Mule and Bear Fight on Snow in Lehigh Timber Region
Two wood-choppers Ike Garvey and Eph Dunham drove a mule team to haul railroad ties when a bear wandered into the woods. The mule attacked with swift, brutal kicks and calks while the bear fought back with claws. After a persistent, bloody contest the mule finally knocked the bear down and, with help, ended the bear’s struggle. Spectators gathered as the fight concluded and the bear lay still.
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Scranton (Pa
Cor
NW. Y
Ike Garvey
Eph Dunham
Lehigh Timber Region
Wood Road
Lanham
Garvey
Dunham
Araham
Tremendous Landslide Terrorizes Scraper Mountain Area
A massive landslide from Scraper Mountain near Sterling Alabama unleashed rocks and trees into the valley, damming the Chattanooga river for miles. The slide carved a 300 foot cliff, left a 20 foot diameter cave entry, and sent debris rushing downstream in a dramatic natural upheaval.
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Sterling
Chattanooga
Odds and Ends from Facta and Fancies
A miscellany of curious notes from 19th century dispatches. France eyes a 18 francs per year tax on foreign residents. Births in Dranesville Ga spawn twins and triplets. A misdated Ohio gravestone reads Christieana Haag died Feb 31 1969. A Maryland forger seeks a pardon after his mother’s death leaves him $100000. A giant chestnut claims the world’s oldest claim with a 212 foot trunk girth. Low price shirts traded for pennies in Lowell. Irish hunts warn crowds by tying red ribbons to horse tails. Citrate of silver in lifeboats could yield enough drinking water for a week per seven ounces. Georgia’s big story contends a man can drink three gallons of buttermilk at once with no ill effect. At Nyassa a man buys for forty yards of cloth, a woman for fifty six, a mother for thirty six, and an old man for four. Mr Roevarm Moor and Miss Woolsey are praised for looks. both expelled from church after a kiss. A Neswaska husband is told his eloping wife can be captured for a reward, he declines to fund the pursuit.
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France
Dranesville
Ohio
Christiana Haag
Maryland
Mount
Tna
Lowell
Tuowas Kay
Georgia
Lake Nyassa
Africa
Roevarm Moor
Pittsburgh
Neswaska
MISS SHERMAN ADOPTED DAUGHTER JOY TO SENATOR SHERMAN
The adopted daughter of Senator Sherman has become a comfort to him through affection and achievements. Mrs Sherman learned he wished for children and learned of two French infants in New York. She reportedly carried the children to Washington by herself at night. One child died before two, the other was educated abroad then returned dissatisfied, prompting her to come home.
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Gath
Cincinnati Inquirer
Senator Sherman
New York
Sherman
Washington
France
A Thief with a Conscience Port Jervis Union
A market owner recalls a Saturday night theft when a man admitted stealing a pickerel and offered to pay double after weighing a fair-sized piece. The confessor cited a troubled Sunday and regret over the act.
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Port Jervis
Favorite Remedy Draws Praise From Kidney Patients
A Springfield letter from Dr. David Crawford lauds Kennedy's Favorite Remedy as the sole effective cure for kidney disease. The writer, after years of suffering and wasted doctors, claims twenty-five bottles failed before this remedy gave permanent relief and urges circulation to help other sufferers.
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Kennedy
Bondout
Crawford
Mai
Union Streets
Springfeld
Dawd Kinudu
Rondoult
N.Y
Dene
Umay Ray Tiavtt
Wilels
Mary
Lyvan Crawword
A Child with Two Brains Found at Bellevue
A month old baby with a fore head swelling died before surgery. An autopsy by Dr Janeway at the morgue revealed a second brain growing outside the skull connected by a slim bone fissure. The rare specimen was preserved in alcohol.
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Tribune
Bellevue Hospital
Janeway
Eagle Rang the Bell Captures Bald Eagle in Old Lyme
A large bald eagle was captured in Old Lyme on Saturday. The bird wore a large old fashioned sleigh-ball on its neck, explaining the mysterious bell ringing heard by fishermen and sailors in Niantic and Lyme over the past years.
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New London Telegram
Old Lyme
Niantic
Lyme
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