Terrible Fight With Wildcats in Eden Ends With Wins
In Sullivan county near Neversink a backwoodsman Jonas Brooks known as the wildcat killer of Eden fought a cave full of six wildcats. After a brutal battle he defeated the animals and walked home with his trophies. A Boston report recounts a brutal Massachusetts female boxing match where Molly lost to Sally Chapman after nineteen rounds and the crowd halted further fighting.
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Sullivan County
Neversink
Eden
Jonas Brooks
Jonas Brooke
Jonas
Mohater
Boston
Portland Street
Sarah Chapman
Mary Aon Jones
Molly
Sarah
Sally
Sally Chapman
Death and reckoning in the Barratt case headline
In an 1850s style report the playwrightlike prose details Mary Barratt’s murder conviction by four villains Baker Montgomery Clover and Conover. It follows a chain of retribution as each offender meets a grim fate while others die by their own hands or are pardoned.
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Louwer
Old Poy
Philadelphia
Q. A. Nicolls
Mary Barratt
Baker
Montgomery
Clover
Conover
St. Louis
Stanton
Bingham
Holt
God
M. Y. Democrat
Class Exam Question Sparks Childish Nation Debate
A recent girls school exam asked who makes government laws and how Congress divides power. One child answered Congress, but another student calmly offered three terms Civilized, half civilized and savage, revealing a startling phrasing during a playful moment.
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Congress
Saxa
Migs Allie
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Baok
Centrestreet
Pottsville
Jesse G. Hawley
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Omco
Schmucker House
Cence
Iran
Louis de Barth Kuhn
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Deo
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TiLsy
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Ponnatroot
D. P. Boyer
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Sandstor
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KEY OF Heaven
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Miss Merryheari
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Happy Voices
Eagle Book Store
Penn
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4Th and
Spruce Street
Berii
Joe F
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Lerch
Narwick & Drake
Ares
M’ Knight's
Ritter
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Roa- US
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Alan Mit
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Wil Hamsport
Elmira
Buffalo
Niagara
Oriba
M. Badd
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Pottstown
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Pittsburgh
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Columbia
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Philadelphia and Reading
Weston
Lebanon Valley Road
New York
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Liberty Street
Phila. & Read
Caftowhill
Paradelhia
Roug
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Cosrat
Crosby St
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Sugcongor
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Park Row
N.Y
D&w
First Penna. Railroad
A. SL
Allentown
East Mail
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Wayons
Bethlehem
Saaton
Junction
Clinton
White House
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Plainfield
Elizabeth
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Booley
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Rai College of Surgeons
London
United States
Don
Paris
Anon
Adelphia
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BRC
Icu
Pated Agsin
Ggnin
Lyd
Motsowan & Miltimore
Saddlery, &C
Penn Strest
Eris Fele
Middletown
Massachusetts
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