Speed Of Games And Rds From An Inquisitive Reporter
A Wilmington Delaware News reprint quotes old hunters on waterfowl speeds. Canvasback tops at eighty mph in easy flight, with lead ducks moving faster. Mallard around forty-five mph, redhead up to ninety mph, and teal species near one hundred mph in bursts. Geese reportedly rival trains in speed, with broadbill pace lagging canvasback by about ten miles per hour in an hour.
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Allegheny River
Kishammock
Wilmington
Del
Courageous Woman and Doctor Foil Bedside Robbery
In a Fifth Avenue Hotel rotunda tale, General Dan Macauley recounts Dr. Walker of Indianapolis and his wife thwarting a brutal home invasion. A knife, a pistol, and a night of quick wits end with the robber fleeing after a tense scuffle where the doctor and assailant exchanged blows.
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Fifth Avenue
Dan Macauley
Indiana
Prize Competition Promises Fair Rewards From United States Firms
An old style advertisement outlines a grand prize competition by a Baghead company offering prizes from eight dollars to one hundred dollars. It promises fair judging, cash rewards for Bible word questions, and mid and last prize duplicates, plus items like a watch and opera glasses, with Pearl Foam teeth cleanser mailed post paid.
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Baghead
Great Britain
United States
Canada
Wide Range of Patent Medicines and Travel Offers
An assortment of old time remedies promises quick cures for coughs chest pains and skin ailments with claims of universal effectiveness. Also advertised are discounted Burlington Route travel rates for Illinois State Fair Davenport fair and St. Louis Exposition with specific ticket sale dates and return limits.
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Burlington
Peoria
Hazelhurst
St. Louis
Savanna
Milledgeville
Daggetts
Grand Army of the Republic
Washington
D. C
W. J. C. Kenyon
St. Paul, Minn
Lively matrimonial journal offer amid patent medicine ads
An 19th century newspaper fragment promotes a 10 cent subscription to a matrimonial journal for all ages, alongside numerous ads. De Witt’s Witch Hazel Salve and De Witt’s Little Early Risers pills are pitched with health claims. An August 30 and September 27 harvest excursion ticket offer is noted, with travel rules and origin agent M. M. Onis.
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Puterbaugh
Castoria to De Witt pills and patent remedies era
An anthology of old patent medicine claims and ads notes Castoria usage from infancy to adulthood, then shifts to De Witt's Little Early Risers for dyspepsia and liver care. It cites endorsements from Mrs Hattie Mason and Mr. Shawen, with various druggists offering Chamberlain remedies, Beatty pianos, and rail special fares for the National Encampment.
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de Witt
Puterbaugh
H. Shawen
Wellaville
Kan
Peterbarugh
The Limekil Club Meeting Turmoil Ends in Brawl
A chaotic gathering at Paradise Hall of the Limekil Club unfolds as Rev Penstock pushes to inspect finances, triggering a clash with Colonel Kabiff and others. Brother Gardner returns to order, suspending business and prompting Penstock and Kanoots to resign, ending with a warning of future accounting scrutiny.
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Paradise Hall
Pepstock
Colonel Kabiff
Judge Rabouts
Romine
Lown Bebee
Samuel Shin
Stephack Smith
Shindig Watkins
Sir Isaac Walpole
Brother Gardner
Waydown Bebeo
Penstock
Smend
Finanshal
Kabilif
Resumption Jones
Circulation Davis
Isaac
Bradder Penstock
de Charman
Sir Isaac
Waydown Rebee
Toots
Antimony Smith
Lombard
Kahoots
Kabiff
Detroit Free Press
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Villian
Exquisite Toilet Mfg. CO
Yonge ST
Toronta, Canada
Rockford
PHU
Winans & Johnson
Main St
Ill
Sterling
Business and Phonographic College
DIL
F. M. Wallace
Prin
Vitnols
Eapes
N. Fagan
Tariap
Paterbaugh
Woolford
J H. Allemony
Lanark
Bucklen
G. W Shivell
Wickiffe
Chamberlain
Downing
The
Burlington” Bulletin of
Alf
Orange Blossoms
Yarmouthport
Mass
BEA Organs
M. M. Onis. Agt
Harrison
Cleveland
Bratty
Iarry Tor Catan
Milwaukee
J.T. Eckman
D. Miller’s Elevator
Carroll Street
Castoria
J. E. Allemong
Hattie Mason
Chilton, Carter Co
Beatty
Daniel F. Beatty
Washington, N. J
St. Patrick's
Carroll County
Abstract Office
Carroll County Bank
Mt. Carroll, Ill
Beit Awinnes
WLI
H. S. Puterbaugh
J. A. McGill & Co
Panorama Place
Chicago
T. A. Cotta
Nursery
Tia
Ancien
M. D
Oxford ,J
Brooklyn
N. Y
Dantos Manrys
D. D
New York City
Eowiy F. Panner
195Th Street
7Th Ave
Ompasy
Murnay Street
Anarrkh, Ill
the Limekil
CLUB
Gardner Soper
Rhett Nottoe
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