Inventor Hickman Keeps Bat Orchard Hidden From Public Eyes
On a mountain in Dunkirk Pennsylvania Charles Hickman cultivates an ash bat orchard. Forty acres of trees yield baseball wallopers for which he crafts precise models and ships raw logs to Louisville. His process involves testing, marking and awaiting shipments as his seasonal bats travel to the factory and back to athletes. Offa Neal was elected superintendent of Franklin County schools.
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Charles Hickman
Wehard
Durkirk
Hickman
Hick
Bhard
Orcherd
Charles
Shay
Louisville Slugger
Dunkirk
Louisville Inc
Kees
Thumper
Dunkirk Pa
Offa Neal
Franklin County
Neal Playet Moss
The Man with the Shovel Delves for Earth's Wealth
An evocative portrait of labor across industrial landscapes. The piece follows a figure wielding a shovel, symbolizing widespread toil in search of value within the earth, hinting at mining, construction, or excavation as engines of wealth and progress.
Year of the shovel and western Canada growth
A collage of 1908 prosperity notes from Canada and the south, highlighting a boom in shovel production and agricultural exports. The piece ties large scale rail and immigration activity to rural wealth, with side paragraphs on entertainment and stray anecdotes about animals and old baseball stars.
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GA. Park
Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company
Lasville
Lweld
Fts
Canada
United S
Callan
Csv
Trying Experience with Bean's Kidney Pills
Frances Gardner of 369 Jackson Boulevard Chicago IL writes she suffered five years with kidney complaints and wasted money on remedies until five boxes of Doan's Kidney Pills cured her in weeks. She enjoys a hearty appetite sound sleep and has regained health. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster-Milburn Co Buffalo NY
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Frances Gardner
Jackson Boulevard
Chicago
Foster-suibara Co
Butialo, N. KL
Vision of a murdered son sparks Milan telepathy case
A Milan mother awoke claiming she heard her son say Leopold was dead. By dawn Leopold Lazzaroni, a dairy owner, was found murdered near his home. Doctors confirmed the killing occurred at 3 am. The next day suspects were arrested and the case drew wide debate over the mother's vision.
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Milan
Haly
Lazzaroni
John
Leopold
Leopold Lazzareni
Pugilist's Sudden Conversion and Hindoo Observances
A mixed feature item notes Kia Wedge the light-weight pugilist who claimed a Arkansas title and trained for a fight under a sudden religious conversion. He informs the club management that changes are needed and mails a New Testament to Buckles, who expects to win the upcoming match. The piece also mentions Hindoo observers marking Partition Day with prayers and Ganges rites.
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Kia” Wedge
Arkansas
Gey Eoakies
Buckles
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