Guards Story of J T Ralston Health Recovery
J T Ralston longtime guard at the Nebraska State Penitentiary battled the grip disease then regained strength after using Dr Williams Pink Pills. He credits the pills with restoring energy, allowing him to work and endure cold weather without lasting illness. The piece notes his Nebraska roles and alliance leadership and promotes the pills.
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Nebraska State Penitentiary
J. T. Ralston
Mr. Ralston
Syracuse
Nebraska
Peru
Ralston
Lincoln
Dr. Williams
Journal
Origan Farmers’ Alliance
The Normans Dream of Borrowing a Donkey
A French tale describes thrifty Normans nicknamed the Yankees of France. A Norman farmer awakes a neighbor to borrow a donkey for a Gisors fair, but the neighbor feigns sleep, insisting he cannot lend while the donor insists it is only a dream.
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France
Gisors
Hall's Catarrh Cure Advertisement Note
One hundred dollars reward offered for an incurable catarrh case. J Cheney & Co Toledo claims reliability after 15 years of honorable dealings. Walding Kinnan & Marvin, wholesale druggists Toledo endorse the cure. Hall's Catarrh Cure taken internally. testimonials free. Price seven cents per bottle. Hall's Family Pills twenty six cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
FE. J. Cheney
Walding, Kinnan & Marvin
Ohio
Coins Unearthed From Chester Market Site
Workers digging for pipe connections at Market Square Chester Penn found a small preserving jar containing gold and silver Spanish coins worth at least 150 dollars. Some coins dated 1800 with others later dates. The site held an old market house torn down in 1867, money likely buried by a market worker.
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Philadelphia Ledger
Thomas Moore, Jr
Market Square
Chester
Penn
Exposition service proposed between Chicago and Atlanta
The Chicago and Eastern Illinois R R announces enhanced train service during the Atlanta Exposition from Sept 18 to Dec 31 1895. Low rate tickets will be offered with through cars to southern points, claiming 65 miles shorter to Atlanta and Chattanooga. For guidance contact C W Humphrey Northwestern Passenger Agent St Paul MN or City Ticket Office 230 Clark St Chicago Charles L Stone General Passenger Agent Chicago.
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Atlanta
South
Chicago and
Eastern Illinois
R. A
Chicago
Chattanooga
C. W. Humphrey
Northwestern
St. Paul
St. Paul, Minn., Or City Ticket Office, No. 230 Clark St
Charles L. Stone
Tennessee Centennial Promises Southern Welcome to Settlers
Tennessee's centennial next year offers the south another chance to display its wealth and resources awaiting development. Southern states now more ready to welcome honest enterprising settlers, even amid differing politics. Newcomers expected to become excellent citizens.
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Tennessee
South
A Child Enjoys The Pleasant Syrup of Figs Remedy
A Child Enjoys The pleasant flavor gentle action and soothing effects of Syrup of Figs when in need of a laxative and if the father or mother be costive or bilious the most gratifying results follow its use so that it is the best family remedy known and every family should have a bottle on hand.
Government adopts spelling fixes for place names
The U S board on geographic names rules Korea and Chemulpho as proper spellings and Blufields corrected to Bluefields for a Nicaraguan town. Havana must become Habana in official use, with all government departments required to accept the change.
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United States Board On Geographic Names
Korea
Chemulpho
Bluefields
Havana
Habana
United States
Widow Trapped by Husband Impostor in Sedgwick Case
In winter 1892 Willis Gorman vanished from Sedgwick Wisconsin leaving a wife Annie Mc Laughlin. In 1894 a man claiming to be Gorman appeared but lacked local knowledge. John McGuire posed as the missing man and after real identity surfaced confessed deception. He offered to marry the widow and surrender the child but was refused. The couple’s farm and stores await sale to settle affairs with McLaughlin planning to move to Nebraska.
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Willis Gorman
Annie McLaughlin
Sedgwick
Wis
Gorman
Michigan
John McGuire
Wills Gorman
McGuire
Kinsman
Mrs. Gorman
Willis
Creature Digging Graves Haunts Moose Head Cemetery
Reports from Moose Head Minn describe a strange animal burrowing into graves in Spangel cemetery for a week. Tracks found around dug graves including the infant son of Mr and Mrs Olson but the animal itself remains unseen.
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Moosehead
Minn
Spangel
Hans Olson
Fraudulent Gorman impostor unmasked in Michigan mining tale
Nebraska man P H McLaughlin traced Willis Gorman to Michigan after his sister Mrs Gorman nearly died. The man, revealed as impostor John McGuire, confessed, noting his resemblance to the dead Willis Gorman who perished in 1892. A mystery dog and desecrated graves added grisly detail to the tale.
Hanged for Cannibalism by British Authorities
Three scientific black men from Sierra Leone were hanged in the Imperial country for cannibalism. They belonged to a leopard society that hid in brush and killed villagers then ate them. They claimed murders aimed to obtain body parts for juju medicine. They were executed in a public street after being transported from Freetown.
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Sierre Leone
Greetown
Imperi
Woman in Sicily Arrested for Child Poisonings
A Sicilian woman named Gaetana Stomoli is jailed for wholesale phosphorus poisoning of children. She mixed the poison with wine and urged the children to drink, with twenty three confirmed victims. She confessed saying revenge for the bewitched deaths of two of her own children. A mob tried to lynch her but authorities intervened.
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Gaetana Stomoli
Sicily
Sermon on the Close Fisted in Corning Gazette
The Corning Kansas Gazette denounces extreme thrift and penny pinching. It contrasts liberal thinkers and managers with the grasping miser who values every nickel, arguing the latter’s rise ends in a sudden fall and ridicule.
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Corning
Hetty Green
Kas.) Gazette
Harry Wright Father of Professional Baseball Leader of Cincinnati Reds
Harry Wright born in Sheffield, then moved to New York, became a pioneer player and manager. He led the Cincinnati Reds to fame, coached by signals, captained Boston and Philadelphia clubs, and later served as chief umpire for the staff. His career spanned center field, pitching, and cricket, ending as a baseball legend.
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Harry Wright
Sheffield
Ming
New York City
St. George Cricket Club
St. George Club
Red House
Second Avenue
106Th Street
Hoboken
N. J
Harry
Knickerbocker Club
Cricket Club
New York
Brooklyn
Knickerbockers
Gotham Club
Cincinnati
Union Cricket Club
Cincinnati Baseball Club
Red Stockings
Cincinnatis
Cincinnati Club
Union
Cincinnati Reds
Wright
Asa Brainard
Nationals
Washington
United States
California
Atlantics
Chicagos
Athletics
Philadelphia
Forest City
Rockford
Newport
Boston
Bostons
Boston Athletic
England
Providence
Canada
George Wright
Sam Wright
Parisian artist Reney cast in Bernhardt play for U S tour
Mile Reney, a pretty Parisian artist, has been engaged by Sara Bernhardt to take a principal speaking part in the United States production. Reney is not a great actress, but is said to be divine in face and form.
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Mile
Reney
Sara Bernhardt
United States
Pittsburg Protest Rejected. Official Standings Set
The League directors refused Pittsburg's protest of Baltimore's forfeit, so Pittsburg will rank seventh. The late Harry Wright's will, probated in Philadelphia, leaves an estate valued at $13,000. The Temple Cup, shown in Washington, has been sent to Cleveland by League President N. BE. Young.
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Pittsburg
Baltimore
Harry Wright
Philadelphia
Washington
Cleveland
N. BE. Young
League
Drummer Hides Capture Goose Inside Drum
A Civil War tale recalls the 48th Georgia on the Gettysburg march when soldiers seized two geese. A drummer hid the birds in his drum. the colonel asked why the drum was quiet. The drummer whispered the geese, and the colonel advised him not to play if sick, then supper featured roast goose.
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48Th Georgia
Gettysburg
Goldenrod’s September beauty in wild spaces praised
The text extols September as the goldenrod month noting the flower’s abundance across land and waterways. It highlights its wild, space-loving nature and striking distant display along hillsides and valleys, likening the plant to an American princess gilding landscapes.
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Boston Evening Transcript
Joe Pye-Weed
Nine Longest Words and a Comedy Exchange
A compact excerpt lists nine exceptionally long words and notes some humor about their usage. A short joke follows about an unhappy marriage and an accident policy as a quip from a Boston Transcript piece.
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Boston Transcript
Public Health Quackery and Local Industry Boom
An OCR fragment lists patent remedies and nostrums like Wanmen's Magic Corn Salve and Parker's Ginger Tonic with inflated claims. It notes teething cures, public houses in Ireland, a London two cyclist driven hansom cab, and Hindercorns socioeconomic relief. It ends with Muskegon Heights factories operating during a boom with large orders.
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Muskegon Heights
Mich
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Lincoln, Neb
the Normen
Wisconsin
Eyan
Minnesota
Gorman McLaughlin
John McQuire
Hancock
John Mitchart
John M’guire
de Kalb Fence Co
Street Ag
House of
Walter Baker & Co
Walter Baker & Co., Limited
Dorchester
Mass
Baseball History
Bernhardt
Sportng Motel
Iver RF
Llips
Ndia Anba
Western Leaguehampions
ISIS
Isher
Pefarlane
Ross
ROAY
U.S. Gov't Report
Wanmen
Asm
Ireland
India
London
Parker
Kline
Kine
Arch&t
Phila
Thames
London Docks
Riverside Co
Cal
Hemet Land Co
Hemet, Cal
M. P. Drersa
Throop Ave
N. Y
Inter Ocean
Eldridge T. Gerry
Gerry
Catarrhety
ELY Brothers
Warren Bt
Ww.n. Y. Chicago
Scott
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