Love of Later Years and a Bears Beset Patch Tale
A verse about enduring love contrasts youth’s bright romance with later devotion. Then a humorous Southern anecdote follows: Hanner, a widowed farmer’s wife, stands off three bears with a pitchfork until Eli’s Sam arrives and shoots them from a chestnut tree, saving her crop and leading to a new life at the county seat.
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Hanner
HO Bud
Jasper
Eli
Sam
Jabbin
Knob Country
N. Y. Sun
Tales from the Knob Country tribute to Uncle Jasper
A recollection from the Pike county backwoods recalls Uncle Jasper as a legendary hunter who tracked wildcats and bears. The narrator describes Jasper’s wisdom and a bittersweet note on his death, alongside tales of Hanover and a family bear encounter.
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Knob
Jasper
Pike County
Lackawack
Jupiter
Uncle Jasper
Import Food Arrivals Held Under New Pure Food Law
Customs at eastern ports detain several cargoes of food from Germany France and Italy to be analyzed under the new pure food act effective July 1 The treasury secretary is presented with a department of agriculture blacklist listing deleterious or falsely labeled goods including canned foods sausages wines olive oil and more Dr Wiley heads the analysis and will determine admissibility while shipments await test results
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Germany
France
Italy
Secretary of the Treasury
Department of Agriculture
Wiley
Agricultural Department
Wilson
Secretary of Agriculture
Meteor Path Across God's Wide Night
A star shoots across the west leaving four streaks of light that glow briefly as the meteor travels. The verse notes the path across eternity and the mark left by those who have passed, ending with the meteor's mighty descent through the dark.
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E. Kiser
Chicago Record-Herald
American Schoolships Train Boys for Merchant Marine Service
The St Marys and Saratoga are among three American schoolships along the Atlantic coast to train youths for the merchant marine. The St Marys is New York Citys school with a US Navy supervised course combining navigation and high school studies, leading after two cruises to a certificate qualifying as quartermaster or junior officer on transatlantic lines.
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St. Mary's
Saratoga
Atlantic Coast
State of
Pennsylvania
Massachusetts
Enterprise
Board of Education
City of
New York
United States
United States Navy
St. Nicholas
Rooster Struck and Killed by Lightning in Chambersburg
A thunderstorm in Chambersburg Pa ended with a rooster struck in the central public square. The bolt hit the bird on the head instantly killing it and burning all its feathers, debunking the belief that feathers insulate against lightning.
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Chambersburg
Why did Gayboy’s stenographer leave him suddenly
Town Topics reports a sensational note about Jensonn noting his stenographer leaving after discovering letters from his wife in his desk. The item hints at a domestic scandal impacting a local figure.
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Jensonn
Gayboy
The Ruddy Flamingo Description
Flamingoes in full plumage appear gorgeous with scarlet upper feathers and black wings. A full grown bird stands five to six feet tall. When flying they stretch necks and legs, looking funny. This bird comes from the south.
Geese Like Coruse Birds Build Mud Nests In Hills
A fragment from the Philadelphia Globe describes IL France and Spain birds forming flocks of about 400. They nest in mud and earth hills with a top-hole, stand sentinels at each flock end, and fly in hand formations under a leader. Also included are anecdotes on table manners from William, and Baby Allee’s bell cow joke from Little Chronicle.
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France
Spain
Philadelphia Globe
A Soldier's Premonition of Death in Civil War Battle
Herman Beyland recounts Ferdinand Borz a Ninth Ohio veteran who foresaw his death before Missionary Ridge. Borz urged calm, delivered belongings to his comrades, and calmly faced death as Beyland tried to dissuade him. Borz was killed during the assault.
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Herman Beyland
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Ferdinand Borz
Ninth
Ohio Volunteer Infantry
Robert L. McCook
Borz
Folka
Kentucky Heavy Artillery
Guage
Withal
Chattanooga
Chickamauga
Missionary Ridge
Herman
Tattoo
Fort Negley
Horatio
An Iff Wind And The Little Fish Joins A School
A sightless fish weeps as he cannot attend school. An oyster glass changes his fate, he sees clearly and rejoices. He claps his fins, then joins a school of fishes and feels bright and gay afterward.
Not Approved Not Approved Hog Incident Remains Legend in War Tale
A Civil War reminiscence recalls a February 1864 night march and a hog that spooked a captain, causing a chaotic rout toward Federal lines. The colonel dismissed the captain's charges, remarking the leader failed to lead after being upset by a hog. Cleanup note mentions Glasgow’s public billiard rooms in contrast.
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Wildwood
Tivs
Widder
Hanover
Sheens
Devil Wagon
Judge Tuley
Sayls
Chicago Chronicle
Chicago Tribune
American Schoolships
Flamingo
Buddy Flamingoes
Willie
William
Harry
Caroline Lockhart
Lippincott
Baby Allee
Little Chronicle
Tesgh
Glasgow
United Kingdom
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