Not Guilty for Disturbing Church Choir in Lynchpin Trial
A Lancaster lawyer Sam Dysart defends a group of young defendants accused of laughing and disturbing a church service. Witness Brother Spears is ordered to sing There Is a Fountain Filled With Blood, provoking courtroom laughter. The jury acquits the children, citing the unusual defense and questioning the witness’s performance.
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Squire A. C. Bailey
T. C. Tadlock
Brother the Spears
Ife
Brother Spears
Dysart
Gabriel
Macon
Dr. King's New Discovery Promises Cure for Coughs
A testimonial from L. A. Overstreet of Elgin Tenn describes chronic lung troubles and claims Dr. King's New Discovery saved his wife. The ad asserts effectiveness for coughs colds bronchitis asthma and lung diseases with 50c and 1.00 prices and free trial bottles at Grover Bonner's.
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L. A. Overstreet
Elgin
Tenn
Big Four Excursions Offer Holiday Trips From Greensburg
The Big Four Railway announces excursion tickets from Greensburg Indiana to many northern western and southern destinations with sale dates on the first and third Tuesdays of each month. Tickets are valid for return within 21 days. Special routes include Indianapolis Cincinnati Andersonville and December holiday tours with varying return deadlines and prices.
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M. A. Crawford
Ind
Indianapolis
R’y
Ohio State Monument
Andersonville
Georgia
Big 4
Anderson
N. A. Crawford
Agt
Cincinnati
Ohio
R.y
Arnica salve claimed to cure corn pains
Patient H. Robinson from Hillaboro, Illinois, reports severe corn pain that made walking impossible, but Backlen's Arnica Salve completely cured them. The ad promises magic action on sprains, bruises, cuts, burns, boils, ulcers and skin diseases with piles, sold by Grover & Bonner for 25 cents.
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H. Robinson
Hillaboro
Grover & Bonner
The Home Doctor Home Remedies and Cautions
A 1 per cent carbolic acid bandage aids blisters a hot water wash relieves a nervous headache and a hot footbath helps. Earache may respond to a boiled flannel laudanum and ear application. Vinegar and salad oil help with stomach insects and ear insects. Cold water foot soak follows by warming feet with new socks. Nutmeg in water is claimed to cure boils with a skipped day between doses.
A Woman's Awful Peril and The Cure Thereafter
Mrs. I. B. Hunt of Lime Ridge Wisconsin faced gall stones and worsening jaundice. After doctors failed she used Electric Bitters and was wholly cured, with the remedy praised for stomach liver and kidney health. Grover and Bononer sell the product for 50c with guarantee.
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I. B. Hunt
Lime Ridge
Wis
Grover & Bononer
Four Footed Bird Of Marajo Island Described
A four footed bird, Opis thocomus cristatus, cannot be classified with any family. Its only habitat is Marajo in the lower Amazon. Larval development reveals early fore feet that are shed days after hatching. Also called headzin or evil smelling bird for its unpleasant odor, which deters predators and humans.
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Marajo
Amazon
Spiders as Food Across Cultures
The Cornhill Magazine notes a range of tastes for eating spiders. It cites a French acquaintance who detours them, a German woman who compares their flavor to nuts, and a man who eats them on bread, claiming greater pleasure than butter.
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M. Beaumar
Rozel
Cornhill Magazine
Edith and Bertha Discuss Fred in Golf Talk
In a private exchange Edith reveals she and Fred are attracted to each other. Bertha warns secrecy as she confesses they have spent time together and claim they were made for one another despite occasional quarrels when Fred was in the wrong.
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Edith
Fred
Bertha
Boston Transcript
He Wasn't It. A Humorous Miss Billmore Note
A snippet shows Hankinson replying to Miss Billmore with a playful correction about a marriage proposal. He mocks the note beginning with Dear George and insists his name is William, not George, in a lighthearted exchange from the Chicago Tribune.
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Billmore
Hankinson
George
William
Chicago
Tribeune
Crowd Turns Out In Massachusetts Mystery
Dialogue from the Cleveland Plain Dealer notes a crowd turnout in Massachusetts generating confusion over the identity N. Mass. speculated as a French man. The exchange highlights crowd curiosity and a misread name.
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John
N. Mass
Cleveland Plain Dealer
He Could Cook. Can He Cook What He Could Do?
A restaurant proprietor asks if he can cook while a caller vouches for a friend out of work. The caller claims the man once made four squab pies from one old pigeon, praising his cooking prowess.
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Chicago Tribune
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