Woman of grit braves frontier with dog Flo in Dakota tale
The account profiles May Frances Stetson, Maine born actress and homestead claimant in Dakota 1880. She moves a log cabin, teaches a first local school, and defends her claim against Sioux Indians with her bloodhound Flo. Flo saves her at least three times, is shot twice, and Miss Stetson eventually sells the land to return East for acting studies.
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Oklahoma
Thespian
May Frances Stetson
Maine
Dakota
Fargo
Flo
Number Two
Number Three
Redskins
Filo
Miss Stetson
Sumter
Hudson
Emerson
Boston
Chicago
Our National Hymn by Dr Smith and his long career
Dr F Smith author of America a famed hymn writer and clergyman born 1808 Harvard graduate 1829 and celebrated for other songs The Morning Light is Breaking and Yes My Native Land are among his noted works He is praised as intelligent liberal minded and thoroughly American and his hymn has united free people in pride and patriotism since 1832
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8. F. Smith
America
Dr. Smith
Harvard
The Dwarfs and the Burden of Unlikeness
A reflective piece on dwarfs and other human oddities describing their forced public display. A princess shares discomfort at being stared at and longing for normal hands while laments crowds and curiosity that cause unhappiness. The account urges readers to treat exceptional people with ordinary respect.
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Alwys
Jim Moore's Change After Child's Kiss in House of Correction
A ten year burglary convict Jim Moore long deemed dangerous in the House of Correction shows a dramatic change after a visit by a party with a child. When urged to help the girl up stairs he hesitated, then kissed her cheek as she pressed for a kiss, tears filling his eyes. The incident follows earlier plots and betrayals, and he now behaves well.
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House of Correction
Jim Moore
Iethen
Jim
Garl
Detroit Sunday
Tany
Annif GrreLine
Columbus
Swift Specific Co
Atlanta
Champion steeplejack William Green of London praised
The Cork Examiner notes William Green, a famed steeplejack, has repaired over fifty towers and spires including Salisbury Cathedral and others in Louth Grasham and Whittlesea. He once recovered ten Tay Bridge disaster victims and aided a locomotive recovery. A Lincoln chimney perch presented a major challenge, corrected in nine days with jack screws. Silver coinage traces to Phidan of Argos circa 860 B C. Two ladies are elected bank directors in Atlanta.
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William Green
London
Salisbury Cathedral
Louth
Lincolnshire
Grasham
Whittlesea
Cambridgeshire
Seely’s Flour Mills
Lincoln
Green
When Is a Faint Not a Feint
A lawyer questions how a woman faints on stage versus in real life and argues there is no universal rule. The Philadelphia Record note urges use of Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters for nervousness and digestive issues, claiming improved vitality and mental steadiness.
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Cecilia
Philadelphia Record
Saleo
Hostetter
A Strange Occurrence Near Los Angeles
Willie Vanwig, a rancher James Vanwig’s six year old son, crossed an open field toward his father Mars on the porch. A blinding flash burned his hair and skin, leaving him dazed and injured as onlookers watched in disbelief. Doctors say the shock caused severe burns with no cloud or wind present, suggesting electricity as the cause.
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Los Angeles
Willie
James Vanwig
Mars
Vanwig
Distanced in the Race by Dr Pierce’s Cure Claims
Advertisement style prose touts Dr Pierce medicines as unique cures with guarantees and refunds. It promotes Golden Medical Discovery for liver related disorders and blood and skin illnesses. A stray street scene ends with a character asking to be identified as John Blank.
Remarkable cure of stomach disease by Rheumatic Syrup
Edward Baker a master mechanic and blacksmith from Jackson Michigan writes that after twenty years of stomach illness and two years of crippling rheumatism doctors deemed incurable he used Hibbard's Rheumatic Syrup and Plasters starting last June and after thirteen bottles he is fully recovered He urges others with similar sickness to try the remedy The letter also notes a historical tidbit about Christians and usury in the fifteenth century and Edward VI era
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Jackson, Mich
Rheumatic Syrup Company
Hibbard
Edward Baker
Jackson Street
Forced to Leave Home Over Trial Package Call
Over sixty people were driven from their homes yesterday to seek a free trial package of Lane's Family Medicine. The ad promises relief for bad food effects and various ailments with a free sample. A comical aside mentions an oculist and a patient noting a foreign retina substance after a joke about Ireland.
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Lane
Michigan Central Railroad Employe Wins His Case
E Lapziveke, an Augusta Michigan agent for the Michigan Central Railroad, after seven years of Bright's disease and failing remedies, credits Hibbard's Rheumatic Syrup with restoring his health. He reports severe kidney disease followed a long bout of suffering and dismissal of doctors’ hopes before recovery.
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Michigan Central Railroad
Albion
Mich
Michigan Central Railroad Company
Augusta
Ann Arbor
Bright
Hibbard
E. Lapziveke
The Bond Between Master and Slave
In the Constitution editorial rooms a gray but vigorous old negro visits his former master. Tears mark the reunion as he asks only a streetcar ticket to visit the young man’s mother. Children greet him warmly, and he departs weeping, a scene of enduring bonds.
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Constitution
Rease
Atlanta
National Educational Association Meeting Excursion to Nashville
The National Educational Association annual meeting in Nashville July 16 to 17 is served by the Evansville Route offering low excursion rates with side trips to Mammoth Wave and optional Louisville route. Chicago to Nashville trains depart Dearborn Station at 3 50 p m and 11 20 p m with through service and affordable sleeping car rates. reservations available ten days in advance via Evansville Route.
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National Educational Association Meeting
Nashville
Fvansville
Chicaxzo
Mammoth Wave
Louisville
Chicago
Dearborn
Evansville
Clark Street
Ill
William Hill
Chicacro and
Eastern Illinois Railroad
Long Tailed Sheep in Various Lands and Uses
The fat tailed sheep, found in Asia Africa Syria India China and the Cape colony, is small with soft wool. Its tail mass grows large with fat, sometimes weighing seventy pounds, and the tail is considered a delicacy. Herds protect it with a wheeled board or truck and a high harness.
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Australia
Asia
Africa
Syria
India
China
Barbary
Cape of Good Hope
Hottentot
Florence, Ala. A New South Manufacturing City
Lauderdale County location on the iron and coal belt offers water and steam power. Two hundred fifty new buildings under construction reflect Northern enterprise. Soil yields wheat, tobacco, and fruit. excursion rates and pamphlets available from E O McCormick, Monon Route, Chicago.
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New South
Lauderdale County
E. O. McCormick
Monon
Chicago
Ill
The Usual Way to Find a Dropped Collar Button
A lighthearted note explains a foolproof method to locate a dropped collar button. After moving the heavy bureau and donning shoes, you should take three steps and you will crush the collar button underfoot.
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Darisville
Women in Journalism and Public Life in 19th Century News
In New York many women work in journalism while others not visible in the field face public-facing tasks like filing forms. A Bangor Maine note records Mary Snow elected to the school committee by unanimous city council vote, reflecting civic involvement. Oregon’s farming climate described as favorable with crops, grain, and livestock promising prosperity.
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New York
Texas
Mary
Snow
Bangor
Maine
Progressive Conversation Assemblages Set As Social Trend
A 19th century note describes a new form of social gathering called progressive conversation assemblages. Participants follow a dance card style programme with topics numbered and time limits. At each bell, both subject and partner change, leaving idle minutes as rust on brilliance.
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Qireland
National Educational Association
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Mill
BL. F. Johnson & Co
Richmond
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Women and Journalism
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Atus
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Mass
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Lowell
Mags
Brewster Safety Nein-Holder Co
Holly
Broyant's BusiNess College
Liffalo
N.Y
Kidder
Johnstown
Phnstowr
Ternay and Ahays
National Pub. Co
Adams St
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Secret Service
Aram Grannan Detective Bureau Co
Cincinnati
Gosstock
Heston
Maas
Yorthern Pacific
Minnesota
North Dakota
Montana
Idaho
Washington
Lamborn
Sear Ranch
ST. Paul
Idfield Regulator CO
Tlanta
Garnamy
HH Pointe
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Mfr
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J. C. Naxer
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Radway
Elf
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Warren Street
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M. A. Scullen & CO
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Weex
Epps
Hops
Cterl
James Epps & CO
Momeopathic Chemista
ALMER
Palmer
A. Gavese
Western Vent
Franklin St
Ali
Manu
Ueals
Chicago Newspaper Union
Franklin Street
Chichester
Aainesna
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Chichester Chemical
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