Will Spurgeon Announces Stable Horses for Sale
An advertisement describes three horses for sale: a 50 horsepower mare described as strong and powerful, a Cleveland Bay foaled in Lyon with a weight around 1,900 pounds noted for beauty and a blue ribbon pedigree, and a Clydesdale stallion foaled in a unspecified year with bay coloring and sturdy conformation. Terms will be made known on application.
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Cleveland
America
Saul
Dalrymple
Spurgeon
Direct Golf Route Rail Ad From Kansas City
An old railway advertisement urges travelers to choose the Golf Route Kansas City Fort Scott Gulf Railway for the shortest, fastest and most pleasant journey to Eastern and Southern Kansas Southwest Missouri and Texas. It touts through sleeping cars and free reclining chairs from Kansas City to Memphis and New Orleans, highlighting direct service to Little Rock Hot Springs Eureka Springs Fort Smith Van Buren Fayetteville and other points.
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Kansas City
Ft. Scott & Gulf R. B
Kansas
Missouri
Texas
Cary
Memphis
New Orleans
Little Rock
Hot Springs
Eureka Springs
Fort Smith
The Little Dressmaker Who Built a Life
An industrious widow, Mrs B, starts a small sewing shop with aid from her late husband's fund. She runs it while caring for three children, expanding to sell garments to neighbors, and guiding her daughters through college. Years later she retires from sewing, having provided education for her children and a modest, steady livelihood.
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Seth
Mm B
Littl
New York College
Columbia
Harvard
West Little House
Site Street
Mrs. B
Charlie
Vna Makers
Ball
Pasen
Iimpataa
Florida Homes and Ailing Families Highlighted
Fragmented OCR notes describe dire conditions in Florida housing and health. One person dies from shock while another weakens daily, as mortgaged homes strain family credit. References to laths plaster and tiny village houses contrast with northern standards.
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Florida
Chicago
The Sultan of Turkey and His Nerveful Court
Fortnightly Review portrays Abdul Hamid as a nervous, self serving ruler surrounded by parasites who shape policy. It notes his inner court blocks reforms and secrecy fuels misrule while he dreams of restoring the empire. The piece condemns his favoritism and costly follies amid a decaying state.
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Rome
Admiralty
Abdul Hamid
Turkey
Caliphate
Ottoman Empire
Espagne
Peculiar Water Battle Near Atlanta During War
In a Loyal Legion meeting an untold Civil War incident near Atlanta is recalled. Two brigades stood within yards of each other across a ravine and a foggy night led both sides to water at a spring unarmed, with neither side attacking the others. The moment reveals an unusual pause in combat.
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Loyal Legion
Atlanta
Ross
St. Louis Globe- Democrat
Convenient Baskets and Household Receptacles Noted
A description of cylindrical baskets with tops for soiled linens and various fabrics, including sateen, muslin, and net with lace braids. A note from the New York Commercial Advertiser mentions placing a mustard bag on pickle jars to keep vinegar from turning moodly and advice on sealing pickles in vinegar.
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New York Commercial Advertiser
Winter Weather Review of the Last Twenty Winters
Prof. Snow reports February cold, cloudy and wet with above average rainfall for the first time since May 1884. The barometer hit a twenty year low, mean temperatures ranged from 30.42 to 68, with 73.5 degree range and 6 inches of snow. Rainfall was 1.58 inches, 0.32 below February norm, and measurable precip on 11 days with one thunder shower. The 20 year record shows 1886 87 as especially severe, with only four winters colder on average. The text notes noteable zero days, lower cloudiness, and Kansas rainfall patterns versus other states.
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Snow
State University
Thoee
Kansas
Minnesota
Nebraska
North Side Wolf Hunt Planned Across Three Areas
A local paper outlines the last and most successful wolf hunt of the season held last Saturday. The event will cover Douglas Jefferson and Leavenworth counties with boundaries from Fall Leaf creek to the Bend Barnett Schoolhouse and Reno area. Organizers include A J Dicker W Pipe W Griffite Chas Spencer H Whitney Jes Phin niels Ed Canavan M A Brown Jacob Stewart and W Skeets. The hunt starts next Saturday at 8:30 and ends at 2 p.m. Center pole near the Harriott farm west of Reno, with W C Miller and S Foust raising it today.
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Douglas, Jefferson
Leavenworth
Teeerly
Wilcover Grant
Reno
Sarcoxie
Fall Leaf ‘Creek
U. P
Barnett School House
Fall Leaf Creek
Perees
Enterprise
A. J. Dicker
W. Pipe
North Lawrence
W. Griffite
Chas. Spencer
Fall Leaf
W. H. H. Whitney
Jes. Phinniels
Jacob Stewart
W. Skeets
North Side
Ed Canavan
M. A. Brown
West Side
Harriott Frm
W.C. Miller
Foust
High Bluff
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Massachusetts
Lawrence
Kan
A.C. Bren
Lawson
Insurance Apts
Mar
Centesas Bu
F. W. Jaediceke
Massachusetts Street
M. E. Apitz
Whips &c
Marachwetts Street
K. Cammean
D.F. Hassavos
Chamean & Harbaugh
Martin Bedgwick
Hermy Ippon
Norman Utall- Mishs Wetat Raight
Ao Ia
Ag Eictle Company
Tawrence
Kansas River
E Wright
Maseschusetts Streat
Vinland Nurseries
Wholesale & Retail
W. E. Barnes
Vixuann
Douglas Co
John W. Swope
Michigan Mutual Life Inuur
T. C. Irwin & Co’s
Establishment
The
National Bank
Mass. Street
Irwin
Geo. W. Toethaker
Winthrop and
Vernon
Lawrence, Kansas
Muaaay
Lawis
Eldridge House
Lawrence, Kans
Eaery New ‘Management
Www
Crum
Job
J. P. Ross
Ameniors
Douglas County
Kanane State University
United States
Indianachool
Gleason & Whitman
Ad Estate Firm
Douglas
Jefferson
Howe
Geo. A. Banks
New York
Kansaastar
Dard
Mets
Regilar Life Company
Iowa
Frank March
Kas
Frank Finney
Frank L. Webster
W. T. Sinclair
W. A. Harrie
B. Pierson
Eph. Wilder
D. B. Hill
Albany
Mixrahail Field
Chtongs
John V. Farwell
John Wanamaker
Phila
Sorey
J. L. Topham
Meas and Jows
Life IN
Jaxx
Fioridas
the Sultan OF
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