Trade of Wives Rocks Hoffmansville Union
Jacob Latchaw foreman and William Heberly laborer in Balliet's ore bed near Hoffmansville Pa swap wives after neighborly disputes. Heberly takes Latchaw's child, Latchaw takes Heberly's, families relocate as the two couples begin life with swapped spouses and new homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob Latchaw
Balliet
Hoffmansville
Leigh County
William Heberly
Heberly
Latelaw
Heber Y
Latehaw
Latekaw
Latchaw
Hebenly
Lusanes
Twisted Family Tree Riddle Heads to Confusion
A puzzle describes a man tangled in marriages and kinship where each relation folds into another. The speaker claims multiple paradoxes, including being both grandfather and grandson through a maze of step relations and in-law ties. The riddle ends with a claim of being his own grandfather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
le ‘Ya
That Joyful Feeling From Syrup of Figs
An old advertisement extols renewing health and strength after using Syrup of Figs, noting it as a genuine product from the California Fig Syrup Co, with a warning that others are cheap substitutes not accepted by the well informed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
California Fig Syrup Co
U S Officials Salaries Listed By Daily Rates
The document catalogs daily pay for top officials: Admiral Dewey $37.50, President McKinley $131, Cabinet officers, the Vice-President and Speaker $22.22, Senators and Representatives $13.90, and the Chief Justice $29.00 per day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dewey
McKinley
House
Supreme Court
New York Syndicate Aims to Buy Virginia Oyster Grounds
A proposal will be submitted to the Virginia legislature this winter by a New York syndicate to purchase all of the state's oyster grounds. The group is composed of capitalists of substantial means.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
New York
Whamsman Joins Marines as Second Lieutenant
A new second lieutenant in the Marine Corps earns 1560 dollars a year and must spend 600 dollars on the official wardrobe. The cost represents more than one third of the first year’s pay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whamsman
United States Service
Old Mother Carey a character sketch in a New England scene
A winding street scene paints Old Mother Carey in worn clothes and a brown straw hat. She mutters to herself about poets and loves and jokes about stomachs as the lamp lighter moves past a chilly urban night. The voice blends rough wit with hard common sense and a weathered humor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England
Carey
Pheebe Carey
Old Taylor
Women speak on Lydia Pinkham remedies and fortunes
Vignettes describe women praising Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for curing ailments and easing nerves. A Philadelphia widow loses savings to a bad loan and survives with grit, while a harsh winter pressures a tired urban entrepreneur.
Old Mother Carey and the War’s Silent Toll
An aged washerwoman, widow to a missing son in the war, endures poverty and social stigma. She remains a devout Methodist, mocked by a meat trader, while the charitable Home for Aged Women bars her entry despite her lifelong honesty and faith. Her grief over her son is deep, with war’s impact weighing on her daily life.
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Canada
Tabby
Mother Carey
Carey
Methodist Church
Brother Skinner
Cheatem
Widow Carey Seeks Help As Snow Locks Out Shelter
A landlady confronts a poor choice between eviction and care while Widow Carey endures hardship, snow, and a looming poorhouse. After a storm one last letter arrives granting a pension for her son's service, but too late to aid her. Peace to her memory.
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Carey
Mother Carey
Testimony on Chamberlains Cough Remedy by Rev Donahoe
On December 10 1897 Rev A Donahoe pastor at M K Church South Pt Pleasant WV contracted a severe cold with violent coughing. He used Chamberlains Cough Remedy after trying other household specifics and found it acting like a charm and recommends it to the public. Sold by B H Gorrel Druggist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
A. Donahoe
M. K. Church
South
Pt. Pleasant
W. Va
B. H. Gorrel
A Gentle Hint Of Tartars Custom Inheritance Practice
The passage describes a Tartars or Kurds custom where a man who loses cattle or property offers a small brown sugar parcel wrapped in colored cloth to friends. In return he receives gifts such as cattle, sheep, or money depending on circumstances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. W. Lee
Mengeeery Als
Swift
James Reed Suffered Severe Leg Injury in Ice Accident
James Reed, leading Clay Court House merchant, injured his leg after slipping on ice. Doctors, multiple liniments, and whisky baths failed until Chamberlain's Pain Balm cured him in a week, avoiding amputation, according to the local druggist B. H. Gorrell.
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James Reed
Chamberlain
Reed
Clay Court House
W. Va
B. H. Gorrell
Diu
Gist
Best Rough Feed for Cows Listed
Farmers are advised to give cows a variety of forage including clover hay corn fodder and ensilage. The beat and cheapest on most farms are clover hay corn fodder and ensilage. Cows should have all of these that they will eat.
Beaumont Mother Praises Chamberlain Remedy
W. W Massingil of Beaumont Texas thanks manufacturers of Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy for saving thousands of children from dysentery and cholera infantum and aiding mothers in distress with eligible oral solution.
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W. W Massingil
Beaumont
Texas
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Swift Specific Company
Atlanta
Ares
Fef
Pierson
Main
Henry
Watt
Bickford & Huffman
Vulcan
Thomas’ Disc Harrows
Owen Hardware
New York Life Insurance Company
J. W. McClung
Lexington
Parker
Caen Eee
Pal Young
Henry 5
Seletune
Brooklyn, N. Y
Aittle
Liebig Company
Aonnae Liebig Co
P. C. Bax
New
Ware
Vasalenys Pebunbil
Sep-Wieth
Tuoriea
Sears
United States
Europe
Euxervorows Co
Loviavibie
BENFI
Ion Ently
Old Mother Carey
Bretch
Piso
AS. Pinkham
Anna E. Hart
Milldale
Conn
Yousness
Lydia E. Pinkham
Elven Flana- Gan
Mountain St
Philadelphia
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