We Was Bred Among Fighters and the Lemon Peddler
A Seattle feature profiles Davy the lemon man, a famed small-time fighter who gave up boxing after marrying. He recounts early English mine fights, two-hour bouts, and a crucial match against Joe Wilson that nearly cost his wife and child, leading to a vow to retire from the ring. Now older, he remains a well-known street figure, defending himself when challenged and selling lemons in the downtown district.
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Davy
Seattle
Staffordshire
England
Forma Tipton
America
Poe
Ike Tunns
Joe Wilson
Umney Agin
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Three Eyed Creatures and Vanishing Organs in Man
A Washington Star summary discusses a Virginia Maryland triple eyed creature and explains the pineal gland as a rudimentary eye. It lists other seemingly useless organs such as the thyroid gland and suprarenal capsule, noting their effects and historical medical advances. Also recounted is a New York Evening Sun tale of a park runaway incident involving a staged chase and a witty disclaimer by the rider.
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Virginia
Maryland
Man of Science
Tom
Savoy
Tyrol
Alps
Washington Star
New York Evening Sun
Beardless Soldiers and Proud Hairstyles in Ancient Wars
Ancient accounts note Alexander’s troops were shaved to prevent beards from aiding capture. Chinese queues led to prisoners dragged into allied camps. Cardinal Newman avoided fruitless debate with humor about opposing arguments. A costly fad favors portrait cats carved as onyx cameos, a long lasting but slow art.
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Alexander
Asia
China
New York Ledger
Showing Off Her Bright Pupils in Public School
A young public school teacher boasted of her class and invited a friend to test them. The first question yielded February as the month of the Fourth of July and the nineteenth as the day. A pupil misspelled kennel as keemnell and then defined it as to kennel the fire.
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New York Tribune
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Afunsey
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Bang
Coach and Wolff & Randolph
Philadeash
Howe
Ame
Siphia
Ing
J. K. Ronne
Ory Street
Warren Book Bindery
Warren, PA
Greenlanrd
Water Street
Vn Arars
Philada
Val
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Goldsh Specific Co
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Cincinnati
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Express
Johnson & Co
Boston
Mass
Root
M.C
Peaat
C.&e.bartsch
Ster Street
Dnamond
Warren
IM Warren
Atlas Engine Works
Indianapolis, Ind
Humphrey & Nemoyer
Episcopal Church
Gray Medicine Co
Buffalo
N. C
Siegfried & Co
Second
Liberty Streets
Pitcher's Castoria
THE
Diamond Furniture CO
W.H. Pickett & Co
H. A. Jamieson & Co
Sherman
Syracuse
Gale
WM. Spinner
Oneida Valley
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