Phil Morris and the bank robbery night
Phil Morris, fourteen, narrates his uncle Jack’s test of bravery at Covert Savings Bank. When masked burglars threaten the vault, Phil uses wit and daring to mislead them and restrain the intruders while neighbors and the constable arrive. The caper ends with a humorous reveal and a lesson on jokes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phil Morris
Covert Savings Bank
Jack
Uncle Jack
Bolton
Covert
Slippery Jim
Pen
Mr. Simms
Jared Peters
Philip
Spider raises mouse in remarkable livery stable scene
A curious spectacle reported from Lebanon Kentucky where a small cellar spider trapped and hoisted a mouse by its tail with a strong web. The mouse dangled from the ceiling for hours while crowds gathered to witness the feat. The mechanism of the lift remains unexplained and unsettles observers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lebanon
Flotzingen Town Forms Female Water-Carrier Brigade
In Flotzingen Württemberg a brigade of forty-two water-carriers, including women, stood ready with their own tin pails for a drill and sham fire. They wore best Sunday attire and lined up under four squads led by female corporals keeping the roll as the town praised the effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flotzingen
Wurtemberg
Dior
The Dairy and Feed in Dumas and Roberts Experiments
The Cultivator cites Dumas Payen and Boussingault on milk yield rising with surplus food and falling with undernourishment. Dairyman Ye Tribune shares trials from 1880 81 by Ye Roberts noting corn cob meal and clear corn meal as top feeds for butter. linseed and cottonseed have mixed effects.
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Dumas
Payen
Boussingault
Ye Tribune
D. G. Roberts
New England
Health Tonics and Tax Debate Highlight 19th Century Claims
Advertisements tout Seavills Sarsaparilla and Stillingia as cures for debility, malarial symptoms, and various organ diseases, alongside Saker's Pain Panacea and Dr Rogers Worm Syrup. A treasury report notes Commissioner Raum may not oppose whisky tax cuts, anticipating lobby pressure at Congress opening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Secretary of the Treasury
Congress
Raum
Milking Machines Fail to Replace Hand Milking Say Experts
In response to inquiries the American Cultivator notes repeated attempts to build milk extracting machines have failed. It argues cow anatomy and nerve control affect milk flow, and that machines cannot detect teat aperture size or udder inflammation. Hand milking remains superior for animal welfare and quality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mike Cow
Dr King’s New Discovery Trial Bottle Offer
The enterprising proprietors invite sufferers from consumption coughs colds asthma bronchitis hay fever phthisis quinsy and related throat or chest ailments to visit J Dorr’s Drug Store for a free trial bottle. It promises to prove its value and many cured patients claim ultimate success after other remedies failed. The notice adds a second item about Jackson County Ohio grand jury reporting the county jail as a nuisance and the judge planning a bench warrant to address deficiencies. It also mentions a murder case in Titton with a suspect once claimed insane after brain fever.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. King
J. Dorr
Jackson County
Ohio
Claim of Hop Bitters Cures Woman with Severe Lung Disease
Ashburnham Massachusetts resident Mrs Julia G Cushing reports two years of illness with lung and heart distress. After failing with doctors she credits Hop Bitters, having used two bottles and claiming her health improved. She notes others were helped and cured by the remedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashburnham
Mass
Julia G
Cushing
Assassin Guiteau Seeks Royalty From Photographer
The latest letter from Guiteau, written to the Washington photographer who took his jail picture, introduces his attorney George Scoville and demands royalties for the photographs. He asks what sum would settle the matter without trouble or expense and signs as Charles J. Gurreav.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guiteau
Washington
George Scoville
Charles J. Gurreav
Best Salve for skin eruptions sold by J Dorr
An advertisement touts a universal salve for cuts bruises sores and skin eruptions priced at 25 cents a box and sold by J Dorr opposite the Court House. Other notes mention mutinies for grog bread riots and a Detroit Chronicle line about Moses striking the rock. Eva Surrin of Peora Illinois is admitted to the Leipzig University histological department as the first woman so honored. A remark claims Burnside left no debts to heirs after paying debts marking him as honest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Dorr
Court House
Ring you Joh Work to the Mee n Of
Ring request appears garbled with missing context. No clear event or names to describe.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Compound and Liver Pills Ad
Advertises Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Liver Pills for constipation and liver torpor. Mentions 2 cents per box, sold by all druggists and distributed by J. Dorr in Athens Ohio with John D. Park & Son as wholesale agents in Cincinnati.
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Lydia E. Pinkram
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Hucksen
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Cincinneti
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