War drums and perilous river voyage of Von Francois mission
The German Von Francois and party undertake a dangerous 1830s mission up the Tchuapa and Bussera rivers in the Congo basin, facing hundreds of hostile villages, war drums, and arrows. Beads and gifts quell some hostility while natives fear the white flotilla. Mrs Grenfell helps avert attacks with beads and cloth, enabling partial peaceful contact and occasional provisioning.
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Middle d
Africa
von Francois
Tghuapa
Congo
New York Sun
Stanley
Grenfell An Fon Francoia
Tchuapa
Ita
Bussera
Equator
Airles
Tchuspa
Buffalo
Uta
Vou
Francois
Grenfell
Mumbembe
Francois Saya
Tchuaya
Thax
Inna
Mad Money Tale Ends In Flight And asylum
A Minnesota family suffers ruin after a daughter steals cash meant for a move to Oregon. Theres, the daughter, hides 800 in a quilt and 1 500 in a lard pail. She uses funds for tickets and flees sanity loses grip, jumps from a moving train near Pasco WA, is confined to Stellacoom asylum, escapes, recaptured, returns to asylum. The family is destitute, mother dies from grief, sister is a nun in Portland Oregon.
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Minnesota
St. Louis
Globe-Democrat
Fisher
Cloud
Minn
Oregon
Pascoa
W.F
Stellacoom Asylum
Portland
Ore
Ree
Frontiersman Tales Of Panther Attacks And Snakes
Uncle Tom Wheelus recalls Walnut crest frontier days of wolves panthers and bears in canebrakes. Panthers attacked a mother and child. a rifle shot ended the raging beast. Bears battled a cornfield, slain after a dog pack chase. Snakes stalked homes, rattlers warned with sound, horn snakes spear through objects with deadly horn.
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Greenville
Free
Preas
Tom Wheelus
Watyes
Walnut Crest
Rexcus
Brain
Uncle Tom
Jim Hill
Wheelus
Hill
Tom Whesias
Hartshorn
Adventures of a Showman Anecdotes from Fifty Years of a Showman's Life
Readable extract outlines G Van Hare memoirs showing a life on the road in Europe with vivid circus anecdotes. He recounts a horse tail accident, dazzling ad campaigns for Napoleon the Wizard Dog, and a quest for a gorilla on the West African coast with hunger and improvised fare.
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G. van Hare
Colume
Sayx
Philadelphia Telegraph
Br. van Hare
van Hare
Napoleon
Trou
von Hare
Africa
Esrops
Europe
Rau Fiero
Spain
Rebel Yell Origins and Civil War Echoes Across America
A mosaic of 19th century anecdotes and historical notes traces the rebel yell from its Tennessee Cherokee and colonial roots to its use in Civil War and frontier conflict. The piece discusses Houston era battles, King’s Mountain ironies, Texan independence, and Western battlefield tactics. It also includes lighter society anecdotes and a famed Baltimore Sun anecdote about President Cleveland’s wife.
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Ordor
Uoon
Remai
Itas
Havana
Hare
Tennessee
St. Louis Republic
Texas
Houston
San Jacinto
Yill
Great West
England
Alleghenies
Wataura
West
Pacific
Seaboard
Theas
Cornwallis
Tarleton
Ferguson
Confederacy
Colonel Ferguson
King’s Mountain
Seco
Bhopeyater
King's Mountain
Yorktown
Kine’s Mountain
Natchez
Mr. Cleveland
Baltimore
Executive Mansion
Infantile Skin Diseases and Curo Remedies Promoted
A testimonial filled notice extols Curicura family remedies for infantile eczema and skin conditions. It claims cures for a year old boy and others, praising Curicura Soap and Resolvent, with multiple endorsements from mothers and physicians, and notes strong demand at retailers.
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Mothen
GEO. Hobis. P. M
Collins, Tex
Curicura Purifying Skin Cures for Children and Infants
An advertising fragment touts Curicura line for cleansing purifying and beautifying skin and scalp of children and infants. Claims Curicuro, Curicorg, Curicuna Scar, and Curicura Resolvent instantly relieve itching inflammation smooth crusts and promote clear soft skin and hair restoration.
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Curicuna
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Beloit
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New York
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Curicura
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