Lodge Pranks and Goat Incident Shocked Home
A boy recounts a wild episode where a pretend Masonic lodge with a goat led to chaos at home. Pranks included blindfolding the goat, a grand bumper degree, a disrupted Bible lessons, and the minister visiting to see the aftermath. The tale ends with the family resolving the fiasco as the goat wanders off.
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Nodfellow
Wy Chum
Pilzar- Ho
Upton
Iaffini
Oy Chum
Bill
Jack
Nellr Gure
Kusein
Free of Charge Dr Powell Drug Sample Bottle
Free sample bottle of Brown's Expectorant offered by Dr Powell's City Drug Store. Cures coughs hoarseness whooping coughs and consumption rrits early ataxes. Scientific and harmless. Regular size bottle 60 cents and $1. Promotes a trial with no cost. Also a reader note on ant control using lard on a china plate to trap and destroy ants. The state fair will be held in Chicago for the next two years with Chicago outbidding Pearia.
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Osilat
Powell’drug Store
Dr's
Powall City Drug Store
March Harper's and North American Review items listed
The March number of Harper's Magazine and the North American Review are summarized with contributors and topics. Contained are essays by Bishop, Bough ton, Higginson, Van Roonellaer, Adame, Alvord, Spotford, Howland, and poems. plus reviews on Wagner, Parsifal, and educational debates. Also noted are The Humboldt Library of Science, The Century, and St Nicholas contents with various authors and subjects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harper's Magazine
William Henry Bishop
Arizona
George H.boughton
Holland
Colonel Higginson
Ln Mra
M. G. van Roneellelaer
Bal
North American Review
Henry George
Robert 8. Saylor
Mississippi
Ora
Moncure D. Conway
Gladstone
George W Julian
Land Office
Richard A. Procter
Wm. G. Summer
Elizur Wright
G. Stanley Hall
Felix Adler
Thomas Hunter
Mary Putnam Jacobs
Lafayette Place
New York
W. M. Williams
J. Fitzgerald
Humboldt Library of Science
Gambetta
Leonard Bacon
Leonard Wooleay Bacon
Columbia Collegia
John Burroughs
Architectural League of New York
Roger Riordan
Andrew Lang
Julian
Dorr
Ins D. Coolbrith
John Vance Cheney
W. P. Andrews
Tima
Eric-a-Brag
Edenborg
Hell
St Nicholas
Red Clover Tonic touted as blood purifier
An advertisement extols Dr Jones's Red Clover Tonic as a legendary blood purifier and health tonic used by German women and physicians. It claims benefits for blood disorders, torpid liver, costiveness, sick headache, pimples, and overall vitality. Albert Nay druggist sells it for 60 cents a bottle.
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Jones
Albert
Straggler in Bragg's Army Intercepts by Bearded Stranger
A tattered barefoot man with a corn pipe wanders along a road near Bragg's forces. He encounters General Bragg and staff who question him. the man evasively answers he belongs nowhere and to Bragg's army, only to say half was shot in Kentucky and the other half whipped at Murfreesboro.
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Kinery
Ave
Texas
Bragg
Braxe
Kentucky
Murfreesborough
Yank
Soldiers Colony formed to aid veterans in Dakota land
In Chicago on February 6 1885 veterans from the late war established a soldiers colony association to file land claims for honorably discharged soldiers and sailors. A committee will select land near a planned spring railroad route and a secretary in Chicago will handle information and forms. Comrades nationwide are invited to enroll and secure homes, with claims filed by application date and proximity to the railroad prioritized.
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Chicago
Saldiora
Callora
Dakota
Union
J. Quincy Walker
Clark Street
Samuel Fallows
J. Gurney Walker
M. Randolph
L. . Perce
Seth F. Hanchet
James A. Sexton
J. A. Watrous
Milnemens
James McCartney
Electric Discoveries and Pension Law Amendments
A report cites Rev Mr Gilbert at Christ Church describing a new electroscope capable of transmitting light and vision, with a Malbourne demonstration before forty scientists. It also notes a U S Senate amendment redefining breaches of pension rights as misdemeanors with fines up to 100 dollars and penalties for withholding pension certificates.
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Gilbert
Christ Church
Otazo Times
Guidish
Victoria
Malbourne
Flemington
Scientific American
Our enterprising draggist Albert Nay sells Dr Bigelow’s Cure
Albert Nay has secured the agency for Dr Bigelow’s Positive Cure to treat coughs colds consumption and throat and lung issues. A free bottle is offered to prove its superiority at Nay’s drug store.
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Albert Nay
Dr Bigelow
Advertiser Grandeur and Bank Expansion in Peru
An advertiser touts booming trade with bold prices while La Salle National Bank opens a Peru branch led by assistant cashier Henry Reem. Meanwhile plans are filed for a new National Bank charter as stock is subscribed and applications move forward.
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The
la Salle National Bank
Peru
Henry Reem
Peru Bank
Thas
Inquisition and Estate Proceedings Across Varied Notices
A composite record of court inquests and probate items lists insanity commitments, discharge orders, and felings of guardianship. Notable entries include Joseph Hennessy resignations, real estate transfers, and multiple February property dealings in Columbia Hays and surrounding areas with named buyers and lots.
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Marth Stati Vubrant
Columbia- Hays
Tnventory
Eppraisement
Beb
Wrn
Dina Apehaunrite
Joseph Hennessy
Sphirektayce Agonptads
Ste
Trandfers
HepsEnusia
Hones
Henry
Fed
Israel Koehler
Lidon M Culver
Houghton
Wite
Davina
Fiz
A R Hanson
Oliver P Wolcott
Awe
Geo
Thos Torty
Wits Tohred Peters
James ¥Ileon
Theophilua Wilson
Lugene Tatohing
Benj A Eline
Oenes
J Martin
Martin
Wag O Martin
Aite
Alfred J Martin
Sarato
John Me Klar
Andrew Fleder
Andrew Fiedler
Ito
John Kilne
James P Cofme
Henry Olty
Aifeg Osment
Bernard ‘Aoger
Martin Quiram
Henry Marke
Lote
Montrove
Varna
History of Letter Postage and Territorial Prospects
A historical overview traces the evolution of postage from 1703 to 1863, outlining rate changes by distance and weight, prepaid options, and uniform cents. It notes shifts in Kansas and Nebraska toward stock and grazing opportunities, urging small investors to consider land openings amid unsettled western expansion.
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New York
Buffalo
Central Railroad
California
Kansas
Nebraska
Colorado
Wyoming
Montana
Dakota
Electric Bitters Sell Fast in Girard Then and Now
A Girard Kansas customer praises Electric Bitters as a reliable remedy saying they satisfy customers and sell rapidly. The note claims the medicine purifies the blood, regulates bowels, and aids kidney and liver issues while saving money on doctor bills. Sold at 50 cents per bottle by J.E. & F.A. Powell. The Canadian House of Commons debate features Sir John McDonald defending imperial ties and the Governor General’s nonpartisan role.
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T. W. Atkins
Girard
Kan
J.E
F. A. Powall
House of Commons
John McDonald
England
Canada
United States
Aan
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George Burt, JR
Marshall County
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A.M. Pool
Astate
H. Hutchins
Fred
Potter
Perley
Atiozanes
LAW and ‘Notary Pub
Edward Street
Ttorney
Marshall
Weis
W. H. Kister
Lacon
O. F. Taylor
Itagatie
Putnam County
Lil
J.C. Kali
A. Hamilton
Kalb & Hamilton
Kal and
Hamilton
Main Street
W. H. Jones
Regulator
Charles Davis
M. D
Omcepathic Physician
Seurgeon
R. T. Allen
City Hotel
R. Geo. Motter, JR
Dexter
Chas. Riehm
Iano
Peoria
Ill
Adair & Brown
the Republican
Bnyder
Iple
D. Ross
DR. Ross
South Adams Street
Res Peoria
Allen. M. D
Illinois
Allen
Henry Dally
Sandsy
Sonesssece
Esproas
OW Carroll
Gont
Fenry
Republican
Holmes
Great Britain
Boston Journal
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Pearia
Bor
Nook
U. S. Senate
Logan
Commissioner of Pensiona
U. S
Commissioner of Pensione
Dorn
Donnie
Eilen O'Connor
Wonope
Rick
Matthiw
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Ida F Tremain
Whitefield
Jon
Benj
Mate O Kino
Houty
Herman
Caroline Guedo
Daten Yan
DB Thomas
Hoya
Will Emmett Hall
Josephine
Zante
Wenona
Pvittobeta Wilson
Martha Eboutta
Whitsfield
John Q
Ida ‘Holmatrom
Acvorta
Victor
Weaterland
Joanne Anderson
Roberts
Irven B Williams
Sendohwine
Robert H. Thomas
Misa Ado Taggart
Joseph'n
Serenz
Pebstard
Murey
Doatur
Bugsy
Carilize
Biro
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Powell
V. Tlv
Edwads
Pricon
Hatiafantion
Gnaraktesd Blygh & Powele
Henry, Ill
J. R. Zeigler
Hamilton St
Kinois
Undertaking Wame
John Schurr
Gunsmith
Bia
Second Street
Edwards Atroot
H, Hs Kirchman
Joseph Schick
Ebruay
James Chambers
Calgary Presbyterian Church
Harlem
Hib8cox & CO
Chems Ists
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