The Mysterious Hand of Sir John Rowell
An examining magistrate narrates the Corsican vendetta tale of Sir John Rowell, an English exile in Ajaccio. The hunt for his killer ends with the severed hand and a chain used as a gruesome threat, leaving investigators with a chilling, unresolved mystery.
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Ajiceo
Marpeilles
Wen
John Rowell
Myelf
John Rowll
Hercules
France
Corsica
Africa
India
America
The Tenacious Turtle Tale From Pennsylvanian Waters
A letter recounts a remarkable snapping turtle incident near Shohola Penn where a turtle’s head remained between a spear prong after decapitation. After a chicken pecked at the head the beak opened and the chicken’s head was crushed, with the turtle’s ganglionic motion persisting for about twenty four hours.
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New York Sun
Sun
Big Walker Pond
Shohola
Penn
Huguenot
Horseflesh Exports From Barnsley To Stockholm Stir Local Debate
A Christiana Dagblad report says a Barnsley butcher buys dead Glasgow horses, salts the flesh, and ships it to Stockholm where it enters Sweden as salt beef. With forty tons ready, officials weigh the health concerns raised by Glasgow's medical officer who warns against eating horse flesh killed from age or disease. France already consumes such meat widely.
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Christiana Dagblad
Barnsley
Yorkshire
Eng
Glasgow
Scotland
Stockholm
Sweden
France
Exiled Soul to Be Mary Barker Dodge in Current
Salt tears of longing and regret sink deep within the loam of foreign soil where fear are set. The lines speak of yearning for home as an heaven-winged spirit seeks kinder fate beyond distance that frets an exiled soul.
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Mary Barker Dodge
Humorous Folklore Fragments and Ancient Canyon Dwellings
A jumble of humorous sayings and observations on manners. An account of Rio Bonito exploration notes cliff dwellings carved into granite canyons with cave homes and narrow entry passages. The piece mentions numismatics, a sultan named Osman Bey, a physician boasting of cured hams, and reflections on kindness to animals.
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Constantinople
Osman Bey
O. Bey
Home of the Clevelands at Molland Watent Village
The Home of the Clevelands, Molland Watent, a six hundred resident village on the Utica and Black River roads twelve miles north of Utica, features a rambling wooden Cleveland homestead with wings and surrounding evergreens. Miss Cleveland attends the Presbyterian Church on the village green, where her father served as pastor in 1853 and where his funeral was held shortly after. The family once attended services there for over twenty years, with their pew preserved for later visits.
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Clevelands
Molland Watent
Utica
Black River
Cleveland
Presbyterian Church
IV. Y
No Children for School Fear Sparks Siftings Laughs
A mid dle aged man on Austin avenue argues that no child of his will attend school. The crowd counters with excuses about teachers at home and illness. The punchline lands: he has no children, exposing the comic misdirection in Siftings.
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Austin Avenue
Siftings
Tired Only One Way
A humorous exchange shows a girl insisting she is not tired from skating but helped wash dishes anyway. The dialogue mocks parental concern about exertion and constitution, mentioning a trip to the rink and a casual remark about Germany and Hamburg.
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Mamie
Right to be a Hog and a Texas Ostrich Farm Rivalry
The article quotes Rev Sam Jones denouncing drinkers while affirming a drinker’s right to be a hog metaphor. It notes Walker’s Vinegar Bitter claims to cure digestive issues. It ends by mentioning South Australia competing with South Africa in ostrich farming.
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Sam Jones
Texas
Market Notes New York and Philadelphia Quotations
Wholesale New York market quotations show varying quality across commodities with Beane-Prime at 81.85 to 8L95, Burren-New York at LG 17o for choice and 17 100 for common to good, Western slightly firmer at 15 1sa. Philadelphia market lists frova state flour, rye flour, and mixed states refined products with varied prices, while Boston reflects Minnesota dairy and mixed corn values. Cattle and hog markets note good quality beef and fair to good hog prices, with the best hogs near top prices.
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New York
Burren
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Frova —Superfing
Western
Extra
Hay—shipping
Clover
Wraw
Horn
Eastern
Sohone
Enys Prine
Drossai
Milwaukos
Amber
White
M Pei
Geiss
Philadelphia
Boston
Minnesota
Vermont Dairy
Choice Creamery
Ourrie
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Lrhe Kinglis
Sir John Rowell
Sir John
Jong
Ram
Ainda
Riae
Sound Business
George Eliot
Johnny
Rio Bonito
Terra Incognita
Crowley
Tieson Stan
Germany B
Une
Hamburg
Journal
Dm Walker
South Acstratta
South Africa
Kaer Linzery
Parr
Ontile
Montih
Hoga
Hovmems
Atlanta
Tradfield Regulator Co
Peoria
Hood
Tilton
N. L
J. Hood & Col
Apethrearies
Lowell
Mars
Ridge
Ashe Dicteria
L. Bina- Bam
Wiashington
PTA
T.elp Aker
Lynn
Mass
L. V. Brown & Co
Cortlandt Street
Jamese
Aman
Palus
Conan
D. Pierce
És Gordes
Canwell, Hazard & Co
Golumbia
World's Dispensary Medical Association
Buffalo
Conmon
Ely
A. E. Newman
H. James
Craddock & Co
M. Hutchinson
Clark
Chicago
N. C
Expy Bros
Owexo
N.Y
United States
Jesse New
Grand Union Lotal
von Breer
Vokt
Ayer
Henry K. Beardsley
The
Hope “Ning
West
B.W. Ball
Rochester
N. H
Eavitla
Raatary
Ascarbi
Sinkien
California
Alcohaite
Bloul
Kirek
Indizention Bendoche
Ertee
McDouala Drago
Freier
San Franciasa
Cal
Chimion
St. Anne York
Boni
Gample Gan IF
Russia Cement Co
Gloucester
Pennyboy
Ghichester
Anne
Crarles & Nurseryman
R. U. Awari Lorillard
S “Clima 21
Navy
Vy Clgptnees and
Centuts Nee
Aya Fe
Salo Asia Eigen
Sola
William Stree
DR. J. Os
Looers Bast Als
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