Few Formalities at a Wedding in a Chicago Court
An amusing Chicago Dispatch tale recounts Justice Lyon presiding in a court where a rushed bride and groom sought wedlock during an assault and battery trial. The couple, Luquet Robner and Marie Suss, progressed through a spur-of-the-moment ceremony as spectators and a German-impassioned bystander reacted.
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Folte
Justice Lyon
Luquet Robner
Marie Suss
Tean
Davy, Jr
Prince Albert
Nein
Sim
Justice Davy
Chicago Dispatch
Sinai Ibex Described As Beast of Mountain Side
A nineteenth century account recalls Father Felis Fabri’s noon sighting of a horned beast on Sinai. Modern pilgrims identify the creature as the bedan or Sinaitic ibex, a wild goat of the Red Sea mountains and Moab gullies, once linked to Esau’s chase and birthright tale.
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Calinas
Felis Fabri
Sinai
Red Sea
Moab
Esau
Metal ties rise in world railway mileage report
A Washington agricultural department report notes a protest against forest denudation for railroad ties and discusses metal ties and preservative plates. It cites about 20 percent of non US/Canada track laid on metal, with the global share up from 7 percent in 1890 to 10 percent in 1894, while US progress lags.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agricultural Department
Washington
United States
Canada
Railway Review
Old Scotchwoman Critics Queen On Sabbath Ride
Mr. Irving recounts a tale of a near Bal moral Scotswoman who scolds the queen for riding on Sunday. A retort cites Christ plucking wheat on the Sabbath and the critic quips she would not think better of him for it. Also notes Cicero’s pleasant voice drawing crowds in ordinary cases and describes Baku’s 25 mile long district.
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Mr. Irving
A Fantastical Devil Visit and a Flying Squirrel Tale
A mixture of old pamphlet lore and natural history describes a 1577 Bunbury church fright with a demon in the form of a black dog that slew worshippers and fled to another church, followed by a modern note on the large red flying squirrel. The tale sits beside observations of the nocturnal creature’s surprising aerial leaps and appearance.
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Bungay
St. Louis
Otto's Cure Great Germany Remedy Ad Claim
An advertisement urges readers to visit Daugherty Bros. as sole agents to obtain a free trial bottle of Otto's Cure. The ad claims the remedy cures coughs colds asthma consumption and diseases of the throat and lungs with a large size option priced at 50 cents.
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Daugherty Bros
Otto
Germany
Giants of meat and bread on medieval street pageants
Revival of trades after stagnation sparked grand procession oddities in western Europe. Nuremberg 1487 saw a 1141 pound loaf and a star cheese feeding 3000. Konigsberg 1558 boasted a 622 foot Bologna sausage carried by 67. 1601 Königsberg sausage neared 2000 pounds on 187 carriers. These curios were noted by St. Louis Republic. ads for buggies and seeds followed.
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Europe
Nuremberg
Konigsberg
Saus
St. Louis Republic
Notice in Partition for Mabon heirs in Indiana and Westmoreland
In pursuance of an Orphans Court order a writ of partition issues to the Sheriff of Indiana County to meet May 8 1895 at 10 AM for partition of two West Wheatfield Township estates. The parcels total 105 acres described as eighty four and twenty one acres with boundaries to neighboring lands. Sheriff D C Mack notes the date and location in Indiana Pa on March 27 1895.
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The
Orphan's Court of
Indiana County
Centerville
West Wheatfield Township
Daniel Killen
David Killen
Wim. Mack
John Thompson
H. T. McCormick
William Steel Mabon
Indiana
Mungo C. Mabon
Nickerson
Monroe County
Kansas
Samuel C. Mabon
Conemaugh
Cambria
Thomas J. Mabon
Caroline Mabon
Lilian Mabon
John Mabon
New Florence
Westmoreland
F. Pearce
la Salle
Ilinois
Anna Pearce
J. Wood Clark
George Silvern Pearce
Hazel Florence Pearce
James Martin
Westmoreland County
Pennsylvania
Elizabeth Martin
Elizabeth Mabon
John Martin
George Martin
Charles Martin
Dee
Elizabeth Mahon
Orphans’ Court
West Wheatfield
Thomas Dick
James Hood
Harvey Mabon
John Liggett
Miller Lynn
Heirs Notified In Indiana County Orphans Court
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania commands J B Stewart M C Stewart Dr A A Johnston guardian ad litem of several heirs to appear before the Orphans Court in Indiana County on the First Monday of June to accept or refuse James and Julia Stewart real estate valued at 10.50 per acre totaling 1129.25 or show cause why it should not be sold. WIT: Harry White President. March 19, 189. Clerk James McGregon. Also a Smokers ad offers seven two cent stamps for a Non Nicotine Midget Cigar box from ALAN and DIS CO Shippensburg Pa.
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Indiana County
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
J.B. Stewart
M. C. Stewart
A. A. Johnston
Carl,Ralph
Mary
LeRoy
Hazlett Johnston
M. C
Stewart
John Paul Sloan
James Stewart
el Paso County
California
Margaret Stewart
State of
Washington
Elizabeth B. Bettinger
Osage County
Kansas
Orphans’ Court
Indiana
James
Julia Stewart
Harry White
James McGregor
Alan
Address
DIS & CO
Shippensburg
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Sveilb
Chicago
Cicero
Baku
Ince
Leneny
J. C. McGregor’s
Houston & Nesbit’s
Cunningham & Fisher, Attorneys
John R. Dick
Water Street
Clover Alley
Chestnut Street
John G. Cameron
Insurance Agency
Swan & Simpson
Penn’a
Hester A. Dick
Harry T. Dick
Globe Bible Publishing Co
Chesnut Street
Phila
New York
Philadelphia
Herman Cohen & CO
Emer and Brokers
Broadway
South Fifth Street
Phiadelphia Pa
Allen Medical CO
Washington & Water Sts
Boston
Mass
George Mabon
Indiana, Pa
Mack
Sanford & White's
ELKIN
Sanford & White
Philadelphia Street
E. A. Penning
the Cash Tallyor & Clothier
James and
the Normal Department
Rowe College
Call Howe
Miles
Moritz Salm
American House
Kittanning—Reynolds
Auugust
Apollo—Chambers House
Hos
Saim
Dr. Salm
Mary Dickig
Blacklick
Manrua Carrney
E. K. Ankeny
Salm
Parkwood
Sahn
Joax D. Moore
Kent
Rebecca Wegley
Alice
Columbus
Orte
Atlantic Refining Company Pittspurg Department
Pittsburg, Pa
Atlantic Refining Company
J. F. Barnes
Hoke
Bettie
C. W. Hoke
North 6Th Reading
Gilbert Bros
Insurances
Geo. W. Gisear, “Manner
City Meat Marke
W. B. Lowman
First Street
West
Marzo Ge da
Storkces
Ienada
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