Texan court recounts a hunger driven crime tale
A western lawyer recalls a Texas trial where a defendant, described as poor and driven by hunger, claims he only sought funds to buy bread. The defense counsel cites the missing pocketbook containing $500, but the defendant interrupts with a quivering outburst, crying he did not see the pocketbooks in the drawer.
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Harper’s Weekly
Lake 4
Oread
Hones
Lestrade
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Pell
Smebere
Nice
Norwood
London Ridge
Listrade
Jonas Oldacre
Lestriute
Sid Holmes
McFartine
Watson
Leytrade
Bleakheath
Oliacre
Oldacre
Smith
Shaw
Seaith
Iowa
Himelf
Towa
Walter Smith
John Thrawn
George Chreen
Mr. Alexander
DODDS and Oddities in a 1905 Pall Mall Issue
An old newspaper fragment recounts a psoriasis patient praising Cuticura cures, detailing years of symptoms, the scoring of red patches, scales, and itching. It also mentions clothing rental misadventures and a comic undertaker tale about a wig and glue mishap.
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W. MM. Chidesdor
Hutchinson
Dr Pierce and the Norwood Builder crossfire tale
The text blends an advertisement for Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription with an excerpt from The Return of Sherlock Holmes. It describes health remedies for women and transitions into Holmes and Lestrade's Norwood case, detailing clues, suspects, and a tense interrogation of Oldacre’s will. The section ends with Holmes pursuing fresh leads and a warning of potential misdirection.
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Pierce
St. Vitus
Pierce Bent
Addroas
Javallde
Sorewal Institute
Niu
Alo
Oldacre
Lastrade
Mrs. Lexington
Vex
Watson
Bert Stevens
Carnelius
Cornelius
Lestrade
Scotland
Moacning
Wal- Bon
Norwood
McFarlane
Iris Lestrade
Holmes
Lratrade
Deep Dene House
Les
Hils
Simply Misunderstood Hamlet Delportroakt Tribune
A garbled excerpt from a Tribune page features a drunken exchange where Mars and Snaith joke about mispronouncing a name while Mr. Smith humbly explains his attempt to speak. The fragment hints at a social scene with miscommunication and theatrical allusions.
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Tribune
Mars
Snaith
John
Fen
Mr. Smith
Hamlet
The Social Hour and Humorous Vignettes Spread
A mixed column from the Hoston Herald and others compiles light anecdotes. It recounts a hotel fire scare where a husband emphasizes keeping coal, sketches misheard lines from the German Students tale, and shares jokes about baby names and a courtroom anecdote involving Secretary Shaw and Iowa representatives.
Rheumatic pains vanish with Pink Pills cure claim
Mrs. Broderick Brown of 40 Sumpter Street Sandy Hill New York endured inflammatory rheumatism since age sixteen. After failing with doctors and long bed rest she used Dr Williams Pink Pills. Within months she recovered full mobility appetite and sleep. The ad urges genuine Pink Pills sold by druggists and Dr Williams Medicine Co Sohevecady NY.
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Willame
Broderick Brown
Sumpter Street
Sandy Hill
N.Y
Dr. Williams
Mrs. Brown
Dr. Williams Medicine Co
ALZER'S BARGAIN SEED BOOK PROMOTES CROP SEEDS
The Northberr Crown Pedigree Seeds farm advertises a special catalogue ALZER'S BARGAIN SEED BOOK offering bargain seeds at low prices. It promises free seed to grow 5 tons of grass, a seed book, cocamos, and fashionable annual flowers upon remittance of 40. John A. Salter Seed Co. Lock Draws er C. La Crosse Wis.
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Copapas
Alzer
John_A. Salter Seed Co
Lock Drawser C
la Crosse
Wis
The President Gets a New Cane From Roosevelt Jr
Theodore Roosevelt Jr arriving from Harvard surprised the White House by visiting his parents before their southward departure. An elderly Virginia gentleman presented a cane carved with Civil War battle names and fallen generals, but the giver’s identity could not be learned. For Rent Several grain and stock farms John Mulhall 30614 Pierce street Telephone 692
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New York Times
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr
Harvard
White House
South
Virginia
Roosevelt
Calvil War
Bette
John Mulhall
Pierce Street
Sudden Loss of Faith at Medical Meeting
Rector Pill jokes about Dr. Physic in a New York Weekly medical meeting note. Dr Powder explains rheumatism has troubled him six weeks, with brother physicians failing to help, provoking impatience and irascibility.
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New York Weekly
Rector Pill
Dr. Physic
Powder
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