WANTED Advertisements for Farmers and Sellers
WANTED hear from owner having farm for sale in Gogebic county Warren McRae Logansport Indiana Man woman wanted Salary 75 weekly full time 1 50 an hour Spare time selling guaranteed hosiery to wearer Cottons heathers silks GUARANTEED MILLS Norristown Pa WANTED 7200 Salespeople MAKE BIG MONEY selling Watkins products Branches U S and Canada CITY Wakefield and elsewhere Write for MONEY MAKING PILAN J R Watkins Company Dept 96 Winona Minn
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gogebic County
Warren McRae
Logansport
Indiana
Norristown
Watkin
U. S
Canada
Wakefield
J. R. Watkins Company
Dept
Winona
Minn
Indians' Wooden Cannon at Fort Henry Frontier Tale
In Wheeling Virginia a frontier saga recalls Fort Henry built by Ebenezer Zane with figures like Daniel Boone, Simon Kenton, Lord Dunmore, and Logan. On September 1 1777 a log cannon misfired spectacularly, raining arrows on attackers, delaying siege until Major McCullough arrived and Metallough made his famous leap.
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Henry
Wheeling
W. Va
Col
Ebenezer Zane
Daniel Boone
Simon Kenton
Lord Dunmore
Lewis Wetzel
George Rogers Clark
Sam McCullough
Cornplanter
Seneca
Logan
Zane
Betty
Fort Henry
Simon Girty
Girty
Major McCullough
Metallough
Reversing Falls at St John River NB Canada
Description of the Reversing Falls at the mouth of the St John River in New Brunswick. Tidal waters rise twenty eight feet and invert or reverse as they pass a narrow outlet. Falls occur four times per day for about fifteen minutes each, allowing steamers and rafts to pass. Also a brief joke about two old school friends and music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. John River
Canada
New Brunswick
Montreal Gazette
The Costigan Mystery of the Benns on the Waterfront
A long, first person portrait of Mary Benn known as Costigan, a poor domestic worker tied to the Benn family near the water front. After an ankle sprain, a Swede sailor’s care and the Benns’ scorn, she vanishes one day never to return. The narrator imagines a possible elopement and life abroad, far from the Benns.
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Benn
Costigan
Nan
Old Benn
Mrs. Benn
Mary
Tfar
Benns
Rats Tap Coconuts in British Honduras
Rats climb coconut trees to drink coconut milk during the dry season in British Honduras. This surprising behavior led scientists to study the ruin of groves by an unseen enemy. Rat traps now sell well as a growing market develops to protect coconuts from damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
British Honduras
Honduras
Lost bill fold between Finnish Church and High School
A bill fold is missing between the Finnish Church and the High School. It contains receipts of value only to the owner. Return to this office for a reward.
Sage and Sulphur Compound for Dark Natural Hair
A grandmother’s secret hair-darkening formula Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Compound, sold at drug stores, restores natural color with a simple daily application. The preparation is praised by druggists and marketed as easy to use, inexpensive, and providing glossy, youthful-looking hair.
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Wyeth
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T. S. Crosby
Offee
Kerkes
Vito
Wakefield, Michigan
Ernest Schaefer
Bessemer, Michigan
Elmo Scott Watson
LE Coc TT
Western Newspaper Union
Ole Grouch
Haima
Seltiy
London
Finer aGrester
Durant
Bedell Motor Sales CO
By Norris Schultz
Angper Union
Wakefield Hardware and Furniture Co
Harry & Swanson
Wakefield, Mich
Township of
Township of Wakefield
First National Bank of
Mich
Victor Lepisto
N. F. Laberdie
Nels Walstrom
WM. D. Triplett
Cor
Suffolk & Aurora Sts
Ironwood, Mich
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