Elephants and a Soldier Narration Across a War Time Page
A long, eclectic piece blends Civil War reminiscences and elephant trainer Stewart Craven interviews. It details prison camp life at Andersonville, battlefield skirmishes, and vivid elephant anecdotes from Craven's career with Tipps Said Romeo and Juliett.
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Stewart Craven
Hebe
Romeo and Juliet
St. Louis
Globe-Democrat
Planters’ House
Craven
van Amburg
Tipps
Romeo
After Fifteen Years and The War Prison Memory
A wry observer in a Pennsylvania train studies an illustrated paper showing Augustus Van Cleef’s monument to the “no known dead” at Salisbury. He recalls five months in Andersonville and notes how such wartime memories drive public attention and emotion.
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Illustrated
Augustus van Cleefs
Salisbury
N. C
Andersonville
Pennsylvania
Attentop
County News Reports Weather Growth and Local Events
Good growing weather is noted along with town events. Comments praise Capt McClure as the best Republican candidate for Congress, oppose replacing the incumbent, and note rapid Democratic nomination cues. Scarlet fever has disappeared from town.
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Tdagur
Thomas
Corn
Convaney
Capt McClure
Congress
M. McClure
Grant
Fini Ie
Democrats
Tilden
Franklin News Briefs May 21 Storm Damage and Local Notes
A severe May storm on the 10th caused extensive damage in Franklin with wind and rain upending a barn roof at Gabriel’s farm and destroying fencing and fruit trees. J C Moors house was burglarized during planting season, a prowler stealing pants and a revolver. Locusts appear with winged letter W, threatening fruit trees while crops and corn show strong growth. Gustavus Fritz named Census Enumerator for Franklin County.
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J Gabriel
J C Moors
Moreland
Gustavus Fritz
Franklin
Heybarney
Vegetable Liver Pills Advertisement for Liver Trouble
A historical advertisement offers a $500 Berard reward for curing liver complaints dyspepsia sick headache indigestion and constipation with West's Vegetable Liver Pills. Pills come in sugar coated boxes of 30 for 25 cents. Genuine product by John C West Co Chicago. Free trial package by mail with 8 cent stamp.
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John C. West & Co
West Madison Street
Chicago
D K Jones Inventor of Lucifer Matches Dies in Chillicothe
D K Jones, inventor and first maker of lucifer matches, died in Chillicothe Tuesday in his eighty ninth year.
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London Elephants
London
Theo
Ife
Bligiy Bark and Iron Endorsed by Doctor Weber
Dr R W Weber M D endorses Bligiy Bark and Iron from Nichols Yo’a as a satisfactory tonic remedy. He reports using it in his practice for conditions needing tonic treatment and prescribes it in all such cases.
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Nichols Re
R. W. Weber
M. D
Nichols & Yo’a
Principles for Effective Primary Teaching from a Normal Institute
A 19th century teacher guidance list urges assigning topics over pages, using lively class drills, and planning recitations with definite goals. It stresses extending beyond the textbook, encouraging student expression, writing work, neat handwriting, and disciplined recitation.
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Jessons
Early risers blamed for exhausting schoolchildren
A harsh critique argues that forcing children to rise early for constant exams drains their vitality. The piece blames excessive study and “lesson-bibbing” for mental debauchery and demoralization, urging more intellectual rest and balanced effort in youth. It cites Prof Hurley from Populsi Serence Monthly.
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Ian
Boyhour
Classroom Advice From a Quiet Educator
A teacher offers practical guidance on helping students, reading for thought, and using newspapers in class. Emphasizes genuine effort, self improvement through service, calm authority, and building friendly, reliable relationships with pupils.
Choice Thoughts from Richter
Ideas on human growth comparing organisms to muscles with ends, the urge to write a single page sparking more than a full book, reverence for life, and imagining a child as a living lily. A diary about an extraordinary child is preferred to a generic book on children.
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Richter
Eyep
Lily
Carter's Little Liver Pills Ad Claims Headache Cure
An old advertisement promotes Carter's Little Liver Pills as a positive cure for sick headache and a preventive. The copy urges readers to obtain a pill from druggists and references a generic promotional claim.
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Howe
Gay Carter
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