Cattle Thieves Clash as Williston Testifies of July Night
In a tense Kemah county hearing, George Williston testifies about the July 14 incident on Lazy S land and the August night attack on his home led by Jesse Black. Langford and guards intervene as Black tries to escape with Williston’s daughter Mary aids the defense.
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South Dakota
George Williston
Missouri River
Langford
Williston
Jesse Black
Willston
Louise Dale
Judge Dale
Kemah
Gordon
Black
Court House
Mary Williston
Yellow Wolf
Sam
Charlie Nightbird
Small
Nightbird
Jesse Big Cloud
Richard Gordon
Man Gordon
Louise
Mr. Williston
Cowman
Mary
Mother White
Prehistoric Rock Wall Reported Near Rockwell Texas
A 16 mile long sandstone wall with clay between blocks is claimed near Rockwell Texas. Farmers digging a well in 1857 found an arched 2 by 3 foot opening and say the wall extends across the countryside. They allege no mortar and note differences between east smooth and west rough faces. The Smithsonian has not exposed or explained its origin.
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Pompeii
Herculaneum
United States
Rockwell
Tex
New Orleans Picayune
Smithsonian Institution of
Washington
D.C
Babylon Field Names Revealed in Parish Study
A Spectator piece notes the village of Babylon carries field names spanning history and humor. It catalogs names such as Pennsylvania Look-about Batch Wet Mead Honeyhole Gooseland Three-corner Paddock Copylease Pepperleaf Bloody Paddock Forty Acre and Pearce's Leg reflecting old ownership, earned reputations, and local humor.
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Somerest
Babylon
Pennsylvania
Little Perdigate
Hoke
Pinchin
Forty Acre
Apsall
Pearce
Sister Bernardine and the postmaster puzzled by a sister
In Harper's Weekly a western city woman from the Sisters of St. John the Baptist spends a month in a backwoods district. She asks the postmaster whether letters for Sister Bernardine have arrived, prompting doubt that such a sister exists or is dead nearly a century.
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Sisters of St. John the Baptist
Bernardine
St. John the Baptist
Harper's Weekly
Public life and service echo in hotel hierarchy remarks
A Washington Star excerpt notes that officials in higher ranks could learn from the aged examples of domestic staff and clerks. A suburban resident freshly elected asks if public office allows arrogance and frequent holidays, while a young woman recalls the hard standard of a head waiter.
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Washington Star
Scott
All's Well That Ends Well in a Becalmed Sailboat Scene
A couple aboard a becalmed sailboat spar over kissing. She fears a lip puckering kiss. he denies any kiss and vows restraint but then withdraws the promise. The boat stays becalmed as they nonchalantly drift.
Birds Killed for Fashion and the Protective Move
Edward B. Clark surveys the millinery trade’s kill rate of gulls and terns along Atlantic coast islands and Great Lakes shores. He notes the shift to wardens, funds, and legal protection, contrasting blunt market cruelty with rising protective effort and the surprising power of money in saving birds.
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A& Man
Atlantic
Strummer
I Lands
Mager
Smalls
Small
Great Lakes
California
Lake Michigan
Huron
Superior
Tears Misread as Tragedy in Publisher’s Office
A tender hearted clerk recounts crying over a sob story told by a publisher’s visitor who later reveals he was recounting a joke. The man’s laughter at a club had been mistaken for sorrow, leaving the clerk surprised at her misread tears and growing deafness worry.
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Tellst
Miss Weeks
Sapphires Vary by Color From Blue to Yellow
Sapphires from Ceylon display a range of colors from soft blue to peacock blue and greenish tones. Some sapphires are red, known as Ceylonese rubies, while many fine stones appear yellow or white.
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Ceylon
Peruna claims and ingredients questioned as catarrh remedy
The article challenges Peruna as a chronic catarrh remedy and cites the US Dispensatory entries for hydrastia canadonals golden seal cory dalis formoan and cedron to discuss their claimed actions. It invites readers to request a free testimonials book on Peruna.
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United States
Picnic For The Pup Ends In Night Lockout
Boston talldog Picinic for the Pup follows a woodchuck into a den and remains trapped overnight with jaws clamped on the prey. George Tl Clapp frees the tired dog in the morning after a long chase. The exhausted animal then drinks ice cream and tumbles into a bucket of lemonade.
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Boston
George Tl
Clapp
Ilo
Worcester
Mass
Cuticura Remedies Cited In Eczema Cure Story
A Montreal mother recalls three daughters suffering eczema with itching eruptions on the back of the head. She washed with Cuticura Soap and applied Cuticura Ointment four to five times, claiming complete cure. She also treated a plump baby with neck skin folds bleeding, using Cuticura Soap and Ointment, and notes the trouble vanished by morning. May 21, 1907.
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Mme
Napoleon Duceppe
Duluth St
Montreal
Que
Old Gent-Here and Boy Argue Over School Absence
A brief cartoon dialogue shows an elderly man chiding a boy spotted fishing, while the boy retorts that he forgot to go to school. The exchange captures a rural, everyday moment with light humor.
Unanimous Vote At Banquet For New Arrivals
A German-American guest recently arrived at a wealthy estate attended his first banquet. The wine was vile and sixty gentlemen nearby were content to see him drain the common bottles. After finishing the last glass he proclaimed that he had drunk all their wine and saved them the trouble, asking for a public tank. They granted it.
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Public Tank
Lippincott’s
When the Little Man Scored
A meek man with a pausteboard box climbs aboard a car and clashes with a sleepy passenger. The box owner jokes the car is no freight or cattle car as the exchange ends with a quiet rebuke.
Postum Advert Claims Consistent Flavor Without Caffeine
A testimonial promotes Postum as always mild and palatable when prepared correctly. It contrasts Postum with coffee noting no caffeine and claims improved health benefits including fewer headaches and chest heaviness. The ad cites a Battle Creek company claim and a reference to The Road to Wellville.
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Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
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Joseph B. Bowles
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Wison’s Tern
Peruna
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