Fragmented confession of a prisoned mind and escape plan
An inmate recounts years of confinement in a hidden chamber beneath Demon's Wood. He describes being bound, gagged, and held for two days and nights, then moved to a hall and later to a secret prison with revolving shelves. The narrative shifts to a possible new captive, a timid woman, and ends with a desperate prayer for freedom and a self promised escape with a knife.
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Antoine Duval
Reginald
Demon's Wood
Oman
Constance
Earle Eisenstein
Gine
J Jast
T.am-s
Eek Amg Poor
Bidwin
Stiles
I Escaped Prison and Found Freedom in a Cave
The narrator recounts a perilous escape from a prison, wandering through ruins and a cave in Demon’s Wood. He reflects on regaining sanity, acquiring clerical clothes in Liverpool, and safeguarding pages and a wallet. He longs for water, fears death, and ends with gratitude for dying free.
End of it for Sir Fitzroy Glendenning
The tale reveals Sir Fitzroy Glendenning cleared of a heinous crime, his estate awaits his return to New York. Dr. Elfenstein delights in the reversal while questioning the beloved girl’s role in the prior plot. The narrator plans to confront her and seek extenuating reasons. To be continued.
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Edwin GC. Stiles
Arthur Glendeunning
Elfenstein
Sir Fitzroy Glendenning
New York
Vituzroy
Calf theft swells as rustlers roam cattle country
A fragment describes a persistent calf thief troubling cattlemen. Rangers, branding marks, and sudden brand alterations are cited as methods to steal calves. The piece hints at rustlers using large outfits and distant grazing herds to seize cattle and resell under altered brands.
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Cattie
Jon
Convenient Water Gate Plan By Farmer Engineer
Farmers with streams on their land kept busy by water management propose a simple gate design. A short post on one side an extended post with a top pulley system holds a weighted gate in place. Weight and brackets secure the gate during high water, then recede as water falls. Also described is an all around log sled built from birch runners and adaptions for snow or no snow, including moved parts and bending joints.
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T. C. Engle
Domstead
Michigan
Barm
World Fair Dairy barns to open before year end
Four dairy barns at the World’s Fair in St. Louis will be completed so cows can be brought to the exposition grounds before the year starts. Located at the north end of the live stock site, the uniform octagonal structures feature 38 semi circular stairs, a rear promenade, eight box stalls for calving cows, two for bulls, and floors to hold feeding and sleeping quarters for caretakers. Chief Coburn and Secretary Mills praise the plan.
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St. Louis
Coburn
Mills
Yellow Butter Without Dye From Natural Winter Color
Farmers denounce artificial coloring yet smuggle butter with color. Jersey cows yield darker winter butter with proper care and feeding, including carrots, clover, and good cream handling. Late plowing may curb white grubs in May beetles. wood ashes and kerosene emulsions are noted remedies. Ontario trials show whole seed beats broken seed for mangels and sugar beets, with deep planting and level culture boosting yields.
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Jersey
Mike
Jersey Bulletin
A. W. Gliman
Ontario Experiment Station
How to Market Hogs and Farm Insights
Practical notes on fattening hogs near rail lines to avoid losses, plans for in-person market handling, and the value of a well bedded, supervised market process. Also discusses egg production versus market value, sorghum, stacking forage, and the benefits of a feeding floor for hog fattening, plus misc. farm observations.
Yawning Causes and Body Response Described
The article explains yawning as a temporary deficiency in the body's supply of air. It notes that fatigue, heavy air, heat, and general health can trigger yawns as breathing briefly stops and the mouth muscles reflexively contract to draw in air.
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World of Meat
Reads Like a Miracle Wiihuspoint Mist Nov 80
The article reports on a boy with spinal cord disease treated by a doctor. after months of worsening symptoms, the father credits Doll’s Kidney Pills for relief and a complete recovery, claiming no residual signs of illness. The piece quotes the father discussing the boy’s nervousness at night and fear, and his eventual restoration to health.
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Butler Cage
T Tnttt
My. G. L. Butler
Bays
Trent
Imuk
Doll
Willing to 20 His Beat in a Budget Tea Tale
An old Davimer recalled by the St James's Budget as having tea with a former Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch at Drimlanrig Castle in Dumfriesshire. The tale centers on a perpetual tea ritual as the Duchess questions the supply while John asks for more, words echoing across the table.
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St. James's
Buccleuch
Drimlanrig Castle
Dumfriesshire
John
Cheney Company Catarrh Cure Assurance Case
Oaths show Frank J. Cheney senior partner of Cheney Co. promising one hundred dollars for each case of catarrh not cured by Stagg’s Catarrh Cure. Notary public A. W. Alnason witnessed December 6, 1886. Advertisement for internal cure claiming blood and mucous system action with testimonials. Toledo Ohio vendors advertise.
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Tourna
J . Lucas Country
Pnank J
Cheney
KF. J, Coeney& Co
Foledo
Wilt Oy
Menso
Stagg
Frank J. Cheney
A. D
GR Renes & CO
Toledo
Y Prune
Hall' Ie Fars Isle
Not So Very Weak on a Windy Rocky Mountain Train
A scene aboard a windy Rockies train shows a diverse group including miners, cowboys, a sick woman, and a well dressed man. A large Westerner comforts the shivering woman while a tall man in tweeds asserts Americans aren’t weak as he slams a window shut.
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Rockies
Turdney
Father Declines Poker as Family Budget Bites
A boy urges his father to play poker and the father concedes occasional play but explains his income cannot support more than one poker player in the family. The dialogue frames a light domestic moment about finance and games.
Courting Etiquette Question on Calls and Companions
A fragment from a social column questions why a man accompanies a caller and notes a custom of the woman walking behind the man when they go out. The wording reflects dated etiquette norms and playful social commentary.
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Chapyin
Just Run Across Food Choice Sparks Relief
A Philadelphia young woman recounts overcoming nervous indigestion and near starvation after discovering Postum and Grape Nuts at a department store demonstration. She adopted them daily and reports lasting improvement, prompting her to consult her physician about the relief she found.
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Philadelphia
JUN Acros
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Thornton
Difenstein
Ted
Hansserting
Arthur
Glendeadiy
Archie Glen‘denning
Luistrung
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Liverpool
Edwin Cy Stiles
Arthur Gleendonning
Barewell
Cchaptor
Iiowa Homestead
B. King
Poultry. Journal
John Sownie
Rurl Telenhane
A. W. Alnason
Notary Public
Sree
Nate
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