Tireless Tramp John Snider Walks A Year In Circling Path
John Snider of Hartford City endures a bizarre hallucination that three layers on his feet must be walked off. He circles a 25 foot path behind his home for over a year, walking about 80 miles daily, totaling around 25 000 miles in twelve months. He remains lucid in most topics, resists stopping even when urged by doctors, and predicts a coming war and end of time within decades. He is kept indoors recently, yet continues his tireless journey in his room at speed, claiming relief will come only after covering fifty thousand miles.
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John Gwen Snider
Manis
Ant
America
Madam Chases Wandering Handbag in The City
A Philadelphia Press snippet depicts a playful scene as a woman scolds a moving hand satchel that appears to walk away, prompting her to grab and yank it back to her. The incident captures lighthearted urban whimsy in a bustling setting.
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Philadelphia Press
Spot on the Counter Selemman Description
A selemman recalls a scene after the queen left describing a satchel of alligator skin noted for elasticity. He claims bags can move a foot or two in a few minutes and questions if it is true.
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Selemman
Bewitched Arkansas Man Burns His Goods to Escape Tormentors
In Poplar Bluff Missouri a couple from Morly Scott County moved in and then Barry claimed to be bewitched. He ordered a drayman to haul their belongings beyond town and burn them to end his suffering. About fifty dollars of clothes and bedding were destroyed as onlookers watched. Barry said he had been bewitched for seventeen years and believed fire would set him right. His wife cried but stood by him as they witnessed the blaze. A small keepsake doll could not be found and kept.
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Arkansas
Poplar Bluff
A. M. Barry
Morly
Scott County
Berry
Barry
W. F. Neel
Manchester
Eng
Guardian
Germany
Bavaria
Berlin
Breslau
Leipsic
Frankfort-on-the-Main
Cleveland's cradle found and linked to Grover Cleveland
A Pulaski Tennessee paper reports a cradle said to be the infant cradle of Grover Cleveland. The cradle, discovered by local fishermen, bears a maker’s note from Batavia Ohio and a reply from Cleveland himself. The story threads through wartime fleeing and a German peddler, ending with a photograph exchange. The piece then shifts to a Manchester Guardian excerpt praising German compulsory worker insurance as a state socialist experiment.
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Pulaski
Tenn
Weekly Citizen
Cleveland
Batavia
New York
Cleveland Brothers
Morgan
Green Jackson
Laurence
Stephen Grover
Aaron
Richardson
Waite Hovst
J. A. Richardson
Ewlad
Grover Cleveland
Hop Bitters Promoted As Health Tonic In Ad Fragment
An Oswego Sun fragment touts Hop Bitters as a universal remedy covering health from kidney trouble to malarial fevers. It claims benefits for women children and the elderly, asserts safety and affordability, and includes testimonials from a Methodist clergyman and unspecified doctors. The ad warns of kidney disease indigestion and insomnia preventable by Hop Bitters and urges use before travel or illness.
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Lai
Huis Kreme DY CO
Providence
C. L. Crittenton
New York
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Stone Kilge
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Terry David
Aegorjle
Merle Das
Renrc
Dewey
Strathmore
le Bowels
Ike
Conti
H.S. Thomas
Mether
Wanston, PA
Crea
N. Greenlund
Asec
Boyd
Springfield Manufacturing CO
Springfield
Ohio
Micwory SrTeeer
T. W. McNett
P. Greenland's
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Episcopal Church
Warren
P. Greenland
Water Street
High Street
Beween Hazel and
Laurel
H. A. Jamieson & Co., CII
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Syracuse
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Simond’s
Dupontpowderco
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