Tracking a rattlesnake expedition by a Williamsport man
A Williamsport correspondent reports active rattlesnakes this summer attributed to heat, a comet, and planetary positions. Samuel I. Wood, ex-police now at Tidewater Company oil racks, sought a large venomous rattlesnake for oil to help a sick child. Accompanied by a keen dog, they found a den of rattlers near White Deer Valley by a wheat field.
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Williamsport
Philadelphia Times
Samuel I. Wood
Wood
Tidewater Company
White Deer Valley
Sitting Bull Returns to U S as Prisoner after Years
The article portrays Sitting Bull as a defeated, wandering figure who fled to Canada, attempted to form alliances, and finally surrendered to U S forces at Fort Buford. It contrasts his limited influence with Tecumseh Black Hawk and Osceola, noting his legacy rests on the Little Big Horn battle and the mystery surrounding Custer’s defeat.
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Sitting Bull
United States
Custer
Canada
Tecumseh
Black Hawk
Osceola
The
Little Big Horn
Ito
England
Fort Buford
Telegraphing for Watermelons in the Wild West
An account of telegraph work and a rancher’s belief in telegraph accuracy. The narrator travels by wagon to San Jose with a watermelons wager, proves the wire relay works, and returns to resume camp duties. The episode highlights frontier curiosity about early communications and the value of fruit as a morale boost.
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Peres
Siechion
San Jose
San Francisco
Thad
San Joze
Lefebvre's Studio Dream Room For Vanderbilt Bedchamber
A Paris report describes Jules Lefebvre as an almost practical painter whose atelier becomes a luminous dream room for Mrs. Vanderbilt's bedchamber. The ceiling design, created by Vanderbilt, evokes night retreat with Phoebe and Night figures, a poetic departure of night under June stars.
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Vanderbilt
Paris
Jules Lefebvre
Park Morceau
Mr. Vanderbilt
Aurora
Phebe
Apollo
Unclear OCR fragment on Dispersing fists and moonhram tale
Fragmentary text shows scattered phrases about a Shah of moonhram, a midair chef, and a Demesik event with a USDer bet. Many garbled terms and missing context prevent a coherent report or identifiable entities from the readable passage.
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Moonhram
Pengting Esse
Demesik
Uae
Rhe
Vagne
Divine Regi
War Horse Story From the Washington correspondents
A Washington correspondent recalls a war horse once ridden by a Confederate captain, later owned by General Grant, then Beale, and finally used to haul mail between this city and Georgetown. Once a swift thoroughbred, the aged mare now carries mail, with a hip injury and gray mane, and is urged to rest in peace near the White House.
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Georgeiowna
Iosk
Ipsatr
Dhoni
Mexico
General Rassins
Baciins
Waler
Emmy
Genea
Grant
General Beale
Beale
Washington
Wash. Nailor
Preston
White House
Supreme Court early history and current roster noted
The St Louis Republican outlines the Supreme Court's early size changes from 1780 through 1870 and lists the current justices with appointment dates. It names Chief Justice Morrison Waite and justices Swayne Miller Field Bradley, Harlan Woods Matthews, and notes one vacancy.
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Supreme Bench
St. Louis
Ohio
Samuel F. Miller
Iowa
Stephen J. Field
California
Joseph P. Bradley
New Jersey
John H. Harlan
Kentucky
Wm. B. Woods
Georgia
Stanley Matthews
Kidney Wort and the Sluice Way in Daily Life
A fragmented prose item discusses kidneys as nature's sluice-way for waste and warns signs of disorder. It recounts a boy caught stealing raisins who begged a grocer to release him, offering to pay for the fruit and his accompanying illness remedy. The piece ends with a moral about antiety across all stations in life.
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Ty Orta
Martha
Jeans Christ
Parrett
Tellor
Deborah
Hanna
Abigail
Lois
Elizabeth Fry
Hannah Moar
Jane
Curtidatt
Christ
George Herbert
Womdan
Omyaster
Zarepath
Heaven
Murthy
John
Be Wise and Happy The Great Hep Bittern Remedy Note
A short column urging readers to abandon costly doctors and use natural remedies. It promotes Hep Bittern as the greatest remedy and appeals to wisdom, health, and frugality, arguing against extravagant medical treatments.
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Gomer Tripmett
Manet Suibid
Mary
Crist
Hira
Allan
Mary Alan
Noors
Alary
Martha ii
Hether
Dexua
Wing
Lyle Ehawse
Jeane
RTL
Weil
Heer
Ehridtian Housexesper
Zimmer
Brand
Keeney
Myhlin
Blooming Grove
Jay
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