Adventure in Africa Ends With Narrow Escape From Cape Buffalo
Humphrey A. Banks, first mate of the American schooner Laura Shoop, recounts a September 1889 encounter near Walfish Bay in Africa. After a sudden buffalo attack, he stabbed the animal in the eye with a sheath knife and was saved when English passenger Bostwick and mate Warner arrived, ending the beast’s charge. Banks bears scars on his right leg from the incident.
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Humphrey A. Banks
Laura Shoop
Walfish Bay
Africa
Banks
Bostwick
Philadelphia
Beast
Warner
Thad
Wild Panthers Reported in Oregon and Bank Heist Recap
In Coos county a farmer killed two panthers in one night and another near the same area was visited by three. deer tracks amid panther prints suggest a heavy panther presence. Two Tacoma men used masked ruses to rob a bank of about $1700 and escape.
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Oregon
Coos County
Tacoma
Horoscope of Lizzie Borden Cast by Astrologist
The New York World quotes a female seeress who studies Lizzie Borden’s chart but declines to reveal the name. She warns of lifelong trouble, a blighted life, and a sudden steel death by self harm, with court accusations possible but silent suffering for another.
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Lizzie Borden
New York World
Lizzie
Seeress
Mountain Lion Tamed by its Master in Colorado
An author recounts visiting a hunter's shop in Colorado to see a supposedly tame mountain lion chained in a back room. The creature snarled and appeared dangerous, cowed only by its whip-bearing owner who made it perform tricks with a retriever. The lion reportedly walked with the man and the chain was removed only briefly.
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Wonderland
Colorado
Toountain
Miss Pussy
Prison conditions at Mazas cited with comforts for inmates
The report notes Mazas Prison arrangements improving inmate welfare with drier ground floors heated cells and night lighting at personal expense. Prisoners read Jules Verne from the library and receive canteen meals, wine from cellars, daily coffee for M Cotin, and a private toilet bag for M Charles de Lesseps. In Washington, two prospectors near Wilkeson nearly found a gold cache after a miner unearthed 40 90 gold pieces from an oyster can buried on the hillside, as others dig close by.
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Mazas
Jules Verne
M. Cotin
M. Charles de Lesseps
Wailkeson
Wash
San Juan
Dr Kennedy's Favorite Remedy Endorsed by Patient
Mrs. Simpson writes that years of kidney trouble and female weakness improved with Dr Kennedy's Favorite Remedy from Rondout New York. One bottle in small, regular doses strengthened her, improved complexion appetite sleep and eventually cured her. Turner Illinois reader Mrs Sureson supports the remedy's value with a frank testimonial.
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P. Sureson
Turner
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Warren Foundry and Machine Shop
J. Hog & Son
Th Street
Jewett
Pittsburg Exposition
Pigkett Hardware
Warren
Pennia
Nerve Seed Co
Chicago
Warren Pa
Siedried & Co, Druggzists
Sapolio
Brown & Friend
Henry Friend
A. Weiss
Water Street
Warren, Pa
Cape
Agade
Panama
Panama Canal
Paris
ST. Neill
Hoffman Block
Samue Bros. Ary Goods
Liberty and Gels Bros. Ret
WY. N. Yates
Warren Savings Bank
L. G. Noyes & Co
Bu & Thompson
Attorneys AT Law
Beaty Block
A. A. Daria & Co
D. J. Ball
Notary Public
D. I. Ball
C.C. Thompson
P'sséMoor & Peterson
New Savings Bank
Chas, Dinsmoor
Chas, A. Peterson
Jd Norman Davies, M. D
Liberty Street
W W. Freeman
Hazeltine
CG. McAlpin
Br.w StuaRt
D. D.S
Third St. Warren, Pa
Frank Metzgar
Kear P
E &D A.v.and
W.4.y
P.R.R
A. Greaves
Hall Brock
Episcopal Church
Ossuth
Warren Lodge Hall
Ly G Smith
First National Bank
Second Street
Golden Horse Shoe
C. H Meacham, A
Justice OF the Peace
Esquire
Cornelius
Kodak
Geo. Ball
George Stinson
Lavna E. Patterson
Iowa
Elulyy
R-Ely
Sa Panerevey
ELY Brothers
Warren St
New York
Davis
Bas
Wyman & Davis
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