Old Moonshiner Bill Pritts Convicted in Pittsburg
William Pritts and his sons John and Henry Pritts faced federal charges in Pittsburgh for moonshining and tax offenses. The Pritts family letters detail their long pursuit by revenue officers, with Bill Pritts finally captured at his Fayette county home last May after prior escapes and a wounding incident.
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John 9
Henry Pritts
Pritts
United States
Grand Jury
William Pritts
John S. Pritts
Old Bill Pritts and the Western Pennsylvania Moonshiner
The article profiles Old Bill Pritts a famed moonshiner in the western Pennsylvania mountains. Neighbors protected him and aided his illicit whiskey trade while revenue officers faced difficulty proving guilt. Prosecutors now claim to have proofs and seek a long penitentiary term.
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Bill
Pennsylvania
Pritts
Uncle Sam
Bill Pritts
Bill Pritts in court cases linked to old still gang
The trial of Bill Pritts and family members proceeded with witnesses detailing a 1899 still raid on Pritts farm. Deputy collectors described ambush since the still was active, and Pritts was later captured. Testimony covered farm plans and a past killing, with a mix of candid remarks and guile noted in his character.
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United States
Frank Campbell
R. B. Kennedy
Uniontown
Kennedy
Pritts
United States District
J. N. Langham
United States Internal Revenue
W. J. Dickson
Bill” Pritts
Dickson
A. McBeth
Benny
Emanuel Custer
W. B. Horton
Tony Hochstettler
Robert Miller
Coal Consumption Shows Rapid Per Capita Rise Over 70 Years
A discussion cites Britain’s coal output rising from 24 million tons in 1831 to about 240 million in 1901, and Britain’s population growing from 24 million to ~40 million, with coal per capita up from one ton to six tons. America’s per capita coal use jumps from under a half-ton in 1840 to about 18 times higher today, with per capita gains since 1890 at 50 percent.
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Great Britain
United States
Saya
Engineering
America
Private funds fund travel libraries for Pennsylvania counties
Private contributions secure at least thirty traveling libraries in rural Pennsylvania this fall and winter as the legislature provides no appropriation for their support.
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Sural
War correspondents risks discussed by Julian Ralph
Julian Ralph admits his view on war correspondents has shifted after experiences in South Africa. He recalls a colleague who entered battles to know the soldier’s temper and details his brush with death at Graspan Modder River and Magersfontein, noting the perils and the resolve to report.
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Julian Ralph
South Africa
London
Belmont
Graspan
Modder River
Magersfontein
Telegraph Poles Grow Tales Told By The Sun
An account cited by the Sun notes that green telegraph stakes planted last fall near Queenstown Creek sprout foliage and even bloom in spring. Similar growth is seen at Harmon K George's Locust Neck farm where a fence post sprouted into a mature locust tree.
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Sun
Queenstown Creek
Queen Anne’s County
Chester River
Queenstown
Harmon K. George
Locust Neck
Talbot County
Lombardy
Baltimore Sun
Thanksgiving as a Sacrament of Gratitude for Freedom
The piece reflects on Thanksgiving as a religious and family custom once seen as a sacrament by ancestors. It contrasts past sacred observance with modern life, urging gratitude for harvests, liberty, civilization, and benevolence, and encourages investing gratitude to enrich character and life.
The First Thanksgiving Poem by Arthur J Burdick
A poem recalls a harsh early Thanksgiving in Plymouth with a hungry town. A blue-eyed girl prays for food as winter bites. Four hunters and Native Americans bring wild fowl and deer, meeting thanks from a grateful crowd.
Thanksgiving Menu Highlights From a Historic Table
A historical menu lists delicacies such as oysters cream of game red snapper a la carienne tenderloin provencale stuffed tomatoes and broiled mushrooms. It includes roast turkey cranberry sauce cauliflower stuffed eggplant Saratoga potatoes squabs en compote roast saddle of venison macedoine salad plum pudding cheese coffee fruit and more.
Thanksgiving House Parties at Country Mansions
Thanksgiving Eve to Monday hosts house parties for lovers of country life with 25 to 30 guests. Girls bring gowns for balls and frocks, with days filled by sports and evenings of singing. Activities include horses bicycles and carriages, while Thanksgiving dinner ends with a ball.
Thanksgiving Feast for NYC Servants in Grand Houses
In New York’s great houses masters and mistresses grant servants a midday hour for Thanksgiving. A special Servants’ Thanksgiving Dinner fills the servants’ hall with a long course meal nearly matching the household feast. The butler sits at the head, the housekeeper at the foot, with maids and men in between.
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New York
The Instinct of Liberty Inspires Free Spirit Phrase
A fragment notes nature imprints liberty on all it touches with a heart for freedom. The quote ends with "Be free!" and mentions ownership.
West Virginia Girl Becomes United States Letter Carrier
Dora Wolfe an 18 year old West Virginia farmer's daughter is formally invested as a U S mail carrier. She carries mail between Ripley and Sandyville on horseback, making a lonely daily round with two mail bags. Her father runs a livery stable and provides mounts for the task. She travels through fields and farms, and keeps a sidearm for ordinary precaution.
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Mughter
West Virginia
Uncle Sam
United States
Dora Wolfe
Ripley
Sandyville
W. Va
Poetman
Miss Wolfe
Nearly a Break Down Mrs Olberg Prominent Minnesota Lady
Albert Lea Minn Nov 19 There are few men and women in this state who have not heard of Mrs Henriette C Olberg of this city She was Judge of Linen and Linen Fabrics at the World’s Fair Chicago and Superintendent of Flax Exhibit at the International Exposition Omaha in 1898 She is Secretary of the National Flax Hemp and Ramie Association and Assistant Editor of the Distaff She says her duties taxed her strength and caused loss of appetite and wakefulness Her kidneys failed to perform Their assistant advised Nodds Kidney Pills which she used three boxes and feels ten years younger She has faith in Nodds Kidney Pills and calls them weak womens best friend Electric Road to Plateau Laon France built an electric rack railway to connect the railway station with an elevated plateau above the town The line is a mile and a quarter long cost nearly 90000
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Nodd
Dodd
Plateau
Laon
France
Hall's Catarrh Cure Salaries Oath Letter Toledo Firm
Frank J. Cheney sworn as senior partner of F. J. Cheney & Co. of Toledo promises a hundred dollar reward for any catarrh case not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Notarized December 6. Advertisement notes internal use and testimonials.
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City of Toledo
Lucas
A. W. Gleason
Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
The Newsle Worth $40,000 in Dalyzell’s Early Start
Thomas Dalzell from Allegheny Pennsylvania amassed between 40 000 and 50 000 in profits from selling newspapers over fourteen years. He started as a nine year old saving his earnings and investing them, now likely a leading wealthy news dealer in the country.
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Thomas Dalzell
Allegheny
Cascarets Candy Cathartic Promises Quick Bowel Aid
Pitch markets Cascarets Candy Cathartic as a natural remedy for many ailments from headaches to cancer, claiming gentle, painless movements. It advertises a 10 cent starter cost and warns to beware of imitations, noting metal boxes and the C C C stamp on each tablet.
Hot Bath for Fatigue Health Tip
A health note advises nervous or tired people to take a hot bath briefly, rub down the body, then rest in bed for twenty to thirty minutes. The tip claims surprising and pleasing results per the American Journal of Health.
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American Journal of Health
Castoria Reminder for Mothers to Use Safe Remedy
Mothers urged to give Castoria bottles careful attention ensuring it is safe and suitable for infants and children, emphasizing safe dosing and proper use of the product.
Ho for Oklahoma Dew lands to Sarees here
Abbreviated and garbled OCR fragment mentions Dew lands Sarees and Moreen with unclear names. Readable elements suggest a local item noting a transfer or arrival of goods or people in Oklahoma, but specifics are not recoverable from the text.
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Oklahoma
Allen's Foot-Base advertised as cure for foot ailments
An old advertisement promotes Allen's Foot-Base powder as the sole remedy for sweilen smarting burning sweating feet corns and bunions. It urges customers to ask druggists and shoe stores for Allen's Foot-Base 26c, with free samples and mail order from Alien 8 Olmsted LeRoy NY.
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Allen
Alien
Olmsted
LeRoy
Its Danj'us to Complain Says Uncle Eben
A Washington Star quotation features Uncle Eben cautioning against idle grumbling. He declares it easy to quit labor for a kick but hard to quit kicking back into work, framing a no-nonsense rural wisdom about actions and attitudes.
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Eben
Washington Star
Lane's Family Medicine claims daily bowel movement cure
An old product advertisement promotes Lane's Family Medicine asserting daily bowel movements are necessary for health. It claims to act gently on the liver and kidneys and purports to cure sick headache with prices of 25 and 50 cents.
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Lane
Ancient bottles on display in British Museum vase room
In the archaic vase room at the British Museum observers view babies feeding bottles made of sun baked clay and noted as antique even in Joseph's Egypt era.
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British Museum
Joseph
Egypt
Thanksgiving health notes and patent cures in 1900 ads
A collage of health quackery and product pitches from 1900 includes claims for cold cures, tonics, and patent medicines. Advertisements tout Laxative Brom Quin in tablets, Groves signature on product boxes, Batt’s Caps for Colds, Mrs Winslow’s soothing syrup, and various beauty and health tonics with broad assurances.
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KW. Grove
Courage in the Face of Fear Inspires Vigilant Resolve
A Thoreau quotation on fear frames moral action and justice. The text suggests that a righteous person does not fear danger or reveal weakness, warning that fear invites retaliation while courage prompts protective restraint.
Nervous Patient Describes Severe Gynaecological Pain
The letter depicts extreme anxiety and a long list of painful symptoms including headaches backache lower abdominal pressure and groin pain. It is part of Mrs Pinkham's correspondence noting many similar cases of severe womb neck inflammation and related illnesses.
Nervura Promises Health for Young Women in First Womanhood
An advertisement for Dr. Greene's Nervura blood and nerve remedy claims it stabilizes nerves and enriches blood during early womanhood. It cites testimonials from Mrs. Many Frances Lirzs and Mrs. Willa M Barres praising improved color, strength, and beauty after use, arguing nervousness harms facial beauty and development.
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Rochester
N. Y
Dr. Greene
Willam Barres
East 87Th St
New York City
Klee
Get Free Advice From Dr. Greene on Health Beauty
Get advice from Be Creone the great specialist in these matters. He will tell you why all thing so and show you how to avoid the stumbling blocks that hinder women's happiness. Write to Dr Groene at his office 35 West 14th Street New York City today.
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Creone
Wastbach State
West 14Th Street
New York City
Groene
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