The President's Turkey in Staunton Staunton Pa tale
Two ordinary men lure widower Parker Judd into a fishing outing and reveal the visiting American president may be the source of a prized turkey. Judd's plan to gift the bird turns into a national anecdote when Amelia Klagger Steinforth and Lawyer Steinforth conspire, culminating in Judd meeting the president and learning a letter praises his bird, though the real tale proves more comic than noble.
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Staunton
Parker Judd
Judd
Brown's Pond
Brown's Brook
Giégiure
Miss Klagger
Miss Judd
Amelia Klagger
Winkumpaw
Washington
Steinforth
Westerly
R. I
Amelia Klagger Steinforth
Amelia
Ametia
Turkey
Amelia Ar Winforth
White House
Secret Service
Mr. Judd
Congress
Vin
Texas Wonder Discovery Praised by Sufferer
Edna Texas March 14 1903 letter from Dr E W Hall St Louis Mo praising Kidney and rheumatic cure Hall s Great Discovery Texas Wonder and recommending it to others suffering similar ailments
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Edna, Tex
E. W. Hall
St. Louis
Texas
Hall
Texas Wonder Cure Advertises Kidney Remedy
A vintage advertisement promotes Hall's Texas Wonder, claimed to cure kidney and bladder troubles, gravel, diabetes, and various sexual and back issues in men and women. It promises mail delivery for $1 and two months of treatment per bottle, with testimonials available and sales through druggists including The Graham Drug Co.
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Texas Wonder
Hall
E. W. Hall
P.O. Box
St. Louis
Graham Drug Co
Local Board Officers Named in Sequential Posts
S. R. Crawford serves as President with J. W. Gallaher as 1st Vice-President and M. K. Graham as 2nd Vice-President in a historic trio of officers guiding the organization through a transitional period.
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S. R. Crawford
J. W. Gallaher
M. K. Graham
TimeCard Schedule for Graham to Fort Worth Route
Leave Graham at 6:00 a.m. travel to Jacksboro at 7:10 a.m. then Bridgeport 9:00 a.m. Arrive Fort Worth 10:50 a.m. Return depart Fort Worth 4:00 p.m. via Bridgeport arriving 5:50 p.m. Then depart Bridgeport 7:28 p.m. and arrive back at Graham 9:00 p.m.
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Graham
Jacksboro
Bridgeport
Ft. Worth
A Life of Passion in Byron Letters
In Byron’s letters a Boston visitor named Mr Coolidge discusses Irving and poetry. Byron notes the visitor’s expectations of a misanthropic, wolfskin suited gentleman and argues poetry expresses passion, not a constant life of fever.
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Lord Byron
Coolidge
Boston
Byron
Irving
Ancient Tyre and Alexandria Glass Works Highlighted
The article notes Tyre and later Alexandria glass houses as historic centers of glassmaking. Layard cites Nineveh and Babylon discoveries showing ancient glass bowls and a cuneiform relief of Sargon, king of Assyria, dating to the late seventh century B C and marking the oldest known transparent glass specimen.
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Tyre
Alexandria
Layard
Nineveh
Babylon
Pance
British Museum
Sargon
Assyria
Lookout Crow Described as Thieves Watchman in Brentford
A police witness at Brentford explains the term crow as a youth who guards thieves while others rob, warning of approaching police. The slang, noted in 19th century sources, likens crows to sentinels in criminal networks, with references to the cornish magazine noting a similar term for a burglar’s lookout.
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Brentford
Cornhill Magazine
London Chronicle
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W. P. Stewart
J. M. Norman W.L. Don
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MO. C. Kay
W. O. Clark
Chas. Gay
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Goldthwaite
Ballard Snow Liniment Co
Jacksboro Mill & Elevator Co
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Kansas City Southern Railway
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Pace
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Zoo
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