The Faithful Guest Ends With Loyal Slave Rescue
A young woman sheltered a starving escaped slave in Burn's Hollow during a stormy night. The intruder revealed a plan to rob her grandparents' study. the danger shifted when the enslaved man defended the homeowner and helped capture the thief, while grandparents returned safe.
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Grandfather
Grandmother
Burn’s Hollow
Ajax
Grandma
Hannah Oakes
Anthony
Hannah
Mapleton’s
George
Grandpa
Massa Morton
Missus
Canady
Duch
Divining Rod Claims Diamonds and More in Liberty Township
Local reports recount J D Mast a former Amish preacher stirring Liberty Township with divining rod claims diamonds on J D Row s farm near the main road and two coal beds three in Marshall plus a buried treasure box schedule for next June. Skeptics doubt the diamonds yet others believe in Mast s gifts while he also locates ore and treasure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. D. Mast
Liberty Township
J.D. Row
Mast
Row
Andes
Marshall
North Liberty
South Bend
Remedy for hard times and Hop Bitters
Stop spending on fine clothes and quack doctors. Buy wholesome food and simple remedies instead. Hop Bitters claimed to cure at low cost and improve health. reader urged to try it and read more in another column. Also notice: For Rent a two story nine room house freshly papered and painted. apply to J. W. Hollingsworth at this office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Hollingsworth
Petersons Dollar Series offers cheap, durable classics
T B Peterson & Brothers of Philadelphia promote the Dollar Series as the best value in contemporary literature. They tout quality binding, uniform 12mo volumes, and a broad catalog including Woman’s Wrongs by Mrs Kilbart and works by Trollope, Mulock, and Howitt. Copies cost one dollar, with sales through booksellers, news agents, railways, or mail order.
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T. B. Peterson & Brothers
Philadelphia
Messrs. Peterson
Eiloart
Miss Mulock
Saratoga
M. A. Denison
James Tayo
Maitland
Egypt
Constantinople
Cora Belmont
Patty
Elizabeth
Trollope
Panoa
Dorsey
Edward Wortley Montague
Newa
T. B. Petterson & Brothers
Philadelphis, Pa
Fire at Webster ruins house after late sleepover
Mr Ark and wife in Webster spent Sabbath with son in law J H Antwert. At about 4 AM the house caught fire from unknown cause. Antwert woke, freed his wife, and warned others to escape to safety. Fire destroyed the chamber and spread through the home as they saved themselves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Ark
Webster
J. H. Antwert
Mr. Antwert
Puss
Variety of Society Notes from an 19th Century Page
A miscellany of items includes Mrs. Anthony’s decline amid church debt efforts, Kansas leading in homestead entries with 64 064, Minnesota second and Nebraska third, a clergyman and teacher reenact Romeo and Juliet in an Omaha balcony scene, and a trial to follow. Al Smith of Elko Nevada sustains severe head injuries from an axe in a fight but is expected to recover. A Supreme Court ruling declares Sunday church subscriptions nonbinding. A Michigan meteor explodes near Tarverse City, lighting skies and shaking houses. a Lake Michigan fisherman witnesses the fragments breaking through the ice.
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Omaha
al. Smith
Elko
Nev
Smit
Supreme Court
Michigan
Tarverse
Lake Michigan
Popular Remedies and Bee Hive Lodge Notice
An excerpt proclaims Dr. Pierce and Sage remedies as trusted health cures and notes a Bee Hive Lodge meeting and a memorial resolution for Mary McCormick. The text highlights product popularity and concludes with mourning resolutions and committee signatures.
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Bro. McCormick
M. J. Cooren
A. R. Basrring
J. H. Allison
Six Years of Illness Ended by Hop Bitters, Man Claims
A Butler New York man reports six years of bedridden sickness ended after his wife took Hop Bitters. He spent about $200 yearly, totaling $1,200, and credits three bottles with restoring his health. He notes his wife has done housework for a year since without missing a day. The case is shared to benefit others.
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Batchelor
New Fea
Butler
N, Y
Flavoring Extracts Taste Like Real Fruit Warned by Gasper Renick
Gasper Renick urges buyers to avoid inferior extracts sold as flavoring agents and touts Dr. Price's Special Flavoring Extracts for their genuine fruit taste and odor. He notes his own yard of fowls and invites inquiries for particulars.
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Dr. Price
Gasper Renick
Floral Riches Cologne Promises Refreshing Appeal
Clergymen lawyers physicians and all brain workers may find Dr Prices Floral Riches Cologne greatly refreshing. A handkerchief wetted with it and applied to the face pleases the senses and stimulates circulation.
Queen of the Oven Biscuit Praise for Dr Price's Powder
An advertisement extols Dr Price's Cream Baking Powder as the queen of the oven praising light white biscuits. It implies a man might not commit suicide or grumble if his wife asks for money after consuming these biscuits.
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Anthony
Hannah
M .T
Bam Young
Tamashri
Hthony
Dr. Price
Dr Kings New Discovery Ad Claims Cough and Lung Cure
An advertisement proclaims Dr Kings New Discovery provides immediate relief for coughs colds asthma bronchitis consumption and throat lung ailments. It cites hundreds of cures and offers a trial bottle for ten cents or a full size bottle for one dollar at Allens Drug Store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. King
Allens Drug Store
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Elia
Sand Hill
5. C
Wm. Guyer
Westport
Conn
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Ida Lewis Wilson
Lime Rock
Ragsdale
Jefferson County
Ind
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Bristol
Tenn
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James
John Smith
Wichita
Kan
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Ohio
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Smith
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Cele
Bess
Stevenson & Sons
Public Square
Greencastle
Indiana
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Oliver Chill
Mansur
Campbell
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France
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Studebaker
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Putnam County
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Greencastle, Ind
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C. W. Hathaway, I Will
George Hathaway
Grand Duches Cologne
Grand Duchess Cologne
Tod Costabates
Dallistre
T. J. Craig & Bro
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Vandalia
Christian Church Lot
W. A. Workman
Hazelett
Old Daggy Mill
Nearti
St.l
State of Indiana
William Randel
Caleb Philips
Samuel Colliver
Justice of the Peace
Monroe
Aid Defendent
Caleb Foilips
State of
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J.p.srat
Abrams & Wysong
Larely
Landreth
Allen’s
Sampis AF Es Daireen
Chace
Indiana Diamonds
Matthew Crooks
Detroit
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Locke
Aiken
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Col
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Hood Alston
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Itl
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Queen OF the Oven
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St Arnold's
Southwent
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