Aleck Power the Perry County Woodman and His Axe Feats
A Philadelphia Times account recalls Aleck Power a hard Woodyard man who taunted crowds in New Bloomfield and Perry County. He felled two political poles with his ax one night after challenging both Whig and Democrat factions, earning lasting local fame as a fearless woodsman who aged with his legend intact.
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Philadelavia Times
Blue Juniata
Aleck
New Bloomfield
Power
Perry County
Aleek
Percy County
Clay
Aleck Power
Polk-Dallas
Perry
Mifflin
Pshopper
The Class in Botany and a Boston Summer Board Query
A humorous exchange riffing on a botany class and vegetable puns ends with a Boston lady asking about ozone. The housekeeper replies that ozone comes “from the city regularly every day,” a quip reflecting urban irony in a Meil and Express style.
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Boston
Meil and Express
Vast Kansas real estate listing offers farms and homes
A detailed sales list invites home seekers in Kansas to Douglas County and Douglas adjacent areas. It highlights a 10 room brick house near the University with favorable terms, a 13 room frame house on rising sun lots, a corner lot with a 5 room house, other frame houses, and numerous farms from one to thousand acres. Includes money to loan on farm or city property and contact through Hoadley under Douglas County Bank.
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Kansas
Douglas
Lawrence
Oklahoma
Douglas County
United
Hoadley
Douglas County Bank
Oven Pan Promises Tender Beef and Juicy Poultry
A vintage pan advertises cooking beef from Noahs Ark and early chickens until tender and juicy. The hinged cover traps juices to prevent evaporation, browning occurs quickly, and a roast or chicken dinner is guaranteed. Small size priced at 75 cents with a money back guarantee if not satisfied.
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Gowrie
Hittie
ST. Charles Streer
St-Louis
America
Whittier
Dr. Spinney
Spinney
DR. Spinney & CO
Nwsas City, MO
Paris
New York
London
Marreet
Irwin & CO
T. O. Irwe
Massachusetts Street
National Bank
Undertakers
J.W. Robertson
Vermont Street
SOS
Mass
St., Lawrence, Kas
H. G. MclIlavy Bro
S J
Western
Real Estate Exchange
Alow
Dua General Insurance Busines
Leis’ Drug Store
Henry
Massachusetts
D. L. Hoadley
Real Estates Loan Agent
WM. T. Sinclair
Real Estate and Loans
Lawrence, Kansas
Bell & CO
THEY
St., Lawrence
Frank C. Clark
Selig’s Insurance
Post Office
N. B
WM. G. Henderson
F Street
P. O. Box
Washington, D. C
U. S. Patent
Patent Office
U.S. Supreme Court
A. L. Selig
Life and Accident Insurance
State of
L. Selig
Insurance Building
Eanese
J. H. Shimmons
West Farm
Western Farm Mortgage Company
Winthrop Street
Over City Library
L. H. Perkins
Eldridge
Prof. Canfield
John Charlton
Continental
Franklin
Philadelphia
Ins. Co. of
North America
Phila
Ome
Niagara
Germania of
Royal of
Bogland
North British of
England
Andrew Tosk & Co
Lawrence, Kas
Oan Freer
Padre
Fifth Aveser
Chicago
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