The Courageous Coward of Leland in a Circus Tragedy
The Drew menagerie manager recalls John Hawels, a once fearless tamer from Leland Indiana, who regressed to cowardice after a head wound. He regained memory only to die protecting his old love Jennie McDuff when she visited a performance in Ohio.
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Ohio
Drew Menagerie
John Hawels
Leland
Ind
Jennie McDuf
Jennie
John
Cleveland
Columbus
Indiana
Haweis
Ile
Wart cures and ants sew with grub silk
An anecdote about wart cures where a traveler forgets a wart and it vanishes, a skeptic quips about Europe. It also notes EB G Green’s observation of red ants using grub silk to sew a nest rent, passing grubs between jaws to form a continuous thread for repairs.
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EB. G. Green
Ceylon
Peculiar Trees on Falkland Islands Defy Normal Form
A visitor notes moss covered stones that anchor to ground yet are trees. The Falklands Wind shapes a unique forest with flying stones lacking grain, difficult to cut for fuel. The piece mentions other curiosities from cleaning rituals to canaries and golf bag fashions.
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Falkland Islands
A Sketch of a Shipwreck Amid a Summer Sky
The fragment describes a builder's yard and a ship at war, with groaning planks, snapping stays, and cheering crowds as the vessel moves. A storm, foam, and a gale drive the ship to peril, a bell tolls, and a crashing strike near shore reveals the bones of a great vessel set against the fading glow of a summer evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julian Hinckley
Elizabeth I Vanity and Cruelty in Portraits and Power
In a Harper's Bazar essay by Margaret Deland, Elizabeth I is critiqued for vanity expressed in dress and hands, contrasting ceremonial magnificence with practical ruthlessness in statecraft, and linking vanity to a habitual cruelty deemed by some observers as intertwined.
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Elizabeth
Duc d’Anjou
Queen Elizabeth
Margaret Deland
Harper's Bazar
Interview Sketches and Sage Sayings From 19th Century Clippings
A collection of brief anecdotes and quips from historical clippings. Highlights include Rev. KR S Storrs resisting press intrusion at a reception, a wry remark about a great author’s wife, a note on the dragon's blood tree of Tenerife and its ancient use in embalming, and a tre brief aphorisms about cake and glory. The salvos reflect period voice and humor with named outlets such as Baltimore American and Atchison Globe cited.
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KR. S. Storrs
Dr. Storrs
Cure from Dr J Alvin Horne Claims Foot Ulcer Healed
Patient Evward Roserva of Rock Island describes a severe typhoid related heel ulcer that resisted prior treatments in Rock Island Davenport and Chicago. After one month of therapy at the Illinois Artiary and School of Natural Healing under Dr J Alvin Horne the ulcer fully healed and leg function returned, with strong endorsement for others to seek his care.
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Rock Isand
Davenport
Chicago
J. Alvin Horne
Illinois Ateriary and School of Natural Healing
Evward Roserva
7Th Ave
Rock Island
Associating Diseases in Curing Ailments
The text asserts that in treating any ailment the practitioner always removes reflex complications of associate diseases. It claims that varicocele weakness disappears and notes that if stricture advances to prostatic or bladder or kidney affections, the injured party is affected.
Restore health cure promises complete recovery of glands
The ad claims full restoration of health if glands are cured, asserting that syphilis and its related skin, blood, and bone diseases are eliminated from the system. It also promises removal of impotency and its resulting general health decline, replacing it with youthful energy and preventing associated complications.
Doctor J Alvin Horne at Mitchell & Lynde Building
Dr. J Alvin Horne operates in Rock Island at rooms 49 to 55, Mitchell Lynde Building. Office hours are 9 to 12 and 2 to 5, with a Sunday slot, elevator to the fourth floor. Free book offered by stamp request.
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Mitchell & Lynde Bldg
Rock Island
Girl Tobacconists and Suits of the Boston Sisters
A Boston tobacconist shop run by the Goodwin sisters attracts numerous marriage proposals after a newspaper notice of their unconventional success. Miss Hattie has 36 offers, with a Maine farmer among persistent suitors, who boasts 3000 bushels of potatoes and a cow to win her hand, while she plans to remain unmarried until age 50. The item blends human interest with local commerce and a brief aside from unrelated notes.
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Goodwin
Boston
Hattie
Maine
Providence Journal
Round trip tickets to Louisville on sale Aug 24 28 1901
Round trip tickets from all Big Four points go on sale August 24 to 28 1901 at one fare for a round trip. Tickets are valid for return until September 2 1901 and may be extended for further travel as allowed by the rail line.
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Europe
Jackson & Hurst
State of Ilinois
Island County
Circuit Court
The
Home Building & Loan Association
Cum- Pismant
Adolph F. Swenson
Everett E Wheelock and
Everett
Wheelock
Rock Island
Ilinois
Columbia Park
SS Solicitors
J. Entrikin
Rock Island County
Louisville
State of
Said
Ella Oberg
Martin Oberg
Martin U
Gronar W. Gamble
Chiere McEniey & Meaying
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Pngr Et Tn Cmn Professional Cards
Gee SO Ssisssissse Attorneys
McCassrin
McCaskrin
Attorneys At Law
Connelly
Connally
Connelly & Connelly
Thomas’ Store
Second Avenue and
Teenth Street
Offee
Rock Island National Bank
M. L Ludolfs, Robert
Reynolds Ludolph & Reynolds
Notary Public
Second Avenue
Buford BD
Sweener. Co
T Walker
Sweeney & Walker
Offie
Bengston,block
C. J. Searle
O. R Marshall
Searle & Marshall
Boan
Mitchell & Lande Block
Alinois McEniry & McEniry
Omes
Mitchell & Lynde
John K. Scott
Mitch Ee Taele
Island
Cora Emery Reed
Sixteenth Street
Rock Islan
N. M. Moore
M. D
H. Miller
C. W. Grafton
J. T. Taylor
Denviat
Ieeem
Eenth
Union
Architects
Henry Gaetje
Prop
Chippismaock Nursery
Havana
S. M. Arndt & CO
Distributors
Befsstor
Chase
Hodgson
Fire Insurance Agency
American Ins. Co
Newark
N. J
Traders Ins.Co
Oil Union Ins. Co
Philadelphia
Beckford Ins. Co
Rockford, Il
Security Ins. Co
New Haven
Omee
Buford Block
Colona
Aethue Buberall
Boox Island
Madison Medi Bomas
J. M. Buford
General Insurance
Tom A. Marshals Telephone Co
Wey
Wiston
Peed
M. Penths
Tle
E. G
Frazer
the Daily Short Story
Nickell
Chicago Post
Canaries
England
English
France
New York Times
Holland
America
Albert Phelps
Atlantic
Baltimore American
Pyramids
Tenerife
Atchison Globe
Thut
Oregoniar
Channon Perry & Co
Ideal Beilers
Jones
Ingersol
Peoria, Ill
Lewis’ Single Binder
ACCOL
Knights Templar
Warren J. Lynch
W. P. Deppe
Gen. Pass. & Tit
Agt
Cincinnati
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