Curious Buffalo anecdote shapes Cleveland tale on wit
A Cincinnati Commercial reflection recalls an event in Buffalo where a boastful intruder offered to interrupt a political speech for pay. The plan backfired as the audience laughed at the staged retorts, leaving the speaker skeptical about showy wit. The piece then notes buttermilk as a future drink, touted to avoid facial flushing and red noses.
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Buffalo
Cleveland
Sam
Cincinnati
Old King
Dream Logic: Mind Rewinds Cause of Night Visions
A scientist explains dreams unfold backward from the trigger to the climax noting rapid mental rehearsal. He cites a bed fall triggering a dream of a fall, door slam implying an explosion, and a long, vivid trip through multiple stations ending with awakening. He argues the brain reasons to the cause in sleep.
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New York
Ife
Greensburg
Philadelphia
Broad Street
Bean
Jersey City
A Sunday Fox Hunt Turns Into Silly Calf Salting Parade
Benjamin 8 Rupp of Talmage Wisconsin recalls a Sunday misadventure as fox hounds chased a hot trail across muddy roads. Dozens of riders, many salting calves, pursued the chase from Earlville to Graffdale amid churchgoing onlookers, splattering mud and amused elders. The herd of riders smeared churches and frightened parishioners as the fox led them along a comical, unintended excursion.
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Earlville
Sam Carpenter
Sylvester Miller
Rudy Frankhouser
Jacob Sowers
Rolland Royer
John Sowers
Martin Balmer
Mart Kuppenhafer
Adam Hoover
West Earl Township
Farmersville
Hinkletown
Wogansville
Graffdale
New York Advertiser
List of Jurors Drawn for December Term Court 1294
Jurors for the December term to begin Monday December 3 and lists of grand jurors and second and third week panels across multiple townships including Blairsville Burlington Banks Cherryhill Center Conemaugh and Indiana with numerous names such as Hammers Wachob Wetzell Ewing Long Carr McGranor and Dickey. The record enumerates judges and jurors by township and week with many named individuals.
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Blairsville
Samuel R. Hammers
Burlington
W. M. Wachob
Banks
Fred Wetzell
Cherryhill
David Dick
James Getty
Benjamin Stephens
Bennett Winerop
Conemaugh
John Ewing
Win
Sutton
Robt
Allison
Rviree
B. F. Pitts
Mos Baterbaugh
George McAnulty
Indana
Frank Tredenbaugh
West Indiana
Adam Bownan
South Mahonine
W. Brady
Armstrong
Joseph McGaughey
Gailey
W. R. Reed
Campbell
John Marshall
Buttington
Moorhead
Lowry Grow
Blacklick
Robert McGee
J. M. Cogley
G. W. Glassgow
Center
T. B. Cummins
Jol Long
Alexander Ray
John Laney
Milton Johnston
Canoe
J. G. Mank
Jacob Carr
Adam Empfield
Frank Moorhead
Fred. C. Cameron
Greer
Patrick McGranor
Israel Learn
Wm. Munshower
Robt. Moorheady Grant
David C. Black
Albert Hess
Benjamin McA Foos
Indiana
John Trimble
J. Wils
Earl
McLain Davis
Montgomery
J. D. Spicher
Wm. Buterbaugh
South Mahoning
Milton Allison
Mechanicsburg
S. H. Truby
Marion Center
Joseph McCormick
Pine
James Flanagan
Emanuel Stiles
Rayne
George Lotz
Milton Streams
Samuel McQuilken
J.C. Shannon
Saltsburg
Henry Newry
W.C. Robinson
J. A. Klingensmith
West Wheatfield
Samuel Fulcomer
East Wheatfield
Samuel Dick
White
S.s.munshower
Frederick Reithmiller
George Coleman
Burrell No
James E. Hill
Burrell
Robert Donaldson
Buffington
Samuel Mardis
R. E. McClure
J. H. Diven
M. D. Maher
W.A. Grant
Brushyyalley
Jesse Fee
Christopher Carbaugh
Irwin Gardner
Franklin Barclay
Harvey Miller
Jacob B. Henry
James Rugh
John
Samuel Shirley
M. L. Wissell
Emanuel Hawk
S. A. Ray
Washington
Daniel Fisher
Clark Shields
Young
W. S. Miller
C. C. Couch
General Logan’s bold Bull Run march in disguise
The passage recalls General Logan, then a Congressman, who foresaw battle at the outbreak of the war. He slipped from Washington, walked to Bull Run in a dress coat, and stood firm amid the fighting before returning to the capital the next morning to relate what he had witnessed.
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Logan
Congress
Washington
Bull Run
Capital
Shakespeare authorship theory linked to Lady Bacon claim
The latest idea suggests Francis Bacon hid his Shakespearean plays due to fear of his domineering mother Lady Ann Bacon. The notion mocks the Baconian line as fanciful, noting Ann Bacon’s stern views and rejecting the Shakespeare as a misleading alias.
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Shakespeare
Bacon
Ann Bacon
Sily
Cure for ear noises praised as blood purifier remedy
The ad touts Hood's Sarsaparilla as a superior blood purifier that cures ear ringing and deafness linked to catarrh by cleansing the blood. It also recommends Hood's Pills after meals to aid digestion and prevent constipation.
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Ann
Hood
Hoop
Wool and fur garment sale from Biber & Easton
Wool seal garments edged with Astrachan or Marten fur line the catalog with prices from 22 to 30 dollars. Electric seal garments praised for beauty and durability, rivaling Alaska Seal. Rich seal plush capes priced 9.50 to 12, astrakan and martens capes from 8.50 to 14, French coney capes from 5 to 10, extra length jackets, and chinchilla jackets offered as bargains.
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Dr. King
H. E. Bucklen & Co
Chicacu
Nisi Ro Health and Household Instructor, Inc
Tom E. Fiedmond
Moore's
Ticgaer
Jetrick Bro's
William Swisher
Grand Army
Colorado
Bill
Boiled Shirt
Pitteburg Post
Pitcher’s Castoria
Miles
R. M. Crawford
Water Street
Biber & Easton
Alaska
Astrachan Fur Capes
Marten Fur Capes
Market St
Pittsburg
Farmers’ Headquarters
Mack & Ray
Proprietors of the
J. B. Hinds
Philadelphia & Churcl Street
Market Street
Pittsburg, PA
Harry Sanford
Philadelphia Street
Carpenters Alley
Liberty Street
Pittsporgh, PA
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Indiana County Icultural Society
Court House
John W. Is
Taylor
Triffé
The
New York Weekly Tribune
United States
Indiana Progress For
Mor Eee
Iediana, Pa
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