Night intruder on the roof ends with escape convict jailed
Jim and I awake to a man peering through the window and clambering onto the roof. They overpower him by trapping him in a cider barrel, then tie him and await dawn. The robber is identified as an escapee with a $500 reward, sentenced to ten years as the four witnesses share the reward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. B. Lewis
Jim
Joe
Mary
Bureau
Uncle Joe
Aunt Mary
M. Quad
Dairyman Seeks Strong hogs via Skim milk and careful feeding
A Dublin era report highlights skimmed milk as a prime muscular feed for breeding stock, warns against overfeeding corn, and compares ground versus whole corn efficiency. It notes hog price shifts tied to corn, oats as a bone and muscle builder, and Virginia tests on ration types with cotton seed meal dangers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
West Virginia
Virginia
Marvelous Escape from Death with Paine's Celery Compound
A dramatic testimonial extols Paine's Celery Compound as a universal cure for rheumatism and neuralgia. Mrs Margaret Bethel of Brainerd Minnesota recounts thirty years of pain ending after using the remedy and claims renewed strength and a prolonged life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paine
Margaret Bethel
Brainerd
Minn
Town Marshal Announces Street Cleanliness Law
Town Marshal Isaac E. Orcher warns residents to avoid sweeping burning or throwing trash on streets alleys sidewalks or gutters. Also bans leaving lumber old equipment wagons or vehicles on streets and prohibits horses at frontages. Marshal vows strict enforcement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isaac E. Orcher
Napoleon's Follies End in Russian Campaign Debacle
Goldwin Smith reviews Napoleon's invasion of Russia as the ultimate folly of a man of action. He notes the flawed plan to lure and defeat the Russian army, the brutal winter losses, Borodino and Moscow, and Kutuzov's role in guiding the retreat. The piece reflects on the despot's capacity for evil and the near annihilation of Napoleon's grand venture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Napoleon
Russia
Austria
Prussia
Paris
Smolensko
Borodino
Moscow
Kutusoff
Beaulieu
Mack
The Green Sea Describes A Green Oceanic Band
The term Green sea describes parts of the ocean notably where the Gulf Stream nears Newfoundland and the Azores forming the Sargasso Sea with weed filled waters. It also appears in the Persian Gulf along the Arabian coast and other large ocean areas show a similar vivid green tint due to plant life depth or salinity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Green Sea
Gulf
Newfoundland
Azores
Sargasso Sea
Persian Gulf
Arabian
Dancing Near Rahway Ends With Sticky Floor
An athletic young man and a 200 pound woman danced in a village west of Rahway New Jersey. After tiring, he sat in exhaustion as she noticed the floor was sticky and revealed her rubber footwear, a lighthearted moment reported by the New York Post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rahway
N. J
New York Post
Take the cake dance prize in Irish shebeen tale
Bartlett and Coyne describe a rural Irish scene where a churn dish holds a cake as the prize for top dancers at a dance in front of a shebeen. After a long contest a rich farmer's son wins and presents the cake to a girl he is about to marry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stockman
Bartlett and Coyne
Ireland
The Vendetta: A Corsican House of Blood Feud
The vendetta is a living threat that spreads beyond individuals to families and even collateral branches. Women join the peril alongside men, and the danger knows no sleep or mercy as it pursues its unchecked course.
Do You Enjoy What You Eat Basket Meeting Ad
An advertisement touts Kodol Dyspepsia Cure as the cure for stomach trouble and lists symptoms it alleviates. It notes June 28 basket meeting at Hill Grove hosted by Elder S Nye and invites all to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. A. Brey & Son
Elder S
Nye
Hill Grove
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Jim and
A. C. Stiles
Milwaukee Sentinel
Paine’s
Namond iFasy Black
Diamond
Burlington, Vt
Druggista
E.W .Grove
Senselean
Corydon Planing Mill Co
Gourt House
Hopkins
New Albany
Ind
F. M. Bartley
Corydon
Harrison County
Bank OF Corydon
Geo. W. Applegate
W. B. Slemons
M. Emer, Pres
Stockhorff. Treas
C. W. Cox
Sec’y
NEW Farmers’ Home Hotel
E. Market Street
Louisville
Ey. C
Cole
College Journal
NEW Albany Business College
First National Bank
J. M. Andrew
Vv. J. Bullett
Caseig
A. M. Awpeaw
J. Dt
Boreern ZO
Worm
W. H. P. Wiseman
Pramotme
Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company
S. Pfrimmer
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