Strange Tales From Queer Episodes And Adventures
A miscellany notes bizarre scenes from toad skin shedding by a witness, a failed carrier pigeon mission for the Empress of Austria, a one-armed man who drives horses with his feet, and other oddities. It also covers a scammer posing as a California relative, jailbreaks, cannibal accounts, and unusual animal stories from towns across the United States and Europe.
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Austria
Marie Valerie
Pola
Corfu
Joan Myicurerest
Middletown
N. Y
John
Joba
Pei Pers
Mylebreest
Henry Woop
Beach City
Stark County
Ohio
California
Wood
Snown
Sandoval
Marion County
Ill
Elijah Francis
St. Louis
Francis
Chief Walsh
East St. Louis
Alabama Supreme Court Endorses Moderate School Rod
The Alabama Supreme Court upheld a lower conviction for a Pike County teacher who punished a pupil with excessive force but ruled that teachers may wield corporal punishment without malice or immoderation. It affirmed the verdict while recognizing the antiquity and utility of the rod in school and home life, offering guidance on what constitutes moderation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court of Alabama
B. H. Boyd
Pike County
Michigan Robins and a Rabies Outline in a Mixed Narrative
An assortment of domestic musings and 19th century notes covers a pet bird on a porch, Pasteur Institute rabies statistics with 850 treated and no deaths, Canadian land grants for fathers of twelve, a noblewoman sawmill owner, adulterated spirits, and agricultural machinery trends. The piece blends anecdotes, statistics, and human interest without a single cohesive event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bulletin Medical
Pasteur Institute
Parenter of Sherman House proprietor in Indianapolis reports grippe
A relative of the Sherman House owner in Indianapolis fell ill with the grippe. In forty eight hours she sneezed over 3.6 times, prompting questions about perseverance and the party involved in the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sherman House
Indianapolis
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Four Mile Creek
Billie
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N.C
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Vaughan House
Joe
Smith
Mr. Smith
Belfast
Mass
Santiago
Chile
Peo Perez
Enrique Bello
Valparaiso
San Pedro
Perez
Propasly
Dros Ickes
Columbus
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John Smith
Crooked River
Fla
Maine
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Kate
J. L. Craig
France
Michigan Robins
Birdie
Aunt Helen
Mercier
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Colbert
Louis XIV
Canada
Tue
Chicago
West Virginia
Manufacturers’ Record
North Carolina
Paris
Royal Agricultural Society of Windsor
United States
Chicago Ledger
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Br F Ihenmey & i
Hood
Ely
Valely
Teurteta
Walt
Sapied
Hatom & Kevoarr
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Emma Attary
Caiaie
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