Wholesale Snake Market in San Antonio Declares Largest in U S
San Antonio reportedly hosts the nation’s largest wholesale snake market with three major houses on West Commerce and West Houston streets and a third on South Flores. Dealers import rattlesnakes from northern Mexico and west Texas, shipping wholesale to global buyers for their fat oil and hides used in leather goods. Barking prices range from 125 to 2.50 per snake, and fat oil is sold for rheumatism relief.
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San Antonio
Tex
United States
West Commerce Street
West Houston Street
South Flores Street
South Flores
Mexico
West Texas
Texas
Only County Fully White in the South Dickinson County
A crude telegram claims Dickinson County Virginia is the only southern county without a Negro resident. Clerk Emery B Chase signs the note stating no neg r oscience in the area. The message asserts locals oppose Negroes and politics avoid the race question.
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Redmond
Dickinson County
Atata
Qiere
Wera
Clintwood
Emery B. Chase
Southwort
Dickinses
South
Drume Drive Rats Away in Washington Farm
Newton W. Bush and four helpers used five snare drums to drive away a rat infestation at his house and farm buildings in Washington Pennsylvania. The noisy method frightened the rats from the fodder and cattle areas, ending the menace to his property.
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Washington
Newton W. Bush
Rush
Farm stock scheme eyed as Nebraska incorporation
An abstractor in York introduces a new farm incorporation in Nebraska. Cedarbank farm in York county files articles with $20,000 capital, shares of $100. Owners include M A Welch, R A Miller of Philadelphia, and Mary W Miller of Nance county. Proposes small investor stock with $10 or $25 shares to fund farm acquisitions amid rising land prices.
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Lincoln
Neb
York
Nebraska
Cedarbank
York County
M. A. Welch
R. A. Miller
Philadelphia
Mary W. Miller
Nance County
Yankee souvenir craze hits Europe cites London hoarding
Protests rise as American visitors plunder Britain s heritage. In St Paul s cathedral a man chips stone from a pillar while a museum guest targets mummy wrap and a coat attendant s button. Hotels report thefts of spoons forks water bottles glasses and even plates. A German tourist packs a large mirror, and a visitor in a church steals a preacher s surplice while his partner is caught stealing a stained glass window.
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London
England
St. Paul's Cathedral
British Museum
Tower of London
Crown Jewels
Umbrella with a Record in Lawrenceburg Indiana
Lawrenceburg Indiana remembers Col Hayes who marked his eighty seventh birthday at his Aurora road home. He shows an umbrella in service since 1870 given by Henry C. Lord of the old Indianapolis and Cincinnati railway. Hayes, a friend of Harrison, notes his valued relic and speaks of family ties to local Republican leadership and Beveridge recommendations.
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Lawrenceburg
Ind
Col EB. @ Hayes
Big Pour
Elphieth
Aurora Road
Henry C. Lord
Indianapolis & Cincinnati Railway
Cincinnati
Indianapolis
New York Central
Col. Hayes
Harrison
Jacob M. Hauer
Republican County
Roosevelt
Donoy
Hara G. Mayés
Beveridge
Moonlit Quirk Sends Des Moines Youth to Industrial School
In Des Moines a nine year old boy, Halsey Bussing, is described by his father as wandering off when the moon is in the first quarter. The juvenile court heard the tale after Bussing was found in several states and taken into custody. He will be sent to the Industrial school.
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Des Moines
Halsey
Bussing
Flying Leap Restores Mind in Train Jump Rescue
Fred Dubois of Grove LT. bandaged a man who leapt from a fast moving train near Joplin to escape his brothers. The injured man crawled two miles to a farmhouse in a storm, bound his broken leg with weeds and suspenders, then was taken to a hospital to recover.
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Joplin
Fred Dubois
Grove
Dubois
Texas
Marriage for life a crime says professor in San Francisco
Prof Edgar Larkin, in a San Francisco lecture, declares marriage for life the great crime of humanity from multiple viewpoints and claims 95 percent of global crime stems from the contract. He cites 1,800 letters from educated American women supporting his view.
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San Francisco
San Francisco Sociological Society
Edgar Larkin
Larkin
United States
Ancient City Bared Philistines More Artistic Than Jews
Cambridge reports revive Palestine exploration at Gezer under Macalister after a firman delay. Excavations aim to reveal pre Israelite life with altars, idols, tombs, walls and gates. Finds include a young woman's tomb with a silver ladle, bowl, bracelet and Jasper bar.
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Cambridge
Mass
Palestine Exploration Fund
Constantinople
Gever
Stewart Macalister
Gerer
Pompeii
Naples
Jerusalem
Empire
Macalister
Gezer
Jericho
Relasner
Samaria
Harvard Semitic Museum
Francis Brown
Union ‘Theological Seminary
New York
England
America
Joss of Kee House Stolen From Clark Street in Chicago Chinatown
Thieves lifted the treasured joss from the Kee household at 320 Clark Street in Chicago Chinatown. The idol, revered for over a millennium, vanished along with a few boxes of tobacco, an opium pipe, some opium, and $85. The community convened in a Chinese hall as Cymbals rang and search efforts began.
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Chicago
Chinatown
Ben Kee
Clark Street
Kee
Po- Hee
Hen Kee
Chumtown
Jona
Joss
A Grand Old Bush and a Golden Anniversary
George W Wetzel of Hardolph and his wife marked their 60th wedding anniversary with a family dinner and a gooseberry pie baked from berries from the same bush as their wedding pie. The Wetzel family, including six children, all are living as the shrub remains vigorous on the home place. A separate item notes Edward R Connerly’s death, saved by a collar mishap that lifted him from a Lehigh Valley locomotive incident at Glen Summit, then he recovered.
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Quincy
George W. Wetzel
Hardolph
Wetzel Ie
Nike
Witkesbarre
Edward R. Connerly
Glen Summit
Lehigh Valley
Goose Fights For Its Owner In Washington Streets
A Chinese goose named Doc belonged to A. A. Bibb of 402 Tenth Street NW and wandered Penna avenue to Fourteenth Street. Doc fled after release, but was recaptured near the Smithsonian and his wings clipped. The 20 pound bird now strolls with Bibb, yells when separated, and shows a preference for men over women in the crowd.
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Washington
Goofy
Penneyvania Avenue
Fourteenth Street
A. A. Bibb
Tenth Street
Doc
Doc” In His Mat Ter
Mr. Bibb
Smithsonian Grounds
Wherry
Pittsburg Man Returns Home After Years as Enchanted Suitor
John Wallace of Collins avenue comes home to reveal he faked death to test wife Mia Margeret Wallace who planned to marry a boarder. Wallace, a former fireman, claims wealth from serving as head chauffeur for the Vanderbilt family and displays jewels and money. Alderman Negley explains the law is inexorable.
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Pittsburg
John Wallace
Collins Avenue
Enoch Arden
Mia
Margaret Wallace
John
Wallace
D. ©. Negley
Alderman Negley
Vanderbilt
Tie
Joker disrupts Stratton theater audience in Middletown
A joker at the Stratton theater in Middletown sneezed raw onion dust onto the audience during an evening show. The stunt caused plenty of sneezing, coughing, and some patrons to leave. Police searched the balcony but could not locate the perpetrator.
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Middletown
N. Y
Stratton Theater
Regains kidnapped child in New Egypt alert tale
A double kidnapping in New Egypt New Jersey ended with Mrs Hopkins recapturing their sleeping daughter. Charles Hopkins allegedly took the child from her home in a wagon as she slept. Mrs Hopkins pursued, found him nearby, and reclaimed the child with neighbors praising her quick actions.
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New Egypt
N. J
Charlea Hopkins
Hopkins
Mra Hopkins
Cookstown
Remedy Claim for Backache and Kidney Troubles
An article from a New York paper touts a simple prescription claiming to cure backache and kidney or bladder disorders before Bright's Disease stages. Fluid Extract Dandelion, Compound Karon, and Compound Syrup Sarsaparious are mixed and taken after meals and at bedtime. A local druggist says ingredients are harmless and affordable, noting the remedy's kidney cleansing action and potential benefit for urinary issues. Also includes a comic exchange about sudden marriage plans and a note on Dr Caldwell's laxative Syrup Pepsin as a cure for indigestion and related ailments.
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New York
Hey
Bright
Price of health in malarious district cited
Ella Slayton of Noland Arkansas reports the price of health in a malarious district at 25 cents for a box of Dr King s New Life Pills. The ad promises gentle cleansing and new vigor with guaranteed satisfaction through H C Millers Drugstore.
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Dr. King
New Life
Ella Slayton
Noland
Ark
H. C. Miller's
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