Dakota Bob Visits Athens on Thanksgiving Walking Tour
Dakota Bob, famed professional walker and adventurer born in 1858, revisits Athens en route to Mexico. He arrives with a signature book and city officials’ endorsements, resting after a 18 mile ride from Comer and planning a Thanksgiving Day stay as backer funds arrive, while detailing his rugged life and unusual career. He follows a strict daily schedule of 30 miles, walking five hours each session at three miles per hour.
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Dakota Bob
United States
Bob
Dakota Hob
Mexico
Athens
City
Comer
Billy Lee
Yonkers
N. Y
Smith
Tunner
Neal
Huffalo
Hautere
Cornell
San Prancisco
Lee
Mr Tom Daniel Dies After Illness in City
Mr Thomas Daniel died yesterday afternoon in this city after months of illness. A former solicitor general and promising lawyer, he suffered paralysis in early life and never practiced again. He fell to Hancock Avenue during a wartime accident and later died in the Vin cent House area, leaving a legacy in Athens and Winder relatives. The funeral is set for 3 PM at the home on Hancock Avenue with Presbyterian elders to meet, interment at Coones Cemetery. The ad notes Prickley And Bitters, sold by H R Palmer & Sons.
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Thomas Daniel
Daniel
Tom Daniel
Ths
Athens
Hancock Avenue
Vincent
Lampkin Street
Young A. Daniel
Winder
Presbyterian Church
Coones Cemetery
A Tribute to Mrs Embry From Lula V Martin
A church memorial fondly recalls Mrs Embry as a loving, faithful, and unselfish presence. Lula V Martin writes of her gentle spirit, Christlike love, and inspiring counsel, ending with a hopeful note of reunion at the gates. The piece closes with an unrelated medical advertisement for Hood's Sarsaparilla.
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Mrs. Embry
Christ
Scch
Court hears death of Col. Jo. C. Bernard in Clarke Superior Court
Yesterday afternoon during Clarke superior court session Col. Grigsby E. Thomas announced the death of Col. Jo. C. Bernard since the last court. Judge Russell appointed a committee to prepare resolutions with Sylvanus Morris as chairman and H. S. West J. P. Foster R. Howard and L. Cobb to present them at the next section.
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Clarke Superior Court
Col. Grigsby E. Thomas
Col
Lamar's Lemon Laxative Endorsed by Local Official
Macon Georgia chair of Hub County Commissioners declares after a careful trial that Lamar's Lemon Laxative fulfills all claimed benefits. Ben G M Davis of the commission praises the product and recommends it to residents.
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Ben. G.M. Davis
Macon, Ga
Hub County
Naya
Lamar
Professor's Escaped Bacteria and Odd Historical Tales
A miscellany of curious anecdotes from a bygone era: a fake professor escapes with a Brazilian bacterium scare in a Chicago station incident. Chilean telegraph tricks using captive Indians to guard wires. Lincoln's casual exchange with a crowd on a Rochester platform. a misread New York bill mistaking heathen for heath and an Indian-related frontier note. and a businessman's guarded account of his wife's reception.
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Chile
Pinto
New York
House of Assembly
Indiana
No Push to the M D Wilton Do you know I’m many
The Boston Transcript quotes a patient lamenting high medical costs and unclear billing. The speaker questions whether to pay the doctor or receive compensation for elevated living expenses, noting a doubling of costs. The fragment captures frustration with medical charges and affordability.
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Tilton
Wilton
The Devoted Wife in Rubber Plant Rescue Scene
A dramatic Cleveland Plain Dealer vignette shows a rubber plant tub falling onto a husband. The devout wife pleads for care as rescuers carefully lift the tub, noting a new leaf emerging on the plant.
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Charua
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Extreme Affectation Trick on Street Car
A young man with a battered red pink and yellow suitcase boarded a street car and asked the conductor for fare for six blocks. He overpaid 15 cents and tipped the conductor to buy beer and a cigar, claiming to have just returned from Europe where fares are distance based and tips common. The conductor explained it was an old trick to feign European customs to reveal travel abroad.
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Europe
New York
Philadelphia
Singular Gatton Election Duel Ends With One Vote
The Gatton contest in 1812-16 featured Sir Mark Wood backing his son, while butler Jennings refused to second. With only three voters Sir Mark cast the sole vote for Wood, Jennings for Whig, producing a final tally of Wood 1, Jennings 0. Westminster Gazette.
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Gatton
Mark Wood
William Congreve
Mark
Jennings
Sir Mark
Butler
Wood
Westminster Gazette
How He Knew It Poons Amid Vast Veldt Tales
An alternating tale from Prieska to Ken Bard recounts a Dutchman Gert Maans claiming the world is round after riding through the veldt all night and returning to the start. The piece then notes Thuringian artificial eyes produced by hand, with varied coloring, and cites U S plant trades with millions in annual retail value.
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Prieska
Kenbard
Gert Maans
Maans
Poortie
London Standard
Thuringia
Germany
United States
United
Iasa
Chicago Chronicle
Forrest and Negro Minstrel on Early American Stages
The piece recalls how negro minstrels formed into bands by 1840 and notes stars like Joe Jefferson and Edwin Forrest who began with minstrel acts. Forrest once performed as a blackfaced dancer with an elderly woman helper, testing the crowd with a joke that revealed his identity. Also included is a humorous exchange about wind and a boy’s teasing of a household head.
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Forrest
Amercan
Joe Jefferson
Edwin Forrest
Chicago Post
Water springs and Kentucky colonels chased by a landlord
A humorous Alabama tale centers on Briggs selling a summer hotel built around a cold crystal spring and a Kentucky colonel who jokes the spring must be filled in if a deal closes. The piece contrasts a parlor joke with a sharp bite about land speculation and local lore.
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Alabama
Briggs
Kentucky
New Orlenans Times-Democrat
Not In Book I Know Chinese Inked Lore
A young woman at a seaside getaway gains fame for clever linguistic skill as she deciphers a Chinese laundry entry system. She identifies a crossed out hieroglyph and tiny characters, proving her claim by locating the correct pink sash entry in the book. The moment earns admiration from three onlookers.
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Indy
Kansas City World
Winds of Change in Anglo American Legacy Case
London court weighs whether William L. Winans of Baltimore was domiciled in Britain at his 1697 death as a £2000 legacy to his sister in law faces crown claims. Walter Winans testifies his father viewed Baltimore as home, while beet sugar talks in Paris aim to reassemble Brussels talks after French and other nations push. A dynamite blast in Anke near Donal’s coal mine kills 12, injures eight, with 18 missing.
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London
Loxno
William L. Winans
Baltimore
Great Britain
Eithears
Mr. Winans
Walter Winans
Found Dying In The Road In Oklahoma Street Murder Suspect
Decatur Alabama November 28 a young man Walter Austin of New Decatur was found dying in a highway through an Oklahoma district a rough area with a Black population His neck was broken and skull crushed leaving the death shrouded in mystery Authorities suspect he was dragged into the hollow wheel of a vehicle to conceal the deed A negro was later shot by a posse in Lake City Florida after a chase and a white man was injured in the same incident The episode ends with an ad for DeWitta Little Early Risers liver pills framed as a local advertising insert.
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Decatur
Ala
Oklahoma
Walter Austin
New Decatur
Lake Crrv
Fis
W. T. Strange
Spencer Pultieme
Mr. Strickland
Strickland Bros
Lila
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Teller
Hoh
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Old Harbor
Kingston
Qld Harbor
Solomon
Harper'n Magazine
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France
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DeWitta
H. RB. Palmer & Bons
W. S. Holman & CO
Georgia
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Broad Street
Gainesville
Gaindaville
Elliott & Whitehead
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