Florida hunters claim alligator bait with piglet babies
A nineteenth century Philadelphia style account alleges Florida hunters use enslaved black babies as bait to lure alligators. The method involves placing a baby near shallow water while hunters shoot at the alligator, then pay the baby’s mother a price of two dollars. The piece labels the practice as barbaric and dangerous, and notes it targets human sensibilities and lives.
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Petti Higafort
Walt
Flonda
Faten
Ile Avilleelor
Tranters
Erasa
la Ooo
Florida
Double Faced Red Seal Records for Victor Customers
Victor Company announces a special release featuring two faced Red Seal records. Side selections include The Duncan Sisters and The International Orchestra with tracks like The Archenines and Love Tales, offering a lively variety for Victrola players.
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Victor
Red Seal
Victor Company
Jiminn
Rizo- Jatin
Sexter
Lucia
Omar
Duncan Sisters
Ines
Pancers
Tae Internatione
Bensta
Chicago
Aba
Algma Iry
Isham Jones
Archretra
Earrings Unearthed Reveal 7000-Year-Old Ohio Belle Adornments
Archaeologists uncover ancient Ohio artifacts in burial mounds including bone, shell, pearls, and mica discs. The findings suggest advanced beadwork and ornamentation by early peoples, with metal shaves and pearl inlays noted among grave goods.
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Onilentye
Clare
Bone
Mira
Mystery surrounds murder of cabaret entertainer wife
Police probe a cafe killing linked to a robbery motive. Investigators focus on a large automobile seen near Mrs. Cass's apartment and a driver possibly connected to the early morning crime. A young woman named Mercedes claimed Mrs. Cass carried $1000 for travel, but the money was not found.
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Espita iaCe
Janes Cass
Centro
Neri
S Ormist
Wifp
Echep
Wiliams
Bicifa
Nash Tuines
Thinsat
Ghvator
Bour
Jacob
Moercedes
Cass
Seth
Humboldt County Warehousing Board Sets Sealing Fees
Des Moines Sept 21 The Humboldt County warehousing board appointed two sealers and fixed sealing fees for grain. Fees cover sealing up 2 000 bushels at 1 cent per bushel and 2 000 bushels or under at 0.5 cent per bushel. Sealers receive 50 percent of receipts with the rest for administrative expenses. No certificates issued yet by the state.
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Wumbolidt
Wild Man Steamboat the African Prisoner in Barnum Era Tales
Fort Madison Iowa September 21 Diamond miner and snake trapper known as Steamboat is among the oldest residents of the state penitentiary serving a life term. He claims birth near Cape Town in 1880 and recounts a career with Barnum and Bailey and Kohl and Middleton circuses. His cell walls display photographs while prison staff recount stories of cannibal and wild man roles.
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Fort Madison
Virewsay
Elate
Davia Wis
Cape Town
Fami
Prines
P.P. Barniin
Pseu
America
Steamboat
Barnum
Adobe
Davis’ Travnly
Aras
Qatnuni & Bailey
Ringling Brothers
LeMars
Far Life
Ure Kohl
Middleton Musums
Chicago
Kansas City
Stermboat
Bis
Kohl
Middleton
Oke African
Env
Fort Instance
South Africa
Ansking
Ideal and Reality By Ti. MVING RING
Luella Clayton is drawn into a light domestic chat with Mrs Perkins' file girl as a neighbor-children scene unfolds. A child asks about marriage while Luella hides a long secret romance sparked sixteen years ago with a nameless man whose photograph reveals a sharper, more daring past than her present life.
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Luella Clayton
Mrs. Perkins
Juella
Luella
Jay
Milas Clayton
Hannah
Litcha
Murry Macklin
Mackin
Tehe
Lilaha
Luells
Muockin
Amited
Albert Willams
Williams
Williama
Wis
Lucifat
Jist
Vsr
Albert Williams
Albert
Lugila
Tel Ja
Marvy Macklin
Lydia
Harry
Luelin
Albert Williamms Agaist
Tesla
Ware
Thomas Wilson 84 dies in California after long service
Thomas P Wilson 84 longtime Waterloo resident and Methodist church member dies in Long Beach California. He traded remedies from a wagon for more than 40 years serving farm families across a wide territory before moving to Waterloo then California for health reasons. Survived by two children William Wilson of Waterloo and Mrs Sidnie D Tait of Montana.
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Thomas P.wilson
Methodial Episcopal Church
Selilig
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