Summertime Reflections on the Matterhorn and Mountaineering
The narrator recalls summer days near Zermatt and the Matterhorn. A retired guide explains mountain dangers and a museum tour shows maps, relics, and tragic victims. He notes the lure of the peak and dangers from human rashness, especially in October with higher avalanche risk.
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Zermaetts
Zermatt
Ural
Bengath
Rom
Entifs Valley
Andes
Enhaine
Uts
Matterhorn
Lys
Kamm Cor Letty
Monte’ ‘Rosa
Abe and Colonel Debate Pike County Trials and Hope
Abe laments constant scorn in Pike County from legal hardship to political defeat. Colonel Harper urges encouragement over tearing down, recalling Abe’s fight, sacrifice, and stalled ascent. Abe vows never to yield, despite repeated falls, and to keep climbing without government help.
Masked crowd drags Bowman after police arrest in Beaver
Thirty five masked men dressed as women beat Bowman with a rubber hose after tying Officer Baker to a fence. Bowman had been arrested for wife beating. Justice instructed Baker to take Bowman home but a vigilance committee abducted Bowman during the trip.
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Beaver
Bowman
Baker
Poundmaster Aims High In Oroville Scandalous Plan
Newly elected poundmaster John Rich of Oroville California proposes paying for his job by selling household dog meat to the city. He claims the meat cures consumption and will crush the flesh for chicken feed and bones for fertilizer while using every part except the bark. The plan includes taking 50 cents per dog as payment.
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Skinner’s
Harper
Abe
Karnel
Huw
Pike County
Kurnel
Pike ‘County
Kurnel Harper
Law
Jon
Solonel
A.young
Kornel Harper
Kornel
Pika County
Agin
Pike’ County
Oroville
Cal
John
Oats Use and Profit in Cotton Belt Soils Emphasized
The article reviews oats as a profitable and soil-building crop for southern cotton lands. It cites comparisons from Baton Rouge and other states, noting oats can surpass corn in per-acre returns when priced around five dollars per bushel. It outlines cultivation methods, fertilization, and the benefits of oats for humus, grazing, and cover cropping.
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Corti
Baton
Rand
Executor's Sale of Clark County Real Estate in Marshall
By order of the Clark County Court Illinois executor Wm T Hollenbeck will sell at public sale on December 7 1912 at the Marshall courthouse east door the property blocks 45 and 46 in Hector B Dulaney's subdivision town of Marshall Clark County Illinois One third cash and two equal installments with mortgage security and interest at sale date and six and twelve months thereafter.
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County’ Court of
Clark ‘Gounty
Aus
Solomon “Miller
Maida
Towit
Shell
Morghall
Alto
Tast
Prilang
Clark County
Illinois
Soélomon
Miller
J. WW. Graham
County Court of
Tinos
George German
Court Hous
Marshall
W. B. Archer
Wm. B. German
Wm. T. Hollenbeck
Attys
Wm. T. Hollenbetk
Albert ArbLogast
Marshak
Hector B. Dulaney
Arl Maniey
Lineis
Ty Hollenbeck
Albert’ Arbogast
Hollenbeck
Church notices and schedules for multiple denominations
Directory listing Baptist, Episcopal, Evangelical Association, Congregational, Methodist and United Brethren churches with pastors, Sunday services at 9 30 a m and varying preaching times, prayer meetings midweek, Mass times, Sunday school, young people's groups and evening services across several parishes.
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L B. Les
S. S
Healey
Wesvern
Jian
D. D. Burt
Evangelical Association
L. J. Ehrhardt
W. J. Drew
Chas. B. Taylor
League
United Brethren
Reg
Ui M. Pier- 80
Remier
Maeting Wed
Marshall Man Credits Dean's Kidney Pills for Cure
An Illinois reader from Marshall recalls years of kidney pain and rheumatic twinges. After using Dean's Kidney Pills, he reports recovery and endorses the remedy based on his March 1907 experience.
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Marshall
Charles Taubeneck
Bim
Ill
Dean
Wilson Harlan’s
Fragmentary railway timetable snippet and encoded notes
Fragmented OCR text shows timetable-like numbers and references to transfers and city seals. The legible items include numbers such as 2813.21 and 458,08 2, with mentions of No. 19 HR and references to a Reator's Transferming and Angens. The overall context and meaning are unclear due to severe garbling.
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North
Fat City
Phoas
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Marshal Shurgh
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Indiana
Cheney
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Board’ of Supervisors
Iinois
Court House
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Courty Aid Tv
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Clark
Dulaney
Harry B. Dulaney
Pres
B. Bevan
Cashier
J- R
Burnett
V.P
Frank W. Greenough
Asst
J- R. Burnett
Duncan Harry B
Europe
Orient
State Bank
H. M. Dewey
Emphalmer
Tinsley
Fawley House
Stanmedco
Market St
St. Louis
Keifer Drug Co
Vandalla
East Pre
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