Tragedy and Trial Split a Family in A Rural Case
In a damp cottage tale Porter family tensions surge after a deadly assault case. Norman Earle’s sacrifice and Miriam Porter face social pressure as new evidence surfaces about Rufus Dawes and a passing witness. The court history recalls a brutal quarrel, a shotgun, and a struggle for justice amid grief.
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Elmer
Norman
Arike
Miriam
Porter
Bert Ree
Norman Earle
Pat Aa
Rufus Dawes
Dawes
Allum
Legas
Mir 3
Cse
Parle
Oti
Earle
Heroic Train Rescue Earns Governor’s Pardon
Norman Earle saves a little girl during a rockfall derailment after a railroad accident. The governor, grateful for the brave deed, grants a pardon to the child’s father once the story is verified. The rescue sparks public praise and a noted reconciliation.
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Earle
Governors Mansion
Capitol
Eunice
Norman Earle
Rufus Dawes
Miriam
Jericho Excavations Reveal Majestic Outer Wall Evidence
Professor Thiersch reports on Jericho digs by Sellin showing the great outer wall laid bare as Israelite work and the inner wall a preserved Canaanitish defense. The outer wall is linked to Hiel the Bethelite, who built Jericho and sacrificed his sons.
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German Palestine Society
Thiersch
Jericho
Sellin
Israel
Joshua
Hiel
Ahab
Abirnam
Professor Thiersch
Anonymous Trouble Maker Sparks Oceanic Rumor Panic
A caller to a newspaper office claimed the Oceanic bed sank causing widespread alarm. Officials investigated as clubs, relatives, and neighbors feared for passengers aboard the steamship. The anonymous tip provoked anxiety until the rumor proved unfounded.
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New York Post
Mrs Noobride-Yes Seeks Visit to Pretty Flat
Conversation notes a wife saying she married last month and invites Mise Jellus to call on her to see her pretty flat. The exchange references a flat and a social visit with familiar names.
Wreck blame and casualties questioned in Nayal Way tale
In Nayal Way, residents debate responsibility after a wreck. Witnesses ask if anyone was killed and point to a single man as the scapegoat in a tense, unresolved incident.
Devil Dancers of Ceylon and Indigenous Healing Practices
A Wide World Magazine note describes the devil dancers in parts of Ceylon who are called in when native remedies fail. Soothsayers name the demon, offerings are given, and two masked dancers perform hours long rites to Samhiyaka, with 32 masks used during the convulsions and ailments, observers noting a favorable effect.
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India
Wide World
Ceylon
Life of hardship for Cuban farmer and failed agricultural education
The piece laments Cuban farmers as uneducated and overburdened, criticizing widespread poverty and a lack of useful agricultural knowledge. It accuses government bureaus of waste, noting experiment stations exist to create jobs for political allies rather than to educate or aid farmers.
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Shieh
Shubert Praises Broadway Chorus Girls and Their Style
The article recalls SS Shubert praising a Broadway chorus girl as prettier and brighter than her English French or Italian sisters. Two chorus girls at Sherry's discuss college boys, noting their pink witty talk and ragged humor, while admiring a boy they call a china doll.
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Shubert
Weird Story of Glasgow Ship Marlborough Discovered
Survivors of a Cape Horn wreck reportedly found the Marlborough in a cove with twenty skeletons nearby. The iron two deck ship left Lyttelton in January 1890 bound for London and disappeared, perhaps after collision with an iceberg. Built in 1876 by R Duncan & Co Glasgow owners Mesgra J Lessie & Co. It measured 228 feet long 36 feet wide and 21 feet deep.
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Glasgow
Cape Horn
Marlborough
Lyttelton New Zealand
London
W Aird
Lloyd's Register
Mesgra J Lessie & Co
Messrs. R Duncan & Co
Made in England labels used to disguise origin in trade
注文はイギリスとフランスのラベル製造業者へ発送されることが多く 偽りの出所表示を伴う高価なラベルの製作を依頼する事例がある。図示された名称として Smith Regent street Brown Piccadilly Gabrielle Suzanne Rue de la Paix Paris などが挙げられるが 実際には用途の品物が英国内産でも仏国内産でもない可能性が高い。
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England
Smith
Regent Street
Brown
Piccadilly
Gabrielle
Suzanne
Rue de la Paix
Paris
Foolish to Neglect Cold Warns Wallace's Farmer Writer
A Wallace's Farmer column urges early care for contagious colds. Advice covers light diet for children, bed rest, antiseptic gauze for handkerchiefs, burning used tissues, separate towels, and eucalyptus inhalation to reduce contagion. It stresses prompt treatment and hygiene to prevent spread.
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Wallace
Have Enough of Divorce Ends in Fourth Marriage
Indiana man Robert Slate age 39 of Seymour and Madge Slate 29 of New Albany admitted to newspaper reporters they had married each other three times and divorced in the past. They said they had each been married before and planned another divorce before remarrying for a fourth time, noting the tendency for haste in their unions.
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Indiana
Robert Slate
S‘eway Ind
Mra
Madge Slate
Roth
Slate
Tua
Recognition Beyond Pay in Creative Work
A reflection on dedicating oneself to meaningful craft rather than reward or praise. The text emphasizes that true value lies in inner conscience and divine judgment, not monetary payment or public notice, citing Richard C Cabot on seeking a just, keen-eyed judge beyond paymasters.
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Richard C Cabot
Atlantic
Varnish Candies for Longer Lasting Candles
A Montreal Star tip advises coating the wick with white varnish to prevent grease from running and extend candle life. After applying, lay candles aside to harden for a day. The varnish preserves burn time by keeping the candle wax intact.
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Montreal Star
Real estate transfers filed in county records
Bernard Smith and wife transfer to A P Hulsibus for 27300 in sections 35 81 2 and others in 65 18 Lee Daniels and wife to Jas A Adkins for 600 in 16 64 16 Duke and wife to John F Gunn for 8000 with detailed tract restrictions Wm F Noel and wife to Everett Keene for 700 in 8 1 4 Stokes to Crooks for 1200 in Unionville Missouri Gray's addition lots 5 and 6 in block 3 Ellen Andrew to Mendota Coal Co for part of a northeast corner of aww swi 4 67 18
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Bernard Smith & W
P Hulsibus
Lee Daniels
Wto
Jas
Adkins
FO Duke
John F
Gunn & W
Secor
Don H Crooks
Ellen Andrew
Mendota Coal Co
Adler-i-ka Promoted By Unionville Agent
A Unionville druggist promotes Adler-i-ka as a sensational all around remedy. The writer claims one dose cleanses both upper and lower bowels and relieves sour stomach gas and constipation immediately, noting Unionville agency status.
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Unionville
Adler
Christmas social notes from various Iowa and Nebraska towns
Local Christmas activities include visits and gatherings among residents in Hartford Mendota Con nellville Omaha Mt Ayr Henderson Ely areas. Families like Morrow Speak and Raney share meals and tree events while several guests stay with relatives. A playwright jokes about reusing a plot from Ingomar the Barbarian.
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Gladys Davidson
Omaha
Misa Nellie Morrow
Mayme Morrow
Nina Shelto
Johbnore
Martinstown
Emery Kelley
Wm Triplett
Gertie
Donna Raney
Minnie Raney
Albert
Connellaville
James Morrow
Dessie
Artie
Doyle Pickens
Emery Dye
Mt Harmony
Pearl Hart
Christmans
Myrtle Moore
Mt Ayr
Virgil Casady
Misa Lillie Guffey
Tom Lawson
Elko Christ
Anna McVey
Okal and Polley
Henderson
Halidaye
Johnnie Morrow
Unionville
Joe Vestal
Mias
Della Raney
Darrell West
Ruthford Magee
Alva Woolever
Roscoe Shelton
Dewey Pickering
Manda Morrow
Hartford
John Pickering
Bessie
Erma Vores
Alma Shelton
Eva Berry
Mendota
Dewey
Connie Pickering
Rosce Shelton
Karl Abbott
Lawrence Hornhouse
Clark Willett
Dee Pickenpaugh
Livonia
Thia Place
G Davia
Folus
Coataville
Lydile Kelley
Subscriptions Notice for Trust Deed Sale in Putnam County
Notice of sale on January 8 at the Unionville courthouse to auction the real estate owned by George R K Cowan and Alne M Cowan in section 31 township 65 range 16. The sale aims to satisfy the debt secured by a deed of trust dated September 2, 17, recorded in Book 46 Page 424, with Beverly Bonfoey as trustee and Beverly Sonmiey as buyer substitute. Public action follows trustee absence and substitution by RF Litrietoroecy for legal default.
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Creer
Cowan
Alne M. Cowan
the Recorder of Deeds
Putnam County
Missouri
Beverly H Bonfoey
Rust
Beverley B
Sonmiey
Beverly
Boolvney
Court House
Unionville
George RK Cowan
M Cowan
Litrietoroecy
Notice of Sale on Probasco Property in Putnam County
Notice is given that B F Aitrrus Jr substituted by the note holder will sell at public vendue at the Putnam County courthouse in Unionville on Saturday January 3 1014 between 10 60 am and 5 pm the southwest quarter of the southwest quarter of section 27 and the northwest quarter of the northwest quarter of section 34 township 65 range 18 conveyed to secure a debt by H E Probasco and Lydia A Probasco now in default.
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H E Probasco
Lydia
Probasco
Recorder of Deeds of
Putnamounty
Missouri
H Bourney
Fatate
Putnam County
KR H Bontoey
B. H Honfoey
H & Probasco
Giant banyan trees shelter regiments in legend
A 1 600 man regiment could find shelter under a single banyan. In India a banyan with 400 main trunks and over 8 000 smaller ones is noted as remarkable.
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Zarth
India
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Cincinnati
Ohiod
Dispatch
New York Sun
Helferstine & Pratt
Meo
Pickering
the Youth’s Companion
Berkeley Street
Boston
Maes
Anderson
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