Bear and farmer wife kill bear in Monroe County barn
In Monroe County Pennsylvania a farmer Weaver and his neighbor Mrs Wagner chase a bear from a stack into a house and barn. Mrs Wagner uses a clothes-pounder to strike and kill the animal after the bear chases them into the wind gap farm yard and through the house. Weaver escapes to the barn and climbs to the loft as the bear is slain. The tale ends with Mrs Wagner demanding Weaver gut the bear for his share. Warmer Weaver avoids the field conflict and the couple share a celebratory laugh at the outcome.
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Weaver Farm
Wind Gap
Monroe County
Ennsylvania
Weaver
Warmer Weaver
Jin Wagner
Jin
Parmer Weaver
Wagner
Farmer Weaver
Siewlie
Ani
Este
Roosevelt recounts boar hunt at Corbin Park Vermont
President Roosevelt described killing a wild boar at Corbin Park Vermont on a hunting trip with Senator Proctor Bill Morrison and others. He recalled sighting the boar after dusk and firing once, the animal collapsing after a brief chase. The tale includes jokes about misidentifying a deer as a boar and the positive outcome of the single shot.
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Roosevelt
Corbin Park
Vermont
Senator Proctor
Bill Morrison
Bill
White House Canes From Lincoln Era Flooring
Colonel William H. Crook, veteran disbursing officer, arranged to turn White House flooring segments into canes after interior remodeling. He sent timber from the Lincoln era spot to a woodworker and created about a dozen canes for friends. Washington Star notices sparked heavy demand and charitable groups began turning wrecked interior pieces into souvenirs to fund their work.
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William H. Crook
White House
Executive Mansion
Crook
Lincoln
Washington
Colonel Crook
Washington Star
Quaint Uses of Common Words and Horse Fashions
The excerpt traces old English names like Crowd for fiddle and Good-by as contraction for God-be-with-you. It notes fashion as an old term for a horse disease, referenced in The Taming of the Shrew where Petruchio’s horse is said to be infected with the fashions.
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Petruchio
Fragmented ad rife with claims and old patent cures
A garbled collage of 19th century ad copy and testimonials cites Hall s Catarrh Cure Dr Kline s stomach pills and other remedies with dubious prices and endorsements. It includes a claim about an ostrich lifespan and mentions Putnam Dyes and Penitence line. The text reads like an OCR dump of medical ads and miscellaneous notices.
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Waxpine
Kixxan & Mangin
Toledo
Ohio
Hall
Victoria's Boundary and the River Misnaming
Professor Gregory traces Victoria geography while recounting a historic boundary mix up. A Colonial Office clerk replaced the River Murrumbidgee with the River Murray, altering Victoria's potential size and claiming Riverina territory between the Murray and Murrumbidgee. Melbourne remains the trade center though governance traces to Sydney.
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Victoria
Gregory
University of Melbourne
Downing Street
Port Phillip
New South Wales
Murrumbidgee
Colonial Office
Murray
Riverina
Melbourne
Victorian
Riverta
Sydney
Mysophobia and the boom in medical terms
The article notes the rise of mysophobia as a coined term for extreme cleanliness. It lampoons the medical press for preferring scientific names over practical remedies, citing examples from daily life and theater to illustrate the disorder.
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Svengall
Science baffled the burglar by bicycle clue
A thief hoisted a bundle of plunder and a bicycle, then rode away. A cyclometer on the wheel logged the journey from the house to the thief's quarters, providing the exact distance and proving the route of the crime.
Glaciers in Switzerland Shrink and Reverse Trend
Studies show glaciers are not only receding but doing so at a faster rate each year. Only Boveyre glacier in Wallis has grown steadily since 1892 while the Rhone glacier has retreated about 800 yards since 1876. American citizens of Polish birth take interest in a Pulaski statue project in Washington.
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Switzerland
Boveyre
Canton
Wallis
Rhone
Washington
Count Casimir Pulaski
Peruna Endorsed By Public Figures In Cold Prevention Ads
Collected testimonials praise Peruna as a preventive and cure for colds and catarrh. C F Given of Sussex N B and Julian Weisslitz of Buffalo cite rapid relief after using Peruna, urging others to seek Dr Hartman’s free advice for persistent symptoms.
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C. F. Given
Sussex
N. B
Losa
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Hoffman
Royal Navy
George
Jamaican
Jack Mitford
the Conqueror
Adele BE
Arpen
St. Nicholas
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Gollet
William
Gallet
Tlow
Dr. Kline
H. Kure, Ltd
Arch St
Pula
Piso
N. W. EL
Ocean Grove
San Franci
Louisville
Cal
New York, N. Y
D. I. Wilber
Oneonta
N. Y
Peruna Medicine Co
Columbus
Perna
David F. Wilber
New York
Sangerlust
New York City
Julian Weisslitz
Hartman
Dr. Hartman
Hartman Sanitarium
Seneca Street
Buffalo, N. Y
Alabastine CO
Grand Rapids
Mich
Pp. N. U
WAL Douglas Shoe Eee
Yal
Isis
Dululas
HM. Gresn
Hex
Atlanta
Thompson
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