Village tale of old Page and a deadly comeuppance
In Elk Jorn, the aging Page torments a mute child while neighbors, led by Mark Lane, confront him. After Page throttles the boy, Lane and others execute Page by hanging, a grim end framed by old age and a demand for mercy. The scene closes with notes on fashion and hygiene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lige Page
Elk Jorn
Page
Mark Lane
Mark
Bense
Old Page
Old Mark Lane
Arkansaw
Quirky West Ohio Couple and Gould Family News
A bizarre couple living in a railway-tie hut near Gallon Ohio, aged about 74, tramps to Maine and Missouri for years, while the Gould family reunion unfolds with Jay Gould and daughter Helen returning from the southwest. Grandson J Kingdon Gould shines amid a busy household as May relocation plans loom. Also notes include a $500 pair of bantam chickens in London, Edison’s Paris remarks on dangerous electic currents, and a St Louis drug clerk praising onions as a quinine substitute. The cost of D Ki Crouse’s horn barn at Syracuse nears $700,000 with incidental expenses pushing toward a million.
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Gallon
Ohio
Erie
Big Four
Kingston N. Y
Missouri
Gould
Jay Gould
Helen
Mr. Gould
Anna
Edwin
Eddie
Frank
Harold
Lyndburnton-the-Hudson
J. Kingdon Gould
J. Kingdon
N. Y. World
London Crystal Palace
Rome
Edison
Paris
St. Louis
D. Ki. Crouse
Syracuse
N. Y
St. Louis Republic
Londoners and tight lacing and a Buffalo doctor wife
A London letter attacks tight lacing among women, noting slim waists in that country and labeling it a vice in certain social strata. The Toledo Blade doubts women's appreciation of checks versus cash. A Buffalo banker marries a physician who promptly attends a patient after a long night, while the groom entertains guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Chicago News
Toledo Blade
Buffalo Bank
Boston
Humorous Exchanges and Distant Echoes in a Composite Page
A jumbled column mixes quips about ice palaces and a Venus statue of ice with snippets of dialog about crying lovers and a judge. It includes urban trivia on illiteracy in Russia, Greenland and Iceland population shifts, and a minstrel of testimonials for Darby’s Prophylactic Fluid.
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Weakbrane
Ryacxet
Pennsylvania Line Panhandle Route to Chicago
The Panhandle route offers day parlor cars and night Pullman sleeping and reclining chair cars. Reclining chair fare is 76 cents, less than half the berth rate. Trains depart Indianapolis Union Station at 10:35 a.m. and 12:20 a.m., arriving Chicago at 4:50 p.m. and 7:15 a.m. Tickets available at Union Station or Pennsylvania ticket office at Washington and Illinois streets.
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Union Station
Indianapolis
Chicago
Panhandle
Pennsylvania Ticket Office
Washington and
Illinoissis
Wandalla
ST. Louis
Greencastle
Terre Haute Accom
St. Lows
Terre Haute
H.R. Dering
Relieved by Gun Wa remedies for tape worm claim
A skeptical young man seeks relief from a claimed tape worm illness and journeys to Gun Wa' s private parlors. After consulting Chinese Herbal Remedies and a list of locals who used them, he returns convinced the treatment works, with Gun Wa promising proof and two hour relief from tapeworm symptoms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gun Wa
Gunwa
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Odds and
Bonanza
Rogers’ Royal
All Drugeistse
Rogers’ Royal Remedies Co
Boston and Hyde Park, Mass
Planer
Thatway
Tscharnischevaki
Empire of
Russia
Mr. Thatway
Waterbury Watch
Jude
Greenland
Iceland
America
Darby
Alex. H. Stephens
Ga. Darby
Pennsylvania Line
Grand Opera House
Gilbert & Sullivan
Gondoliers
Chicago Opera House
R. D’oyly Carte
English’s Opera House
Edwin Booth
Helena Modieska
Shakspeare
Macbeth
Tomlinson Hally
Mile
Clamentina de Vere
Mme
Therese Herbert-Foerster
Zelda Sezuin- Wallace
Jules Perotti
Emil Fischer
Charles Knorr
Chas, Holman-Black
East Washington St
Hast Market St
Virginia Avenue
D. HO
Arbolsalve
Cole
J. W. Cole & Co
Black River Falls
Wis
Ely
ELY Bros
Warrep St. N.Y
Fis
W. Washington St
Indianapolis, Ind
Mfg
White St
John Kelly
Sale
South
Illinois-st
I Kelly
Bren
the Sun
Office OF the Sun
Omio-St
Harry Fowler
West
Washington,st
Bates House
Traveler's Register
Unin Station
South Mlinois Street
Indianapolis Union Station
Pittsburg
Balti
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Washington
Philadel
New York
Columbus
Richmond
Louisville
Vincennes
Cairo
Vincennia
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Chicago & ST. Louis
Bie A
Chicago & Cincinnati
BT. Louis Cairo
Peoria
South Mlinols-st
Jd. H. Martin
Pullman
Dayton RA
Our City
Linois Street
Kentucky Avenue
Dayton
Toledo
Detroit
North
H. J. Rhein
Alydor B
Malydor
Lancaster
Ard Bros
C.b.shad & Co
Gov
Washington & Noble Bits
Nerve Bean Co
Buffalo
Browning & Son
F. G. Fowler
HAY & Willits
W. Wash
State House
Edinburgh
Wedgewood
Northllinois Street
Brycr’s Bread
City Civil Engineer
City of
S. C
Bright Street
North Street
New York Street
Common Council
Board of Aldermen
A. P. Shawver
E. C. West
FEF
Will Pantzer
Bates House Pharmacy
West Wash
St. Indianapolis
Ind
M. Abbett
Virginia Ave
Iron Mohi Co. Sole
P. S.C
Germany
U.s.cincinnati
Daniel Stewart
Kiefer & CO
Indianapolia Ind
CORED
B. P. Wells
M. D
West Ohio
Gores
Fite
Davey
Gauss
Evans Chounfoat Co
Greene Ane
Raham
Amsterdam
DR. Dycae & Co
Whitcago
Cal
Druggis‘a
Son
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