Bearded Lady Weds Farm Husband in South Bend Circus Tale
Grace Gilbert the famed bearded lady married Giles Calvin a 63 year old widower farmer in South Bend Indiana. The ceremony faced delays over license questions and featured a veiled bride with an 18 inch beard. Gilbert plans to retire from the circus and live on her husband’s farm.
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South Bend
Ind
Grace Gilbert
Michigan
Misa Gilbert
Kalkaska County
Giles Bi
Calvin
Trenton
Tann
Frank P. Christoph
Quesons
D. Sherman Hilligan
Sherif M. F. Kerr
G. A. Farnbaugh
Bhe
Barnum & Bailey
Ringling Bros
Giles
Wallace-Hagenbecks
Relief for Heartburn Warning and Home Remedies
From the Dundee Advertiser heartburn is a precursor to worse indigestion. Temporary relief comes from carbonate, potash, soda, or soda mints, but these should not be used constantly. Diet changes help. bismuth taken before meals and lemon juice after meals are recommended by Dr. Lewis. spruce gum and gallia may be advised. avoid drinking squid at meals or soon after.
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Dundee Advertiser
Lewis
Perfect Disguise Mia and Crabshaw Exchange Hats
Mia and Crabshaw discuss a new hat that would obscure her face as Crabshaw imagines a contraption that could cover the face, noting she may not recognize him once worn.
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Mia
Crabshaw
Cara
Wiss Girl, She Time
A fragment presents a lyrical scene where a maiden speaks of time and fate. A later action shows a departure followed by the clock being reset to ten, suggesting a round or symbolic reset.
Poised Builders See England Raising Over 1000 Planes
The report notes a vast aircraft production in England with more than one thousand planes under construction. It reflects wartime industrial scale and innovation amid rising tensions and war effort.
The New Country School Recalled In Schoolroom Scene
A nostalgic verse recalls old school life with scrubbed walls and ceiling, ink wells cleaned, students drinking from a dipper, dunce caps boiled daily, rapping front door, and a chalky, vintage classroom morning. The piece highlights ritual details and the souring joy of past schooldays.
Three States Senator James Shields Honored With Monument
Carrollton Missouri prepares to unveil a monument marking the grave of General James Shields who served as senator from Illinois Minnesota and Missouri and as territorial governor of Oregon He died June 1 1879 at Ottumwa Iowa and his legacy is being commemorated with a white marble monument funded by a 5000 congressional appropriation designed by Jerome Conner and supervised by Maj E H Schula of the US Engineers Kansas City.
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Carrollton
United States
James Shields
Shields
Oregon
Illinois
Minnesota
Missouri
Ottumwa
Congress
Rucker
Jerome Conner
Washington
National Art Commission
Hbrange
E. H. Schula
Kansas City
Snakes Respond to Music in New World Study
A New York World science note reports that snakes react to musical notes similarly to dogs reacting to tunes. The cobra shown by an East Indian fakir dances to a string instrument, while dogs sing along to harmonies, and some animals appear to dislike certain music. The fakir carries a curious rag doll and cylinder box as he performs.
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New York World
Science
Ghiatien
Bronz Zoo
Trench
Sweet Peas Ten Fest High From Searsport Me
Michael Ward of Searsport Maine grows an extraordinary garden of sweet peas. A neighbor wager led to a measurement of 10 feet 9 inches tall after careful seed selection sunny site and heavy watering. Ward credits seed quality persistence and rapid trellis growth for the banner year surpassing competitors.
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The
Boston Globe
Michael Ward
Searsport
Ward
Mr. Ward
Almeen
Jack and the
Puzzle Quips Spark Dinner Talk In New York
Robert W. Chambers described a puzzle at a New York dinner. Mrs Malaprop and a gentleman debated naivete and a beautiful young poet, with humorous misstatements about she and a third person.
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Robert W. Chambers
New York
How to Eat Waffles From the 81 Paul Dispatch
The Ohio governor candidates and Mr Harding share a waffle eating method. Start with 14 waffles without syrup but with butter, then apply syrup to the next nine, and finish the last six drowning in syrup. He claims waffles never hurt anybody.
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Paul
Ohio
Yary
Mr. Harding
Fragmentary verse reflection on memory and time
A fragmented poem questions whether old acquaintances should be forgotten, musing on birth and death as distant days fade. Vague, jumbled lines evoke faded memories and a longing for moments once shared, with phrases about light, ages, and inexact echoes of past companionship.
Prayer of the Horse Placed in Sioux City Stables
Sioux City Humane society plans to place The Horse's Prayer in every stable in Sioux City to encourage humane treatment of horses. The circular urges kindness feeding water shelter clean dry stalls and no abuse while asking owners to watch for harness issues and avoid harsh reins or whipping.
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Sioux City Tribune
Sioux City Humane Society
Sioux City
Romance of the Telephone and Bell’s Centennial Moment
The piece tracks the invention of the telephone and Bell’s perseverance amid doubts. It highlights fate shaping its survival, the 1876 Philadelphia exposition opening days after his model, and a notable episode with Dom Pedro of Brazil testing the receiver and exclaiming that it talks.
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Herbert N. Casson
A. C. McClurg & Co
Alexander, Grahmar
Bell
Fate
Hell
Philadelphia
Gardiner Hubbard
Casson
Theresa
Brasil
Dom Pedro de Alcantara
Professor Bell
Dom Pedro
Boston University
Sretzilan School For
Rio de Janeiro
Aidao
Booth Practice Narrated by Bangor Boy in Lincoln Assassination Tale
John J. Pendergast, then a ten year old in Bangor, recalls meeting a tall black haired man who shot in a shooting gallery linked to a bowling alley. He identifies the stranger as John Wilkes Booth and wonders if Booth practiced for the Lincoln assassination weeks before the 1865 crime.
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Bangor
Lincoln
John Wilkes Booth
John J. Pendergast
Pendergast
Floyd Wards
Parker House
Beacon Street
State Street
Edwards
Edwarda
Wards
Wilken Booth
Ashington
Mr. Pender
Hooth
Snodgrass Injures Tire After Scratch Prank On Rival
Morrison claims Snodgrass wore a scarfpin that punctured a rival’s tire while racing in Chicago. The incident, linked to Morrison and Harrison, raises questions about motive and retaliation.
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Chicago
Morrison
Snodgrass
Harrison
Fragmented Historical Snippet On Philanthropy And Billiards
The text mentions a character named Philanthropic in a scene about a bed and comfortable nights. It also notes the late introduction of billiards to England around the end of the 19th century, with stray garbled phrases and non-coherent dialogue.
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Procrustes
Groton, Yale clash recalls two captains' fates
Gordon Brown's eleven discussed in Groton and New Haven memories. The Groton captain, grim and driven to win, contrasts with the agreeable Marks. Years later the Groton leader is elected Yale captain, validating a bold prediction.
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Lorin F. Deland
Atlantic
Groton
Marke
Kipling
Groeten
A Gladden Hymn and a Memorial to Dr Gladden
A fragmented hymn text by Washington Gladden highlights his influence in Protestant churches. The readable lines recall Learnings on service and guidance though many words are obscured by OCR errors, leaving a sense of devotional instruction.
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Washington Gladden
Dr. Gladden
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Uley
Carrollton, Mo
Ana
Saat
Paris
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Gordon Brown
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