The Town That Lost Itself
In northern Vermont near Essex county a vanished town, cut off from the world for 40 years, becomes the unlikely home of a stay-at-home culture. A visiting pair, led by Tiberius Smith, resurrects a fictional weekly to feed their hunger for news, prompting a half-century-late reawakening of Civil War memory.
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Vermont
Essex County
Tiberius Smith
Billy Campbell
Smith
New England
Billy
Canada
States
Tiberius
Columbus
Tib
Union
Green Mountains
Green Mountain
Bellows Falls
United States
Bilence
Reuben
Grandpa
Gettysburg
Jeff Davis
Texas
Sheridan
Monitor
Jet
Durgin
Tiberian Weekly
Tin
Highlands
Square
Home Hollow
The Paddle as Moral Remedy Says Portland Oregonian
An Oregonian defense of paddling argues the paddle is a divinely appointed, curative tool for discipline. It claims the method strengthens body and soul, plucks wayward youths from perdition, and transforms unruly boys into virtuous adults, urging parents to accept corporal punishment.
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Oregonian
Satan
Portland Oregonian
No Charm in Milking Cows Suit Against Eve Lynn Moss
Washington, Pab. H Hepler of Buffalo New York, arrested weeks ago at his father’s funeral, has answered Evelyn Mae Moss’s breach of promise suit for 5000 dollars Hepler admits a marriage engagement but says Moss refused to marry after he owned a Beaver County farm She allegedly refused to milk cows for life and later demanded to carry the pocketbook and handle funds Hepler says that was too much
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Washington
Hepler
Poultry Raising Pays This Season
Poultry raising pays as season begins with Ré4-1-44 cures for cholera roup gapes and limberneck. When used as a preventive it keeps fowls healthy and increases laying. Give sick fowl 3 to 6 drops three times daily. Feed preventively three or four times weekly. Turkeys require a smaller dose. Price 50 cents. Guaranteed by Haydon & Robertson Druggists.
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Limberneck
Haydon & Robertson
Depew as Side Show Attraction at Exposition Speech
Senator Depew spoke in favor of the Alaska Seattle exposition bill and recalled a prior Omaha exposition moment. He described going into a side show where a barker used a megaphone to call out the orator of the day for ten cents, illustrating crowd sensationalism.
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Depew
Senator Depew
Grace Seattie Donates $200,000 to Anti Consumption Fund
The largest single gift to the fight against consumption in the country came from Mrs Grace Seattie, reputedly Missouri’s wealthiest woman, who gave $200,000 to the St Louis society dedicated to prevention and relief of the deadly disease.
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Grace Seattie
Missouri
St. Louis
Washington Circuit Court sale of 122 acre farm in Ky
Commissioner's Sale by Washington Circuit Court at about 1:30 on Wednesday April 8 1908 of a 122 acre farm near Treckville in county Ky bounded by Litser and Tumey lines with dower corner and Beech tree references. Purchasers must bond with security or sureties bearing interest from sale date and meet encumbrances. LEACHMAN OW co.
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J. R. Harmon
W. C. Harmon
Washington Circuit Court
Treckville
Washington Ackvil
Simm County
John B. Litser
Josh Jiameys
Tumey
Counbacco
Leachman OW. Co
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England
Jersey City
Washington County
Oregon
B. F. Jackson
Wright Straine
Pen
Tom
Logan County
R. J. Burr
T. E. Ballard
Springfield, Ky
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