Ancient England Custom of Dagger Gift to Judges
In Newcastle upon Tryne the mayor ends assize duties with a speech to the northern circuit judges. He notes their travel to Carlisle through Border country and presents each lord with money to buy a dagger for defense. The senior judge receives a jacubus and the junior a carolus as part of a long standing custom.
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England
Newcastle-upon-Tryne
Carlisle
Jacubus
Carolus
London
Indigestion Hires Electric Bitters in Decatur Testimony
Mrs. 5 H Newsom of Decatur Alabama credits Electric Bitters with relief from three years of severe indigestion and dyspepsia. She reports weight gain of 35 pounds after using the remedy and promotes it as a guaranteed cure for stomach liver and kidney troubles at 50 cents a bottle at City Drug Store.
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5. H. Newsom
Decatur
Ala
Tending the Baby and the plant mothers of life
A moral and natural history exploring how birds, reptiles, insects, and plants care for their young. The article describes swallows feeding colonies, alligators guarding offspring, wasps nursing larvae, and plants shaping seeds, cones, and fruits to aid dispersal and survival. It links animal care to human benefits and cites examples from swallows to corn kernels.
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Mr. Fiske
England
Mr. Aulen
Eivery
Tom Thumb
Fatal Paris balloon crash ends careers of De Brodsky and Morin
Paris witnessed a deadly aeronautic accident when Baron de Brodsky and his engineer Morin perished after a wire rope failure caused the car to detach from the balloon. The craft, launched from the Vangirard station, swerved under wind gusts before crashing.
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Paris
Httest Vietims
Baron de Brodsky
Vangirard
de Brodsky
de Bradsky
Mme. de Bradsky
Thon
Augusto Severo
Seronaut
Trocadero
Mhen
Church of the Sacred Heart
Montmartre
Pantin
Morin
Aubert
M. Morin
M. de Brodsky
Aeronauut
Marvelous Escape From Death on Scaffold
A Mississippi man named Purdy, convicted of murder, faced hanging but the rope broke. The crowd disputed guilt, and after the incident Purdy survived, returned home under escort, and became respected. Joy and community sentiment shifted. belief in his guilt faded.
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A. A. Albrechton
Columbus
Miss
Purdy
Mississippi
Joy
Prairie dog colonies grow large in Texas region
Westward alarm over prairie dogs grows as Dr. C Hart Merriam cites a Texas colony spanning about 25 000 square miles. The covered area measures roughly 150 miles by 100 miles and houses at least 400 million prairie dogs. Across the state, many colonies extend 20 to 30 miles.
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West
C.hart Merriam
Government Bureau of Mammals and Birds
Texas
Large San Francisco sale funds Brights Disease cure
A 1901 transfer of 112,500 in coin and stock backed a therapy for Brights Disease and Diabetes. An investigating committee tested the treatment from Nov 15, 1900, with over three dozen cages and physician input. By Aug 25, 87 percent showed improvement, 13 percent failed. Free reports available from Joan J Forton Company, 420 Montgomery St., San Francisco.
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San Francisco
Bright
Ecores
Joan J. Forton Company
Montgomery 8T
Cal
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Union Meat Market
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Jacob Doll
H. D., Weenink, Dillon, Mont
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Joz Harps
Par Warp
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Berkshire Milla Typewriter
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