Wild Man of Papaikoumanka Dies After Thirty Years
The New York Sun recounts Ah Chow the so called wild Chinaman of Papaikoumanka on Hawaii's Big Island who fled a sugar plantation and lived in isolation for decades. He cultivated fruit and vegetables on a rock shelf, hunted with bamboo darts, and died recently in his hut with his coffin he built.
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New York Sun
Hilo
Hawaii
Papaikoumanka
Ah Chow
Molokai
Kanaka
Dutch East Indies
Robinson Crusoe
Bryan Expected for Nomination and Prohibition Vote Totals
The Raleigh reports that Bryan will likely be nominated at the Denver convention despite doubts of election. James A. Dooley recalls Bryan predicting his own nomination in 1896. Prohibition carried 114 022 votes to 70 580 with 43 442 majority. western counties largely supported it, showing cross-party support despite party lines.
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Strudwick
Industrial News
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W. P. Beall
Thomas R. Little
J. P. Turner
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A. E. Ledbetter
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Shaw
Guilford County Medical Society
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Denver
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Urey Woodson
Kentucky
Nebraska
Colonel Woodson
Woodson
Blackburn
Prohibition
Bains Offgial
Yancy County
Clay
Scotland
Cherokee
Dan
Macon
Haywood
Mitchell
Ages of nations labeled by birth dates and origins
The piece lists nation birth years from Turkey in 1453 to Belgium 1831 and Italy 1861, presenting each country as a personified child of history with key founding dates. It cites Constantinople and rulers, noting the United States July 4 1776 and United Kingdom January 1 1801 among others.
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Pater the Great
United States of America
France
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Chile
Columbia
Holland
Sweeden
Brazil
Mexico
Bolivia
Belgium
Ecuador
Venezula
Italy
London
Poley’s Honey and Tar tops for coughs and colds
A. A. Herren of Finch Arkansas recommends Poley’s Honey and Tar as the best remedy for coughs colds and fevers. He notes it soothes the throat relieves coughing and is highly satisfactory compared with other remedies.
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A. A. Herren
Finch
Ark
Poley
Beeps Laxative Syrup Sale By W Mepherson Co
Fragmentary advertises a laxative cough syrup sold by W Mepherson and Co. It suggests gentle pleasant tasting medicine kept for every house and offered in a three pack.
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3. W. Mepherson and Co
Wood's Liver Medicine for Malaria and Ailments
Wood's Liver Medicine claims to treat malaria chills fever and deranged kidneys and spleen. It purports to repair nerves stomach and liver and acts as a laxative while energizing the body with a tonic effect after the first dose. J. W. Mepherson and Co.
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Wood
J. W. Mepherson and Co
Brooks Departure Quieted Greensboro Campaign Trail
Brooks the Democratic nominee for Congress in this district left Greensboro for Chase City yesterday as part of a rest period in the campaign campaign swing.
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Greensboro
N. C
A. L. Brooks
Congress
Chase City
Brooks to resign as solicitor. successor anticipated
The piece notes Brooks resigns as solicitor effective July 1. Col. W S Thompson will prosecute the criminal docket at the Guilford term of Superior Court next week. Governor Glenn is expected to appoint Jones Fuller of Durham, Democratic nominee for this judicial district, as solicitor.
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Durham
Jones Fuller
Democratic Party
Fuller
Col
W.S. Thompson
Guilford
Superior Court
Brooks
Glenn
Election timing sparks debate on prohibition support
An Observer man questions William Gorell about why the State went for prohibition, noting the election occurred in daytime. The doorkeeper explains anti pro high supporters were less ready to mobilize in daylight, suggesting night voting might have changed outcomes.
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William Gorell
Southern Manufacturers Club
Charlotte Observer
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