Death of Lincoln Aided by Booth Conspiracy Theories
A letter to the Tas Mowns Review recounts a witness from April 14 1865 near Ford’s Theatre. The writer claims Booth acted with suspected accomplices including stage staff and Spangler and Kent, describes the search of the box, the recovered pistol, and a barricaded stage passage. The piece blends alleged details with local anecdotes and a temperance notice follows.
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Tas Mowns Review
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H. B. Phillips
Spangler
Kent
Zante
Gobright
Associated Press
Spear
Washington Police
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Major Rathburn
Monnis
Beok Reviews and Bits of Travel at Hoky
A notice praises Beok Reviews S.2 by William TexPir By Lont Macauley in Harper Additions, inviting sale by Jansen McClurg Co Chicago. It also lauds Bits of Travel at Hoky by M H a travelogue from Chicago to San Francisco describing Ogden Salt Lake City the Mormons and the West with Colorado and New England content priced 1.50 and sold by Jay McClurg Co and Glendon in & Martin.
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Chicago
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Hook
William Temple
Thomas I. Courteney
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Forepaugh's Great Show Comes to Rock Is July 11
Announcement proclaims Forepaugh's famed exhibition in Rock Island on July 11 with afternoon and evening performances. Proprietor boasts two decades in amusement, promising new acts and a menagerie, with easy access and affordable pricing promoted by E. Smith & Co.
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Joenat
Pad Dylall
Fordpaegt
Feed Bran Offered At Wholesale Prices By Anderson
To Stock Raisers. Come and buy your feed of me. I am prepared to furnish bran at wholesale figures at lower prices than most mills are wholesaling it. A. Anderson.
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A. Anderson
City Board of Health Ordinance Notice
The ordinance creating a Board of Health is published in this issue. It contains information valuable to citizens in general and everyone is urged to read it carefully.
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Hemenway
S. T. Walker
Wheelock
Elis
Board of Health
T. Walker
Fire Destroys Barn and Stored Goods at Water Power Co Site
Early yesterday alarms rang at 11 36 as a barn on the Water Power Co grounds burned destroying two or three hundred bushels of oats fifty bushels of corn harness and other items. A Bashaw cell also burned and no injuries reported. A boy Charles G Swann died by drowning in Reck river while fishing. coroner's inquest returned accidental drowning. The note thanks B F Simpson for raspberries and Nasons offers soda water ice cream and fireworks for the Fourth.
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Charles G. Swannson
Reck River
Morris
B. F. Simpson
South Moline
Nason’s
Duty toward the physician in medical ethics code
The text outlines a man’s duties to his physician and the medical profession. It emphasizes choosing a physician of good habits and education, seeking care early, stating the case plainly, following directions, avoiding outside consultation during treatment, and only calling a council after dismissal or consent. It also notes the obligation to state reasons if dismissing the physician.
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The
American Medical Association
Justice
Common
Opium Free Baby Syrup Ad for Diabecters
An old advertisement promotes a baby syrup claiming it is free from opium and dangerous agents. It touts health benefits for infants and stresses constant availability and a price of 25 cents with a focus on safety and effectiveness.
From Study to Practice to Fit Modern Age
The speaker condemns passive learning and urges young men to shift from reading about how things are done to practicing and executing tasks. He argues for practical education, efficiency, and decisive action to become thorough, capable workers in line with contemporary demands.
Salaries of the Slaves of Cleopatra at Arch Street Theatre
Arch Street Theatre sought sixty men six feet tall for Antony and Cleopatra with crowds at the stage door. Applicants underwent body examinations to show calves and shoulders while actors mourn the shaving costs and endure a nightly twenty five cent pay for slaughterer of the thief at the door.
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Arch Street
Antony and Cleo
Ae Pee Ee
Ahatear
Octevias Oxser
Philadelphia
Bob
Spider near Amazon River preys on birds and lizards
A reader describes a dangerous spider living near the Amazon River. It builds a web in a tree hollow to trap prey and uses venom. A tiny jumper named Kart is noted for leaping several feet from grass. The piece warns the beetle’s bite harms birds.
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Amazon River
Kart
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