West Jubilee Notes and Local Farm Updates
Mrs Ed Keefer visited friends in Princeville Saturday and Sunday. Charlie Thomas is breaking a fine Beaconian filly that shows promise on the road. Adam Harding has improved Medi farm east of town since moving there. E Y Forney had bad luck last week losing a filly a colt and a young filly with an eye knocked out. Philip Dell has improved his farm by new fences and other work. Mick Bros have improved Hall eighty east of town by cutting timber and building fences after purchasing a year ago.
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Ed. Keefer
Princeville
Charlie’ Thomas
Adam Harding
Medi
E.Y. Forney
A.firle
Philip Dell
Dell
Mick ‘Bros
Jack of All Trades Mentor in Old Times Sign
A sign from southern France details M. Macaire a barber who tutored geography and foreign commerce, performed as wigmaker healer sacristan schoolteacher blacksmith obstetrician and more. It lists services from shaving to shoeing, powders and stationary sales, with a postscript claiming daily lessons and moral guidance, ending with an endorsement for De Witt’s Witch Hazel Salve from J. O. Kennedy Roanoke Tenn and Wm. Robinson & Co.
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France
Peperes
Shane “Macairie
M. Macaire
Isaac Macaing
J. O. Kennedy
Roanoke
Tenn
de Witt
Wm. Robinson & Co
High School Notes and Commencement Preparations
Notes report next week’s commencement items while mumps reduce Miles Brown’s class attendance. Absent last week were Marie Snyder Laura Bower Edith Murphy and Mae Hayes. Graduates show strong orations with some already in rehearsal. Botany excursions to the timber prompt a question on plant counts. General Exercises were led by Prof. Johnson on Tuesday morning, though the author questions his instructional approach.
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Miles Brown
Marie Snyder
Laura Bower
Edith Murphy
Mae Hayes
Johnson
Cure Piles with Tabler's Buckeye Ointment Advise
An advertisement warns piles are painful and dangerous and may lead to cancer, urging cure with Tabler's Buckeye Pile Ointment. The remedy is offered by Wm. Robinson & Co, priced at 50 cents for bottles and 75 cents for tubes.
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Tabler
Wm. Robinson & Co. Aa
Famine in India Report Overwhelms Families and Children
Reverend Rockwell Clancy recounts a devastating famine in India where families sell all they own, including doors and furniture, to buy grain. With no assets left, some parents abandon children, often girls sold for pennies to Mohammedans as boys are less in demand. Children gather at grain shops, scavenging scraps as merchants dump small amounts of grain to reduce crowds.
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Rockwell Clancy
India
Trasi
Chile
Poultry MixTURE Promises Boost in Egg Production
A Creighton Iowa neighborhood resident touts American Poultry Mixture by American Mfg Co Terre Haute Indiana as a guarantee to double or triple eggs. The seller claims the compound strengthens hens, prevents disease such as cholera and roup, and offers money back if results are not seen after sending $1 for a sample.
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Creaton
Iowa
Mig Co
Terre: Haute
Mesethal
Lyon
American Mfg. Co
Terre Haute
One Hundred Envelopes For Fifty Cents At This Office
An offer for return cards printed neatly on one hundred envelopes is available at the office for fifty cents total.
Bargain Prices At Strain's Garden Goods
In the spring issue the ad promotes screen doors and windows, lawn mowers, gasoline, an oven, screen wire, poultry netting, fishing tackle, washing machines, shovels, hoes and rakes. It invites shoppers to Strain's for bargain prices.
De Witt’s Little Early Risers Purify Blood and Liver
An advertisement extols De Witt’s Little Early Risers as the easiest and most effective method to purify the blood and invigorate the system by cleansing the liver and bowels. Wm. Robinson & Co.
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de Witt
Wm. Robinson & Co
Portraits of Heroes in War Paper Feature
Two workers study a war illustrated paper and question the initials V C A Cc B. They learn Field Marshal Lord Roberts is commonly called Bobs. The exchange reveals wartime nickname usage and casual conversation among readers.
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Mesea
South Africa
Lord Roberts
V. C
A. Cc. B
Jim
Bobs
Swers
Vermifuge for weak children advertisement
A period advertorial urging parents to treat fussy or weak children with White's Cream Vermifuge. Claims the remedy makes children strong, healthy and active with rosy cheeks and bright eyes, promising happiness all day. Price 25 cents. Wm. Robinson & Co.
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Wm. Robinson & Co
Buller Revels in Historic Pipe Dream
A tale from 1869-70 Red River expedition recalls a soldier in the King's Royal Rifles seeking tobacco. He mistook a passing figure for a fellow Tommy, greeting him with a pipe request. The figure revealed as Buller, then a captain, replied with witty restraint and an empty pipe.
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Buller
Red River
King’s Royal Rifles
Bank of England
Tommies
Baccy
Balter
Eelf
Salary Advances Spur Clergy and Officials Petition
Fragmentary text notes demands for salary increases by state officials and German clergy amid rising cost of living. Mentions a proposed addition of ten thousand dollars for ministers, with general calls for higher remuneration.
NEN proinateut Richard Yay nominated for governor
The article recalls a 4th ballot nomination securing 971 votes, then veers into decontextualized historical notes about Dutch and Achinese conflicts in Sumatra and Armenia. It mentions Dutch losses and Persian surrender context, intermixing fragmented foreign references with unclear timelines.
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Richard Yay
Goernor
New York Letter Three Women Shoplifting Gang Arrested
Three women forming an expert New York shoplifting gang were arrested after a dew of plunder from department stores. They used heel hooks and hooks on their shoes to lift items from counters, transferring loot to a companion in dark hallways before concealing it under skirts and moving it to sacks carried by a man.
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New York
He Coudtera
Ares
Japanese War Costs and Indemnity Balance Revealed
A Chicago News summary notes a report on Japan's war expenditures from June 1 18M to March 21 1996, totaling 76 million for military operations and 18 million for the navy. Revenue reached 112 million, leaving a 19 million treasury reserve. Indemnity from China stood at 150 million. after subtracting war costs Japan shows a 56 million balance.
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Voluietar of
China
Chima
Simomoseki
Japan
Chicago News
British Ambulance Wagons Fall Behind Boer Carriages
The British ambulance wagons are judged inferior to Boer wagons that carry eight wounded men, while British wagons hold only two. The British vehicles are heavy, lack springs, and cause painful joint stress when moving over rough ground.
Professor Holden Known For Flat Earth Beliefs Dies
Joseph W. Holden of Otisfield Maine, once a farmer, trig justice, and state legislator, died this week. He preached the theory that the earth is flat, a view formed after years of observing that water in his mill pond did not run out as expected.
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Joseph W. Holden
Otis-field
Holden
Chicago population may hit two million this year
Stepien D. Grifin, supervisor of the public school census, estimates Chicago’s population could reach 2,000,000 this year. He notes the 1,060,000 figure from two years ago and says the city’s population has not declined since then.
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Stepien D.grifin
Chicago
Mr. Griffin
New Vertunes in Stian Among Wealthy Figures
The excerpt lists prominent U S figures among the fifty richest, noting five owe wealth to mining ventures such as copper, silver or gold. References include California’s B Hagsia, Phoebe Hearst, John Mackay, San Francisco figures, W A Clark, and Dalyce Montana.
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Stian
United States
B.hagsia
California
Phoebe’ Hearst
John Mackay
San Francisco
Vgad
W. A. Clark
Sareas Dalyce
Montana
San
Peoria County Sheriff Notice In Attachment Case
Illinois Peoria county court case against Lizzie Seeds involves attached property Lot 17 in Elizabethann subdivision and Curtenius and Inwood subdivisions, 33 feet on Ann Street by 934 feet on Louisa Street. Defendant urged to appear at Peoria County Court by the fourth Monday of May 1900 to plead, otherwise property will be sold for judgment and costs.
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State of Illinois
Peoria County
Henry O. Fuller
Psintif
Lizzie Seeds
Bete Seeds
Naka Peoria County
Npud
Elizabet
Curtenius
Inwold
N. W.t
Ann Street
Louisa Street
Peoria
Ilinois
County of
State of
Illinois
Jaca
Cras
A. Rupen
British Plan to Arm Native Troops Stirs Calcutta
For some time native troops in India have been armed with obsolete rifles. The British government reportedly will rearm them, a decision received with satisfaction in Calcutta as steps are taken to end the outdated arms situation.
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India
England
Calcutta
Illness Insurance and Piles Cited in Historic German Medical Note
Nearly 8 million Germans insured for illness. one third reported illness in 1888 with long average duration. Calculations suggest a yearly loss near 24 million dollars based on two day wage rates. Also testimonial ad for DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve claims cure after fifteen years of piles. Counterfeits warned by Wm Robinson & Co.
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Germany
DeWitt’s
W. J. Baxter
Northbrook
N.C
Wm- Robinson:&Co
Unclear 8 Former Governor McCord Takes Action
Fragmentary text mentions a former governor McCord and politics. Key names and contexts are garbled, making precise event unclear.
Bishop Welton Remembered in Philadelphia Tablet
A stone tablet in memory of Bishop Welton was placed at old Christ Church Philadelphia. Welton served the Philadelphia parish from 1724 to 1726 and earlier held the Whitechapel rectorship in London. He was among the earliest consecrated bishops in America, with limited peers before the colonial revolt.
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Razifest
America
Welton
Old Christ -Church
Philadelphia
Whitechapel
London
Denominations of Turkish currency described in 19th century notes
A fragment explains the Turkish unit piastre divided into forty paras with the para further split into aspes. It notes the piastre equals about 4.4 cents, making the para a minor value. The text presents a brief overview of historical Turkish money.
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Turkey
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Jack of All Trades
Se Marin
ARS
Sumatra
Achinese
Kne
Holland
Armenia
Charidise
Peoria‘Co
Kingsbury and Taylor
Periais
Ieee Tn. Te Foe
McCord
Art
Advan the Sone
Arenas
Congress
Rico
Chit CaGe Record
Old World
Europe
Associated Press
Chicago Record
New York City
Cummins
WM. Robinson& CO
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