Two Governors, Appleweight Plot Drive Frontier Chase
Ardmore captures a timber thief in North Carolina while a ghostly scam and militia tensions unfold. In a Raccoon Creek cabin a South Carolina prisoner reveals identity as Bill Appleweight as South Carolina militia closes in. story continues.
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Thomas Ardmore
Henry Maine Griswold
North
South Carolina
Griswold
Ardmore
Appleweight
Jerry Dangerfield
Ardsley
Barbara
Jerry
Petosky
Mr. Ardmore
North Carolina
Osborne
Bill Appleweight
Poteet
Georgia Constable's Dilemma With One-Wheeled Buggy
Cap Carroll, a town stable master in Dahlonega, seizes a blind old mare and buggy driven into town. A dispute over wheels arises as two enslaved women claim parts of the vehicle, but Bill Anderson offers an appearance bond to release the property and spare the officer from an impossible retrieval in the street.
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Georgia
Cap. Carroll
Bill Anderson
Dahlone Ga
A Mighty Hunter from Sheffield Hunts Musk Rats
Roland Smith of Sheffield is described by the Springfield Republican as one of the area's top musk rat hunters. Each January thaw he and a partner hunt by boat during flooding, killing 150 to 160 rats in two days. Pelts sell from 50 to 75 cents, depending on size and quality, with Smith mostly using a rifle to preserve skins and occasionally a shotgun when needed.
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Massachusetts
Roland Smith
Sheffield
Springfield Republican
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Ad
Chicago readers praise Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for curing women’s ailments. A Chicago woman reports recovery from surgery and lists conditions treated, urging others to seek Mrs Pinkham's confidential advice in Lynn Massachusetts.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Chicago
Lydia FB Pinkham
William Ahrens
21St St
Pinkham
L Mass
Desert Horror: Victim Dies After Desert Exhaustion
Archie Campbell, manager of the Last Chance mining property near Death Valley, arrived in Goldfield to identify a desert victim found in a frightful state. The unknown man, naked and sunburned, blistered, and crazed, could not speak. He was aided at camp but died within an hour after first water.
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Goldfield
New
Archie Campbell
Death Valley
Campbell
Abbreviations Prompt an Amusing Slip in Court to Clergy Move
A solicitor who left the bar for the church misread a Bible lesson and delivered I see men as trustees walking as he began his sermon. The humorous mix of legal abbrで viations and church duties led to a lighthearted moment in a Sunday service.
Time-Saving Guide Sets Fittest Opportunity for Action
A productivity maxim notes that choosing the optimal moment enhances outcomes. The quote by Thomas Fuller frames efficient decision making as pairing action with the right timing to maximize effectiveness.
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Thomas Fuller
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Ray AY Walten
Raccoon Creek
Col. Gillingwater
Grissy
Paul
Chateau Bizet
Bath
Posstum Cereal Co., Ltda
Battle Creek, Mich
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