Tom Gordon of the Normal Stars and the Tug of War Hero
A portrait of Tom Gordon, steadfast anchor and captain, as a boy who learned discipline on the rope and in sport. He saves a coal wagon accident by lifting the wheel from a fallen cart, risking his strength to pull a trapped driver and a desperate rescue that ends with a grateful Irish girl and a doctor called to the scene.
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Tom Gordon
Ani
Brown
Tom
Mr. Brown
Cicero
Sereei
Toni
Sori
Learing
Ile
Buck
Cosleart
Debts and Debt Advice for the New Year
Sam Jones weighs debt dynamics and how to handle obligations as the year turns. He warns against extortionate credit, praises cash payments, and urges both honest debtors and creditors to settle on fair terms before January.
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Sam Jones
Coptritt
Corporation
England
Perjury case and family dispute shake Memphis station
Dr Frank Edgar of Leizin Kentucky, jailed in Memphis on perjury charges connected to a divorce filing. Annie Davidson, wife of D. Brank Davidson, and sister-in-law to Lexington mayor J Hull Davidson, entered the Memphis police station as their children were taken from her. Edgar, her family physician, faced arrest after allegedly lying about years of Tennessee residency. A related Tennessee insurance ruling upholds full policy payment, and other local items include a Jacksonville murder capture and Atlanta ministers denouncing city vices.
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Bentecky
Sompais
Frank Edger
Edgar
Mire Davidson
Kentucky
Judge Settle
Bowling Green
W. A H. Cooke
Caledonian Insurance Co
Smith's Grove
Mississippi Matters From Vicksburg Oct 2 Harvests Ahead
The late September week brings cotton and corn progress above average with quickening cotton opening due to a cold wave. Reports cite few worm or blight damages, corn yields strong, but gardens and truck farms suffer from dry spells. Affected by light frosts, turnips peas sugar cane and potatoes need rain. hay and fodder are stored. Also notes county legal cases, Pontotoc history, women licensed to practice, and other regional items.
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Vicksburg
Weather Bureau
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Llinois Central Railroad
St. Louis
Memphis
Kansas City
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Pullma Palace
Naoall
Tag Tor
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Calla 2
Fegtniarth F. B
Iron ‘Bitters
Rown Chemical
H. Anderson
Corsicana
Wortham
Texas
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Perdide
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Harry Singleton
McCormick
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Supreme Court
Vicksburg Herald
Pontotoc
United States Land Office
Lesgo
Nashville
United States Treasury
Ripley Sentinel
State Board of Health
Roga Wels
Meridian
Industrial Institute College At
Columbus
Philadelphia
Weis
Deaf and Dow Institute
Deaf and Dumb + Institute
Jitokwon
William Berrum
Henry Pritchard
Lafayette County
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Pritchard
Meridian Herald
Tson
George W. Holland
Columbia
C. Holland
Augusta Ee Va
Joe
Roanoke College
Union Theological Seminary
New York
Gettysburg
Virginia
Harrisburg
South Caroline
Newbury College
J. P. Lamb
Palatka
Lamb
Tamb
Iton
A & Troy
D. S. Troy
Alabama
Montgomery
Col.Troy
Gov. Watts
Col Troy
Reuters
G. A. Northington
Clifton House
Verbena
Ala
Hendley Northington
Northington
Shaareth Israel Congregation
Dallas
Tex
Joseph Rosebaum
Fort Wort
Harris
Axtell
Age-Herald
Meads
Daily State
Birmingham
Als
Birmingham Age-Herald
State
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Joseph Hodgson
H. M. Wilsom
Col. Hodgson
Versailles
Farmera
William McClellan
Jenifer
Ana
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Simmons
Kewanee
Miss
Alabama Great Southern
Seults, Lisberger & Co
Danville
Aseeta
Jcramanga
Wicer
Weslere
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