A Progressive Fraudster Tale From a Planter's Mouth
An Arkansas traveler recounts a cunning plan of a planter Grandison who tricks the Attorney General with a story of a dead wife and a rich, ugly woman. The tale centers on jealousy, deception, and a brutal moral: the planter learns his wife was deceiving him as he lays bare a scheme to marry the wealthy woman.
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Arkansan
Granditon Frasier
Grandison
Atttorney
Gin’l
Oman
Amandatis
Bruder
Grammer
Tildy
Stage-Struck Seirress Becomes Bangor Mystery
A Corinna Merrie-Makers chorus girl in a museum engagement is revealed as Miss Allie Veazie of Bangor Me who vanished four weeks ago from her home. Daughter of the late Colonel Veazie she defied his opposition to pursue stage life. Relatives knew nothing of her whereabouts until today.
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Corinne Merrie-Makers Company
Allie Veazie
Bangor
Heiress with Bangor uncle seeks whereabouts abroad
An heiress said to be worth about one hundred thousand dollars, who speaks three languages fluently and earns around fifteen dollars weekly, is sought for her whereabouts. Her uncle is Congressman Bontelle of Bangor.
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Bontelle
Bangor
Faithful Huntingdon Mail Carrier Demands Pension
Isaac Fisher, eighty, claims lifetime service to two great bodies the U S Government and the Pennsylvania Railway Company. He toils daily carrying mail bags between the station and Post Office at Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, and seeks a pension for his fifty years of service. A petition to President Roberts asks for recognition of his old age and lifelong labor.
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Huntingdon
Isaac Fisher
United States
Pennsylvania Railway Company
Isaac
Bedford County
Hollidaysburg
Harrisburg
Pittsburgh
Alleghany Mountains
Lewistown
Blairsville
Mifflin
Blair
Cambria
Indiana
Pennsylvania Railroad
Mr. Fisher
Pennsylvania
Henry Clay
William Henry Harrison
Isaac Atones
Juniata
F.ster
President Roberts
Pennnsylvania Railroad Company
Fisher
Fsher
Striking a Fool in Chicago Street Encounter
A Chicago newspaper recounts a tense late night encounter near the post office. An alert citizen confronted a whisky seeking beggar, who demanded fifty cents. The beggar admitted drinking and threatened violence with a pistol before walking away. Fifteen minutes later, the two men recognized each other by a lamp post and the pursuer challenged the other to prove his claim with money.
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Chicago News
Bum
Nester
Baroness Burdella-Aouris and Henry Irving Bonded over Lost Colley
London gossip recounts Henry Irving losing his sky’s terrier on Braemar moor then buying a returning colley from a shepherd for 73 dollars. The dog accompanied Baroness Burdella-Aouris, a gift from Irving, in public life and travels.
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Emal
London
Burdella-Aouris
Colley
Henry Irving
Braemar Moor
Irving
Hoop’s Sarsaparilla cures a leg illness in Lowell woman
Josiah Pitkin reports that after taking Hoop’s Sarsaparilla he recovered from a severe leg swelling and persistent soreness. He claims the medicine cleaned his system, stopped the lameness, and restored walking without pain, attributing cure to the remedy.
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Corisea
Messrs
C. J. Hoop
Lowell
W. F. Hood
A. KR. Hood & Son
Hoon
Josiah Pitkin
J.P
Advertising Cheats and Promotion of Hop Bitters
The text touts Hop Bitters as a plain honest remedy, urging readers to try it to prove its value and replace other medicines. It discusses the plant's virtues, the publishers' shrewdness, and claims the remedy is widely noticed in papers and rising in popularity.
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Elisious
Magnetic Balm Co
Warren
A Daughter’s Misery and a Hop Bitters Cure
A grieving family recalls their eleven year old daughter suffering from kidney and rheumatic illness with doctors unable to help. They credit Hop Bitters as the simple remedy that cured her, urging readers to avoid poisonous tonics and seek this product.
Attorneys at Law Wetmore Noyes Hinckley firm locals
Attorneys at law Jus Cable L D Wetmore Noyes and W D Hinckley operate as Wetmore Noyes Hinckley from an office with Oymer Freeman, formerly occupied by Judge Scofield on Liberty Street.
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Oymer & Freeman
Judge Scofield
Liberty Street
Dinsmoor
S. T. Neill
Geo. O. Cornelius Dinsmoor & Cable
New Exchange
Water Street
Scofield
Scott's
Leon. Buanks
Ponce
Verbaek
Langer Ofice
Beatty
Warren Savings Bank
Vis’ Book Store
Physicians and Surgeons Listing
Dr J Mt. Davies physician office and residence on Liberty Street opposite the Baptism church. Telephone at residence. Dr Richard B. Stewart also listed with address near Liberty Street and night residence on Liberty Street. Telephone not fully shown.
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Liberty St’eet
Hotels and Restaurants in Portia Ward area
Listings show G Ullportiart proprietor and a hotel with a second hotel move in Warren area. Roters Prop indicates rates at 50 cents per plate. Mrs C W King and L Walker man noted as proprietors. Adelphia Kitchen and Williams Glass lineals provide meals. restaurant offers meals and punch around the clock. Opposite Warren Saving Bank location referenced.
Barbers and Hair Dressers
Suitably described barber and hairdresser entries appear with exchanges and addresses. SUONABLE BARBER at Exchange Block near suspension bridge downstairs. PRUVACE BARBER at 407 Lite to ao bh Balissfactorily, exp editor 305 Second street second floor. Liberty street listed with unclear details.
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Pruvace Barber Silov
Balisfactorily
Portrait painter emerges in local listings misc
Eben N Ford Post and William A Creates advertise portrait painter services and a shop offering boots and shoes and regular frames. The rambling line mentions a studio near a bank with rubber goods and a horseshoe shop, all in a cluttered OCR fragment.
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G. AL
Y Th Yaven
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Hood
Hoop
C. I. Hood & CD
Apotheccaries
Mass
WIGOR
Ayer & To
Ad Druggists
SAX
Tevsay Masnanc Uy Ay
D. Shear
Janestown
Business Directory
C. H. McCauley
M. Crocker
Jos. Clinton
T. L. Putnam
F. A. Cogswett
F. A. Wheelock
French
G. Walkley
D. Brown
Paul W. Brown Labes Rufus P. King
E. A. Allen
W.C. Allen
G. H. Higgins
J. A. Weible
Attorneys At Law
Jus
Cable
L.D Wetmore, Co
H. Noyes
W. D. Hinckley
Wetmore, Noyes & Hinckley
W. EL. Rice
W. G. Trunky
R. Scrnxur
Physicians and Surgeons
J. Mt. Davies
Richard B. Stewart
B.D. Pleyson
Thra
Nigh Street
Liberty
Pierce
Alcl McAlpine
D. Danforth
Ollice Gaye
Ehani
Opprreite Vaiity Hall
G.ullportiart
Proprieton
Revere Llouce
Pl& E
Dupmrtui
C.W. King
Viopriets
L. Walkerman
Adelphia Iitehen
Williams
Chas. Schwing
Seng
Dole
Lov. Meyer
Exchange Block
Smepension Bridge
Gus Alull
Moll
Eben N. Ford
Wm. A. Creates
Amica Ob
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