Curious cat disrupts sermon then leaves church omen noted
The church scene shows a cat wandering through the aisle climbing the choir loft and pulpit before the pastor gently hands it to an usher. The pastor calls the moment a good omen as he continues his sermon. The story includes later notes on Lazar Greengard a centenarian Jew in America with a large family and a camp tale of Gardener a hunter and a panther.
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Lazar Cavengand
America
Solomon
North Tenth Street
St. Louis
Abraham
Simon
Los Angeles
Cal
Appelbaum
Chicago
Betsie Friedman
New York
Cohen
Lazaigjieengard
Lazar Greengard
John Gardener
Adiroidagh
Murdock
Gardener
Mursock
Wisconsin
Ewey
Tauch
Moving Advertising Device Uses Living Animals
A Chicago Chronicle report describes a shop window display featuring a polar bear, a lion, leopards, lynxes, and a mountain lion with glowing yellow eyeballs. The owner claims the effect is created by wires and incandescent globes, not live animals, though locals are unsettled by the eerie display.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Chronicle
Phad
London
Uxt Sunimer B
Southern era lady famed for bold attire and vanity
A nineteenth century New York Ledger tale describes a southern capital woman who wore decollete gowns and valued her charms highly. Her odd routine before balls included morning walks, hot potions, and lengthy dress preparations that the household treated as solemn events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Ledger
Sivalan
CrEver Illinois Boy Invents Tomato Protection System
A farm boy near Chicago invents a bird deterrent using a dog tethered along a wire to patrol ripe tomatoes. The plan keeps birds from pecking, preserving crops as his father’s fields yield large tomato shipments to Chicago. Chicago Record notes his potential as an inventor. Perfumed Butter is London fad with rose leaf bedding and refrigeration before sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patel
Chicago
E Horn
London
Western couple rests after seaside arrival
A venerable couple from a far western town arrives late at night at a seaside resort and, fatigued, goes to bed as the band falls asleep and the surf's murmur lulls them.
Utricularia Bladderwort and Other Nature Notes
The article describes the bladderwort Utricularia capturing prey with underwater bladder traps. It explains how bladders fill with water rather than air, float the plant, and fascinate by catching tiny fish and insects, with digestion left to decay. It also recounts humorous hunter observations and a ship turret mishap caused by a tobacco clogging a pipe.
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Anouth
J. Oliver Nugent
Leslie
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Silverman’s
Raita. E
Menaber
Cis
Ceclums
Devige
State Street
Illinois
Emile Duboc
Mathes Ly
J. H. Arnold
Columbus
Washington Street
Excells Them
D. Ogden
Patent Office
Reeves
W. W. Lambfet
Irwin’s Bank
J. D. Emmons & CO
Irwin
Blocy
Columbus, Ind
G. W. Cooper, Co
B. Cooper Cooper & Cooper
Attorneys-at-1
Masonic Building
Indiana
Jas. F. Cox
Crumpa
T Court House
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