Queer Craft and Dare Devil Tom Gross on Steamboats
In a memory from river pilots, two Cincinnati bound steamers the big side wheeler and the cranky Volunteer clash as the stern wheeler outmaneuvers them. Tom Gross, at the Volunteer wheel, severs a towing barge with an axe triggering a crash and suspension for the big vessel.
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Tom Gross
Ohio River
Cincinnati
Louisville
Silver Moon
Glendale
Memphis
Cumberland River
St. Louis
James L. Maginnis
Willam Reilly
William Burt
America
United States
Gross
Ross
St. Louis Globe Democrat
Six Inches of Watch Chain in a Throat
Dr Carmichael of this city attended the son of Mrs Eustica Moncure who suffered a cough. A six inch watch chain with an acorn charm protruded from the nasal canal into the throat. The delicate operation removed it from the nostril without injuring the child.
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Carmichael
Eustica Moncure
Philadelphia, Inquirer
Local notices and social updates from North Clarendon
Mrs Thomas McNelly is very sick but hopes of recovery remain. Miss Anna Cochran of Reynoldeville visits sister Mrs W V Young. J G Strainer travels to Peru S A to work in an oil refinery. Mrs J L McGuire and Miss Jennie Keef attend funeral of Mr. and Mrs. A H Simpson's little boy. Harry McKain injured leg while hammering. expected to be lame briefly. Misses Nellie Lyda Thompson Lizzie Cook Anna Conway Jessie Burrows and Miss Dow at Sulphur Springs. Gardner of Bradford and Ed Smith of Little Washington guests of Miss Ida Farnsworth. Miss Sarah Williamson visits her brother Robert. Mr and Mrs Stillwell of Findley Ohio visiting daughter Mrs Thos Painter. Summer goods sale announced with auction of dry goods carpets and more at Boston Store North Clarendon. Auction begins Thursday Aug 1 with daily sales for a week. Cash terms. sales at 2:30 and 7:30 pm. C W Hawks proprietor.
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Thomas McNelly
Anna Cochran
Reynoldeville
W. V. Young
J. G. Strainer
Peru S. A
J. L. McGuire
Jennie Keef
Tidiou
A. H. Simpson
Harry McKain
Nellie
Lyda Thompson
Lizzie Cook
Anna Conway
Jessie Burrows
Miss Dow
Sulphur Springs
Gardner
Bradford
Ed. Smith
Little Washington
Ida Farnsworth
Sarah Williamson
Robert
W. Hawks
Boston
North Clarendon
How Alfred Klein Earned a Dollar
Alfred Klein an English born former street singer who rose in Saratoga voices and independence earned a silver cup in a mud boat race on Saratoga Lake and challenged Tom Morrissey to a face to face verdict on boxing after Morrissey paid him a dollar for his boast.
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Alfred Klein
Pelican
RcCaull
Klein
Saratoga Lake
Tom Sayers
John Morrissey
Morissey
Morrissey
Mr. Morrissey
New York Star
Samoan Mats as Heirlooms and Sacred Family Ties
The Samoan mat tradition treats heirloom mats as powerful family symbols with names and centuries of provenance. The oldest mat Moc-e-Fui-Fui, slept among creepers for about 200 years, grants rank and property to its holder, and its value rises with age, sometimes valued beyond $500.
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Cooper
Inventions and Events of the Nineteenth Century
A compact catalog lists major 19th century milestones from Italian unification and Texas annexation to the 1848 French revolution and the rise of photography. It notes ocean cables, the telephone, emancipation of Russian serfs, electric telegraph, and ocean steam navigation, plus North African exploration and the Lenticular Bi-focal Spectacle Lens by August Merck Jr. of Warren Pennsylvania in 1887.
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Italy
Texas
Central Asia
Germany
United States
Nile
Niger
Interor Africa
August Merck, Jr
Warren, Pa
Allegheny College Fall Term Opens in Meadville
Allegheny College Meadville Pa begins the fall term of its 74th year on September 17 offering three courses toward the A B degree. Includes Thorough Preparatory School Engineering Military Department Music for both sexes Halings Hall for young ladies high grade and moderate expenses. For catalogue or information contact D H Wheeler LL D Acting President. 49-2m
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Halings Hall
D. H Wheeler
Clearange Sale Promises Deep Discounts Across All Departments
A Monday morning clearance sale launches with chain store discounts on dry goods. All remnants, damaged or slightly soiled items from the past eighteen months must go, with prices offered on assorted specimens for the event.
Wash Dress Fabrics In Sale At Inch Prices
Newspaper ad lists discounts on dress fabrics and notions. Gingham and challis reduced from 12 to 5 cents, sateens from 15 to 12½ cents, French patterns and gateens down, double fold cashmeres and Henrietta suitings cut to lower prices. Lace flouncing and black silk lace offered, table linens from 13½ cents per yard.
Silk Era Ends as China Silks Leave Stock
A sale note lists China silks and names Sarah Silk Rhadame Royal Armure Latin Duchess with allied bargains on hose gloves corsets laces and embroideries, signaling a large array of fabric goods departing stock.
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Rhadame
All Wash Goods and Remnants Going at Sale
Remnants of silks sateens ginghams and chalks and other wash goods plus remnants of carpets to be cleared at a clearance sale. Prices slashed to move stock quickly with large selection for household and sewing projects.
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Steamboat Stories
Keith Clarendon
Raymond's
North America
G. Brown Goode
U.S
Faulkner & Allan
Philadelphia
Frankeslie
Illustrated
Sam
Polke
Detroit Free Press
Paris
London
Allegheny College
Meadville, PA
Howel
N. K. Wendelboe
Geo
Davis
W. A. Kinnear, Ph. G
Second and
Liberty Streets
Morck Brothers
Hoffman ‘Block
Clearange Sale
P. J. Bayer
THE
Grocer
Liberty Street
J. F. Reterer
Carver House
T.B. Clawson
Water Street
Episcopal Church
Warren
Hersee & CO
Mammoth Retail Manufacturers
Ellicott St
Buffalo
N. Y
N. R
Morck
August Morck, Jr
F. R. Scott's
Coopricu
Fehlman
Hickory St
Carver
N.lund
P. Lund
Cutter
W. A. Bairstow
Ball’s
Humphrey & Nemoyer
Amy
Gateens
Clark
Madras
Jamestown
Henrietta
China Silks
Sarah Silk
Hoffman Block, Warren
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