Brief Story of the Career of an Illinois Maiden
Helen Burdett, daughter of an Illinois farmer, runs the family after her father’s death at eighteen. She buys sixty-five steers, outsells rivals, and nets a profit of 1066 dollars, earning respect for her business acumen. A later marriage ends the farm, with her depicted in her wedding dress and praised as a likely artist or writer.
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Philadelphia Press
Helen Burdett
Illino
Helen
Helen Barslet
United States
Seattle
Nelen
Fot
Ste
Misa
Iweite
Helen Juriett
Far West
Dresz
Burdstt
Optical Illusions and Perception Delusions in Daily Life
A Victorian style account discusses illusions and visions as common human experiences. It recalls waking misperceptions of a brother in a dressing case and a dying friend claiming to see deceased parents at her bedside, questioning whether such experiences are real or illusions.
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New York
Marvelous Escape of Miners Behind a Coal Wall
A Raven Run mine roof collapse traps ten miners at Carbondale Delaware and Hudson mines. Alexander Bryden leads a perilous crawl through a coal wall to reach the opening, guiding twelve men to safety while eight are rescued with teammates. The group faces imminent collapse as the shaft shakes.
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Lea
Honesdale
N.Y
Raven Run
Delaware& Hudson Coal Company
Carbondale
Bryden
Vu Caeir
Aid Isu
Tae
Uryden
Wisea Highllaun
Tor Teonaslao
Chicago Tribuna reports on bold confidence schemes
A Chicago Tribuna account tells how a country man with little cash met a swindler through a newspaper ad and melted into a false iron works partnership. The victim paid cash and found no partner, the fraudster vanished, and the crime pattern repeats with little money recovered. The piece notes frequent similar cases and warns readers about confidence games.
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Chicago
West Side
Infatuated Hen Roosts on Cow’s Back at Local Farm
A Middletown dairy farmer Patrick Doyle endures a hen that has formed an unusual attach ment to a cow on his dairy farm. The hen spends nearly every moment perched on the cow’s back, roosting at night and joining the other chickens during feeding. The cow repeatedly tries to dislodge the hen with shakes and tail whisking, but the hen returns to her perch, prompting daily, humorous scenes for visitors to the farm.
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Middletown
Spec
Patrick Doyle
Amusing Tale Of Judge Byles And A Shorthand Fumble
A late Mr Justice Byles, famed shorthand writer and reporter, faced a Somerset assizes moment where a missing word halted court. Beside puzzled jurors and lawyers, he sought help from the jury and muttered about vowels and a baby in the case, provoking laughter as the passage remained unresolved.
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Manchhester Times
Justice Byles
Somerset Assizes
Is Lordship
Eyant
Easio
Lord Patton
Chicago Weekly News Promises Broad Coverage and Deep Content
Warner Weekly Sun notes the Chicago Weekly News is an eight page sixty four column paper offering all the news in detail yet concise. It links with the Chicago Daily News via AP for trusted market reports and aims at agricultural and home readers with six complete stories per issue and an original serial by noted authors.
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Chicago Weekly News
America
Chicago Daily News
Associated Press
Ats
Chicago
Chicago Daly News
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Warner Sun
Practical Girl
Illinois
Desta
Japan
Chicago Weekly
Warner Weekly Sun
Ange
Warner
Dak
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