The Tramp and His Chicken Curious Feat of Stealth
A New York World account describes a tramp who steals, cooks, and roasts a chicken with mud as a makeshift oven. He slips the bird from a roost, cleans it, coats it in clay paste in multiple layers, then bakes the coated chicken over a fire until the mud cracks away to reveal a smoked meal. The piece blends curiosities of navigation and social vignettes from period newspapers.
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New York World
Pyrrhon
Crete
Isis
Egypt
Jason
Nero
St. Louis Republic
Colonel Camp
Twenty-second Regiment
New York Herald
Mr. Gould
Western Union
New York
Czar
Russia
Wild Man
Borneo
New York City
New York Times
Frightened Miner Returns Home After Train Ride
Fred Merrill recounts a strange incident on a Great Northern train near Welser Idaho. An elderly miner, Martin McCandless, terrified by the locomotive, traveled from Ruthburg Idaho to Pennsylvania, sharing memories of early Pacific coast mining life and claiming a hidden $2000 in his vest.
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Fred T. Merrill
Pacific Coast
Portland
Great Northern
Union Pacific
Welser
Ida
Ruthburg
Pittsburg
Alleghany City
Pennsylvania
Martin McCandless
Missouri
Plains
Utah
California
Nevada
Idaho
Merrill
Keystone State
Abraham McCandless
Butler
Alexander A
Chicago Tribune
Almanac Bits and Odd Facts From 19th Century Press
A collage of aphorisms and trivia on horses, cables, poets, and health. Includes notes on aluminium shoeing, Berlin population, the Brazil cable, Denner’s clarinet, and the fourth Great Eastern cable. Adds a printer's ad for Beaus salve and Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy with local sales mentions.
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Berlin
Brazil
Thorwaldzen
Bacon
Denner
Great Eastern
Ireland
Newfoundland
Try This It may help coughs and chest troubles today
It markets Dr King New Discovery for consumption coughs and colds with a money back guarantee. Sample bottle offered at Hildebrand’s drug store. Also features short notes on English women workers, church muff fads, and quick cures for rheumatism and skin ailments with various local vendors and notices.
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Dr. King
la Grippe
Hildebrand
Christmas Goods Offers Vast Selection At Low Prices
Special leaders and solid net cash values guide purchases for Christmas Goods. The store promotes an endless variety at prices far below watermark, encouraging buyers to remember savings when shopping for holiday items.
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Georgia
E. T. Whatley
Gainesville
James W
Whatley
Hall County
Col
Atlanta Constitution
Mawson
Hicks
Harpees Basar
Daughaty Bove
Goecimen Casca
H. Clifford
New Cassel
Wis
Edward Shepherd
Harrisburg, Jr
John Speaker
Catawba
T. KE. Hildebrand
Jay Gould
M. D. Pusser
Gibraltar
N. C
Chamberlain
Daugherty Broa
Indiana
Wm. I. Moore
Homer City
RB. N. Parks
Marion Center
Sais Oy
Meg
Indiana Fa
U.S
Odds and
Severn
United States
Isaiah
Mme. Modjeska
Chopin
Buckien
T. E. Aldebrand
Standi Ly
Daugherty Bros
R. Parks
Ennsylvania
Joseph Cramer
John Thomas
Thomas W. Cramer
Wiliam R. Thomas
Robert @. Cramer
James P Thomas
Andar
Theris
Cramer Canal, Cooke and Tone Company
Act of Assembly
W. Horace Rose
Johnstown
Dno. T. Stuchul
J. ¥. Jhonson
Cherrytree Borough
Indiana County
Mary J. Johnson
Grant
Stewart
Administrarons
Rk, Boyers
Binksville
David Taylor
Blakreville
Atlantic Refining Co
Standard Oil Company
J. F. Barnes
India
Herrick Bros
Uditor's
Inc
M. Nickie
Wid Proctor
Green
Alaska
Line of Choice Family Groceries
S. Mace
Johnson’s Muek
Our Grocery
J. A. Loughry
Cor
Sixth and Water Sts
Brilhart
China
J. J. Callows
J.T. Bouch
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