Hiking Nell the famed woman tramp ends trail and plans Utah homestead
Nell Cruise, known as Hiking Nell, a 46 year old hobo from Little Rock to Moberly, admits ending the long road. She recalls travels across the United States, memories of kindness from Fire Chief Jones, and a dream to settle in Utah to raise animals. She describes sleeping in barns and haystacks, the abolition of fellow hobos, and her wish to publish her adventures as a book.
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Little Rock
Ark
Jones
Fire Department
Neil
Canada
Gulf
Land of Nowhere
Grim
Utah
Nell
Jas
Macon
Helen Cruisee
New Orleans
Union Station
St. Louis
Mt. St. Scholastica Convent
Atchison, Kans
St. Joseph
Anna
Gypsy Bell
Oregon
North Pole
Rocky Mountains
Colorado
Park Board Moves To Convert Pali Sades Areas
State park conservation board approved taking parts of the Pali sades for a state park. The proposal aims to preserve natural areas and expand park boundaries in Linn County.
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State Park Conservation Board
Palisades
Linn County
Scholars to get records in Wales map project
Wales plans a national scheme to collect Welsh field place and road names and mark them on the six inch ordnance map. Schools will keep duplicates with space for local lore and traditions. The Welsh department funds materials, with records stored at the Welsh library and aided by the University of Wales Celtic studies board.
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Wales
Welsh Department
Board of Celtic Studies
University of Wales
Welsh Library
United Kingdom
London Mail
Credit Ghost With Wreck
A Plymouth era tale recalls the wreck of the Montague near Lundy Island in fog as locals credit a Drake spirit lure. The ship bore the Spanish flag for the Alfonso Ena marriage, a detail that was said to be no deterrent to the Devon seaman’s ghostly retribution.
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England
Women's Institute
Exeter
Montague
Lundy Island
Bristol Channel
Francis Drake
Alphonso
Ena
Devon
Manchester Guardian
Child’s witty reply hints at travel by sea and rail
A classroom exchange has a student outlining steps to Calcutta via train and steamship. When pressed for route he deflects, saying he’d rely on the ship captain and trusting experts for technical matters.
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Calcutta
Tommie
New York
Cat crowned ruler of Gold Hill henhouse
In Gold Hill Oregon a wild half starved kitten joined a suburban chicken pen and now lives among the layers. It feeds with the hens, sleeps in nests, and guards the hennery from a skunk until the house dog arrived to drive it off. the intruder was killed at dawn and the boy earned five dollars from the fur.
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Gold Hill
Ore
Airplane muffler aims to quiet warplane exhausts
Popular Mechanics reports an illustrated study showing a French warplane fitted with four Standard mufflers. The device reduces engine noise while allowing propeller whirr to remain audible, addressing the need to avoid warning enemies while not silencing essential aerodynamics.
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Popular Mechanics Magazine
Chinese Shoes Shift Toward European Style Footwear
The article notes China increasingly adopts European footwear styles with about 40 percent of shoes in the country now European in style. It states Canton has twenty factories, Hongkong five, and widespread Chinese production, mainly for red leather soles. Uppers are typically cloth or imitation box calf.
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China
Canton
Hongkong
Haystacks Fatal Hoodoo To Farmer In Keokuk County
Dennis Collins, 69, a Richland County farmer, died after a fall from a haystack while helping his son in law and a neighbor near Keokuk County on July 26. The accident caused a broken neck. a similar fall from a nearby stack last year had left him with a long neck injury.
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Keokuk County
The
Richland Clarion
Dennis Collins
Collins
James Carman Praises Foley Kidney Pills
James Carman of Mayfield Kentucky reports relief after taking Foley Kidney Pills saying his back no longer hurts and he can straighten up. He describes the medicine as bringing well being and enjoyment without pain and cites relief from lame back sore muscles stiff joints and rheumatic pains.
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James Carman
Mayfield
Foley
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Offered With $100 Reward
Readers learn Hall's Catarrh Medicine cures catarrh in all stages by acting through the blood on mucous surfaces. Proponents offer $100 to any case it fails to cure, inviting testimonials from F. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo Ohio. Sold by all druggists for 75 cents.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Ohio
Kidney and Bladder Health Ad From Jericho and Easton
Advertisement notes symptoms of kidney and bladder problems with remedies offered by Jericho and Easton druggists. It also reports the Iowa Retail Dry Goods and Apples Association formed at Des Moines with leading dry goods merchants, promising a strong organization and sending particulars to state dry goods men.
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Jericho & Easton, Druggists
Iowa
Des Oines
Des Moines
Schleswig man distributes 1200 acres among seven children
Claus Bielenberg of Schleswig partitions his inherited estate by gifting approximately 1,200 acres to his seven children. He arranges the division before death, sharing the family’s substantial land holdings.
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Claus Bielenberg
Schleswig
Mr. Bielenberg
Mentho Sulphur Says to Cure Eczema Skin
A noted skin specialist endorses Mentho-Sulphur for eczema relief claiming it quickly soothes itching and irritation, heals the skin, and leaves it clear. Sufferers are advised to obtain a small jar from a druggist and use it like cold cream.
Land partitions for Choice Farms heirs in Iowa split
Between Schleswig and Kiron the land was divided equally by the father, with each child receiving a deed to a quarter section.
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Schleswig
Kiron
Automobiles Named Chief Cause of Iowa Accidents
The article asserts that cars are the leading cause of accidents with Iowa reporting 721 deaths and over 11,000 injuries in a given period. It highlights the road toll and emphasizes vehicle-related risk across the state.
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Iowa
Sage and Sulphur Compound Restores Dark Hair Tone
An old time remedy uses garden sage brewed into tea with sulphur to darken gray faded hair. A ready made Wyeths Sage and Sulphur Compound offers easier application to achieve natural looking, glossy hair without noticeable roots.
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Wyeth
Missing death toll comparison in 1920s health note
In the last three years the death rate from auto accidents exceeds typhoid fever by about half again. The text notes that eight friends are killed or injured by automobiles in one year for every five American soldiers killed or wounded in action.
Record of World War I casualties by disease
A concise list notes individuals who were killed wounded or died due to disease during World War I. The record preserves the line between service and illness, naming affected units or commands where available and recording the geopolitical context of the outbreak.
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W. H. Pence Machine Shop
P. L. Phelps
Ottumwa, Ia
EXIDE
Hannah
Mien Cin
Quincy
Illinois
Catalos Wert
D L.musselman
Ill
Verre
Ene Institute
Seving Place
York
Sieuamet
Englander Spring Bed CO
Brooklyn
Chicago
T. J. Gasaway
Brighton
F. D. Kerrick
Undertaker
North Main Street
Burlington Street
J. T Davies
Capucine
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