How a Marine Slipped His Cable
A retired sea tale recounts the clash between marine Peabody and midshipman Spencer aboard a US cruiser off Peru. Peabody strikes Spencer with an insult, leading to mutiny accusations and Spencer’s brief brig time while awaiting court action. Spencer later leaves ship in disguise, returns later as an Army captain, and regains naval status through a congressman relative.
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Vneign Peabody
Peabody
Tom Spencer
United States
Spencer
Bave
Peru
Steru
United States Navy
Trans
Bob Lawin
Bob
Sawin
Liberty
Lawin
Bob Sawin
George Disney Mills
Electric Bitters Proclaimed Cure for Back and Kidney Trouble
J R Blankenship of Beck Tennessee testifies that Electric Bitters cured his back and kidney distress. He claims the first bottle gave relief, and after several bottles he was completely cured. Sold with guarantee at all drug stores for 50 cents. Subscribe for the Daily Telegraph.
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J. R. Blankenship
Beck, Tenn
Lincoln Jokes Fix Responsibility for Harpers Ferry
The tale recounts President Lincoln joking about fixing responsibility after Harpers Ferry fell. He suggests General Lee as the responsible man, provoking laughter as he dismisses other generals’ claims and hints at a broader moral. It then shifts to a Solomon tale where a child dispute ends with a controversial sword-based twinning joke.
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Harpers Ferry
Lincoln
Lee
Halleck
Schenck
Milroy
Hooker
Joe
General Lee
Solomon
Sleep Mysteries and Sleep-Woven Feats Across Worlds
A psychologist extols sleep’s surprises noting punka coolies asleep at their task while turning fans in India. He cites Coleridge Stevenson Corelli and Longfellow writing in sleep and mentions divers sleeping underwater with a wakeful brain. The piece likens waking at a set time to an unseen monitor within.
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India
Coleridge
Kubla Khan
R. L. Stevenson
Corelli
Longfellow
New Orleans Times-Democrat
A Penny Bargain Reveals Ancient Volume at British Museum
A workingman bought a weathered book dated 140 in haste for a penny. He could not read it and set it aside. A friend handed the volume to British Museum authorities, who offered 90 pounds, the top sum the librarian permits.
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British Museum
Winter Butterflies Defy Winter's Chill in Reported Snow
A St Nicholas note explains that among butterflies a hardy brood named angle wings or thaw butterflies survive winter. They wake during warm spells and may be seen sunning near hibernation or fluttering in open places. They pass winter as chrysalis and mature butterflies with some remaining chrysalis through severe cold.
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St. Nicholas
Hearne Seeks Voters' Inquiry On West Virginia Governor Race
Hon William H Hearne of Ohio County asks Republican voters in the Northern Panhandle to inquire into his qualifications for the West Virginia governorship ahead of the state convention. He requests information from any citizen regardless of the politicking person he may approach.
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William H. Hearne
Ohio County
West Virginia
Northern
Panhandle
Bucklen Arnica Salve Touts Frost Bite Remedy
John Kemp of East Otisfield Maine praises Bucklen's Arnica Salve for relief from chilblains and salt rheum and notes its use on fever sores ulcers piles burns and other skin ailments. Sold at drug stores for 25 cents.
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John Kemp
East Otisfield
Bucklen
Druggist offers Foley's Honey and Tar for coughing disturbance
The disturbing coughing attendee is asked to purchase Foley's Honey and Tar, offered for sale by G. H. Wade, druggist.
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G. H. Wade
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Bluefield
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Pactory
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Lynchburg
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Mary ‘Emerson
Ini
Virginia
Louis Evan Shipman
New York
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R. C. McClaugherty
I. M. Peters
W. M. Cornett
State Bank of
Teakbardens
Interment Electric Co
Fesenmeier Brew
West Vrrginia Brewing Company
W. E. Stewart
Keystone
West Va
The
Daily Telegraph
Gutenberg
London
Sleep Mysteries
D. B. Baldwin
Pioneer
W. VA
Firet National Bank
Booker & Crenshaw
Kelly & Moyer Building
Thos. E. Cofer
R. 8
Oglesby Company
Oglesby, DeWitt &Co
Windsor Hotel
DeWitt
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