Man Falls Victim To A Bite While Boarding Train
Edward A Parks of St Louis became critically ill after swallowing a large piece of beefsteak on a B and O train en route from Cincinnati. He leaped aboard at an eastern Illinois station seeking aid but the meat lodged in his throat. City hospital surgeons later removed the obstruction with instruments. Recovery appears doubtful.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
Edward A. Parks
City
Cincinnati
Illinois
Williams
Parks
City Hospital
Parker
Indignation Over Principal's Kiss Demand at Fifth Ward
In Bellaire Ohio J D Deafenbaugh principal allegedly ordered white and colored girls to kiss or take a beating after a dispute among eighteen pupils two color groups. One girl fled home to avoid the kiss and now the school board faces a possible inquiry. The incident stirs strong parent and public reaction and the board's decision is awaited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bellaire, CO
J. D. Deafenbaugh
Fifth Ward
Timatum
Bear on Rampage Attacks Girl in West Virginia Field
In Philippi West Virginia on September 24 a giant black bear attacked a girl elderberry picking near Valley Furnace. Farmer Jonathan Carver intervened with a grub hoe, saving the child but suffering severe injuries before the bear fled. Carver was treated in town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bear ON Rampage
Philippi
W. Va
Sand Ridge
Valley Furnace
Tucker County
Alice Fields
Jonathan Carver
Carver
Lattle
Golden Medical Discovery Promises Digestive Cure
An advertisement extols Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a cure for dyspepsia and stomach disorders, claiming it purifies blood and revitalizes health. A testimonial from M H House of Arkansas praises recovery after seven doctors and failure, urging no substitutes and noting a free mailed Common Sense Medical Adviser with 21 one-cent stamps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leasant Company
Oine
Pierce
Golden Medical Eco
M. HL House
Charleston
Franklin Co
Ark
R. V. Pierce
Buffalo
N. Y
Race problem did not interfere in hangings at OSPORD
In OSPORD Mississippi on September 24 Will Mathis a white man and Orlando Lester a colored man were hanged at noon for the murder of the Montgomery brothers according to local reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. Longstreet
Seventh Avenue
The English Angler and the Wee Loch Tale
An Englishman walking with rod and reel finds a small Scottish loch that looks promising. He spends three hours casting along the pond’s edge without a bite. A boy nearby explains there were no fish because the pond had no water until it rained yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scotland
Misfortune Sparks Bold City Shop Window Ad
A team of coach horses smashed a large plate glass window in front of a New York furniture store. Instead of closing, the proprietor painted a witty sign inside the window warning that even horses know where to find good furniture. Nearby Warstentein Library in Cassel houses books that are logs of wood, revealing a full history of each tree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
Warstentein
Cassel
Germany
Indolent Daughter of a Peer Means Sleep Like an Invalid
A Tokyo address by a Japanese educator describes a noblewoman’s daughter who never speaks, is tended by multiple maids to sleep and wake, and gradually learns to abandon her self made confinement. The account portrays the child as spoiled and immobilized by routine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Chicago News
Proverbial Fish Imagery in Classic Sayings
A compact note traces nautical and literary fish related expressions from Shakespeare to seafaring lore. It cites phrases like there are other fish in the sea and very like a whale while noting terms such as land shark and whale bone origins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haimkt
Inner spark drives literary output more than circumstance
The passage argues that stimulus to writing lies in the writer's inner disposition, not external factors like poverty or health. True literature is the soul's voice responding to life, with outer hardship merely awakening an existing disposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Spectator
Courtroom anecdote and wonders of ancient books
A western source recalls a court scene where the judge jokes about charging juries. It notes the Royal library in Stockholm holds a Bible of exceptional size and weight, made from 160 hides with 309 pages and four inch thick covers. It also explains catgut comes mainly from silkworms raised near Vesuvius, processed on Procida and Torre Annunziata, with threads from a foot to twenty inches long.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royal
Stockholm
Procida
Bay of
Naples
Torre Annunziata
Vesuvius
Turcoman Bride Customs Highlight Horse Race Elopement
The London Standard describes Turcoman brides where a girl choosing marriage rides away on horse, choosing her beloved by evading suitors. Captured, she becomes the wife of her captor, with the ceremony abbreviated. It also notes Kalmuck bride races where skilled horsewomen resist capture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Standard
Newbro's Herpicide Promises Glossy Hair Free of Dandruff
An advertisement touts Newbro's Herpicide as the only hair preparation that kills the dandruff germ and prevents hair loss, claiming it cleanses the scalp and promotes new growth. A Dickinson resident notes it keeps hair glossy and a sample can be obtained by sending 10 cents in stamps to Detroit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newbro
E. Dodd
Dickinson
N. D
Boy's 18 Mile Dash For Life With Dr King’s Discovery
A Leesville Indiana man endured deadly asthma until his son rode 18 miles to obtain Dr King’s New Discovery for Consumption Coughs and Colds. He reports instant relief and eventual cure sleeping soundly each night. The medicine tackles throat and lung troubles including Consumption Pneumonia Bronchitis Coughs Colds and Grip. Guaranteed bottles 50c and 1.00 Trial bottles free at all druggists.
A Clever Pickpocket in Paris Foils Police Pursuit
In Paris two officers trailed a thin poorly clad pickpocket who vanished into Rue Roche Chonaut. He robbed a bathhouse, swapped clothes with another bather, and walked out as the real thief was seized. The crowd watched as the mix up ended with the thief still laughing at the confusion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Omnibus Bureau
Law
Harnesses Buggies and Wagons Sold At Reduced Prices
F J Villaescusa at 110 S Meyer Street announces a clearance sale of harness sad dies buggies and wagons to move to Congress street location. Sale runs until September 1 with greatly reduced prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress Street
F. J. Villaescusa
S. Meyer Street
KE. G. Capes Repairing Watches and Jewelry
Repairing of fine watches and jewelry offered by KE. G. Cape. All watches guaranteed with first class workmanship. Additionally a health ad notes Dr. Fowler's Extract of Wild Strawberry claiming safe cure for summer complaints across ages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
KE. G. Cape’s
Fowler
Saw Mill Site Sparks Boundary Talk in Early Survey
A surveyor points to a location for a saw mill with the county line running through its middle. The pioneer dismisses the idea saying he wants the mill entirely on one side to avoid dual coroner inquests if a man is harmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Tribune
DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve Endorsed for Piles Cure
An old advertisement touts DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve as a rapid cure for piles and other skin injuries. It features a testimonial from J. C. Phillips of Paris Illinois who says the product cured his bleeding piles and restored strength. Bell's Pharmacy is listed as the seller.
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DeWitt
J. C. Phillips
Paris
Illinois
Bell
Wanted: men for street car conductors inquiry
A brief employment notice seeks a few good men for street car conductors, directing interested applicants to CHAS A HOFF Secretary at No 38 S Stone Avenue. The ad also promotes BE G Capo's leather goods offering finely carved leather in low prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas. A. Hoff
S. Stone Avenue
BE. G. Capo’s
Ingersoll Visits Comstock Mines Amid Infernal Heat
John W. Mackay invited Rob ert G. Ingersoll to tour the Comstock mines. As the cage descended to the shaft bottom the guest, gasping for air, remarked that he privately believed in hell but never imagined it could be so hot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Mackay
Robert G. Ingersoll
Comstock
Mr. Ingersoll
Arnica Salve Cures Piles and Fistula in Weeks
W A Greer of Mc Connellsville Ohio reports three years of treatment by good doctors for piles and fistula failed until Bucklen's Arnica Salve healed him in two weeks. Also noted Mrs JL Robertson of W F Kitts store returns from San Francisco where she visited two months. Tucson Citizen claims largest circulation in Arizona except one paper.
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W. A. Greer
McConnellsville
Bucklen
JL. H. Robertson
W. F. Kitt’s
San Francisco
The
Tucson Citizen
Arizona
Tucson
E. J
Leader Millinery Unveils New Fall Ready-To-Wear Hats
The Leader Millinery displays a line of fall hats recently arriving from eastern markets. Shoppers are invited to view the new arrivals and assess styles for the season.
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ED Stapleton Arcadian Pharmacy
Cook & CO
Phoenix, Arizona
Prescott, Arizona
Tucson, Arizona
Brain
A Queer Library
Turcoman Brides
E. Congress St
Julius Goldbaum Inc
Ingersoll Story
Brown’s
Gold Dust Twins
N. K. Fairbank Company
New York
Boston
Absolute Safety Pioneer Transfer Co
Stone Ave
Emma Busch
West McCormick Street
Convent Street
Wheeler & Wilson
W. Pennington St
W. McCormick
Stone Avenue
A. M. Feldman
Jackson and
South Fourth Avenue
South Main
Citizen Office
North Stone Avenue
Roundhouse
D. C. Romero
Sixth Street
Smith
Odd Fellows Hall
E. Rockwell
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