Doubtful Authenticity in Short Story Claims
A conversation cites a dispute over a William Black story title with accusations of an imposter. The exchange mocks belief in the tale’s authenticity as a reader notes no fish is caught in the first pages. The item also references a Missouri man claiming repeated robberies by highwaymen and a jokey remark about climbing the ladder of success.
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Angelina
Jimsmith
William Black
George
Black
Buffalo Express
Astronomer Tackles Distance to Nearest Fixed Star
Professor Ball, after visiting Lancashire thread factories, calculates that even if all mills produced 155,000,000 miles of thread every 12 hours, it would take 200 years to span the distance from Earth to the nearest fixed star, a remark that underlines vast cosmic scales.
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Ball
Great Britain
Lancashire
St. Louis Republic
Wise Ostrich Keeps Company With Settlers and Wildlife
Forest and Stream notes the ostrich among white settler dwellings becomes tame and mingles with poultry and cows. It fears horsemen and dogs, but foot travelers without dogs seldom disturb it. In the plains it hounds the deer and guanaco, alerting all with any alarm.
Blood Remedy S S S Proves Effective For Scrofula
Mrs Y T Buck of Delaney Arkansas suffered twenty five years with scrofula. Doctors failed and a specialist injured her. After using S S S she recovered, skin cleared, and she says she would not trade her health for two thousand dollars.
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S.S.S
Y.T. Buck
Delaney, Ark
Sabina Banker Endorses Hood's Sarsaparilla
Isaac Lewis president of Sabina Bank and longtime resident of Clinton County praises Hood's Sarsaparilla as a blood purifier and tonic. He states it improves blood quality and aids nerve mental bodily and digestive strength after years of pains and strain.
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Isaac Lewis
Sabina
Ohio
Clinton Co
Sabina Bank
Hood
Populists face choice between Watson and free silver
The Columbus Enquirer notes Populists in the county must declare if they back principle or office, as voters favor reopening mints for silver and Bryan's presidential bid over Sewall, Watson, or other candidates in the Democratic Republican struggle.
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Tom Watson
Columbus Enquirer
Sewall
Watson
Bryand
Bryan
Dr Felton's party switch noted in Georgia politics
The piece traces Dr Felton's political shifts over years from Democrat to Independent, back to Democrat then Independent and Populist, ending as a middle-of-the-road Republican. It frames him as the wet nurse of the Republican Party in North Georgia and wishes him happiness. An advertisement for Hood's Sarsaparilla promotes blood purification to prevent sickness and reduce doctors' bills.
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Dr. Felton
North
Georgia
Mam
Patience Trial for Marriage Debated by Column
A Good Housekeeping note suggests South African custom of binding a bridegroom with a bag of fire Ants for two hours as a test of patience before marriage. The columnist but adds this idea would curb divorce but laments the rarity of June weddings.
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South Africa
Dr King’s New Discovery Restores Boy After Typhoid Malaria
Mr. Gilman Brown of 34 Mill St South Gardner Mass recounts doctors giving up on his son with lung trouble after Typhoid Malaria. After spending $375 on medical care the boy was told he might not live a month. A few bottles of Dr King’s New Discovery restored his health and he returned to work. Trial bottle free at any drug store.
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Gilman Brown
Mill St
South Gardner
Mass
Dr. King
Heir-at-law remarks in English novel discussion
The Heir-at-law. A debate on succession notes that heirs must go to law to claim property, with an Old Lady asking if the rule mirrors their own land. The New York Weekly observes the recurring theme of legal battles over inheritance in English fiction.
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New York Weekly
The Better Way. A Wives’ Counsel Across Generations
A brief exchange contrasts a young wife who threatens to go to her mother with an older wife who urges inviting the mother to stay. The dialogue highlights different feminine responses to marital tension.
First a Mole Then Cancer Cure by Blood Remedy Promoted
An 1896 Macon Georgia case describes a facial cancer treated only by S. S. S. blood remedy after repeated failures of operation and other remedies. The patient reports cure and recommends S. S. S. as the root cure for cancer and blood diseases.
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S. S.S
Macon
H. Powers
Ross Street
Powers
S.S.S
Blood Disease Cure Claim Advertised by Swift Specific Co
Purely Vegetable remedies claim to cure cancer blood poison scrofula eczema tetter rheumatism catarrh and other blood origin diseases. Books on blood and skin diseases mailed free to any address by the Swift Specific Co Atlanta Ga.
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S.S.S
Swift Specific Co
Atlanta
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