The Popular Egg Throwing Battle in Sharpsburg Ky
A Kentucky town enjoys a unique pastime egg throwing between two factions led by Jim Strong and Bill Hyersole. Each side fields about twenty men who must supply a dozen eggs, the aim to splash rivals with shells. The Saturday night clash lasted until all 440 eggs were spent, leaving streets and sidewalks coated in shell fragments and egg. Strong claimed victory.
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Sharpsbure
Siistosburg
Okrs
Bill Higersole
Hach
Strong
Hyersole
Captain Strong
Chicago
Son of Siamese Twins Famed Farmer Near Milan Kansas
W L Bunter of Milan Kansas, said to descend from famous Siamese twins who split time between two North Carolina plantations, grew a large Sumner County wheat crop. Around age forty, he lives on a well stocked farm, has a large family, and values his lineage though rarely mentioning it.
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W. L. Bunter
Milan
Kan
Sumner County
North Carolina
W. L. Bunker
Medicated Smoking Tobacco And Cigarettes Promote Relief
Classified ad style notice promotes EE-M products a medicated tobacco and cigarettes claimed to cure catarrh hay fever asthma and colds. It cites no opium, urges readers send 60 or 180 to EE M Company Atlanta Ga for mail order samples and promises “reward” for cures. It mentions Henry & Co Toledo and other wholesale druggists and lists multiple claims without evidence. The text shows scattered OCR errors and disjointed supplier names.
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Ee-M
Bend
Atlanta
Discourse on overcoming life’s wind and unfair names
Rev Dr Talmage speaks to those burdened by discouragement from adverse names, limited means, poor education, and visible flaws. He urges faith and effort, citing biblical examples and urging endurance, self-improvement, and reliance on God to turn misfortune into strength.
Good Roads Notes and Rural Tax Views
Reprinted excerpts discuss Lieutenant-Governor Woodruff’s vow to push road improvement in the next session, noting past farm opposition and the expected city taxpayer share. A Mayo Oregon tale shows a wandering tramp citing luck in a quagmire. The piece argues Southern states use road construction work to deter tramps, boosting property values while employing vagrants.
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New York
Binghamton
N. Y
Woodruff
Empire State
Massachusetts
Boston
Mass
Cost of Bad Hondas and Nation’s Road Costs
A German Farm, Field and Fireside note cites office statistics on road in quality. It reports 12 mile average haul, 2000 pound load per two horses, 25 cents per ton mile, $3 per load, and $946 million annual transport cost. Two‑thirds could be saved with better roads, enabling 157,000 miles of improved highways and fewer horses and feed. A call for arithmetic leads to a rural highway revolution.
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Office of Road Inquiry
Department of Agriculture
Be Good to Yourself Medical Advice Text
Be mindful of the body you inhabit and treat it with care. Do not abuse or overload it with food drink or labor. Seek regular sleep warmth and avoiding cold. At first symptoms apply strong care and exercise to generate heat. Learn the body's structure and laws of life for health and punishment.
Immigration figures show fluctuating arrivals through years
The Treasury Department bulletin records immigration highs and lows from 1882 to the latest year, noting 788,002 arrivals in 1882, declines to 2088,822 in 1883, peaks around 884,208 in 1886, then another rise to 625,084 in 1889, followed by declines to 250,832 in the current year.
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Treasury Department
Toavers Questing Toads Dining on Bees in Beehives
Dunkirk Georgia resident V Hall, in natural history notes, found toads gathering near beehives at dusk luring in bees. He watched as toads used long tongues to catch bees and, upon dissecting one, found a stomach full of bees at different digestion stages. The observation suggests unusual toad feeding behavior and method of foraging.
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V. Hall
Dunkirk
Mr. Hall
Hall
Fragments from a Blurry OCR Seem Obscure
Readable parts show garbled phrases and misread terms. The text reads like a damaged page with random words and fragments, lacking coherent report or identifiable entities. No clear event, people, or places emerge from the legible segments.
Turn of Life Promoted by Lydia E Pinkham’s Remedy
An advertisement extols Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound as support during menopause. It claims hot flashes and nervous strain are eased by the tonic, citing a Cincinnati reader who recommends the medicine as a savior of life and urges others to try it.
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Lydia BD
Pinkham
Darna Watson
West 5Th
Cincinnati
Ohio
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Iso
Hopkins Huce
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Irco
DR. Talmage
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AhMen
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Victoria
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Dave Ops Ely
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Fron Holt
Addrain Heh
Lineman Co
Gould Building
Auanty, Ga
Lombard Tron Works and Supply Company
Augusta
Geqigta
White's
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Actus
Oeap
Ness Calpe
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Niles
Emer
Ividen
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B & My
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J. B, Wohum & Co
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