
Electrical Contractors
College Ave
Orr’s School
Pulaski and
Dougherty Streets
Whit
S. P. Orr
Southern Railroad
R, W. Sizer
Hoosier State
Chicago
Laura
W. D. Wilcox
Logan, New York
H. R. Palmer Sons
W. J.smith & Bro
Bubbleg
the Holy Trinity
Siese
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