Glasgow Man Exhumes Wife and Keeps Her Body in Cave
Abijah Humphress of Adair County Kentucky attracted notice by exhuming his wife's corpse a decade after her death and keeping it in a cave on his farm. Neighbors long noted his eccentric habits and daily vigil beside the remains, with no plan to rebury them. The story ends with a Punch magazine gag about a speaker's reputation for humor.
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Glasgow
Abijah Humphress
Columbia
Adair County
Audh Es
Dynamite Cures Cough and Yay
A vintage patent medicine testimonial claims dynamite and Dr King’s New Discovery cured a ravaged cough and bronchitis after doctors failed. The snippet promotes Haydon’s drug store selling Trial bottles at one dollar.
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Z. T. Gray
Dr. King
C. J. Haydon
A Curse on Kentucky Balloting System
Marion Falcon denounces the secret ballot as a curse praising open voting and condemning corrupt politicians. He asserts honest men must proclaim and record their votes and demand the right to see who actually influenced elections.
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Marion Falcon
Kentucky
Beating, bloodied wounds spark court action in Paducah case
M G Cope, Paducah bank president in 1896, faces possible US Court trial next month on embezzlement and misapplying funds charges. Insanity to be the defense. A fragment mentions a deadly wound and Salve drawn from it, with drugstore listing C J Haydon's.
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M. G. Cope
Paducah Bank
United States
Is the Secret Ballot Doomed in Shelby News
The Shelby News reports Secretary of State McChesney urging county clerks to inform voters about a November 1905 constitutional amendment. It outlines registration and viva voce voting provisions, and warns that the open ballot system would replace the secret ballot if approved, urging readers to vote Yes or No.
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Shelby News
McChesney
General Assembly
Valuable Suggestions And Household Hints From A 1900s Page
A collage of home care tips including fashion advice on dress and pins, suede glove cleaning, nail care for white spots, enamel bath upkeep, and dinner dress routines. Also notes on gradual iron heating and a claim that Chamberlain's Cough Remedy contains no narcotics. Mentions a New Zealand Herald report and a 1900s arrest on October 14 in Lebanon Enterprise.
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Napier
New Zealand
Herald
Pharmacy Board of
New South Wales
Australia
Chamberlain
Feeding Ducks Right From The Start
The Lewiston Journal advises careful duck feeding to avoid waste and ensure welfare. Feed varies with season and weather. provide a mix of ground oats, shorts, biscuit meal, and meat, plus greens like lettuce or cabbage. Include grit year round and oyster shell during laying.
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Lewiston
Powls Need Pure Water for Healthy Poultry
Water quality drives flock health as stale warm water breeds green films and insects. Clean drinking water, shielded from manure drainage, prevents cholera and poisoning in poultry yards. Turkeys total about 600 000 yearly in the United States, priced 12 to 20 cents per pound wholesale, with high profit potential if fed efficiently and sold early. Farmers near towns can sell directly, avoiding middlemen and boosting returns.
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United States
Cleared for Action
Misleading OCR fragment mentions new life pills and subscription tease with unclear names and places. Readers get no concrete event or identifiable entities to summarize into a valid news card.
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Oal
Studebaker
Ohio
Page
Elwood
Springfield, Ky
M. P
DR. Caldwell
Stearns
Minn
Ube
New York
Dackbouris
New York Press
Lebanon
Ben
Buckner
Wm. Brown
Ballard-Snow Liniment Co
ST. Louis
U. S. Caydun
Springfield
James J. Graves
Peoples Deposit Bank
Thurman
Leo
Poe
Thomas
J. W. Thoma
Hodgenville, Ky
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