Legend of the lazy man and the buried treasure
In Collville, Daddy Johnson, a known loafer, becomes the target of a townwide dream scheme. Three men recount identical treasure dreams, push him to dig, and a later visitor reveals a real jug of gold buried years earlier, turning the joke on the conspirators as Daddy profits from honest effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles B. Lewis
Daddy Johnson
Collville
Jim Taylor
Daddy
Joe Henderson
Johnson
Yaas
Luke Green
Waal
Tom Rathbone
Henderson
Green
Im Rathbone
Diggin
Jerusha
Lucy
Tomorrer
Thave
Grim Judiciary Wit and Desert Coyotes Tales
Grim humor about Lord Norbury in a jail to market scene and a sharp exchange over hunger while noting his tears at Beggar’s Opera, plus desert coyotes guiding water1320 miles away.
Captivity and Consumption in Lions and Tigers
The article notes tuberculosis as the gravest disease for lions and tigers in captivity. There is no remedy among wild beasts, and they die faster than humans, with about eight months needed for tuberculosis to end even the stoutest captive canid.
Bovinine Offered by The Bovinine Co New York
An advertisement claims Bovinine can subdue the worst attack in one day when taken with water and without other foods. The seller asserts the remedy would have prevented chronic disease if known earlier and notes it is for sale at all druggists by The Bovinine Co of New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Jewett
Pigkett Hardware CO
Limit
Warren
Ee Penna A
Bovinine
THE
Bovinine CO
New York
Vitalis
Calumet Remedy Company
Chicago
Siegfried & Co
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Jewett Gas Ranges
Baugh
Baugh & Sons Company
Delaware Avenue
Philadelphia
Sam
USCU
von Mohl CO
Cincinnati
Inna Cl
Dees
A. Weiss
Westminster Abbey
Dean Bradley
Abbey of Westminster
St. Peter
Chapter House
Edward the Confessor
Manchester Guardian
Lord Norbury
Macheath
Newcastle
England
Palm Springs
San Francisco Chronicle
Urs
Lacra E
Parterson Nortowr
Iowa
Fehlman’s
Marl Og
Fehlmans
PARK
Park Remedy CO
Boston
Mass
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