Mules and tall tales end in a punchline at the store
In a tavern like gathering Deacon Hengrove's rear hosts a tale contest with a mule saga. Pete Yorker boasts a mighty kick story while a stranger recalls Bill Reynolds building a bridge in 1867 and a stubborn mule named Andy Johnson. The crowd laughs as the mule outlasts the men and the tale ends with the crowd slipping away.
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Ezekial Hengrove
Pete Yorker
Pete
Bill Reynolds
Jacksonville
Iowa
Andy Johnson
Andy
Sol
Hosses
Judsonville
Bill
Denoument
Bloodhounds Track Murderers of Elder Couple
A Georgia area report describes the discovery of Martin Defoor and his wife dead in their home on Iceville road. Bloodhounds pursue suspects Asa Morgan and two others, one a white man, with Morgan confessing involvement and naming accomplices. Morgan is jailed. The piece blends crime details with additional anecdotes.
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Miss Rockwell
White Plains
Nichola
Windham
John Parham
St. Francis County
Arkansas
Parham
Fort Wayne
Ind
Tiller
Northern Methodist Church
Memphis
Shelbyville
Tenn
Martin Defoor
Iceville
Walker
Martin Walker
Mr. Defoor
Mr.Defoor
Kries
Redd
Asa Morgan
Morgan
Atlanta Constitution
Murfreesboro
Virginia
The
Methodist Episcopal Church South
North Carolina
Norfolk
St. Patrick
West yarns outshine eastern boasts in frontier satire
The piece parodies eastern storytelling with Western bragging about stump plowing and home spun cloth. It cites a Carlisle Indiana event where Aaron Smith led a mob to hang George Moore, followed by mercy from a rope trick and a later confession. Dr Ball's pills sponsor a constipation warning near the tale.
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Canseur
Col. B
Illinois
Boston ‘Transcript
Aaron Smith
George Moore
Carlisle
Ind
Multiple tragedies and incidents reported in Greengourgh area
Dispatches describe Edward Kerr's death after a bite months prior in Adams Ibis County. A saloon shooting in Link and Dannacer ends with Meek jailed, Link gravely hurt. Other reports include mill accident near Paxton, a farmer’s near harvest wheat yield by Elisha Cox, a fatal stove oil explosion in Geneva, a rifle accident near Goshen, a child choked by a bean in Glenwood, a streetcar driver suicide in Fort Wayne, a Catholic marriage dispute from Greencastle, and a St. Louis quarantine controversy.
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Greengourgh
Edward Kerr
Adam
Ibis
Greenssuns
Taylor
Link & Dannacer
Link
Meek
Forea
Caquiste, Inc
William Carico
Linton
Paxton
Loocoorsx
Martin County
Elisha Cox
Union ‘Township
Indiana
Geneva
Henry Fogle
GosuEn
Harper
Geological insights and chronic disease dangers
An essay compares slow geological change to insidious diseases, noting that chronic illnesses develop gradually and go unnoticed until relief is impossible. It praises Dr. Pierce's Medical Discovery and Pleasant Pellets for regulating bile and bowels and strengthening overall health.
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Florida
Pierce
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Cheviott
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Putnam County
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Cook
Phillip Albaugh
Phillip
Albauge
Lueteke
West Side
Nes
Snxyder
E. F. Snyder & CO
4Th St
Cincinnati
John T.craig
Butchers and Ceaters
Howe & Vermilion’s
Vandalis
Kelly
Singer
Ades
Snider
Hamburg
Scott
Greencastle Foundry
Culver
South Depot
James Gillespy
New York
Cornert
Public Square
Greencastle, Nd
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Office and Warghouss
L. N. Greencastle
St. Louis
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Indiana News
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Elliott
Moffett
Rushville
Fort Warne
Roquet
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D’oonoghue
Indianapolis Journal
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