King of Snapping Turtles Sighted in Connecticut Valley
A New York Sun report describes a giant snapping turtle spotted in Essex town along Ayer's bay. Farmers grabbed the 133-pound monster, finding a Groton shell check dated 1864, suggesting a long wander from Groton to Middlesex and Essex. Local lore places a 170-pound king turtle near Portland's quarry pond, though efforts to capture him failed. Turtle bay near Essex hosts many turtles in shallow waters.
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Ayer's Bay
Essex Town
Connecticut Valley
Groton
New London
Middlesex County
Essex
Portland
Connecticut River
Turtle Bay
N. Y. Sun
A Gifted Queen Catherine II the Great
A portrait of Catherine II the Great as a gifted ruler whose policy was broad yet her private life marked by vice and many lovers. She reportedly used arranged travel as punishment and wrote books of pious sentiments for her children before dying from illnesses tied to drunkenness.
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Catherine II. the Great
Globe Democrat
Wind Sweeps Hat Chase at City Corner
A young man in a colorful outfit chases a runaway straw hat blown by the wind. A bystander notes the hat’s path, and a street scene of policemen and newsboys cheers the pursuit before the hat is claimed. The piece shifts to a resort anecdote about a confident novice and a seasoned companion, revealing a playful engagement and a quip about amateur status.
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Chicago
Tsay
Tom
Detroit Free Press
Schiller Theatre Presents Warde James Final Chicago Run
The Schiller Theatre hosts Frederick Warde and Louis James in Julius Caesar and Richard III in their final Chicago engagement this week. Next, Charles Dickson returns as Tom Stanhope in Incog, followed by an ambitious Dickens Oliver Twist production starting January 20 with elaborate scenery and authentic London scenes.
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Thos. W, Prior
Mgr
Frederick Warde
Louis James
Schiller Theatre
Henry Irving
Warde-James
Chicago
Julius Cesar
Richard III
Schiller
Charles Dickson
Tom Stanhope
Dickson
London
New York
Dr Price's Cream Baking Powder Crowned At Two Fairs
The expert jury at the California Midwinter Fair 1804 awarded Dr Price's Cream Baking Powder highest honors for leavening power purity and excellence. The Chicago and San Francisco successes declare it the foremost baking powder in the world. Volume xxvii of Harper's Bazar ships January with Maarten Marten's My Lady's Nobody and related features.
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Dr. Price
California
Chicago
San Francisco
Harper's Bazar
Maarten Marten
Holland
Marian Harland
Harriet Prescott Spofford
New England
Helen Evertson Smith
Catherine T. R. Matthews
Sandoz and
Chapuis
Worth Models
New Year Furniture Sale Promises Low Prices
A firm announces a New Year sale with its largest stock of furniture yet and a pledge to beat any competition. It touts woven wire beds at 1.50 dollars, bedsteads at 2.00, wool or cotton top mattresses at 2.50, woven wire cots at 1.50, and bedroom suites priced from 11 to 15 dollars, promising satisfaction in every sale.
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Chicago
Cosmopolitan Magazine
Art and Letters
Francisque Sareey
Frederick Spielhagen
Agnes Repplier
Andrew Lang
I. Zangwill
Napoleon Ney
Margherita
James Anthony Froude
Edmund Gosse
Cosmopolitan
The
Lanark Gazette
Lanark Furniture Outlet Here to Save You Money
The ad proclaims Lanark as the best place to buy furniture with big car load lots and daily proof of satisfaction. Readers are invited to call and view furniture ready for purchase.
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Lanark
Souvenir Portfolio Offer From World’s Columbian Exposition
Address with fifteen cents in stamps to H. E. Beeknen & Co. Chicago for a prepaid Souvenir Portfolio of the Exposition. Regular price fifty cents but offered at a nominal charge. Includes full page views of great buildings with descriptions. If unsatisfied after receipt, stamps refunded and book kept.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. E. Beeknen & Co
Chicago, Il
Harper's Weekly and Cure Ads Highlight 19th Century Issues
The text extols Harper's Weekly as a major influencer on American public opinion. It then presents classic 19th century patent medicine ads for Chamberlain's products, touting cures for skin ailments coughs rheumatism and pain relief with local sellers Carlton Cornwell and Wm Hogan listed.
Sensational Suitings Draw Bargain Hunters to Lanark Shop
J T Risley advertises a wide stock of ready to wear suits and overcoats with latest styles. He promotes a guaranteed clean fit and satisfaction or no pay, citing graduation from a top cutting school and urging locals to visit Lanark for affordable, well fitting clothing.
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Lennon
Bb. T. Risley
Lanark
United States
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the Lanark Gazette
Orange
Judd Parmner
Harper’s Weekly
America
Puterbaugh
Carlton Cornwell
the Gazette
Middleton
N. J
Chamberlain
Wm. Hogan
J. G. Sheller
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Chadwick
Illinois
Weati
Eldredge Manufacturing
Belvidere, Itt
Moresty
Aeon
NEW Home Sewing Machine CO
SON Fe TrEers
Lasark
Lima
Shannon
J. Scott Snively
First National Bank
J. B. Trump
WM. Walton
Burton Harrison
Dean Howells
Spencer Trask
Albion W. Tourgee
Rudyard Kipling
James Whitcomb Riley
Edmond Clarence Stedham
Sir Edwin Arnold
Remington
Toche
van Oh
Turner
Reinkart
Gibson
Stephens
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All West
Alleghany Mountains
EAS
West
Washington
Acre
F. I. Whitney
G. P&t
Ay Gonr
St. Paul, Minn
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