Aleck Power: Perry County Strongman and Axe Legend
The Philadelphia Times recounts Aleck Power a woodsman famed for power and temper in Perry and Mifflin counties He knocked out a boastful Irishman in New Bloomfield and felled political poles during the 1844 Polk Clay campaign His reputation endured into old age as the region’s best man and a celebrated ax wielder.
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Botany class jokes and a Boston summer boating remark
The text presents a satirical exchange about vegetables and social status with a punny beet onion and aristocratic turnip exchange. A Boston reader asks about ozone as a joke, and a puzzled concierge comments on city transport.
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Delinquent Tax List 1885 for Douglas County Kansas
Taxes for 1885 on lands in Douglas County Kansas are due and will be sold at public auction on the first Tuesday of September 1886. Treasurer Paul R. Brooks announces the list of parcels with unpaid taxes and charges, detailing numerous properties and owners in Lawrence and surrounding areas.
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