Pretty Peggy the Ballad of a Welsh Jailbird Bride
An elderly inmate known as Pretty Peggy tells a long tale of a doomed romance. She recalls a love triangle with Richard and Robert, a murdered husband, a dead baby, and a later confession of murder. The tale ends as Peggy is to be wed to the gallows inmate, a grim twist in the jailyard.
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Percy
Petey
Richard
Richar
Robert
Fing Lake
Robart
Jane
Ribald
Liaten
Kall Robert
Thad
Waston
Imatron
Peggy
Chicago Times
Random Notes and Anecdotes From an Older Era
A collage of quirky lines and vignettes includes a husband and wife quip about economizing, stories of pickpockets thwarted by quick women in Boston, stray reflections on love and happiness, jokes about monkeys sneezing, cash girls in New York, and a Missouri or Tennessee town name. It closes with cooking tips on roasting beef and mutton with sensible guidance on timing and basting.
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New York
Tennessee
Damou-it
Kentucky
Michigan
Atlanta Journal
Boston
New England
A FEW LIES: Orange Tree In Yuba City Bears Rich Harvest
An orange tree in Yuba City California yields large ripe fruit with some oranges from last year also preserved. A lemon branch on the same tree bears ripe fruit and blossoms creating a striking display in the yard. Fraulein Susanne Morgenroth 83 dies in abject squalor near Lubeck. She starved after years of living on the street while bank notes securities and gold coins are found in her possessions.
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Yuba City
Cal
Fraulein Susanne Morgenroth
Moleling
Lubeck
Large Newfoundland herring haul noted in single night
Reports indicate about 15,000 barrels of herring were caught in one night off Newfoundland. A Manchester resident owns a presumed world’s largest one volume Bible, 200 years old with two foot long pages and red ink headings declaring it a history. A Manchester resident also published a ten volume Bible with extensive illustrations and photographs totaling around thirty additions.
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Newfoundland
Manchester
England
Cod liver oil praised for consumption recovery in emulsion form
Doctors differ on many points yet agree cod-liver oil aids consumption and severe fat loss. Scott's Emulsion is highlighted as its most useful preparation. An offer of a free book from Scott, & Co chemists at 1323 South 6th is noted, with druggists stocking the emulsion for $1.
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Scott
South
Notable Events Across Cities Mentioned In Briefs
The item notes false miner trouble in Coal Creek Tennessee. Gov Boies of Iowa to attend Greystone club banquet in Denver February 9. Art show in Philadelphia features nude displays. Italian dance in Boston ends with the killing of Joseph Tannani by Generario Bulonaido. Robbery in Philadelphia sees Edward Brophy and wife forced to surrender savings. San Antonio and Arkansas Pass strike resolved with workers returning. Chicago passes gold plated quarters as ten dollar pieces. John W Hood, Sioux City bank president, dies in Chicago from escaping gas.
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Coal Creek
Tenn
Boies
Iowa
Greystone Club
Denver
Philadelphia
Boston
Generario Bulonaido
Joseph Tannani
Edward Brophy
San Antonio
Arkansa Pass
Chicago
John W. Hood
Iowa State National Bank
Sioux City
Dowding Hotel
Butler and the Mastiff in Towell Street Depredations
An aged tale recounts Ben Butler owning a large mastiff famed for raiding butcher carts during morning rounds in Towell Street. A farmer was tried at Nenagh assizes for killing a man in a faction fight. skulls thinner than an egg shell led the judge to discharge but warn against future fights.
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Ben Butler
Stresta
Towell
Butler
Gan Finucti
Gen. Butler
Lahall
Boston News
Clonmal
Lord Norbury
Nenegh
Ana
Amano
Nenagh
Pleasures of Memory and a Great Cure
The piece extols memory for recalling past joys and healing tales. It lauds Warner's Safe Cure as a landmark medicine, citing Mrs Annty denness Miller and others who credit restored health to the remedy.
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America
Annty Denness Miller
Warner
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