Fighting for His Own from Answers and Clever Cautionary Tales
A Scotsman fighting off two Liverpool highwaymen on the Glasgow to Carlisle road overpowered one thief yet was robbed of his money. The pair joked about the Scotsman’s strength and the thieves’ injuries as they parted with two pence. A second tale warns against overconfidence after slip on icy ground leads to a sprained ankle. The anecdote touts St Jacobs Oil as a remedy that fully restored mobility.
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Liverpool
Glisgow
Carlisle
CIA
St. Jacobs
Board of Control
Lit
Hingston
Jones
Smid
Brown
Muskrat Invades Home Near Kenilworth
Morning Oregonian reports a bold muskrat, as large as a cat, establishing residence in Dr. Larry Lane’s premises near Kenilworth. The animal disregards family warnings, befriends the household cat, feeds on carrots, and now lodges in the woodshed while swimming each morning.
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Morning Oregonian
Larry Lane
Kenilworth
Dr. Lane
Salzer Seed Co announces $400 for new crop names
An ad offers a $400 prize for naming a 17 inch long corn and a White Oat prodigy from Salzer Seed Co of LaCrosse Wisconsin. To enter, send this notice with 10 cents in stamps and receive a free seed catalogue and eleven new farm seed samples. Also mentions seed potatoes at $1.59 a barrel and a chocolate, sugar, and dairy recipe.
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Salzer Seed Co
John
LaCrosse
Wis
Anamosa Penitentiary Warden Residence Debate
A critical look at the Anamosa penitentiary site, its warden’s stone castle like residence, and $200,000 in labor and materials. The piece notes the sprawling jail complex, cost comparisons with Fort Madison, and political maneuvering over a warden’s quarters funding. It also references related legislative disputes over state offices and preventive measures against pests.
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Des Moines
Dows
Anamosa
Chicago
Northwestern
Dudge Hubbard
Ananiosa Penitentiary
Awanis
Mauseum
Auicue
Towa State House
Mora Castle
Anamissa Penitentiary
Anatmissa
Fort Madison
Lareer
San Jose
California
Mitchel
Commmitiers
Frances Willard Dies at New York Hotel Empire
Frances Willard, famed head of the Women’s Christian Temperance Union, died after three weeks of illness in New York City at the Hotel Empire. The deathbed was attended by relatives and WCTU officials. Funeral services planned in New York and Evanston, Illinois, with burial to follow in Evanston. Willard’s life spanned teaching, reform work, and leading the temperance movement from Chicago roots to national leadership.
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Sibley
Daniel Pax
Frank Y. Locke
Wid
J. Shell
New Orleans
Gaynor
Tanaary
John M. Carmichael
Chiude Parker Leff Sibley
Port Arthur
Vex
New York
Frances
Willard
Christian ‘Temperance Union
Motel Empire
Wilkunt
Wlw. Baldwin
I. M
Stevens
Anna M. Gordon
Alfred
Alfred 1. 1741. Miss Willard
Hill Mde
New York City
Evanston
Willlard
Miss Willard
Willards
Concord
New England
Vermont
Churchville
Wisconsin
Forest Jome
Stock River
Milwaukee Penmale Cofere
Buder
Northwestern University
Edsion
Europe
Kate Jackson
Egypt
Ue Oly Lani
Russia
Rudesheimer
Rome
Willard Wa
Woman's Temperance Society
Chicago
National Woman's
Mises Willard
Baltimore
Noah
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Mary A. Tucker
Oth St
Red Wing
Minn
Halifax
Tombstone
Knopf
Cherokee
Fie
Sher- UY
Tor
Serionl
Cedar Rapids
Frank Tiseheel
Lincoln Township
Osage
Clarion
Menecher Jackett
Tms
Coupan Cousins
Washington
Hoy
Dubuque
George Lindstrom
Rhomberg and
Reilly
Rockford
Gran
Flic
Wilsite
Sainte Charles City
Wileit
Clyde This Mornitur
Ile Wi
Ons
Bedford
William Glasgow
Newmarket
Taylor County
Ife
Clinton
Ernestine Bertoch
Charles Selbawsep
Bedford Path
Moody Mercantile Company
Oval
Last Gall Gomes
Frances Willard
Ilie
Crusgade
Ae Coutuey
Para
Secretary of the Treasury
Flostetter
Kiinu
Father
Anh
Minnesota
J. Mulhall
Waukegan
Australis
Gob Fitzsimmons
Larstlya Vromo
A. Logan
Xilen Ali
Mair
Philadelphia
Allen
Allen & Chusted
LeRoy, N.Y
J. B. Palmer
Boxil
Seattle
Wash
California Fig Syrup CO
Francisco
Cal
Louisville
Vors
Omors
Aca Heareoier
Bari
Queen Victoria
Balzer
Moiatoca Ct
Salter Aeem CO
BI Chossh
Hosrabi
Lord Ly
Castoria
Samuel Pitcher
Hyannis
Massachusetts
Mothers of
America
Las
Centaur Company
Chas
Onaeahn
T. Murray Streit
Lew
James Pyle
Sapolio
Sioux City Printing CO
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