Panther Hunt Ends in Farmhouse Heroics and Harvested Trophy
A border tale follows two poor brothers, David and Saul, whose family clings to life after Mexican raids. They pursue a dangerous panther that haunts their land, endure a sleepless night watching the hound, and finally, with aid from their mother, shoot the creature. The nine foot seven inch, 250 pound panther is killed near their farm as the boys age and grow into capable youths.
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Ohn Taylor
Shar
David
Saul
Ike
Daria
Bart
Hector
Davia
Mme
A Snow White Robin Spotted Near Mosquito Creek
A Chicago Record reader recalls seeing a white robin among a flock near Mosquito Creek. The observer notes the bird’s lack of color, its friendly behavior with red-breasted robins, and that young birds may inherit albinism. Robins often return to the same nesting site each year.
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Chilcago
Tiris
Robin
Robina
Prince White
Woods
Justine Iddings Baldwin
Chicago
How They Are Buried in Aboriginal Customs
Brief excerpt notes Australian aborigines employ striking funeral rites with tall poles arranged above graves forming a skeletal effect. The imagery likens the scene to telegraph poles and a decorative yet grotesque resting place. Mention also recalls Otis Was Nonplained and Gen Elwell Otis once puzzled in youth, famed prank involving a donkey in class.
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Otis
Elwell $ Otis
Philippines
Rochester Academy
Cor
Nurse Encounters Cuban Laundress Miscommunication Tale
A returned army nurse shocked by a Cuban laundress vising her with urgent pantomime. In hospital, an ill officer speaking Spanish and a nurse fearfully translates a cryptic message. The Cuban finally whispers that the pink shirt stripes mean trouble, a life and death moment.
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Cuba
Washington
Axiety
Sher
Spaniah
Primrose Day Sale Figures From England Stir Public Interest
London dispatches report Primrose Day saw extensive primrose trading with over 4,000,000 bunches prepared for sale in major cities. About 96,060,000 blooms were likely produced, highlighting the vast scale of the event and the industry’s response to demand beyond street buyers.
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London
London 1 Frogn
Baptisms and Burial Notices Mention Actsy Pegden
The fragment notes the baptism of Elizabeth Pegden from Dunkirk on August 2 1795 and the burial of Acts apostle Pegden aged 70 on November 14 1863. It references an abbreviation Actsy and a parishioner’s remark about uncle Actsy Pegden, plus an April 1823 baptism at Boughton for Acts of the Apostles son Richard and Phoebe Kennett.
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Ander
Bleu
Thomas
Elizabeth “Pegden
Dunkirk
Actsapostle
Pegdén
Actsy
Boughston
Actsy Pegden
Richard
Phoebe ‘Kennett
Boughton
A Dad and a Lergyman Promise in Odd Sunday Query
A quaint Tirade from Tit-Bits recalls a country parson who asks his sexton if Parliament sits today. The reply, blunt yet pointed, urges prayer for the MPs as a rough but honest take on public affairs.
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Saul
M.pytell
Lergyman
Sexton
Liament
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H. E. Thompson
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Georgia
Roseland
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Cincinnati, Ohio
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Ohio
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