Miscellany from Townsend Messenger
A Kentucky judge nearly died from hiccoughs. Emma Whitney of Cleveland, former Ohio Legislature recording clerk, may be re elected. Comments on Kaiser Wilhelm, the Monroe doctrine, and phrases from Senator Teller. An odd New York eye comment on Ahlwardt. A Ypsilanti marriage creates a rare triple union. Congressman Woodman and police, guard and shield sayings. English grain trade during war, naval shipments, and supply issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma Whitney
Cleveland
Ohio
England
Russia
India
Co operative Stores Grow in France and England Venturing
In France 306 societies report over 15 million dollars in annual sales with about 300 000 members. Farmers syndicates involve around 900 000 people and supply fertilizers, soil analysis labs, price lists, and related services.
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France
England
Differences in Russian and American Petroleum Oil Types
The article notes petroleum occurs in Russia in shallow tertiary strata as mapthenes in quicksand like formations, while in America it lies deep in older carboniferous to Silurian rocks. Russian oil yields less illuminating oil and more lubricants, whereas American oil produces about 70 percent lamp fuel.
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Russia
America
Proper Place for Parrot in Crazy Ward Tale
A hospital dog named Reilly befriends the staff and the parrot trains it to fearlessly roam, while the bird’s shrill whistle repeatedly disturbs the dog. After a chase through the hall, the parrot is recovered and surgeons consider trepanning the dog to study its instincts.
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Heine Marks
St Louis
City Hospital
Reilly
Haunted Horton Mansion Mystery and Disappearance
Workmen uncover two chained skeletons beneath the Horton mansion in Superior Wisconsin prompting an inquiry. The tale centers on Thomas Horton his wife Ella Reno and lover Frank Beauford with a ghostly room secret passage and a long tragic history ending in death and an empty graveyard.
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Thomas Horton
Eliza Ann Cutler
Ella Reno
Frank Beauford
Mrs. Horton
Mendota
Mr. Horton
Eliza Cutler
Horton
Morgan County Colorado touted for prosperity and irrigation
A promotional piece extols Morgan County Colorado citing strong education and religion, cooperative irrigation, high yields with wheat at or near 50 bushels an acre, onions profits, and land prices from 15 to 40 dollars per acre with water rights. It urges readers to request a free illustrated booklet from the Burk Route Passenger Department via J Francis in Omaha.
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Morgan County
Colorado
Ilinois
Ohio
United States
Alread
M County
Burk
J. Francis
Omaha
Neb
New Hampshire's First Name and Local Notices
A collage of notes mentions Vienna police censorship over publications and theater licenses, a tobacco ad for Cut and Slash, the claim New Hampshire was once Lacuna and named by John Mason in 1529, corn removal tips with Mindcorns, missionary field size in Texas, Parker's Ginger Tonic benefits, and a saying about busy hands and loafers.
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Vienna
New Hampshire
Lacuna
John Mason
Hampshire
England
Girl Drops Out of Sight in Baltimore Missing 17 Year Old
Mabel Stewart aged 17, daughter of John A Stewart of Harpers Ferry West Virginia, vanished from Camden Station after traveling to Baltimore to visit her sister. Detectives tracked letters she mailed from a newsstand and a clerk recalls her writing two notes. Detective Riordan says he saw her depart with a man and woman, her father fears abduction as she had never been away from home.
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Thomas Horton
Cutler
Mabel Stewart
John A. Stewart
Harper’s Ferry
W. Va
Camden Station
Miss Stewart
Baltimore
Riordan
Flee From the Ghost of an Osage Murdered Man
An Osage man named Webster was killed near Grey Horse six weeks ago. His wife and mother in law were cleared, with a verdict of death by falling on a knife during a chase. Now the Spirit of Webster haunts the village at night, prompting fears and migration across the reservation.
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Webster
Grey Horse
Fort Yuma Climate Quip Highlights Territorial Claim
Arizona resident touts climate as statehood proof. Speaker Reed retorts with a biting line about the harsh desert, noting his fortieth experience and the idea that a bad man’s death alters perception in the territory.
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Haden
Arizona
Statehood
Reed
Fort Yuma
Salzer seeds boast strong potatoes and heavy tomato crop
An advertisement extols Salzer Earliest Potatoes to yield 4000 bushels on 10 acres and a Champion of the World late tomato as the heaviest yielder. It offers free seed samples and a mammoth seed catalogue for 10 cents postage, and warns of common pains eased by St Jacobs Oil amid seasonal skating and cold weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salzer
W.n
St. Jacobs
Parker's Ginger Tonic Endorsed for Ailments and Debility
An advertisement extols Parker's Ginger Tonic as a household essential for weakness, female debility, persistent coughs and colds, and nervous ills. It claims broad efficacy and gratitude from many homes, alongside a nod to Cee's Couga Balsam as the oldest remedy for colds.
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Parker
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Stout & Watt
Montana
Kentucky
Erastur Wiman
Kaiser Wilhelm
Germany
Teller
Mile
Yvette Guilbert
New York
Ahlwardt
Ypsilanti
Congressman Woodman
Chicago
Superior
Wis
Dcaggists
Society For ‘Missionary Work
Texas
Parker's
Cee
Kennedy
Donald Kennedy
Roxbury
Mass
Boston
AER Actor CO
Rockwell
Crow Planter
Beatiful
H. W. Buckbee
Bockford. Me
World Mfg. Co
Columbua
L.N. Y
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