Uncle Bowen and the Nineveh Lesson in a New England Town
A reminiscence recalls Uncle Bowen a liberal in religion amid orthodox neighbors. A brisk aunt battles his supposed blasphemy while Bowen retorts with Bible lore and humor. Anecdotes portray temperance scenes, a gleaming fence, and a muley cow in a village alley.
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St. John Byer
Thomas Jefferson
Uncle Bowen
Bowen
Apostle Paul
Stephen
Jonah
Nineveh
Humpht
Sinbad the Sailor
Paul
Serena
Beavers and the beaver dams crowd the wilds of North America
The column surveys beavers as engineers, detailing their two story lodges heavy with mud walls, pond-building habits, and complex dams across rivers and lakes. It notes their communal labor, architectural skill, and hydraulic cement mixing without tools, marveling at vast, chain-length structures and the beaver’s social governance.
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Manitoba
Great Northwest
John Macoun
Forced Into Exile in a Fragmented Local Item
A garbled OCR fragment mentions Wm Upchurch of Glen Oak Oklahoma exiled from home and mountain air relief for bronchitis. A fictional dialogue references Gotrox and Miss Youngbudd with education costs, creating a disjointed, unclear historical note.
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Wm. Upchurch
Glen Oak
Okis
Beautiful Spanish Dancer Praises Peruna Tonic
A testimonial shows a Spanish dancer endorsing Peruna as a powerful nervous restorer and digestive aid. The letter from a user in Columbus thanks the Peruna Drug Mfg. Co for a tonic that boosts vitality, appetite, and overall health, describing it as a superior fortifier after exhaustion and suitable for summer demand.
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Teatro Principal
Ee Ae
Mfg. Co
Calumbirr
Ohin
Centlemen
Mies
Monteree
Pilar Monteride
Perina
Ana Tinie
Mfg
Danot
Pilar Monterde
Fragmented humor and quips across a busy page
A collage of jokes and anecdotes touches on marriage debates, Yale remarks by President Hadley, a notary scene, whispered headlines about doctors and remedies, a Maori traffic of credulity, and a boy’s pun about a feast. The clippings balance light whimsy with social cues from the era.
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Geo
Vserdstown
W. Va
Charles Town
Beltzhoover
Kener Law Practice and Collections
Hopkins Gibson
Shepherdstown
Cenent
Register Building
Harrison Schley & Bro
General Insurance
Jeferson Security Bank Building
WM. A. Daniel
General Insurance Agency
Shenandoah Junction
West Virginia
Hay
Riilon
Cumberland -of-Mine
Lehigh Portland Cement
W. H. Knode
MO. H. Schoppert
Fancy Grocer
McMurran‘s
Eutler
West Va
Walter A. Wood
Walter A. Wood Company
United States
Chas.f.byers
Polack’s Jewelry Establishment
W. Washington Street
Hagerstown
Whiting's
C. N. Whiting
Billmyer Mill
Jno
P. Kearlets
Douglas Roper
Deirs Anu
Mary Hill
Victoria Hi
Sarat ‘Wirte
Steven Roper
John Roper
Grant Roper
Edwin Chetton
Coluumbia
Ethel C. Smith
John W. Smith
Mooney
Ayer
C-Ayer Co
Lowell
Mass
Sina Acticaupinal
N. Lemen
C. J. Miller
J. H. Quigley
Jefferson Security Bank
Entler
German and
Princess Streets
Harrison Schley
W. P. Licklider
H.C. Marten
S. J. Hod- Swe
F. Starges
M- B. Baker
Geo. S ‘Knott
Pe. ‘Kearfott
C. J Miller
Jos
Billmyer Bloc
K. B. Vanmetre
N. T. Snyder
M. H. Crawford
H. L. Marshall
E. E. Billmyer
The
National Citizens Bank
Braxton D. Gibson
B. F. Pscennes
Gerard D. Moore
A. M.S. Morgan
W. L. Gibson
C. W. Henshaw
G. E. Hughes
B. F. Laesoo
Geo. W. Smith
John H. Bishop
Eugene Shugart
Jefferson County
American Bankers’ Association
R. L. Withers
W. F. Alexander
Capital Stock
S. Lee Philips
John W. Lock
Farmers and Merchants Deposit Co
First National Bank of Jefferson
W. Williams
W. A. Higes
R. W. Alexander
W. O. Norris
A Foleman
Ed. Burns
F. W. Alexander
RH. Phillips
Jot L. Burns
William Kahn
F. Wall
Robert L . Mithers
James W. Benner
R-R. Smith
Areata —Vesaniaenar
Bank OF
Isaac H. Strider
G. A. Porterfield
John C. Burns, Id
Boner
William Wilt, Milton Burr
H. H. Cooke
D. S. Hughes
Atlas Cement
F.O. Trump
Sunpe Kearneysville
Gulf
John Boyle O'Reilly
Ncle Bowen
Arkansas
Opie Read
Lem Harkins
Lem
Possum
Chicago News
Opportunity
Lysippus
J. W. Williamson
B W. Williamson
Huntington
Willie
Harriman
Virginna
Sub
Paul Wilstach
Richard Mansfield
Players Club
New York
Mr. Wilstach
Jethro Higpipe
Hannah Maria
Gaxer
Aaron
Ary
Peart
Fletcher
Old Gotrox
Miss Youngbudd
Castoria
Peruna
Julia
Poul
Hadley
Yale
Joseph Ward
New Zealand
St. James's
Canot
Rua
Jane
Picsant Ie
Tamsell
Pere
Tar
Hill
MO. W. Dean CO
Whitmore-Drewry Co
Dean- Martinsburg
Queen Street
Lutheran Church
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