African Adventure and the Gorilla Standoff
In an eyewitness tale from Africa, Paul da Chailu and his companion Malaonen confront a lone male gorilla charging from the woods. After tense standoffs with roars and breast-beating displays, Malaonen signals to fire. Three musket balls end the confrontation as the beast collapses.
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Africa
Paul da Chailu
Malavcnen
Malaonen
Malaenen
Malavonen
Malaunen
Tle
Wit and Wisdom From the Atchison Globe
A humorous collection of quips on taxes gratitude and social life notes that visitors to cemeteries linger over monuments and a man will claim patience for his wife while others boast of old harness and fire horse ideas.
Twin Halliday Children Become One At Seven
A story notes how the Halliday twins Elnora and Eudora were always treated as a pair by their mother. Even as they grew, she referred to them collectively, leading a cousin to joke about pronouncing their names together.
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Halliday
Elnora
Eudora
Old Brother Cooley and the Haunted House Tale
Pie recounts a tale where a resident in a haunted house hears a panicked shout after a door opens and a figure with a cut throat swings its head toward him. The story pivots on fear and superstition as the narrator considers asking the haunting figure for a dove in Haniver de Land.
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Cooley
Pie
Atlanta Constitution
Fragmentary Quote Reflects Wartime Tension
A garbled wartime exchange mentions Germans, a Frenchman, and mortification, with a brief note attributed to the Philadelphia Press. The readable content hints at cross-cultural misperceptions during a period of conflict, but details remain unclear.
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Patal
Philadelphia
Mutual Affection Among Kate Charley and Bessie
A brief note describing affectionate feelings among Kate Charley Bessie and Bertha with Charley as a shared focal point. The text conveys a sentimental dialogue-like remark about unity and fondness in a Boston transcript style.
Uncle to lecture on Our Great Waterways
Yonkers Statesman quotes a riff about a relative in Wall Street six years and questions what he knows about waterways. The brief notice hints at a forthcoming talk by the uncle on waterways and economic ties.
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Bacon
Exbert
Wall Street
Yonkers
Man of Genius Fails in Art Then Succeeds in Business
Quote from Detroit Free Press notes a man admitted failure in art before turning to business and achieving success.
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Detroit
Free Presa
Painting supplies for spring at your local shop
Spring painting basic needs offered including house paints buggy paints wagon and implement paints and old Mound City brand. Also a fine floor finisher to complete floors in elegant up to date styles. If you want anything in the paint line give us a trial.
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Veliaple Mound City
DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve Advertised For Skin Relief
DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve offers instant relief from burns and cures cuts bruises sores eczema and skin abrasions. The ad warns against cheap counterfeits and promotes genuine DeWitt's as safe and effective. Sold by J. P. Buckner.
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DeWitt
J. P. Buckner
Are You a Dyspeptic?
Apparatus and sweetens life as well as the stomach. Kudol O pepeia Cure helps digestion so the food is enjoyed and nutrients absorbed. Health is the result. Sold by J. P. Buckner.
State licensure rules mandate applicant identification
County Superintendent J. M. Wilkey reports State Superintendent F. A. Cotton orders that every state license applicant be identified. Applicants must be introduced by a mutually known party. Exams will be held at the City School Building Covington Indiana on the last Saturday of each of the first eight months. Wilkey urges Fountain County teachers to take the state exam within the current year.
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J. M. Wilkey
F. A. Cotton
Covington
Indiana
Wilkey
Fountain County
Hall's Catarrh Cure Adutterly Unreliable Claim
A 19th century testimonial claims Hall's Catarrh Cure cures all catarrh and promises one hundred dollars per case not cured. Frank J. Cheney files an oath as senior partner of F. J. Cheney & Co in Toledo Ohio. The notice advertises internal remedy benefits and urges purchase through druggists.
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State of Ohio
Toledo
Lucas County
Frank J. Cheney
F. J. Cheney & Co
Lolenu
County Sud State Afpresseds
Hall
A. W. Glerson
Props
National Biblical Institut
Salo
Ciara St
Chicase
Clover Leaf Excursions fare notices and sales dates
Clover Leaf Route announces a series of excursion fares across Illinois Indiana California with round trip tickets on sale March 24 25 1904 for Danville Illinois Lebanon Maryland and May 3 8 1904 for San Francisco California. Tickets available from nearest agent or by contacting General Traffic Manager C D Whitney Toledo Ohio.
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Danville
Llinois
C.D. Whitney
Toledo
Ohio
Dr Miles Anti Pain Pills Aimed At Women
An advertisement touts Dr Miles Anti Pain Pills as a cure for women’s headaches neuralgia monthly pains and other aches. It claims quick relief with no liver or stomach side effects and cites Mrs Sarah Watkinson of Bilairstown Indiana praising the product. A box price is listed as 25 cents and bulk sales are discouraged.
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Foley
Miles
Sarah Watkinson
Bilairstown
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Grahwd Rapids, Mich
Aos
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Paul da Chailin
Munster
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Bostonu Transcript
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Castoria
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Central College of Music
N. Meridian St
Indianapolis
Edward Taylor
the Republican
U.S. Douglas
Banner
Crosby Frisian Fur Company
Mill Street
Rochester
NM. Y
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Astoria
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Elkhart
Ind
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Creene
Queen City of the Ozarks
Kansas City
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Springfield
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Generalpent Passenger Department
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SB Pub. CO
Parker
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Arkansas
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the Tremont
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