The Silent Convict and the Prisoner’s Demise
In a Nebraska prison a guard recovers from a head wound while the new warden investigates Convict 0 113. Green marries memory with mounting pain as red spots haunt him until a cellhouse fire claims his life, his death sealed by suffocation and a faded photograph of a cheating wife. News reports speculate on an affair linking the convict to Omaha society.
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Morgan
Kid Sly
Shorty
Green
Sly
Hill
Convict Green
Nebraska
Dr. Scott
Scott
Penitentiary Fire Corps
Rvetire
Omaha
George W. Kline
Howells
C.C. O
Johnny
Boston
Webster's Plea in Malicious Prosecution Case
Daniel Webster handled a malice suit between two neighbors over a disputed line. Proof of malice was clear. Webster urged the jury with a line from classic authors, ending with the verdict heavily against the defendant as the record shows.
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Daniel Webster
Green Bag
Jan
Mr. Webster
Webster
Stormhold
Hopkins
Simple Smokehouse for Farm Use with Fire Safe Design
A practical homemade smokehouse concept shows a four by three feet box raised on sloping ground to smoke meat efficiently. Instructions cover door placement, hanging hooks, stovepipe routing, fuel with corncobs, and safety to prevent fire while delivering proper smoke for large batches.
Feeding hogs with soft coal and related farming notes
A farmer discusses feeding hogs soft coal as a daily supplement, arguing it supports stock while noting disease risks and the need for balanced ration, water, sanitation, and cautious use of coal. The piece also covers swine cross breeding, value of apples in feeding, and beekeeping tips on space and queen quality.
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Ewine Dideaxe
Haynes
Swine Breeders’ Journal
Warm straw hog house and shed for cattle
Warm house for hogs built from straw shows multi use for shelter and feed for cattle. The design favors lighted rumways for exercise and a warm nest for winter sleep, with emphasis on constructing a shed.
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Manny
Straw Stack Hoghouse Construction Note
I.K. Stephenson, in Parm and Home, describes building a straw stack hoghouse ten to forty feet long, five to six feet wide and about five feet high. Use poles eight feet apart, face the south, leave a central hog passage and a five inch ventilation gap, cover top with straw to prevent collapse, and stack from a shed rear with straw on the outside ends.
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Phe
Xtelk
A Wonderful Clock and Almanac Mentioned in 1902 Context
A 1902 almanac offers a clock showing moon phases and world time, available at druggists for free with purchase of the clock. A narrative fragment then shifts to a discussion of funerals, Poole, and an anecdote about St Jacobs Oil as a miracle cure for rheumatism and sciatica, detailing a man’s dramatic recovery and later generosity with the remaining bottle.
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Hoatotter
St. Jacobs
Bowman
Theresa
Pope
Bowton
Walter Baker Cocoa Wins European Exposition Prize
The Tulges at the Pan American Exhibition in Buffalo awarded Walter Baker & Co. Limited Dorchester Miss. the gold medal for their Breakfast Cocoa and related chocolate products. This marks the thirty seventh high award given to the firm by major European and American Expositions. Also noted are miscellaneous health and commerce snippets and a dated survey of global trade and natural events.
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Buffalo
Walter Baker &Co
Dorchester
Miss
Europe
America
New York
Chicago
Atchison Globe
Clergyman’s Discovery Promises Kidney Cure
Fredericksburg Indiana December 2 Rev F P Stevens reports discovering a universal kidney and urinary remedy after years of suffering. He credits Dodd's Kidney Pills with his recovery and claims the medicine has cured cases of Lame Back Rheumatism Bright's Disease Diabetes and other kidney ailments.
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Fredericksburg
Ind
F. P. Stevens
Dodd
Bright
Bois
Barber Regulation In Early 1900s City Notes
A column fragment reports health board orders for barber sterilization and single-use towels, with notes on using powdered material for blood at the towel. It includes quips on Herpicide, a judge’s injunction against a Cascarets imitator, and assorted travel ads and odd anecdotes from Philadelphia and Pittsburgh press items.
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Board of Healtth
Newbro
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Straw Stack Hoghouse
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Gossip—Von
Borton Heral
Atley
Roni
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Daily News
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United Kingdom
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Shetlands
Harold Harfagt
Vatican
Soston
Pittaburg Gazot
Wing
Federal Court of Cleveland
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Cascareta
Sterling Remedy Company
Chic
Ville Ink
Tandford
Philadelphia
Forwans
Alwways
Department Stone
Philadelphia Fresh
Carter
Wreggee Baber
Carters
Boomville
ZO. Smith
India
B. Pinkham
Slater
Lydia
Pinkham
Mas. E
Burrs
Kansan City
Yorfele At
Eatin Webster’s International
W. T. Harris
Ph. LI
C. Merriam Co
Spa
Jestern Canadas
Uperintanden
Eri
Ottawa
Canad
Jers
North Shauotan
Chandan Governmunt
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Posip
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Maren
Allen
Cire
ROPSY
Piers
Aradees
Advust
Winchester
Minnespolis
Woodward & GI
Gran Commission
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