Changes in Color Third Time Remarkable Skin Shift in Woman
Indianapolis report details America Massey formerly enslaved who with husband George Laswell residing at Minnesota Street and Churchman Avenue has undergone three complete skin color changes. At age 69 she now has a fair complexion with small brown spots, pinkish cheeks, and gray curly hair, with physicians unable to explain the phenomenon. The Masseys share a daughter, Mrs. Jeremiah Medman, at 112 Nelson Street, who spends much time with them.
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Indianapolis
Ind
America Massey
George Laswell
Minnesota Street
Churchman Avenue
Massey
Earl
Jeremiah Medman
Playground Above Graves in Danville Park
In Danville Pennsylvania a municipal park sits over graves of more than ten thousand, once a cemetery dating back over a century. The grounds were graded and sodded, with paths laid and a play area created. A monument to soldiers and sisters of the county is planned at a cost of twenty thousand dollars.
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Danville
Damville
Fooler
Mamtour County
Whale Fire Flares as Dynamited Whale Burns All Night
A 75 foot whale stranded at Phillips Cove near York Harbor was towed to sea and dynamited. The blast failed to sink the carcass, causing its oil soaked body to burn fiercely through the night, drawing spectators along the shore. Later reports note a separate $1,000,000 golf links project in Galveston linked to John W. Gates.
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York Ch
Phillips Cove
Galveston
Tex
Texas
John W. Gates
Gates
Port Arthur
Europe
Sewing Machines at 25 Cents in Persia Pillage
Dispatch from Tabriz reports horsemen under Rachid allied with the shah plundered the Russo Persian high school destroying labs and library. They then emptied an American sewing machine warehouse, selling machines at 26 to 30 cents each as they could not carry them all.
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St. Petersburg
Tabriz
Persia
Horesmen
Rachid
Pi Ingera
Dies from Bee Sting in New Haven Area
Erastus Burr, 85, of Norwalk, Connecticut, died in New Haven a week after being stung by a bee. The initial sting was not dangerous, but septicemia developed.
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New Haven
Conn
Erastus Burr
Norwalk
Various Old World Meat Dishes and Household Notes
A long recipe list covers breast of mutton and lamb cutlets, calf brains with tomatoes, veal dishes, chicken terrapin, and frogs legs a la poulette. A butter keeping method and German toast are included along with unrelated city notes on a rooster nuisance, a lynching aftermath, church matchmaking in Atlantic City, and two local drownings.
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Atlantic City
N. J
First Baptist Church
la Crosse
Wis
John W. Hoag
Ox Eyes and Carpet Brightening Tips
Instructions describe making egg stuffed bread rounds baked in a quick oven and brushing carpet with kerosene to brighten it. The egg dish uses bread rounds cut with a 3 inch cutter and a 1.5 inch ring, butter, salt, pepper, cream, then baked until set. The carpet tip instructs dipping a broom in kerosene and sweeping to improve appearance.
Display Notice of Rack Demonstration Prop in Ads
An advertising column item in a London newspaper notes a “man required for demonstration purposes on old English rack” with the rack “star chamber pattern” and a playful line about being stretched to show how the rack worked, inviting participation for demonstration.
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Chance For Patriot
London
Real Estate Transfers and Notices in Bottineau County
A compilation lists warranty deeds filed in Bottineau County including Almond A White et ux to Mary M Carey for multiple lots in White's First Addition South Bottineau, Kate Wells et ux to Mary Thompson for lots in Cole's Fourth Add Omemee, and other transfers in Souris and Couris. Also details sheriff deed to Henry A Barnes and various liens, with a Washington note on summer population shifts and musk deer trade from Tibet via Calcutta.
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Office of the Register of Deeds
Bottineau County
Twig
Almond A. White
Mary M Carey
White
South Bovtinean
Kate Wells
Contux
Mary ‘Thompson
Cole
Omiemee
Ludwig J. Mark
S. Hilieboe
Elias Brireswang
Adolph P. Erdmann
Lota
Souris
Daniel &. Kelley
Amos Segeritu
Couris
N. H. McKinnon
Henry A. Barns
Florence H. Stowers
Mary A. Hubbard
Advertised Letters In Post Office August 22 1 Hewson
Advertised letters include Bottine uncalled for in the Bopinean post office with names Daniel McLain Mrs O Anderson Mrs Mary E Kenedy Mrs John MacPhail Miss Carrie Nelson Miss Lynn Nelson. If not called for in 15 days they will be sent to the dead letter office. Ole Roland Postmaster notices.
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Bopinean
Daniel McLain
O. Anderson
Mary E. Kenedy
John MacPhail
Carrie Nelson
Lynn Nelson
Ole Roland
Mushroom shapes and umbrella design curious link
A playful note explains why a mushroom resembles an umbrella asking and answering how its cap acts as a sunshade and rain shelter. The comparison highlights natural form and function in a lighthearted observation.
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West Side
Eugene Blumenstein
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Blumenstein
West Fiftythird Street
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Bluestein
Harlem
House of St. Regis
Greenville
Viola Delancey
Marshal Norman
Sherif Hemsell
Ted Smith
Sheriff Hemsell
St. Louis
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Felix Volaski
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Merry Widow
the Man of the Hour
Ryder
Dale-Stabeck Land & Credit Co
William M. Stafford
Bottineau
Washington
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Neck of the Woods
Reliaiic
Alexandria
Cumberland
Tibet
William H. Michael
Calcutta
Himalayas
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