News and Notes from Solomon
Miss Lulu Whitley returned last week from Kansas City where she has been with her sister for a month. The fire northeast of town destroyed a barn and six hundred bushels of corn, a fine orchard, and ruined a young orchard. Officers were elected with J. B. Aldrich as mayor and several councilmen. about 120 women voted for the first time. A humorous anecdote from Ex-Sheriff Gard recalls a San Francisco cable car incident ending with a joke about Leavenworth street.
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Lulu Whitley
Kansas City
May Butler
Melis
Saline County
C. W. Caseley
J. King
Lake Superior Lumber Company
Salina
Ellsworth
J. R. Cooper
James Hughes
Pontins’ Row
Crowell
J. Coleman
Garfield
M. Simpkins
Robert Smart
California
Solomon
H. Shadinger
Abilene
J. B. Aldrich
Messrs
R. A. Sullivan
J. Dewar
L. W. Hale
W. C. Haskell
J. T. Nicolay
John Shaver
Case and
Brady
George Gard
San Francisco
Leavenworth Street
Grip
John
Eavenworth Street
Los Angeles Times
Reduction in Taxes Boosts Medicine Bottles Size
The tax cuts on internal revenue and removal of revenue stamps benefit consumers and home manufacturers. Green's August Fimeer and Bor chee's German Syrup now come in larger bottles, reflecting a 36 cent per dozen drop. The Aust Flor for Dyspepsia and Liver Complaint and the German Syrup for Cough and Lung troubles remain priced near a dime higher per full dozen, aligning with the larger packaging.
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Green
Borchee
Bill Nye Tells Charlotte Corday Tale From Boston Globe
Bill Nye narrates a comic history of Charlotte Corday, mixing colorful description with satire. He recalls Corday’s birth in 1793 and her early life, then recounts her political motives against Marat, and ends with a quip urging readers to avoid assassination except in self defense.
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Charlotte Corday
Brave
Charlotte
Spartacus
South
France
Ever
Au Revoir
Woman
Caen
United States
Nomed Marat
National Central Committee
Marat
Bar
M. de Lamartine
Bill Nye
Boston Globe
Buffalo Courier
York
San
Kenna Circus Pitching Up with a West Virginia Senator
A friend recounts John Kenna of West Virginia using a traveling circus to boost his campaign in the Kanawa valley. Kenna and Col. Romeris Frier plan a ten minute stump speech beneath the tent, with a grand act lineup including Pilot the war elephant and an unmounted dame in a fiery hoop act. The clown will introduce Kenna as a self made plowboy from rugged hills, promising vigor and grit in a smoky, urgent canvass through Huntington and Wheeling markets.
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Zeb Vance
John Kenna
West Vic
Wheeling
Charleston
Kenna
Col. Frier
Frier
Huntington
Wei
Flaming Zone
Kenner
The Poison of Malaria In the Roman Campagna
The article surveys Tommasi Crudeli and Kiebs early work on malaria in the Roman Campagna. It discusses a living ferment or schizoractes bacillaris as the malaria agent, needing soil contact and specific temperatures, and explains fresh suspensions in winter or drought when conditions fail.
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Tommasi-Crudeli
Kiebs
Leon Colin
Tommasi Cradell
Varro
Tommasi Crudell
London
Notice of Public Auction of Real Estate in Dickinson County
Executor of the will of Samuel Thomas announces a public sale of the east half of the southeast quarter in section 14 township 11 range 2 east Dickinson County. The sale is set for Saturday April 30 1887 at 1 30 PM at the courthouse front door Abilene. Terms 800 cash balance from day of sale with 8 percent interest from date of sale. Ephraim Fisel editor.
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Inet
Samusel ‘Thomas
Said
Said County
Abilene
Dickinson County
Ephraim Fiscel
Court House
Abileoc
Dickinson
State of
Kansas
Oman
A. Ana
Mill Sheri
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