A Tiger Chase On an Indian Trolly Ride
An eastern railroad inspector recounts a harrowing encounter with a tigress and cubs on a rain damped track. Pershad and Jung flee as the tiger pursues, the trolly brakes fail, and the inspector fires his revolver to little effect before a Decca engineer arrives to rescue him at the station.
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Eastern Railroad
Philadelphia Times
Pershad
Jung
Madapur
Glancin
Clors Quarters
Decca
Missionaries Seek Ban on Sun Dances in British Columbia
A report states that BC missionaries petition the government to prohibit sun dances among Indians due to cruelties endured by young bucks. The article also notes common inquiries about Hood's Sarsaparilla for blood diseases and mentions various odd phrases about eggs and lime.
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British Columbia
Oddities At Court And In The City
A Findlay glass works walkout over lack of ice water ends with workers marching out. In Columbus a deaf attorney relies on his wife to translate court proceedings. A printer named Hick and his wife face a public quarrel ending in a large theft by a wife and companion. The former waitress, aged 243, is described as a stately brunette.
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Findlay Weat Park
Supreme Court
Columbus
N. B Lutes
Tiffin
Ao See
Lutes
Kick
Heresif
Instructive notes on early Missouri and mountain heights
The article recounts Missouri’s first white settlement at St Genevieve before St Louis was founded by Pierre Laclede in 1764. It notes Laclede’s murder, and discusses updated measurements of American mountain peaks, concluding Mount Wrangel may exceed all North American summits at 18,400 feet, altering prior rankings.
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Missouri
St. Genevieve
St. Louis
Pierre Linquest Laclede
Laclede
America
Mount St. Elias
Mount Wrangel
Mount Hood
D’mgelot
Baker
Coppar River
North America
United States
Gentlemen's Spring and Summer Fashion Shifts Notable
Spring suits trend toward quieter patterns while dark overcoats outpace light shades. Shawl collars appear in dressings, and alligator hide products drive Louisiana and Florida hunting, prompting Plaquemines Parish to ban further hunting as alligators reduce muskrat numbers and crop damage climbs. Quotes from ancient and modern authors close the piece with moral aphorisms.
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Louvisiana
Florida
Polica Jury
Plaquamines Parish
Face care guidance from a bygone era
An instructional fragment urges a gentle face routine using flannel cloths and warm soap baths rather than hard water. It warns against harsh rubbing, powder to hide wrinkles, and suggests a dramatic hot then cold wash regime to firm skin, ending with a playful exchange about a czar and a census taker.
Gun Wa Chinese Remedies praised in Indiana letters
Letters from Shelbyville and Smalesville Indiana in April 1890 extol Gun Wa Chinese remedies. Citizens claim cures for catarrh and praise the Gun Wa treatment as superior and much favored in the region.
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Smlesville
Ind
Gun Wa
Darbys Prophylactic Fluid Prevents Disease and Odors
An advertisement proclaims Darbys Prophylactic Fluid will destroy infections from fevers including measles diphtheria small pox and cholera. It claims to purify sick rooms by absorbing and destroying contagion and neutralizing bad smells rather than masking them. Use in every sick room.
Compliant Letters Endorse Medicine Maker's Good Deeds
A pair of brief letters praise a medicine maker for restoring health and mobility. John Shoup grants permission to use his name. Gun Wa responds gratefully, noting a seven year period of illness and renewed ability to attend church and go to town, urging others to seek healing.
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Gun Wa
John Shoup
Ella Armstrorg
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Greech
Pittackas
Fle
Solor
Thales
Periander
Chile
Tber
Cleobu- UB
Rogers
Diseasa
Boston and
Hyde Park, Mass
Mr. Smithovitch
Charles Emory Smith
Smithovitch
Munsey
Ohio
oRiead
Gen. Sherman
Lile
Althy
Ekalthy
Pyle
James Pyle
New York
Shelbyville, Ind
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M. E. McHaffie
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Phio
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Terre Hania Accom
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Aim
Terre Haute
Greencastia Accom
H.R. Dering
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Cole
J. W. Cole & Co
Black River Falls
Wis
Allegueny, Pa
Brunswick
Washington St
Indianapolis, Ind
Amusepente
TOM Sawyer
Secone
Ticienspelis Bleu Music Festival
Tomlinson Hall
Grand Chorus
Festival Orchestra
Carl Barus
Mile
Clementina de Vere
Mme
Therese Herbert-Fosister
Zelda Seguin-Wallace
Jules Perotti
Emil Fischer
Charles Knorr
Chas. Holman-Black
Pene
Big Four
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Dressmaker’s Bazaar
Harry Fowler
Msi
Ogni
Cleveland
Chicago & Cincinnati
Louis Catro
Peoria
WiHar
Pepart
East Washington-st
South Mlinois-st. *Pally
C. G. Dixon
H.M. Bronson
E.d.braden
Hasachusetts Avenue
Germany
U.s.cincinna
Kiendelssohn
Ven
Indianapolis
Mlle
Clementine DU Vere
Jenny Lind
Signor Jules Perotty
Metropolitan Opera-house
Chas. A. Knoer
Victor Herbert
East Washington Street
Bowe
Water Company
Yor Sala
ARD
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Daniel Stewart
A. Hiefer & CO
E. G. West
Will Pantzer
Bates Bouse Pharmacy
Wells
M. B
Cincinnati
Pullman
Clty
Wiinois Street
Kentucky Avenue
Dayton
Toledo
Detroit
Sunda H. J. Rhein
F.G. Fowler
Moodus
Conn
Gororrhga
Gleet
F. M. Abbett
M. D
Virginia Ave
Nerve Bean Co
Buffalo
Soilday Browning & Son
Wach
Tranecons — Banicarim
Montague
W. BD
Dewey
Floor-Walker Model Clothing House
Massachuset's Avenue
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