Cephalists Skull Society Revels In Cavern Secret
A sensational account details the Cephalists a New York and Brooklyn based secret fraternity that preserves skulls of members in a cavern near Bay Ridge. Members sing the Skull Song gather twice monthly and promise future skull donations while denying wrongdoing amid sharp exchanges with a reporter and a secretary letter.
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Cephalists
New York
Brooklyn
Bay Ridge
N.Y
Hewson
Bignature
Diogenes Kraeder
Eighty-first Street
Skully
Brahma
Max Schroff
the Recorder
Max Schnorr
New York Recorder
Dismal’s Conversion and a Hallway Ruckus at the Office
A former office boy nicknamed Dismal, notorious for scrapping and misdeeds on Newspaper row, declares he has quit vice and joined a Christian Endeavor group. Moments later he fights Tibsey in a corridor, escapes down the stairs with his CE pin shining, as colleagues watch the melee and the scene ends with his fading departure.
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Postal
Western Union
Withal
Christian Endeavor
Dismal
Christian Association
Tilsey
Tibsey
Washington Post
Atlanta Constitution
Black Hole Cavern Explored Near Ukiah by Ivy-laden Descents
A Cincinnati Enquirer report describes a perilous exploration of the Black Hole cavern on Millborook near Ukiah California. A party led by Mason descends 185 feet into a funnel shaped entrance, finding a large chamber with stalactites and a central basin whose water level rises and falls like a clock. The tale blends local myth of a runaway negro chief and tribal lore with the perilous ascent.
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Millborook
Ukiah
Cal
Bay
San Francisco
Perty
Mr. Mason
Mr Mason
Mason
Cincinnat Enquirer
Vast Cave Found Under Moran Ground Reveals Hidden Passage
Last winter Moran Indiana rebuilt site was chosen on eight F Murray farm. Workers struck a deep well and blasted to 38 feet then discovered a bottomless cave. Three youths descended to 70 feet, finding a landing and a widening passage with mossy walls and eyeless fish in a swift stream. They returned after encountering white mist and rumbling water. Glinting metal misled them into thinking gold, but it proved worthless.
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Moran
Ind
Trustes Shields
F. Murray
Cincinnati Enquirer
Indies
Diamonds
Veterinary Surfyreon Wis
Stein
Himmel
Colima Disaster Inspires Thrilling Reading Claims
A New York Tribune review notes survivors of the Colima shipwreck offered a riveting tale of romance and horror with a drunken raft tragedy. It praises the vivid narrative and contrasts it with other fiction while previewing Du Maurier’s forthcoming novel to readers awaiting a longer work after many revisions.
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Colima
Stanley J. Weyman
Anthony Hope
New York Tribune
Trilby
Abole 12
Nambers
Harred Plymouth Rock highlights in poultry lore
The piece notes the Harred Plymouth Rock's prominence in poultry circles due to its challenging breed standards and strong meat, urging careful selection, rivalrous shuffling, and honest hustling to build a prized line. It also touches on broader farming topics and other brief items from the era.
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I. P. Rock
Chuckler
Amusing Market Street dispute pits Prior against Spreckels
An odd clash over an inch and a half of Market Street ground in San Francisco pits J K Prior against Clans Spreckels representatives. The site’s value lies in its intrinsic worth and its role under a building Prior refuses to sell, placing him in a reluctant favored position amid tense negotiations.
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J K Prior
Spreckels
Market Street
San Francisco
Prior
Sitimg
San Francisco Chronicle
Excursion Rates for Various Conventions
Napa Ventral Excursion Rates for Various Conventions. Lists summer 1921 meetings from the Republican National League in Cleveland to the Knights Templar in Boston with dates in June to August. Travel rates, sale dates, and contact by M. M. O ll y, Agent, are noted for further particulars.
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Republican National League
Cleveland
Ohio
Epworth League
Clattanooga
Tenn
Denver
Col
United Societies of Christian Endeavor
Boston
Mass
Baptist Young People's Union of America
Baltimore
American Pharmeutical Association
Colo
Keights Templar
G. A Ik
Louisville
M. M. O11y
Cure for Catarrh Promises One Hundred Dollar Reward
The advertisement proclaims Hall's Catarrh Cure as the sole positive remedy for catarrh, a constitutional disease, claiming the medicine works through the blood and mucous surfaces. The firm offers one hundred dollars for any case it fails to cure and solicits testimonials. Also promotes Olambur Inio's Colic Cholera and Choleraremedy for summer bowel issues, and lists various patent grants and products from A Snows & Co with many named inventors and items.
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Hall
Noature
FJ. Company & On
Toledo
City Drug Star
Wm. Hogan
City Drug Store
Wasp Originates Paper Craft and Economy Lesson
The article cites James Rennie on wasps making durable paper and even waterproof nests like papier mache, noting a South American species producing smooth waterproof cardboard. It also discusses true economy versus stinginess, urging value over cheapness and recommending thoughtful travel tickets via Burlington for best service at equal price. W J C Kenyon, Gen. Passenger Agent, St. Paul, Minn.
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James Rennie
South America
Bristol
Insect Mechanics
Demorest
Burlington
W. J.C Kenyon
Gen. Paes
St. Paul
Minn
Schiller Theatre Booms With Little Robinson Crusoe Crowd
The Schiller Theatre opened with Little Robinson Crusoe starring Eddie Foy and a strong cast to capacity crowds in Chicago. Critics and audience praised the burlesque as the season’s top attraction with sustained enthusiasm and promising profits. A separate St Paul trial saw a man acquitted on insanity grounds after being charged with starting a newspaper.
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Kublasen Crusov
Schiller Theatre
Chicago
Pices
Willie
Eddie May
Comedience
Mavie Dressler
Adele Farrington
Sadie MarsDonald
St Paul
Various Remedies and Notices For Health and Land Ads
Baldness cures and salves promise relief from rheumatism headaches and skin ailments from vendors in Chicago and Monros. Chamberlains remedies and Electric Bitters are pitched for female complaints digestion and nerves. Dr Kings New Discovery touted for coughs and household use. An insurance pitch offers bowel-complaint protection for five cents a bottle. A Prof Birkholt hair restoration offer and land sale promos for the Mobile and Ohio Railroad advertise farmland near the line with low rates and monthly excursions.
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Paterbaugh
Mississippi
Alabama
Mobile and Ohio
Mobile & Ohio
St. Louis
Mobile
The
Notch
North Stroadway
St. Loui
E. E. Vesey
Mobile and Ohio Railroad
Ala
Executor's Notice of Manning Estate in Carroll County
Executor announces probate actions for Eliha A Manning deceased in Carroll County. Court at Carroll County Courthouse to confirm will and appoint administrator. creditors urged to attend and settle debts. dated June 1, A D Ise. E C Pier, Attorney, Executor.
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Eliha A. Manning
Elisha
Carroll
Stonpene
Dillon
Carrel
E.C Pier
Amun Wor
Keaxeoutor
Amandy Bo Howe
Henry J. Howe
Carrol County
Mt Carroll
A. Dt Bebin
Mit Ward
Spots
Lanark
Otter
Orlas
BR. Howe
Eury
Howe
Hessen Smt Ars
Hessen Smt Ars For Petioner
Hllineis
How and When The Great Northern Route Advised
Readers are urged to choose the Great Northern to reach Washington wealth centers. The message insists NOW is the time to travel, highlighting the route as reliable and preferable. Information sources: W. M. Lourie of Jackson, IL and F. I. Woerzy of St. Paul, MN.
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Rocky Mountain News
Lourie
Jackson Bt
Ghirwen
Woerssy
P&t. A
St. Paul
Mion
Stop Tobacco Now With BACO-CURO Cure
A vintage tobacco harm warning touts tobacco risks and promotes Baco-Curo as a guaranteed cure. It claims 23 years of use and promises a written guarantee or refund with interest, selling at 21.00 per box plus options for mail order and proofs.
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Colli
Gol
Fort Samps
Eureka Chemical & Manufacturing Company
Manufacturing Chemists
la Croass
Wisconsin
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Slocan
Washington
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Buffalo Express
Long Island Century Association
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Hubert Brennan
Pequod Wheelmen
New York World
Robinson Crusoe
Chicago Record
Mitkin
Memphis
Tibheey
Wauchula
Fla
William Webb
Florida
Europe
Philadelphia Press
China
Tokyo
Paris
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Peary
Cleveland Plain Dealer
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Black Hole Cavern
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President Hill
Great Northern
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Marine Congress
Liverpool
New York Times
Mary J. Nugent
Shelbyville
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Court of Ordinary
Perkins County
McLean
Crow
Cope
Jim Harralson
Liberia
Kansas
Bellefonte
Philadelphia
Indianapolis
H. Harrison
Indianapolis News
G. A. Root & Son's
Reformatory
Salvation Army
Ife
William Lawrence
Second Baptist Church
Il Repute
CPP
Driggrists, Me
A. Snows& Co
U.S
C. Hackney
Joliet
Hodgson
Maywood
E. A. Hoefer
Freeport
W. K. Johns
Rockford
A. Johnson
Pollan
Knoxville
J. T. Loveland
Sheldon
T. Murechie
Batavia
Wo Progtor
Lake Forest
Olleeanm CO
A. ‘Taylor
Winchester
BE. Victor
Harper
J. Weber
Peoria
F. T. Weigle
Fifth Ave
Prof. Wirkholz
TH. & Petertaugh
James Perdoe
Monros
Mich
Chamberlain
Saya
Kale
Wen
Megan
Ty. W. Fuller
Cunajoharle
Dr. King
G. A. Dyleman
Catskill
THS
Birkholt
Socelatict
Prof
Mirkbhols
Masonic Temple
Vanted
Pera Bo
Tl, May &Co
Surserymen
Plorete
St Paul, Minn
Vom
Judgment
Lorillard
Climak
Lorillard’s
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Lave
U. S
A. Snow &Co
Washington. D.C
SSN Srnr
J. G. Sheller
Lower Broad Street
Hamll
Shelter & Flauti
Vato
Nial
Aduijlar
Turket
Sheller & Flautt, Agts
Lanark, Ill
the New Home Sewing Machine CO
Onawar
Mane Toorrow
Mee
Lora
Atlanta
John Fre Teerss Lawark
Pete Lee
Mameeon
Cork
Columbus
Tate
WM. Walton
Steiesses
Oakwoon
Archie
Natwood
Kirkwood
Sam Kirkwood
Lady Blyth
Ee Putnam
King Marilnne
Oakwond
Empet Poudater
Linty Lay Capel
Oyewoon
al Loyark
Thoretay
Henry Hebendals
Rokville
Amd
Widday
Maturdey
F. H. McCoy
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