Turkey and Jubilee Amid War Refugees in Appalachian Mountains
A Civil War refugee group in southwestern Virginia near the Cumberland range recounts a Christmas turkey tale tied to Black Sam, emancipation, and a feasting misadventure. They narrate meeting a runaway slave and the discovery of a fat turkey tied to a hillside. Noah’s men raid, and the group avoids capture while recalling the peril from bushwhackers and Confederate forces.
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Georgia Stockades
North Star
Cumberland Mountains
Virginia
East
Tennessee
Sam
Turkey
Chris
Black Sam
Noah
Black Sypm
Chile
Turkey Jubilee Sparks Local Monopoly Clash at Frank Townley
In Crock's Kanawha division 4 near Tarte Sart, locals accuse Plack Sam's party of monopolizing the jubilee turkey and pone. Frank Townley is cited amid the friction as residents resist dominance and seek fair distribution.
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Sam's
Frank Townley
Arnica Salve Cures Ulcer After Four Years
A runaway bicycle accident left J.B. Orner of Franklin Grove with a stubborn four year ulcer. Bucklen's Arnica Salve cured it and is praised for burns, scalds, eruptions and piles. Available at Daugherty Bros Indiana Pa Wm L Moore Homer City Pa and J N Parks Marion Center Pa drug stores.
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J.B. Orner
Branklin Grove
Bucklen
Arnica
Daugherty Bros
Indiana, Pa
Wm. L Moore
Homer City
Subscription deal for ProCess and National Tribune
By special arrangement the ProCess and the National Tribune, recognized soldier paper, will be furnished for one year for $1.50. This offer applies to new and old subscribers, but cash must accompany the order. Offer expires January 1, 1904. Address all orders to Tar FypiaNa Progress, Indiana, Pa.
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Procress
National Tribune
Tar FypiaNa Progress
Indiana
His Hobby On a Village Tombstone Names of Billy Green’s Wives
A tourist in an English village reads a tombstone listing Mary Elizabeth Mary Anne and Katharine, assuming royal queens. The sexton reveals the names are of Billy Green’s six wives, a hobby of his to write them on stones.
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Mary
Elizabeth
Anne
Katharine
England
Billy Green
Doan's Ointment Proclaimed Effective for Eczema
A local citizen reports relief from a torturing eczema after trying Doan's Ointment. The user, once suffering intense itching on face and body, purchased a box at Haterick Bros. drug store and was quickly helped. Foster Milburn Co. of Buffalo markets the product in the United States under the Dean's name.
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Indiana
Adam‘ Snyder
Dean
Doan
Haterick Bros
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
United States
Sand for Sale and Local Ads in Progress
Sand for sale and delivery readiness advertised at 782 Philadelphia street rear of the store. Turnips 40 cents per bushel. Dr Wood's Pine Syrup claimed to cure coughs. Cited items include ointment, carpets, and local notices from McHenry Indiana Pa.
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Philadelphia Street
Fox
Salz
BELL
Indiana
Thrice-a-Week World promotion for 1-year offer
A 1900s era advertisement touts the Thrice-a-Week World as fair political coverage and broad circulation. It urges readers to subscribe for one year at 1.00, offering a combined deal with PROGRESS for 1.65, noting both papers together total 2.00 annually.
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United States
Seaki
Union
South Africa
Australia
Beat
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Seeesh Orbiter Company
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Tle Yaneme
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McHenry
Progress
Otice
THE
NEW York World
Kone
Hamilton
Farmer’s
Livestock Inf
I.E. Moelwors
Pres
John Enter
Rossmoyne
Frawitz , Bros
Godfrey Marshall
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