Bear hunt with Stub-foot ends in famed conviction tale
In Tai-hok California Grizzly Pete recounts how hunter De Pyster used staged evidence to trap a bear and frame him for killing Stub-foot. A lawyer, shorthand man, photographer, and dyin declaration produce a sensational, legally airtight tale ending with the watch and claw charm.
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Tai-hok
Frisklyou County
California
Peter Walker
Grizzly Pete
Walker
Cere
de Pyster
Stub-foot
Pyster
Hisself
Pieters
Stub
Friskiyou County
Stubfoot
Old Stubfood
Old Stubfoot
Stork Shower Ideas and Mothering Sunday Notes
Practical baby bed prep tips with elegant fabrics and warm light comfort for a stork shower. The piece also marks Mothering Sunday on the fourth Sunday in Lent and recalls traditional English observances, family-centered dinners, and gifts. It ends with playful party ideas like a White Elephant swap and a Forestry Contest with wooden prizes and themed questions.
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England
Her Spring Suit Fashions a Lilac Coat and Skirt Ensemble
A spring coat and skirt costume in pale lilac features a walking length skirt with box plaits, netted buttons and silk loops, a novel panelled goat with basques, a blouse of Irish lace, and a violet satin bow. The hat is soft felt with a feather accent.
Fashion Notes Rename Colors With Exotic Names
A fashion feature describes a trend to abandon simple color names. The piece lists examples showing the shift to numerous elaborate terms such as shrimp, salmon, coral, bengali, pavot, and many others for what was once basic colors. It emphasizes a broader palette and more descriptive labels.
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Volga
Nigér
White Lead and the test for purity
A historical explanation of White Lead paint, its production, and the risk of adulteration. It details a blow-pipe test to prove purity, notes that fake brands mix barytes or chalk, and advertises National Lead Company offering a blow-pipe kit and booklet to verify purity at home.
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National
National Lead Company
Woodbridge Building
New York
Druggist Declines Suitor But Proposes Pie Offer
A old-time druggist tells a suitor to his daughter Amy that he cannot consent to the match because Amy is promised to his partner’s son. He offers five other daughters and guarantees a pleasing alternative with a lemon pie recipe and a snack brand promotion. The note includes product pitches for OQUA PIE and Garfield Tea as health aids and moral maxims from public figures.
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Amy
What Causes Headache and Income Notes
From October to May colds are the most frequent headache cause. Laxative Bromo Quinine removes the cause. E W Grove box 2c. Tennyson earned between 25000 and 35000 dollars yearly for poetry. Lewis' Single Binder cigar claims to be the richest, most satisfying smoke. The damage caused by mist is more feared than wear and tear of work. Haliburton.
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Groveca
Haliburton
Public Land Opening in Wyoming for Carey Act settlement
The State of Wyoming will soon open about 640 acres of irrigated government land in the Big Horn basin for settlement under the Carey Act. Prospective farmers may obtain an informative report with maps and plats from the Irrigation Department at 405 Home Insurance Building, Chicago, free of charge. After calling a prisoner down the judges is apt to send him up.
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Wyoming
Big Horn Basin
Irrigation Department
405 Home Insurance Building
Chicago
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Tryon Edwards
Tennyson
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Your Eater
Lewis’ Factory
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Carters CA
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Western Canada
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Saskatchewan and
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Drese
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New York Life Building
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Dositium Secorad
Envlose
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Dubuque
Omaha
S' Jacobs
Dali
Msare
Douglas
Brockton
Rte Ta
Congress
Ellet Kendall Shoe CO
MFGS
Kansas City
Apokn
Colt Distemper Conion
Nick Ace
Ninght
Dhese
Lotte
Bam
Baton
Errane
Seilia Sone
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