The Fight in the Halt and the Red Men of the Dusk
Geoffrey Heathcote narrates a stormy siege at Bulley Croft as Red Men of the Dusk storm the hall. Owain and Ieuan Gwylit lead a stubborn defense with muskets and swords, while Sir Arthur rages inside. A violent clash ends with the assailants repelled and a sudden gunshot driving the narrator into a ditch as the battle ebbs into dawn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Owain
St. Nephew
Giwain
Ogain
Elttle
Miss Vaughan
Jeuan Gwylit
Ile
Cut
Steb
Nalse
Arthur
Teuan
Ieuan Gwylir
Ieuan
Junk
Teuan Gwyllt
Chance
Intnita
Isle
Pierce
Iewin
Bath
Evan
Plicest
Nanl-y-Bryn
Chicago marriage mart and a yearly hope for new brides
A Baltimore Sun summary reports Grace Snell Coffin Walker Coffin Layman, a Chicago woman 37, seeking divorce from her fifth husband Eay Hinn. She telegraphs Frank Coffin, her first and favored mate, proposing anew while lamenting divorce delays. Coffin replies he has married her “positively the last time.” The piece humorously notes her literary pursuits and multiple weddings, claiming “where there is life there is always hope of another match.”
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore Sun
Chicago
Grace Snell Coffin- Coffin-Walker-Coffin-Laymian
Eay- Hinn
Mace
Frank
Sheil
Layman
Frank Coffin
Pradticud
Jedly
So-on
Aebout
Trousseaus
Angerle
Diyvorce
Frank Dear
Bath
Mrs. Soon
Walt
Knucker Has Jones Faces Hard Career Choice
New York Sun notes Knucker has Jones undecided on his future path. The piece contrasts leading a strenuous Ute career with pursuing an alternative, implying ongoing deliberation without a firm decision.
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New York Sun
Knucker
Jones
Bocker
The Negro Problem in South Africa by Arthur Hawkes
A critical look at racial tensions in South Africa and American attitudes. The piece discusses a persistent poor relation status, practical politics on race, and varying extremists, with anecdotes from Natal and Cape Town. It contrasts American tolerance and South African policy, noting deep-rooted prejudice and the difficulty of reform.
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South Africa
Arthur Hawkes
American Monthly Review of Reviews
BenjJamin Kidd
Zambest
Tsut Tre Waters
Natal
Fio
Africa
Amourien
America
Instange
God Almighty
Colorado
Cape Town
Johanneshire
Not Plain Everyday Girl Says Hostess Reveals Sunday Style
A Chicago Tribune passage quotes a visitor praising a hostess daughter as plain and everyday. The hostess counters that Lizgzle is not plain, noting she powders and frizzes her hair to look right on Sundays.
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Chicago Tribune
Grateful Woman Praises Pern for Recovery
Miss Muriel Armitage of Dolwit Migl district organizer writes a regent letter praising Pern for restoring her health after years of illness. She describes trials with doctors and medicines, claims Pern brought steady strength after fifteen bottles, and asserts catarrh as the root of her trouble, noting the remedy's success for female ailments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muriel Armitage
Greenweal Ave
Dolwit
Migl
Royal Templars
Tampershed
Ayer
Aury
Pernadt
Toni
Toni Or Grateful, Higphy Wemuny Fuelay.— Miss Muvied ‘Armitage
Pemina Rey Ahirrk
Ib Ues Cataerh
Petia
Pelvic Catarrh Cure Promises Relief for Nervous Women
A 19th century advertisement extols Peruna as a permanent cure for catarrh and pelvic weakness. It urges distraught women to seek Dr. Hartman’s free advice from the Columbus, Kansas Sanitarium, claiming swift, painless restoration and relief from exhaustion and nervous symptoms.
Indifferent Men and Quack Cures in Old Tribune Snippet
In a Chicago Tribune fragment a female philosopher clasifies men into three types the good the bad and the indifferent. The passage also references patently dubious remedies for children coughs the efficacy of Piso s Cure and a rustic speech sample about a public house with colloquial jargon.
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Chicago Tribune
Notary public oath over a catarrh cure patent claim
State ar dura Crey or Lor EDO Lucas County swore he is the son of the tira of Cheney and Co. In Yale do city county and Biel aforesaid he would pay one hundred dollars for each literary case of catarrh not cured by Halls Sata Cups. Testimony sworn before A W Gleason on December 6 1880. Halls Catarrh Cure taken internally claims to affect blood and mucous surfaces. Free testimonials from Cheney Co Toledo Ohio. Sold by druggists 75 cents. Tull's Family Pills recommended.
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Tharacan
Rexulis
Wurtman
Hartmain
Sturtmin Sanitarium
Columbua
Kia
Lereling Remedy CO
New York
Chicago
Edo
Lucas County
Tha Tira
Bb Cheney & CO
Yaledo
Biel
Suni
Cheney & CO
Toledo
Solil
Tull
Great Grandmother Weds in Mascoutah
Katharine Stark le, 78, of Engeldan township, and William Boeller, 82, of Mascoutah, were married in Mascoutah. Both are Illinois pioneers with fifty years in St. Clair county. The bride is a great grandmother and the ceremony, by Justice J. C. Bouquet, drew the town’s population for a reception.
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Gelleville
Katharine Starkle
Engeldan Township
Williamin Boeller
Mascoutah
Ilinois
St. Clair County
Cahokia
J. C. Bouquet
Masgeutah
Flour and Teeth Debate on Bread and Health
A London Chronicle correspondent argues white bread undermines dental health, favoring brown or whole meal bread with the husk. He cites Sir Thomas Lauder Brunton and suggests finer mill quality worsens both bread and teeth, a view tied to a Mothers' Congress anecdote about a baby’s reaction to strings.
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London Chronicle
Allen- Ulan
Stelyen
Thomis Lauder Brunton
America
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Geoffrey Heathcote, Esq
Judas
Nolitme
Ulion
Vaughan
Vaughn
Sir Arthur
Ting
Bulley Croft
Chapter
Cwm Cal
Enid
Sotogne
Owin
Etuk
Jenan Gwylt
Chicago Marriage Mart
Perna
Miss Muriel Armitege
Piso
Croup
M L. A. Pearce
Filling Street
Brooklyn
Gafferiggins
Hantil Tipton
Tondan
Gatfer ‘Igghis
Jia A
A.W. Gleason
Notary Public
Putnam
Winchester
Deaors
Mothers’ Congress
W. L. Douglas
Avary
Douglas
Corona Colt
Corona
Mull
W. L. Wougers
Brocklyn
Huss
Vances Luompson
Felix Uurauns
Ito Ae
de A. Soyrd
Sioux City
P'T'g CO
Tyes
Gentine
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