The First Cat and a Ghost Story of a Skeleton Prank
A long comic tale about Noahs ark and a sly cat that fends off mice during a rainstorm. It includes a spooky hoax where a skeleton is staged as a murder victim, a newspaper hoax that spirals, and a man named old man Brown later driven to the Lexington asylum.
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Kennedy
Mr. Brown
Old Man Brown
Old Brown
Lexington Asylum
Kansas City Star
Pyrank
Brown
A Spirited Hoax and the Knockers Circle
An old colonel recalls a 1860s club called The Knockers that faked spirit manifestations. Members used a rapping table and a skeleton prop to generate eerie experiences, ending when Kennedy planned a ghost photo, prompting laughter at the hoax.
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Howdy
Brown
Cincinnati
New York
St. Louis
Society bows to Indian widow a famed Boston socialite
Las Animas, Colo. Amadine Keese, last Indian maiden to wed white men, dies in Boston. Widely known as Mrs. John W. Prowers, she inherited nearly $1,000,000 and mingled with Back Bay elites. Her father, Chief Ochonee, died at Sand Creek. she remarried Daniel Reese and left several children across multiple states.
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Las Animas
Col
Amadine Keese
Boston
Keese
John W. Prowers
Back Bay
Horned Larks Sighted in Bucks County Marshes
A dozen horned larks were observed in Pine Run valley near Chapman's Mills Bucks county. These Arctic summer residents are rare winter visitors to this coast area and favor marshy coastal zones.
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Pennsylvania
Pine Run Valley
Chapman’s Mills
Bucks County
Philadelphia
Baseball salaries cut next summer prompt trade ties
The Duluth News Tribune notes that baseball salaries will be lower next summer and some top pitchers may not object to associating with bankers in the towns they visit, signaling shift in team finances and guest relations.
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Duluth News Tribune
Salzer Seed Co Offers Big Plant and Seed Catalog Deal
The John A Salzer Seed Co La Crosse Wisconsin claims a plant and seed package with 1000 cabbages 2000 turnips 2000 celery 1000 lettuce 1000 onions 1000 radishes 1000 flowers all for 160 postage plus 20 cents for a Berliner cauliflower. The notice invites testing Salter's Warranted Vegetable Seeds and sending back the notice.
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Salter
Is Your Strength What It Used to Be
Pusheck's Kuro claims to restore strength and vigor for multiple ailments including rheumatism indigestion and nervous exhaustion. Advertises $1 price, notes delivery from Dr. Pusheck Chicago and free advice with a life wisdom quote from N O Picayune.
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Pusheck
Chicago
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N. Y
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la Crosse
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Doan
C. E. Bumgardner
Topeka
Kans
Kansas Avenue
Foster- Milburn Co
Buffalo
Carters
TES
Lion Coffee
Grocers Everywhere Woolson Spice CO
Toledo
Ohio
Campeche
Mexico
Girard Trust Co
Delaware Trust Co
WM. H. Armstrong
Phila
A. K. McDivrf
Times
Treas
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International Lumber & Development Co
Drexel Building
R. Phila
Imington
Del
Hr A. Merrill
Nat’! Bank
Mason City
Iowa
John B. Barnes
Justice Sureme Court
Norfolk
Neb
Victor Dupont, Jr
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Wilmington
HM Hue
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Adams Street
Warren County
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Warren National Bank
United States
York
Tribune Farmer
National Illustrated Agricultural Weekly
NEW York Tribune Farmer
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New York City
Main
Warren
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