Tales of oddities and old world curiosities in a town page
A collage of unusual items and anecdotes includes a potato harboring a peach seed found by Mrs. Austin Ward in Wabash Indiana, a woman in Trenton New Jersey growing teeth after neuralgia, and a Massachusetts man finding clockwork in a cow stomach. The piece also covers eagle rescues of children in Denver and Mt. Vernon, a curious run of names tied to trades, and notes on the oldest living people and a local marriage wager.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin Ward
Wabash
Dorothy Green
Trenton
New Jersey
Committee On Vital Statistics
Hundred Year Club
New York City
Izai Rhodofsky
Moscow
Russia
Nancy Hollifield
Battle Creek
Michigan
Rodofsty
Joseph Jernosky
Wood
Cures for the Grip and Laxatives Promoted in Local Ads
Advertisements tout Dr Miles remedies for grip and nerve relief with testimonials from Mrs Pearl Bush of Holland Michigan and D C Walker of Hallsville. Other promos urge Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin for constipation and stomach troubles while S D Holman of Irasburg Vermont reports improved heart condition after Heart Care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miles
Dr. Miles
D. C. Walker
Hallsville, C
Harriett Jackson
Miles’ Nervine
Bowling Green
S. D. Holman
Irasburg, Vt
Also Mentioned on This Page
Covington
Farmers and Teamsters
Judyville
William Dennis
W.g.boyd
The
North Side Grocer
Frank King
Sutton
Massachusetts
Len
King
Mt. Vernon
John Bullock
Finois
Denver
Col
Tony Giovanni
Platte River
Death
Foot & Stocking
England
Toe
Professor Scales
Corner
Pie
Champaign Times
Wm. Hinsley
Tampico
Inl
Mary Helps
McKinley
Hinsley
Bryan
Mary
Commercial Gazette
Cincinnati
Republican
Rpubican
Hall
F.j.cheney & Co
Toledo
F. J. Cheney
West & Truax
Obio
Walding, Kinnan & Marvin
Ywall
Indiana
Wrymouth
Tubianapolis
Wiily Oo
Tyler
Indiana University At
Bloomington
Barlham
DePauw
Hanover &Fth
Franklin
Butler Sventh
Willis OQ
Bloomingtour
Middle West
Mississippi Basin
Geo. D Cook
I. W. Harper
al Shaff and
Chance Vickery
Ind
Wm. Roericht
Eau Claire, Wis
McComas & Sullivan
Northeast Corner Square, Covington, Ind
New York
Layton & Bilsland
Beyer Shoe Store
of the
Whitney Shoe
Wese
Congress
Vermilion Street
Danville
Illinois
J. P. Buckner
East Side
Covington, Indiana
Gardner’s
Foley
Geod
Cook
Neeh RR
Columbus Carriage and Harness CO
Columbus
Ohio
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