Mare Finds Lost Colt in Sink Hole on Herrodsburg Road
A Lexington resident reports a mare leading her owner to a sink hole where a colt lay unable to move. After night-time exploration, the man used a single match to assess the scene before obtaining help to rescue the injured foal. The mare showed marked interest throughout, and investigators noted she had previously jumped a fence to reach the colt. The incident appeared on Lexington Ry. Gazette, Sept. 2.
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Herrodsburg
Lexington
Mr. Fankhauser
Mr. F
Ecartaii
Lexington Ry
A Gardner's Leese Fret Not, Plant New Crop
Two gardeners faced frost kill on peas. One fretted and visited his neighbor. The other, planting anew, found a second crop sprouting from what the first had sown while worrying. The lesson: delay fret and address the damage to rebuild.
A Homemade Waterproofing Recipe and Household Tips
A reader shares a rainproofing method using ten quarts of water and powdered alum to treat garments, claiming it rivals commercial waterproofing. The piece urges rest and moderation, criticizing constant work and urging shorter sermons, longer school recess, and workers’ time off. It then notes grape preservation tips, bottle cleaning cautions about lead, a tomato cataplasm recipe, a cordial hydrate camphor note, and a Sunday school quip about miracles.
Australian wine industry grows with native production rise
The piece notes rapid growth in Australian viticulture with over acres under vines and annual wine output near 2 000 000 gallons. It claims native wines influence public morality, and mentions innovations in barrel making and preservation tips for households, including keepsakes and home remedies involving turpentine and sugar fumes.
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Australis
Failure of Fs Dental Test and A Glass Eye Gaffe
A young man on Cumberland Street sought dental extraction after toothache. He inhaled nitrous oxide to dull the pain, insisting on more gas after the dentist determined two teeth must go. An eyelid test failed to reveal insensibility, the dentist touched his eye, and the patient cried out when a tooth with a large root was finally removed. The man quipped about his glass eye as the dentist realized the misfire.
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Cumberland Street
Dornier
Green Avenue
Billy T
Brooklyn Eagle
Our Mother Tongue Language Origins in English Words
A historical note on English etymology describes how laws come from Norman terms, military from French, science from Greek, and many nouns and adjectives from Latin and other dialects. It claims about languages and origins, listing various percentages and sources for English vocabulary.
Leavenworth and Galveston Railroad Line Operations
Fragmented OCR notes describe the Leavenworth and Galveston Railroad with connections at Ottawa and Howlwo, stages to Pomor and Osage City, and links to K and T E B for north south routes. The text mentions bids, leases, and large land offers, including 500000 acres.
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New Albany
Chereyvale Pane
Bik
Ty Panne
Chetope
St Louis Kansas City and Northern Short Line Promoted
Announcement extols the St Louis Kansas City and Northern Short Line as the fastest east west route with two million dollars in improvements, new steel rails, broad ties, luxurious coaches, and safety features. It promotes through service to the East North and South via St. Louis or Chicago, advising travelers to obtain tickets and time information from agents Lyman McCarty or P B Groat.
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Great West
St. Louis
Kansas City
Missouri
Mississippi
Kansas
Lyman McCarty
Annas City
P. B. Groat
St. Loula
Leavenworth
Atchison
St. Joseph
Nebraska City
Council Bluffs
Salt Lake City
Sacramento
San Francisco
Pacific Coast
Denvee
Colorado
Territories
Missouri Division
Tria
Burlington Chilcago
Missouri Kansas Texas Railway boosts lines after bridge completion
The Missouri Kansas & Texas Railway completes the iron bridge over the Missouri River at Boonville, routing two daily Hannibal to Northeast routes and two daily St. Louis to Southern Kansas connections. Through Pullman sleeping cars run from Chicago Quincy Hannibal and St. Louis to Galveston, with reduced rates for Texas travel. For schedules and fares, contact Thomas Darwin, Sedalia passenger agent.
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Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway
Missouri River
Boonville
Northeast
Great Southwest
Hannibal
Points
Great Netosho Valley
St. Louis
Kansas
Chicago
Quincy
Galveston
Missouri
Texas
Thomas/Darwin
Sedalia
Through Ticket rates and passenger information
Silom are ened in St Louis at scene able hours marning and evening with direct connections for the railroads. Maps and time tables obtainable at the West stations or upon request. Prices in the West or via request to G Baxter Western Passenger Agent Kansas City Mo or E A Ford St Louis Mo.
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St.uis
Pease
G. Baxter
Western Passenger A
Kansas City
E. A. Ford
St. Louis
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Excelsior Man’s Co
Tlouis, MO
W.m.hartman & Co
Iola, Kansas
Mal
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Neb
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Imaner
L. L. Northrup
Morton's Gold Pens
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Vienna
Ohio
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N.o
Wilson Reflector
Cleveland, Ohio
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Money Son
Im- Iy
America
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Centennial Gazetteer
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Amd
Mason & Hamlin Organ CO
Glene
Giets
Montpelier Female Amane Association
Eerta
Oreane
Gilbert C. W
U. 8
Electigen
Aosee
Tus
Leavenworth, Lawrence and
Fort Sacreere
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Hennixd
Baltimore & Ohio Ballroad
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Saal
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Pullman Palace
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Conneil Blags
Iowa
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Great Union
Central Pacific
Francisco
Ag Ae
Brock, Grain
Sra East
Ee Geo
Joseph
al Ticket Offesson
Ithe Line
Dawes
Gen'l Spe
Barwa
Wea Railway
Kansas and Colorado
Kansas City and
Pacific Railway
Kanes
Clay Center
Denver
Las ‘Mas
Boulder
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Edd S Bowen
Ups
Baverley &. Keim
City
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