Three Bears in Hill Trip Sparked Local Outcry
In Lackawaxen Pa on June 19 a boy named Jim, Eli's Sam's son, claimed he killed three bears while chopping saplings with his father. The tale centers on a bloodied axe handle and Jim's quick wit as the elder questions the boy's work ethic and bears depletion.
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Knob
Lackawack
Bears
Eli
Sam
Boy Jim
Jim
Saplin
Elis
Sapin’s
Rappet
Knob Country Bear Tale Ends in Blood and Clamor
Jim narrates a chaotic scene where he fights bears while chopping at a stump. An ax gets stuck in a bear, a cub is killed, and the group cheers as Eli's Sam and others chase bears away, praising Jim's daring and lamenting the damaged tool. The tale blends rough humor with frontier danger and rugged speech.
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Eli
Sam
Jim
Giarin
Young Jim
Hull Knob
Oldest Town Clerk Ends Fifty Fifth Year in Richmond
Richmond Rhode Island’s Halsey Perry Clarke, a director at a local bank, marks his 55th consecutive year as town clerk. He has faced few opponents, with one rival earning 15 votes and another 10, while his family aids his duties and his office has long been housed in his home since his election surprise.
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Richmond
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Halsey Perry Clarke
Clarke
Providence Journal
Mr. Clarke
Reach sporting goods sale items list headline
Reach offers baseball and fielding mitts at 70 cents to 70 cents, a junior professional ball, a league base ball bat, and a search light bicycle lamp. Readable text suggests a catalog style purchase notice with item numbers and prices.
Owen Named Likely First U S Senator From Indian Territory
The fifty year old Owen, born in Lynchburg Virginia and educated at Washington and Lee, is depicted as a scholarly lawyer with deep Cherokee ties. He has served as Indian agent to the Five Civilized Tribes and led Muskogee's First National Bank, with a long Washington tenure and a reputation for reform and education in the territory.
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Latham Owen
Oklahoma
United States Senate
Southwest
Cherokee National Schools
Cherokee Board of Education
Vinita
Owen
Millionaires’ Club
Muskogee
Washington
New State
Indian Territory
Center Township
Marion County
Indiana
Board of County Commissioners
Washington Street
Boatwright
White River
Indianapolis
Ollie Coonce
Indiana pharmacists convene in Evansville convention
The Indiana Pharmaceutical association began its annual convention in Evansville on June 19. David Heidht of Evansville, previously removed from the State Board of Pharmacy for accepting money for exam questions, seeks a convention resolution to appeal to Governor Hanly for reinstatement. The page also lists PURO DISTILLED WATER bottles and a celery product for stomach trouble, plus a cheap classified line about boarders.
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Indiana Pharmaceutical Association
David Heidht
State Board of Pharmacy
Hanly
Question answered clarifies jumper is not a grasshopper
The speaker corrects Gwendoline, stating the garment in question is a jumper, not a grasshopper, clarifying the reference.
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Gwendoline
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