Long Missing Lexington Jeweler Returns After Twenty One Years
Samuel Snyder who vanished twenty one years ago reappears in Lexington. He wed Harrodsburg woman Sue Lyon before his disappearance and later joined his wife on a visit to Louisville. His body was never found, life insurers balked without proof of death, and his son Otis offers a large reward for recovery. The reappearance leaves the mystery unsolved.
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Harrodsburg Herald
Lexington
Cincinnati Post
Samuel Snyder
Sue Lyon
Harrodsburg
Commercial Hotel
Snyder
Louisville
Indiana
Otis Snyder
The Viva Voce Voting Debate Highlighted by Judge Pryor
In an interview with the Frankfort Journal Judge W S Pryor argues for restoring viva voce voting over secret ballots. He cites his appellate tenure and alleged fraud findings claiming secret ballots allow concentrated manipulation while viva voce records voters by name to deter fraud. He warns that secret ballots enable wholesale public perversion and coercion by employers or officials.
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Harrodsburg Herald
Frankfort Journal
W. S. Pryor
Voters Plan November Vote to Oust Nefarious System
The passage argues for voting in November to remove what supporters call a nefarious system from the constitution and laws, envisioning a future without it. The text emphasizes reliance on secret ballots and expresses hope for lasting reform.
Cattle Poisoned Reported in Kentucky Town
Esquire T. Shawler of Cox's Breek reported in town Monday that two of his cattle died. A fat milch cow valued at 35 dollars and a fat heifer valued at 25 dollars died, believed poisoned by buckeye.
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Kentucky
Standard
Esquire
T. Shawler
Cox's Breek
Night Vision Ailment Plagues East Hartford Boys
Two East Hartford boys, Hyman and Abel White, are afflicted with nyctalopia, a congenital eye condition that lets them see only in darkness or dim light. Despite medical input from leading ophthalmologists, no cure exists and the family notes similar ancestry in their lineage.
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Derby
Conn
East Hartford
Epzy
Hyman
Abel White
Samuel White
Abel
Hyman Cohn
Cohin
Startling Mortality and Life Pills Promise Cure
An old promotional blurb touts Dr. King's New Life Pills as a remedy for constipation and biliousness, claimed to combat severe illnesses. Flannery of Chicago praises the product from 14 Custom House Place, noting it as unparalleled. Sold for 25 cents at J Haydon's druggist. subscription for The Sun offered at $100 yearly.
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Dr. King
Flannery
Custom House
Chicago
J. Haydon
Battle With Python Seizes Chicago Store Amid Night Inferno
At B C Wehle on State street two giant pythons fought free in a midnight battle lasting about 45 minutes. Cy DeVry and proprietor Wehle struggled to subdue the 19 and 16 foot reptiles, the larger swallowing two ringtail monkeys before being shut back into their den. The fight disrupted thousands of caged birds and small animals as the store’s nighttime menagerie cried out.
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Wehle
Chicago
B. C
Philadelphia
Vehle
India
Mr. Webb
Veble
Mr. Veble
Mra. Vehile
Cy DeVry
Lincoln Park
Mr. Wehle
Vehie
Emalier
Mberty
Cy de Vry
Natant de Vry
de Vry
de Wry
Mr. Vehle
Successful Woman Miss L Bernie Gallaher Photographs at National Museum
Miss L Bernie Gallaher the only woman in the National Museum Washington photography branch has aided veteran photographer Professor Thomas W Sumilie for 35 years. A Washington native with 27 years at the museum she rose from clerk to expert in microscopic photography lantern slides and platinum paper printing earning wide artistic and scientific recognition both in the US and Europe.
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L. Bernie Gallaher
National Museum
Washington
Thomas W. Sumilie
Stillie
Miss Gallaher
Iabor
Europe
The Colonel's Waterloo and Italian Earthquakes
The letter from Col. John M. Fuller of Honey Grove Texas reports Liver and Kidney trouble worsened until a 50 cent bottle of Electric Bitters cured him. The advertisement promotes Electric Bitters as a universal cure for Dyspepsia Billiou ness and Kidney Disease. Italy experiences additional earthquake shocks across regions.
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Waterloo
John M. Fuller
Honey Grove
Texas
C. J. Haydon
Power of the Press and Moral Public Opinion
A Lebanon Enterprise reprint extols the daily press as a moral force shaping public opinion. It cites the Cincinnati Post’s fight against corruption, arguing official crime cannot endure under constant exposure and scrutiny.
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Daily Press
Bessiam
Cincinnati
Little
Cincinnati Post
Cox Bees- Ism
Lebanon Enterprise
Three Jurors Cured by Small Bottle Remedy in Trial
Mr. G W Fowler of Hightower Alabama recalls serving on a petit jury in Edwardsville Clebourne county. He says after eating fresh meat he took Chamberlains Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy and improved within five minutes after the first dose. A second dose completed his recovery.
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G. W. Fowler
Hightower
Ala
Edwardsville
Clebourne County
Alabama
Chamberlain's
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Virginia Avenue
E. A. Cox
Pneumo
Connecticut
The
Sun
Sam
Minh L. Bernie Gallaben
Italy
J. B. Robertson
Springfield, Ky
Lebanon
Springfield
J. W. Thomas
Hodgenville
Dex Roe
J. W. Thoma
Hodgenville, Ky
Ballard-Snow Liniment Co
Louvre
Hardom
T. O' Ferrall
Virginia
St Inond
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