Silent Man and His Elephant Take Retribution
In Rewah India Guya Jansi a silent laborer known as The Silent One owned the largest elephant used on public works. After being wrongly convicted of theft and jailed his elephant later killed the district judge in a moonlit attack, believed to be a justified act of revenge for a biased trial.
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C. N. Lewis
Guya Jansi
Rajpoor
Rewah
India
Guya
Gaya
Raipoor
Qual
Snake Attack Ends With Lost Rubber Boot
A Brazilian resident recalls a dramatic encounter with a fifteen foot serpent in the woods. He fired two barrels, climbed a tree, and watched the snake steal a rubber boot before retreating. A few weeks later a swollen dead snake was found, boot intact.
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Brazil
New York Times
Turned the Tables in a New York Society Scene
A society woman mocks Har ry Lehr in front of fashionable friends asking him to send a case of wine to the house. Lehr responds calmly and orders wine for Mrs X, noting the price as one dozen sherry-dollar ninety-five.
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New York
Harry Lehr
Mr. Lehr
Dames
Twain and Reid trade barbs in dinner table clash
Sir Wemyss Reid, fresh from America, outwits Mark Twain in a humorous dinner table exchange. Twain teased Reid on English spellings, prompting a witty back and forth about names and pronunciation.
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Twain
Wemyss Reid
America
Mark Twain
Sir Wemyss
Marchbanks
London Chronicle
Dana Chooses Ambitious Young Applicant at The Sun
Charles A. Dana, editor of The New York Sun, meets a bold applicant who asks for a trial period with no salary unless he proves useful. He claims training at two newspapers and is sent to report to the managing editor. The exchange highlights practical education outside formal colleges.
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Charles A. Dana
The
New York Sun
Sun
Dana
Mr. Dana
Tle
Very Low Rates Offer To Western Points By N and W Railway
The Norfolk and Western Railway advertises extremely low rates on tickets to Montana Idaho Oregon Washington and Coast Points from all stations with three route choices. Contact Roanoke Virginia agents N W Railway agents or travel agents for rates and schedules and your nearest station.
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Norfolk & Western Railway
Montana
Idaho
Oregon
Washington
Coast
W. B. Bevity
M. F. Braga
Trav
Roanoke
Foley's Honey and Tar Promised to Ward Off Lung Ills
A promotional note claims Foley's Honey and Tar prevents pneumonia and la grippe and may save lives by timely treatment. It emphasizes prevention of consumption and urges use by readers through G. H. Wade.
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Foley
G. H. Wade
Notice to unknown land owners in Mercer county West Virginia
The state of West Virginia and numerous claimants and unknown owners of parcels of land in Rock District Mercer county are notified that on March 29 1902 at the magistrate office in Princeton they may attend to defend or protect any interest in the lands referenced by decree of reference. The notice is dated February 21 1902 and signed by the executor.
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Wm. Souler
James H. Doyle
Lina H Fioyd
A. P. Williams
Alien Thompson
J. Comer
Wm. E Compton
Joseph Caldwell
G. W. Reed
Sarah GC. Crawford
Stephen Evans
R.M. McGoff
C. W. Shaffer
Sam’ Shrader
A. L Steel
8. L. Thaxton
E. J. Faulkner
Thos. Barrett
Wade H. Bailey
Eliza H. Bailey
M. W. Franklin
Jane Falconsbridge
J. H. Johnston
J. A. Johnston
W. J. James
H. B. Kitts
A. H Barber
R. Carr
D. W. McClaugherty
J. K. Peck
N. D. Moore
Robert Pitts
Thos. S. Philpott
Rock District
Mercer County
W. L. Bowling
Anderson Bowling
R. D. Karnes
David Archer
Mercer
R. B. McComas
M. Johnston
Laura Hughes
Douglass Morgan
Charles Morgan
Swan H Morgan
W. J. Bailey
John E Bailey
George Higginbotham
Bertie Higginbotham
Lettie Higginbotham
John Higginbotham
Benjamin Higginbotham
Cleveland Higginsbotham
M.A. Higginbotham
Walter M. Sanders
Princeton
Royal Medicine CO
Plymouth
John L. Crockett
Decree references land redemption in West Virginia case
The court orders the case of T. J. Comer et al against William Souder and others to be referred to Commissioner A. M. Sutton to state an account and identify parties entitled to redeem parcels. Notice must be given as required by law before execution. Clerk W. B. Honaker records the order in the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. J. Comer
Et Als
William Souder
A. M Sutton
West Virginia
W. B. Honaker
State of West Virginia
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