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Newspaper
Paoli Republican
Location
Paoli, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1897
Page
4
Report from Geversmen near the western market describes a farmer’s colt known as Cyclone. The farmer claims the young horse survived a devastating cyclone three years ago, when barn and two horses were destroyed. The colt reportedly remained calm, trapped inside a blowing coop, and later saved himself.
The Tennessee Centennial Exposition features a low rate special tariff for Queen and Crescent Route tickets from Cincinnati and other points. Tickets to Nashville are $6.74 via average or $7.20 round trip with seven days return. longer return options at $9.00 and $13.50 round trip. Ventilated first class trains available for a pleasant trip to visit battlegrounds near Chattanooga Lookout Mountain and Chickamauga National Military Park. Round trip Nashville visits from Chattanooga are $3.40. Contact W C Rinfars on for details.
A Tit-Bits retold vignette recalls two gentlemen in a Lanilore club discussing early poverty in London. One recalls arriving with a tagged coat and a knife and marbles, the other with nothing but Windy in long clothes, prompting laughter.
An advertisement fragment touts Allen's Foot-Base for sore burning and tight shoes, claims quick relief and instant comfort. It promotes free samples and cites a bicycle era dialogue, with miscellaneous health tips and a Burlington Route promotional note.
An old newspaper fragment shows an advertisement for 2-Hail's Catarrh Cure priced at 75 cents. The text includes quoted chatter about a man Blicky, tailoring, hotels, and a live audience board, then shifts to humorous exchanges and predictions from Detroit Free Press and Atchison Globe clippings mentioning divide creatures and cows used for money.
A sermon praises Lydia of Thyatira as a practical Christian merchantess in purple cloths and urges clerks to seek advancement through diligence and obedience. It argues women will rise in mercantile roles, warns against dishonest demands, and extols moral integrity and servant leadership in commerce.
A shepherd dog belonging to Stephen Potter of Ellenville New Jersey drinks corn whisky to survive a rattlesnake bite while protecting his young mistress. The dog swallowed about a quart of liquor then began recovering rapidly.
Hans Lelden the German consul to the Netherlands and Cologne zoo director sends 30 foot elk horn mounts prepared by Prof Gusstaisky Colorado Springs to Berlin for Emperor William. The horns measure 32 feet tip to tip and 62 inches spread with 12 prongs. the elk fell in Colorado’s White River country to hunter Noed Manjean.
A stock company with capital of ten thousand dollars proposes a cat farming enterprise led by Thomas McEntree of Indiana to breed Maltese and black cats and raise rats as feed. The project aims to acquire land, start with 100 cats and scale to about one million cats in four years, selling furs at ten to fifteen cents and marketing fancy priced pets.
Acting Secretary Roosevelt outlines the summer drill plan for the naval militia with navy department support. Michigan will host Day City and Detroit drills from July 10 to 18, Ohio at Cleveland and Toledo from July 21 to August 1, Illinois in Chicago August 4 to 14, and Pacific coast units with the Comanche at San Francisco, Bennington at San Diego, and Monadnock serving Eureka contingent.
A faded column recalls a famed Prequdigitator boasting of cleverness in prose and magic while admitting a rival’s superior skill. The piece references rapid plant growth, a legendary tree achievement, and contrasts with claims about ammunition quality from Winchester.
A prominent Iowa creamery operator, W. J. Moody, orders 500 Sarples cream separators from West Chester Pa to cut milking and transport costs. He claims farmers will gain from home milk delivery, reduced carting expenses, and better creamery returns amid a surge in demand.
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