Jerseyville Teacher Inherits 60000 From New York Relative
A Jerseyville teacher is notified she inherits 60000 after a New York relative’s death. A country editor jokes about buying flour shoes and a straw hat for the lowest bid. A new Ohio idea suggests farmers form a colony to buy southern land and settle with families. The twelfth St Louis Exposition opens September 4 with Sousa’s Band and rail discounts. Local papers miss many community notices, while humane care for horses is urged in hot weather.
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Ohio
Sousa
Troy
Neighborhood Items From Our Exchange Table
A selection of curiosities from readers includes a beehive incident at a bluff line engine, an extravagant Youth's Companion ad rate, a funny marriage license in Mt. Carmel, and a violent racial clash near Spring Valley. Also noted are bloodhound stock in Nashville and a new compartment tire concept for bicycles and carriages.
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Wabash
No. 3
Spring Valley
Minera
O' Fallon
Washington County
Sam Seylea
D.C. Hunt
Nashville
Texas
Centralia Sentinel
How to Get Rich
Fragmented excerpt on wealth warns of trusting none and befriending no one. It extols accumulating interest and isolation, suggesting loneliness and contempt as the fate of the rich, with garbled phrasing indicating a moralistic caution about greed.
Hair turns white from fright tale told in pantry incident
A man recounts a strange story of hair turning white from fright. A doctor confirms such cases exist and recalls a girl who, reaching for preserves on a pantry shelf, fell from a chair and suffered a loss of hair as the chair toppled.
Sunday School Tales and a Sanity-Straining Depot Scene
A collection of vignettes from Fremio Gal Republica includes a Tehachapi death by self with moral reflections on a compromised girl, cautionary notes on Sunday School impact, a Santa Monica court doubt about marital status, and a depot scare when two women mishandled a buggy tethering a mare. The chaotic sequence ends with alarm and relief as the mare is freed and panic subsides.
Electric Bitters Promised as Safe Remedy for Elders
An advertisement extols Electric Bitters as a true remedy for aged people needing medicine to regulate bowels and kidneys. It claims the tonic contains no whiskey or intoxicants and offers a mild, natural effect, strengthening organs and restoring tone without stimulation.
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Troy, Ill
Manute Ag
Jarvis Township
Jerseyville
New York State
Fremio
Gal
Republica
Tehachapi
Amy
Los Angeles
Martha
Santa Monica
Willmington
Robt, L. Dawson
Market Street
Fl, Hampton
A. G. Buscher
Troy, Il
M. F. Allwarter
General Merchandise
Ola
George Liebler
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