Local Tales and Circus Encounters at a Busy Street Corner
A local narrator recounts humorous and curious incidents from daily life. A street encounter yields a cryptic note about John Jones and a hat. Dr. Wright studies Chinese language using tea boxes as primers. At a circus, Dr Wright and Jack Rush mock a Celestial, provoking a sharp rebuke about manners and culture.
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Doc
Willey
Chang
Jack
Jack Wing Wong
Chow
Blaggard
Russians Press for Key Balkan Passes in Central Front
Dispatches from London report Russian efforts to seize Kansanlik and Stivno to gain control of the southern routes into the central Balkans. Turkish leaders redeploy forces through Haiiksi Scutari and Adrianople while Abdul Kerim allegedly plans to cut retreat routes as armies move toward Rustchuk and Tirnova.
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London
Kansanlik
Stivno
Balkans
Haiiksi
Boghaze
Tchwarditzkar
Abdul Kerim
Suleiman Pasha
Constantinople
Adrianople
Mussulman
Scutari
Nisch
Bijana
Antivari
Roman Pasha
Redif Pasha
Osman Pasha
Widdin
Oraomra
Bulgaria
Grotechakoff
Fourth Corps
Bucharest
Hassan Pasha
Nikopolis
Paris
Prince Gortschakoff
Russia
Dardanelles
Turkey
Serbis
Roumania
Bosnia
Herzegovinia
Rustchuk
Andrianople
Hobart Pasha
Black Sea
Philipopolia
Feharly
Noayarty
Guezldja
Tohinakdie
Kasanlik
Eski/Sagh
Osrman Pasha
Porte
Plevna
Osman Fase
Tfeney
Bucwanest
Yeni-Saghra
Nicholas’sition
Tirnova
Vienna
Czarovitch
Viddin
Dobradscha
Shumla
Seven Seventh Time Births in Millersburg Era
The Carlisle Mercury reports a birth at Millersburg on the seventh hour of the seventh day of the seventh month in a year of seventy seven weighing seven pounds. It notes rival claims of another eighth birth and jokes about the family’s eightfold tally and eightfold breakfast. Do you know Snodkins.
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G. Wee
Lowell
Higoe Park
Mass
Mont Aemera
Mansfield
Methodist Episcopal Church
Board of Equalization
Claypool & Stoddard
Harrison Street
John Kollmeyer
3Rd Street
Crump
Keller
Moyer
Witn Music
Bosse
Gas Company
Brinkley
Martha Wiles
Braden & Burford
Courier-Journal
Millersburg
Carlisle Mercury
Snodkins
Keep Out of These Hereotes to Protect Grains
A Paulding farmer posts warnings on his field to keep cattle from trespassing his grain. The note vows harm to animals and promises legal action while noting a troubling season ahead for Mr. Hayes and political unrest. Mentions a Bodleian painting and Ben Wade’s rumored actions. Upshot includes Rushville Jacksonian and Hope school opening September 5 with praise for patrons.
Waves of Riot and Restorative Resolve Across the Nation
Indianapolis Sentinel notes the difficulty of reasoning with exasperated men yet urges citizens to uphold the law and protect rather than destroy as strikes disrupt freight and crops. Pittsburgh riot lessons push managers to avoid military force. citizens seek lawful remedies and neighborhoods foresee improving race relations through time and understanding. A Niagara Falls raft plan mocks a youth’s pride while Omaha Herald predicts a Democratic Ohio victory will shake Republicans nationwide.
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Cincimat
Enquirer
Pittsburg
Baltimore
West
Mr. Smalley
Niagara Falls
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J. D. Lyle
Ind
Sara
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Yay J. Kgrove
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Washington Street
D** J. Banker
Arwine
Ti St
Keith
Franklin and
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Griffith's Mock
Eberner
T. Carr
Cs Burns
Attrneys
Orrice
Court House Square
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Keyes
Smith
Webber Smith
Ae Block
T. Hord
Attrney
Keith Block
Upstsim
Columbus, Indiana
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Charles W. Bnow
Am. Columbus
Diana
Up Strive
Tipton
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Attorney At Law
Snyder'abrock
United States
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Weeks
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Scvhenck
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Boston
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Columbus Democrat
Louisville
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Barnum
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E. T. Moore
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Brown
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Peope
Mr. Cole
Tom Turner
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Thomas White
Harrison Township
Wm. FE. Rose
Rose Up
Fox
Dan Smith
Rialto
Ynan
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Jackson
Washington
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Newdrum
Neck of Woods
Adam
Kew and Wright
Cole
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Gram
Springfield
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Die Nacht Am Rhein
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Baronehe
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Walnut
Jackton
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John Jones
Fair Grounds
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O'Hara
Cole's Circus
Luke
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Masonic Order
Chee. Jones
Dee'd
Henry M Mounts
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Lewela Albright
Hope
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Lucinds Simmons
Nope
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Isaac P. Cox
Azalfia
Hades
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Ohio
Cross and
Black Hills Country
Wiser
Redwater
Lieut
Lemley
Col. Evans
Fort Laramie
Cheyenne River
Hayes
New York Tribune
Bodleian Library
Oxford
Mn Wade
Whitelaw Heid
Ben Wade
Moravian Seminary
Rushville Jacksonian
Bartholomew County
T.N. Link
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Chicago
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Indpl
Republican Party
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Louisiana
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Sarces Paloda
Eureka
Union
Omaha Herald
Charleston
Cincinnati
Bate Wong
Vanderbilt
Kanear
Oak Ear
Marshal MoMshon
Se Chunk
Charles Reade
Rhodo
Amy
Isa E
Eoder
Bey
Ineneus
Earda
Siam
Wade Hampton
8. C
Polse
Weasley
America
Fredrica
Wisconsin
Cuncan
Gail Hamilton
William Carr
Lingera Falls
Charles A. Dans
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