Man Still Lives In Tree After Election Bet For Decades
Hulitt Hazewell of Windham County Connecticut continues to inhabit a chestnut tree he built after predicting Grant would win the 1868 election. The tree house, three tiny apartments, and a ground ladder overlook a forested yard where he feeds birds and squirrels. In 1888 a lightning strike killed several pets, toppled limbs, and left Hazewell briefly unconscious before he rebuilt a shelter and buried the pets in a granite-marked grave near the tree.
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Hulitt Hazewell
Daniels
Windham County
Conn
Hazewell
Ilazewell
Horatio Seymour
Grant
Hulitt
Seymour
Connecticut
Robinson
Peron
Tree Dwellings Prized by Eccentric Texas Settler
A Windham county native, Hazewell rebuilt after a house fire and favors tree dwellings for shelter and health. He owns the tree’s farm and works as a shoemaker, living contentedly in a damp-free, sun-shielded grove with pure air. A curious local note follows about a buzzing gold bug omen. He then digs near an old well and finds gold dollars and a few silver coins.
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Hazewell
Windham County
Perpetual Mein
Texas
Hanged His Father in Washington Jail Yard
A grim Spokane capital case unfolds as a father and son meet at a gallows. Sheriff calmly reads the death warrant before sending the condemned man, Bill Stebbins, to his fate for murdering his second wife. The crowd watches in morbid silence as the trap springs.
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Washington
Bill Stebbins
Spokane
Sheriff's Deputies
Ten
New York Drummer Saves Bank From Run in Western Town
A New York drummer helps stop a bank run at a small western bank. He and the town assessor coordinate at the teller window, revealing inflated withdrawals. Patrons depart in small groups. soon the line clears and the bank is saved from suspension of payments.
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New York
Desir e Wilcox the woman who works like a man
A lengthy profile of Desire Wilcox from North Lynn Connecticut a fifty year old farm laborer who handles hay plows drives oxen and buys sells livestock while smoking a pipe She is contrasted with her rural environment and described as exceptionally muscular self reliant and skilled in farm tasks including horse trade and field work The piece notes her solitary life after parents deaths and her long time work ethic
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North Lynn
Conn
Desire Wilcox
Miss Wilcox
Wilcox
New England
New London County
Desire
Sandow
Ed H. Thompson
Ulster County
Hurley
Charles Lewis
Thompson
Lewis
Jill Thompson
New York
Hazle Indebtedness Objection to Special Levy Order
In Hazle township the application for a five mill levy to cover the indebtedness faced opposition. Oberrender argues the court lacks authority and that existing levies and two judgments cover the debt. He cites legal opposition, costs and delays as hindering collection. Meanwhile Joseph Hover, kidnapped in 1884, reunited with his mother in Shamokin after a long separation and a tale of abduction in Nebraska and Jamestown.
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Hazle Township
Halsey
Messrs. Fuller and
McClintock
E. A. Oberrender
John Strack
William Carter
Rice
Costa
Joseph Hover
Andover
Nebraska
Shamokin
Ansley
Neb
Edward
Frame Hoyer
Jamestown
South Omaha
Canard
Pleasure Calendar Shows Fr eeland Social Events
The notice lists a September 30 picnic by St Patrick’s cornet band in Freeland Public Park, an October 10 Young Men’s T A B Society ball at Freeland Opera House with 50 cent admission, and an October 23 Division 19 A D H1 ball at Freeland Opera House with 50 cent admission. Also an ad claims Kemp’s Balsam stops coughs at once.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Patrick’s Cornet Band
Freeland Public Park
Young Men's
T. A. B. Society
Freeland Opera House
Division 19
A. D. H1
Doctor Riegel Heals Hazleton Man From Catarrh
James McCool of 189 North Wyoming Street Hazleton Pa writes that years of catarrh headaches and breathing trouble vanished after treatment by Dr Riegel after prior failed remedies from Hazleton New York and Philadelphia He urges others to seek his care and offers to answer inquiries confirming his recovery and urging timely treatment
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Dr. Riegel
Hazleton
New York
Philadelphia
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Louisiana
Freeland
Opera House
Jon J. Welsh
John R. Franz Cumpson
I J. A. Fraser
Christy's Book Store
Hazle
Kemp
And
Riegel
Central Hotel
Citizens’ Bank
Front Street
Capital
Eek Birkbeck
Koons
It Davis
Joan Smith
Pee Birkbeck
Thos
Birkpouk
John Wagner
A. Rudewick
H.C. Nous
the Tribune
Lancaster
P. O. S. of A. Building
Freeland, Pa
Kellmer
Finaene Eise
Maion
West Broad Street
J. A. McGill & Co
Panorama Place
Chicago
Til
Sela
Amandus Oswald
Mehn
John Smith
Birkbeck Brick
Ohio Chemical CO
Hiaiex, Ets
Nuien- Ananot
Shem As
Hill
Chemical Co
B. M. Jaylord
Leslie
Mich
Donns Ferry
Mathew Jounsee
P.O
Pittsnunen
Helen
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