Nurse Hilda's Courage Restores An Old Man's Heart
A nurse named Hilda Harrison, once a penniless sixteen year old, serves at St Francesca's Hospital and later tends Judge Clement Harrison during a small pox outbreak. Her care wins his approval after discovering Marion Lenox died of smallpox, leaving Hilda as the rightful helper and granddaughter.
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Judge Harrison
Dr. Hooper
Severn
Hilda
Hildegore Bodmer
Siren
Grandpapa
Marian
Harrison
Hooper
St. Francesca’s Hospital
Clement Harrison
St. Francesca Corps of Nurses
Miss Lenox
Marion
Feaven
Curious Electrical Phenomenon Alarmed Swiss Vistas
Geneva reports describe a spectacular thunderstorm near Fribourg and Montreux with lightning striking a cherry tree near a cemetery. A girl gathering cherries and six cemetery visitors were reportedly unhurt, though they felt electric shocks and sparks.
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Geneva
Clevens
Fribourg
Montreux
Avants
Alliaz
Clarens
Tavel
Chatelard
Colladon
Times
Fragmented OCR Place Names and Times Listing
Readable fragments show a jumble of place names Delphos Jonestown Van Wert Decatur Warren and numbers that resemble times or measurements. The data lacks coherent context or a single event, suggesting a damaged timetable or route list with scattered stations and digits.
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Delphos
Snedocia
Jonestown
Saber. Facesses
van Wert
Raidon
Wilishine
Pleasant Mills Decatur
Ar Decatur
Winfiton
Warren
Grand iFy
Waterville
Maumee
Wearanlg
A Legend About the Rainbow and Lithuanian Origins
The Lithuanian legend tells how Pramzimas sent giants Wanda and Vejas to scour the world during a cosmic flood. After a divine reset, a few humans survived and, comforted by the rainbow, nine couples arose to become the nine Lithuanian tribes.
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Pramzimas
Wanda
Vejas
Woman Fends Off Wild Cat for Child Protection
A Fort Reed area woman,Ada Powers, defended a toddler from four large wildcats creeping toward the yard. She struck with a board, the cats dodged, then fled up a tree and vanished as neighbors fetched a gun for help. No injuries reported.
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Sanford
Fla.) Journal
Adin Powers
Fort Reed
John Foster
Ohio man returns from fishing trip asks about nominations
An Ohio man coming back from a brief fishing trip wonders if he has been nominated for any political office during his absence, reflecting on how quickly public life resumes.
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Ohio
Buffalo Express
Noted Household Exchange on Cutting a Pole
A household dialogue records Bridget asking how to cut a pole and a Mrs. with instructions to cut it into quarters. The child asks how many quarters to cut and the mother dictates quarters.
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Bridget
Feast of the Fire Fiend Lashes Lumber Pile Blaze
A Western country paper reports a fiery lumber pile blaze with wild imagery of a forked tongue demon and lurid breath. The dramatic account echoes Chicago fires and states a loss of 120 dollars.
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Chicago
Beer feeding monkeys in Darfur as drunken theft tactic
A letter from Darfur describes monkeys attracted to local beer used to trap and steal them. Natives place beer for primates to drink, then mingle with them as intoxicated monkeys cling to human hands and are carried away. Beers are administered in decreasing amounts to waken them gradually to their fate.
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Darfur
Africa
Umbrella Turns to Sword Cane on Detroit Streetcar
A Detroit woman received a fancy umbrella from the East. On a Woodward Avenue car the handle lengthened as she tried to alight, revealing a sword cane two feet long at the strap. She abandoned both pieces and a passerby warned of danger, joking about derringers.
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Halifax
West Indies
Florida
Detroit Free Press
Case Avenue
Detroit
Express
Woodward Avenue
Man who acts to die before December called traitor
A Burlington newspaper criticizes individuals who choose suicide as a political protest, labeling such acts as cowardly and treacherous to their party. The remark reflects partisan tensions and strong rhetoric of the era.
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Burlington Frawkeye
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Alar
Wert Bulletin
J. Af. Foster
Washington ST
Georgiara O. Glenn
Snashall’s
West Main St
I.k.woods
M. D. Pifysician
Washington Street
Bridge
W. Deepuy
Depuy House
WM. Smith, SR
WM. M. Smith, JR
Smith & Son, Physicians and Surgeons
Union Block
Hill & Wilson's
Hewsidence
Main
Jackson Street
Attorneys AT Law
M. Saltzgaber
H. C. Glenn
Saltzgaber & Glenn
van Werts
McCurdy’s Block
J.B. Parker
Atorney
McKim’s Block
J.C. Allen
LAW and Pension Agent
Jacobs’ Clothing Store
H.kemper
Acoe AT Law
Clark
John Darnell
James NM. Barr.arney
Z. L. Price
Ira P. Shissler
Price & Shissler
Iron Block
Brumback & Co
W. 7. Beers
Arcade Block
Jas. Clark& Son
S. Swineford’s Sons
Grocers
Pealers
A. P. McConahay
East Main Street
DR. J. Glenn
A. Knapp, D. D.S
Glenn & Knapp Dentists
Washington Streets
Swineford’s
Dr. C. Emerson
J.M.C. Marble
WM. H. Pennell
Emerson Marblesco
van Wert, Ohio
van Wert B
L. Stock
P. FT. W. & GC. Railway
Pittsburgh
Rochester
Alliance
Orrville
Mansfield
Crestline
Lama
Ft. Wayne
Plymouth
Wayne
LADS
Mansfieild
Skal
Sticx
Lpac
tkEex
Biwo
Tod
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Hocking Valley
Massachusetts
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The
Boston Herald
F. R. Mweks
Naples
John Jackson
Savannah
Scott
Town
Brechin
Scotland
Forfarshire
Sister Patterson
0.D. Swartout
Fred Billman
W. H. Pennell
L. H. Hopkins
Main Street
Maryland
New York
Goldsmiths Company of London
Frederick Emerson
New England
Meriden
Emerson
Garfield
J. M. Stewart
Haven
Laggare
Tor
Wert van Wert
London Times
Galveston
J. B. Rodgers
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Luskin
Calcasieu
Gabine
Sabine
Rodgers
United States
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Europe
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Philadelphia Record
Reading
Camp’s
Kengsington
Boston
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Massachusetts Bay
Toledo, Delphos
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Toledo
Miami
Mail & Exp’s
Pas
P’ss
Holgate Dupont
Fort Jennings
Southern Divis
Southworth
Bailey
Spencerville
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Connelsville
Mendon
Mercer
Shanes Cross
Shanes
Mendow
Batley
Gansta Delphos
Mail &Mail
Cas Eels
Bluffton
Decatur
Holgate
F. W
West
van Wert Junction
G. R
North
South
I. H H. Burgoon
G. G. Grund
van van Wert
Hattery Cross
Ec Township
Parker Crossing
Koogle
Hirtz Crossing
Freisner
Hattery
van Wett
Erxcelsior
Cahn & Brother
Oth Clothie
Is Hert, O
Zimmerman’ S
R. E. McIntosh
Douglas
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