Farmer Kills large black snake in Berks county
Martin Crissman of Sinking Valley Berks county killed a black snake over six feet long after a rabbit cry drew him to bushes where the reptile was attempting to swallow a bunnie. The snake yielded three rabbits and two birds when opened. Lost four days in the wilderness James Slattery aged 28 of Tuscarora was found at Silver Creek dam after a long search. He had wandered in circles trying to reach safety and was near his home four miles away.
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Martin Crissman
Pottsville
James Slattery
Tuscarora
Slattery Bros
Silver Creek
Schuylkill Valley
Slattery
Bucklen’s Arnica Salve Endorsed by Bluff Man
“EvERYbody… says Bucklen's Arnica Salve is the quickest and surest healing salve ever applied to a sore burn or wound or to piles,” proclaims Dr. Hays of Bluff. Ev. T. Auker Drug Store guarantees the 25 cent salve.
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Cr. Hays
Bluff, Mo
Bucklen
Ev. T. Auker
Dr Miles Heart Cure Promises Relief for Heart Disease
An advertisement claims difficult breathing palpitations and sinking spells indicate a weak heart and promotes Dr Miles Heart Cure as strengthening nerves and muscles to boost heart action. It features a testimonial from Mrs Mary Ghaller of Sullivan Missouri praising the remedy and notes the druggist guarantee and refund if ineffective.
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Miles
Mary
G Hahler
Sullivan, Mo
Miles Medical Co
Elkhart
Ind
The Sea Hedgehog
A Scientific American brief on globefishes or sea hedgehogs of the Atlantic and Indo Pacific. The globe fish inflates when chased by sharks, stiffening its skin with prickles to deter predation. It lacks a specialized twitching muscle and instead expands its body with air or water to become a spiny shield.
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Atlantic
Indo-Pacific
Scientific American
The Wonderful and Destructive Air Fury Cyclone
St. Nicholas explains cyclone formation using a water-filled tub analogy. A hot vapor-laden layer rises once a thinner air gap forms, creating a vacuum that draws in air from all directions. The cyclone forms near the tropics and travels toward mid latitudes, wrecking ships and sometimes striking forests, fields, and cities along its 1,000 mile diameter path.
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Deneer
Tropics
Dole
Atlantic
Europe
St. Nicholas
The Odd Ad That Brought Plamiey Back to Business
In Virginia City Henry Plamiey rebuilt a burned collar factory after a lynching scare. His return was advertised with a brass band parade and a gilt throne scene featuring a crimson banner and a golden collar. The dramatic display drew attention and his business prospered again.
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Plamiey
Mark Twein
Henry Plamiey
Virginia City
Henry Phumley
Henry Plumiey
Lynch
Henry
Indianapoligs Star
Don’t Rock or Dress Babies Styles Warns in Pearsons Weekly
Pearson's Weekly warns against rocking babies to avoid brain injury and dressing babies in heavy clothes in heat. It cautions against waking infants for display, exposing them to strangers, and overhandling them. It notes cool water as essential to prevent fever, and stresses that overly long clothes have caused infant deaths.
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Pearson’s Weekly
Girdle Cakes Fire Keeps Inn Warm at Chequers Osmotherley
The Chequers inn Osmotherley, a relic of coaching days, bakes girdle cakes in a fire kept burning for over a century using peat from the Yorkshire Moors. Visitors enjoy an excellent tea while the girdle cake hangs above a red ember glow, as the old world inn sits quaint on the Yorkshire wolds.
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Osmotherley
Yorkshire
Yorkshire Wolds
London Standard
Metallic Metaphors Show Metals as Descriptive Ornaments
In a playful Times-Democrat reflection the speaker notes how metals color common sayings. The lurgist highlights silver tongued or golden mouthed voices an explorer bronzed by suns and an iron will in the resolute. others slothful with leaden feet and a curious copper stomach in an ostrich.
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New Orleans Times-Democrat
The Same or Another Washington Herald Exchange
A Washington Herald snippet records a brief dialogue about Mariel with two questions on her identity and marital status. The exchange notes she is married, ending with a single final inquiry.
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Mariel
Washington Herald
Ross of Bladensburg Crest Uses Upside Down Flag
The Chicago Record Herald reports that during the Battle of Bladensburg British forces defeated American troops under Irish officer Ross. In gratitude the sovereign granted him the title Ross of Bladensburg, and his crest features an inverted American flag with a broken shaft, a hereditary symbol.
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Ol Glory
Bla Gensburg
Ross
Ross of
Bladensburg
Chicago Record Herald
Obedience Clash Over Cat Tail Sparks Family Tension
Reginald argues with his father after being warned not to pull the cat's tail. The father repeats the admonition as Reginald calls him obstinate in a terse domestic moment.
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Reginald
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Batiste
Wentz Bros. & Frey
Baltimore Street
Hanover
Penna
American Commercial Exchange
Savings Bank
Broadway
New York
H. W. Hoffnagle
R. F. CO
New Oxford
York and
Adamic Counties
Ly A
A. Gruver
J. L. Sheetz
West End
the Sea Hedgehog
Crusa
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