Story of the Revolution continues with Wharton’s escape
In a tense scene Frances pleads for her brother Henry Wharton as Major Dunwoodie plans a parole. Amid ambushes and a swift cavalry clash near Harvey Birch’s cottage, Wharton eludes capture and joins a British line briefly before Lawton and Virginia horsemen reclaim him. The encounter ends with Wharton wounded but freed to join the fight again.
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Onattor V
Frances
Wharton
Washington
Highlands
Dunwoodle
K'ranecs
Erances
Major Dunwoodle
Henry
Dunwoodie
Donwootie
Anire
Hrauves
Degpinv
Dunwoodin
Ming
Lawton
Ma. Wharton
Tammer
Harvey Birch
Cesar
Henry Whaston
Sentinal
Cassar
Vasar
Massa Henry
Virginia
Colonel Wellmare
Wnglleh
Aod
Captain Wharton
Andre
Dinwoodly
Hadeen
60Th
Dunwoods
Lasyton
Henry Wharton
John Bull
Iid Dunwoodle
Dunwoodia
Wellmere
Dunnwoodie
Commant
Relics of Its Disasters at Port Royal Jamaica
Curious relics from Jamaica’s Port Royal endure after centuries of earthquakes tsunamis and epidemics. A square park near the dockyard displays carved figureheads from wrecked ships including a Nelson reproduction and two odd wooden figures named Imaum and Meguern. A hulking old troop ship Urgent holds a commander and staff with the broad pennant of Jamaica’s commanding commodore.
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Port Royal
Jamaica
Jamiatea
Ita
Harter
Lont Nelson
Imaum
Megoern
Jook
Agafn
Jauaica
Admiralty House
King's Yard
How to Grow Healthy Fowl in Winter Months
Practical guidance for winter poultry care from housing to feeding. Recommends dry clean coop with fresh air, leafy floor litter, and mixed grain rations. Advises on mash preparation, scraps use, and avoiding overfeeding while ensuring exercise and grit. Discusses dangers of scorched wheat and stimulants.
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Dealera
Indianapolis News
Poppies Grown for Opium in Lincolnshire Industry Declines
The Chicago News reports Lincolnshire farmers grow poppies for laudanum and opium but face high risks and poor prices. Weather can ruin crops. about twenty acres this year. Mature heads are dried with minimal handling, yielding 30,000 to 40,000 heads per acre, once worth $3 per thousand. Poppy rotation is limited to every six years due to soil drain. Seeds sowed in autumn and spring germinate, flowering in July and harvested by August.
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Nebraska
West
New England
Forest Service
Lincolnshire
England
Chicago News
Unmarked shipments and blank checks alarm New York farmer markets
A New York commission merchant describes envelopes with checks totaling 3000 and blank account sales for produce from shippers who sent no clear mail advice or addresses. Butter parcels arrived unmarked, and a station agent only learned the shipper by chance.
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New York Commission
Commission
Express
Peruna Receives Endorsements For Spring Catarrh Relief
Readers report great results from Peruna for spring catarrh. Statements praise quick improvement, with notes of health regain after using the medicine. Also included is a vivid anecdote from India about debtor pressure and creditors enforcing nonpayment, as cited by the New York Tribune.
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Bex Sides
Dave Hayden
Washiington
D.C
N. P. Lewler
N. Broadway
Pittsburg
Kru
The Marrying Squire and Odd Medical Anecdotes
A collage of items features Justice Geo T Law of Rensii Tuk marrying 1400 couples and Tacoma tales of the title The Marrying Squire. An ad praises Donn's Kidney Pills claiming kidney relief since 1897. A Toledo promissory note fragment mentions Hall's Catarrh Cure with J Cheney as a witness and claimant for cure proof in 1886.
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Geo. T. Law
Rensii
Tuk
Geo. BH. Law
Bravit
Ind
Tugtlee Tang
Donn
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N.Y
State of Ohio
City of Toledo
Lucan Coun Bbs Ty
Frank J. Cheney
FF. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Wil Bry
Hall
J. Cheney
W. Gleason
Cheney
Garfield Tea claims and odd ad copy fragment
A London fog scene features a Chicago man recalling dark days as he fingers a lamp. The text then abruptly promotes Garfield Tea as a natural laxative made from herbs and guaranteed under the Pure Food and Drug Law.
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Chicago
London
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Pee
Department of Agriculture
Ther Carsless Farmer
Peruna
India
Lin
New York Tribune
Dora Hayden
Pimmie
Geoffrey
al Devggtete
Pula
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