Seventeenth Century Kentish Eater and Sportsman Nicholas Wood
A Westminster Gazette reminiscence recalls Nicholas Wood of Kent famed for a massive appetite and athletic prowess. He allegedly could eat a whole hog in one sitting and, next day, thirty dozen pigeons, while also challenging Taylor the water poet to a test of black pudding across the Thames.
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Nicholas Wood
Taylor
Thames
London
Richmond
Old Fuller
Wood
Westminster Gazette
Moss Troopers of the Scottish Border Mosses
Desperate plunderers known as Moss troopers hid in the mosses along Scotland's border in the 16th and 17th centuries. Composed largely of deserters and continental criminals, they terrorized the region until major laws finally reduced their threat in the 18th century.
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Scotland
England
Public Sheriff Sale at Shamrock Barn May 20 in Kennewick
A sheriff sale will be held Saturday May 20 at 2 o'clock at the Shamrock Barn on Front St in Kennewick. One head of horses several sets of harness wagons and related property formerly owned by C D Swanson are to be sold.
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Shamrock Barn
Front St
Kennewick
C. D. Swanson
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Kansas City
Omaha
Duluth
Winnepeg
Chicago
Milwaukee
St. Louis
Denver
Colorado
Philadelphia
Washington
Baltimore
J. E. Webb
W. E. Coman
Prings
New York
Card of Thanks for Edgar Cox Family
Card of thanks expresses gratitude to friends and neighbors for kindnesses during the illness and funeral of Edgar Cox, beloved husband and father, as his widow and children extend appreciation. Also notes a bookkeeper position sought by an applicant, with mentions of Holecomb's Law Office, and a stray ad for Chamberlain's Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy sold by Columbia Pharmacy.
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Edgar Cox
Holecomb
John D. Rockefeller
Chamberlain
Columbia Pharmacy
A Country Meeting Sparks a Fake Tale and Real Romance
A novelist Smithson travels to the country for a manuscript but finds his heroine in Miss Champlin and himself ensnared. Editor Barrows exposes the ruse by pairing them as model and author, revealing that true character comes from art, not illusion.
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Smithson
Hegann
Smith-ton
Barrows
Magine
Miss Champlin
Champlin
Th repre city respo first 1 on V occu
The readable text describes a small incident in a stove area where a person in a residence encountered a problem. The note mentions stairs and a Buck Cliffe item involved in the scene. Additional context is unclear due to damaged OCR.
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Cliffe
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American Press Association
Moarye
the Bank of
H. A. Howe
H. C. Tweedt
V-Pres
C. B. Alexander
G. E. Tweedt
Ass’t
Tallaght
Kennewick Furniture
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