Jersey B a Great Sire Prospect for Harness Speed
Pure bred stallions No. Re 515 Jersey B the big trotting stallion will season 1910 first three days weekly at West Union livery barn and last three at Cheno weth wagonard Marshall starting Friday April 1 with 16 hands high 165 pounds sired by Jersey Wilkes dam Blue Hell mare Carding Girl 208% bred for speed at Clark county fair 1909 fee 19 cash or 15 to stand colt Suck due when foals born address Ross Buckner West Union ill
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Zemo Promises Cure For Eczema Pimples And Dandruff
An agency statement touts Zemo as a valuable remedy for eczema pimples and dandruff. It claims the vegetable liquid draws germs to the surface to destroy skin diseases and leaves skin clear and healthy. The company offers a home treatment booklet with each purchase.
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Zemo
Kelfer Drug Co
Saar cere arsine oe Se ie san eee 2
The fragmentary text provides limited readable content with no clear names places or events. The outlet offers minimal clues to summarize a coherent news item or identify subjects, making a precise headline and summary unattainable from the given snippet.
Planets and Their Secrets Beyond Our View
A London Family Herald piece notes how little is known about planets and their atmospheres. It cites Saturn’s rings, Jupiter’s cloud belts, and Mars’ hazy, shifting surface with limited perception of canals and weather patterns.
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Benug
Saturn
Jupiter
Professor Lowell
Sir William Huggins
Flagstaff Observatory
Juniter
Mars
London Family Herald
Amused Cub Lions Turn Man’s Escape into Dread
A weary African hunter accompanying a hunting party in a distant camp plays with two lion cubs. The cubs thrash and maul his legs as their mother circles, but the cubs finally depart when the lioness calls them away, leaving him shaken and exhausted.
An Artist's Struggles and Perseverance in Early Life
Professor von Herkomer faced bitter poverty at the start of his career. He sold his first painting for 2 guineas and earned briefly a couple of pounds weekly from a woodcut for a comic paper. After vain attempts at a minstrel engagement, he designed carpets and finally found work with the weekly illustrated journal Loudon Globe.
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Professor von Herkomer
Mnstrels
Loudon Globe
First Oil Well by Drake Proves Subterranean Oil
In 1859 L E Drake from Titusville Pennsylvania drilled the first oil well. Despite mockery he posed as seeking salt then reached seventy feet and obtained a well yielding twenty five barrels daily with a hand pump. The achievement marks a pioneer milestone in oil exploration.
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LE. L. Drake
Titusville
Drake
New York American
Malacca cane described for quality and care
The Malay malacca cane tops the market as the most desired walking stick. It is raised on glass tubes to ensure straightness, about a yard long and under an inch thick, with a dark chocolate color and smooth lacquer. Handle it gently to preserve its glossy finish.
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Malacca
Malay Archipelago
London Graphic
When a girl marries they think troubles end
Mrs. Muggins remarks that a married girl feels safe while Mrs. Buggins notes issues can still arise with a wife in a Philadelphia Record item presented as humor.
Flatfooted Army Recruit Refused After Shoe Test
A Pittsburg Gazette Times tale describes Bill, a healthy candidate who fails a final army test after walking across a floor with soaked feet, leaving clear imprints and a verdict flatfooted. He loses his chance despite good health in heart lungs hearing sight and nerves.
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Uncle Saw
Bil
Pittsburg
The Royal Hoax and Notable London Swords
The piece recalls the Haymarket sword theft after the 1749 Bottle Hoax with Duke of Cumberland anger and a 30 guinea reward. It then surveys curious Brussels street names and a humorous miscue by James and Mrs F. before a barracks sergeant’s moonlight dispute.
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London Chronicle
Genius and a Wise Word from the Newsboys
Quoted exchange contrasts a definition of genius with a playful father son exchange. The snippet includes a witty line about nature granting genius but circumstances confining it to an attic and a joke about a newsboy practicing figures.
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Chicago News
Thorvaldsen Statue for Lord Byratt Began in 1833
Chronicles of a memorial statue commissioned for the poet Lord Byratt. Funds fell short, Chantrey declined, Thorvaldsen undertook the work. Finished in 1833 the statue reached London but Westminster Abbey denied installation, delaying for twelve years until moved to Trinity College Cambridge in 1845. The life sized seated figure shows the poet with a style and book inscribed Childe Harold, beside a skull and an owl. Thorvaldsen born 1770 died 1844.
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Customs House
London
Westminster
Ireland
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Cambridge
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Uscribed
Childe Harold
Thorvaldsen
That Awful Boy Jones Tormented Queen Victoria
A nineteenth century mystery recounts a barber’s apprentice nicknamed that awful boy Jones who gained entry to Buckingham Palace. He trespassed repeatedly, claimed to sleep in royal rooms, and helped himself to royal leftovers while near the queen. He vanished after a Privy Council inquiry, with state protection suspected.
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Queen Victoria
Sherlock Holmes
Buckingham Palace
Privy Council
London Globe
Grant and York at the academy final mounted exercise
Grant stood at his best in the 8 dle with his famed leap on York the horse. The mark of his career came during the final mounted exercises when he cleared a bar higher than a man’s head in a dramatic ride. The leap is still recorded at the academy as Grants upon York.
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A Singular Kurdish Marriage Custom Revealed
The Kurdish wedding custom shows the groom carried home by a group of armed young men while the bride is pursued by irate women. Stones and sticks are thrown, leaving marks on the groom and making the return home a tense ordeal. Some pursuers are said to be former flames seeking vengeance.
Comfort and debt talk echo in old newspaper chatter
A fragmented collection of quotes contrasts debt imprisonment with modern comfort. Citizens debate finance and debtor rights while a store scene hints at consumer culture. The garbled clipping references Washington Star and Buffalo Express without clear dates or full context.
Stomach relief claims for Miona tablets advertised
Max M Hoffman of Webster NY reports long stomach trouble ended after using Miona. He says the treatment eased pain, restored weight, and improved health within weeks. Ad claims relief from sour stomach gas heartburn dizziness and nervousness with a money back guarantee. Sold by Keifer Drug Co and druggists for 50 cents a box. Booth's Pills offered for constipation at 25 cents.
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Webster Hotel
Miona
Max M Hoffman
Webster NY
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Milky Way origins debated over whimsical tale
A playful remark challenges the idea that a cow jumping over the moon created the Milky Way, noting the mythic story contrasts with astronomical explanations and scientific history.
Doan's Kidney Pills Bring Relief for Women
A Marshall testimony from Mrs. J. M Archer describes back pain and irregular kidney secretions eased by Doan's Kidney Pills. The ad promotes the Buffalo based Foster-Milburn Co. as sole US agents, price 50 cents.
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Marshall
J. M Archer
Ash Street
Marshall Sr
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
New York
United States
Doan
School Treasurer's Statement Township No 11 Illinois 1909 1910
Township treasurer in Clark County Illinois presents the school fund statement for the year starting April 1909 ending April 15 1910. It lists receipts including township funds notes interest and a distribution from the county superintendent totaling 821.87 with expenditures on loaned funds to districts treasurer salary incidental expenses and a publishing cost leaving a township fund on hand of 1 63 9. The document shows distributions to districts and a tax balance 967.18 with district property sale 1.09 and signatures of officials Kuykendall and Be sure.
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Clark County
Illinois
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