The Ivory Tablet and a Worldly Insurance Scheme
A tangled tale spans youth and age as Miss Angus and Algernon Penton revisit a broken engagement. Years later he returns to press a life insurance pitch amid a vanished lover, a kept ivory tablet, and a small town mystery ending with a hopeful remarriage and a final wartime exile.
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Mr. Penton
Algernon Penton
Algernon
Ariel
Caro
Biss
Miss Gus
Miss Angus
Algernon Venton
Sveh
Angus
Ower
Leap House Forlin
Ngus
Isig sAn
Ms. Penton
Akon
Wisdus
Limpinlazarus Ife Ansurungy
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Story of the Sword and the Sun Goddess Tale
A mythic tale narrates the sun goddess banishing her brother from heaven and the first eclipse of Japan. A wandering god rescues a last beauty from a serpent, uses sake barrels to trap it, and wields the sacred sword of the sun goddess. The sword gains fame as a legendary blade and later as the sword of cutting grass.
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Alfred Morne
W. T. Hearst
Japan
Ory
Idaumo
Heaven
Ea Fan
Radiance plum promises early fruit in south tests
The Radiance plum, once rooted in North Carolina, has with extended northern trials proven to be a promising early variety. It ripens early, resists spring frosts, and displays light red and yellow coloring with good quality and shipperability. Nurserymen expect limited availability until spring 1906, with high prices likely for trees.
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South
North Carolina
Ag Tt
Ned
Substitutes for Meat for Poultry and Fall Tree Planting
The article discusses turning to animal meat substitutes for poultry feed when green bone is scarce, stressing safe use with brains per package directions and allowing poultry some outdoor time for natural foraging. It also advocates fall planting of fruit trees, noting advantages in soil work, nursery selection, and winter protection, while cautioning about cold regions.
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Tde Poultry House
Setling Rees
Cam
Ong
Conjugal Devotion of Birds
In The Nineteenth Century, Gosworth Smith notes wagtails migrate in flocks and pair for life, with the same partners reappearing. He recalls a paired bird grieving beside a dead mate after a stone strike near Blandford, the survivor calling and coaxing without response.
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L. Gosworth Smith
Blandford
Paradise
Tle
One Way to Stop a Dog Fight
An observer recalls a street scene where two fighting dogs threaten lif e. A saloon owner dumps a kettle of seltzer water on them from a syphon to break up the brawl. The water distracts them and they separate, whimpering and retreating.
Man and Wife Buxton North Dakota Special Kidney Pills Claim
Mr B E Skrivseth of Buxton North Dakota endorses Dodd's Kidney Pills as a cure for kidney disease and related ailments. He claims his wife recovered after taking eight boxes and that his own three boxes improved his health, praising the pills as the best remedy for kidney trouble he knew.
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Buxton
N. D
B. E. Skrivseth
Dodd
Skrivseth
Mr. Skilyseth
Lever
Dod
Bright
A Big Bill Delivers Sleepy Household Moment
Mr Benton and Mrs Benton Holmes share a weary scene as a debt story unfolds over a dressmaker’s bill. The exchange hints at financial strain and domestic weariness in a small household.
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Mr. Benton
Gold Coin Prizes Announced For World’s Fair Attendance
The Missouri Trust Company holds eighty five thousand six hundred dollars in gold coin prizes for the World’s Fair attendance contest. Sponsored by the World’s Pair Contest Company of St Louis, the prizes will be paid to those closest in estimating attendance. The contest closes October 15, with official receipts filed and announced in this paper.
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Missouri Trust Company
Financial Institution
Gelmar Mnet
Adelaide Avenues
St. Louis
Colby Commencement Honors Beloved Janitor Samuel Osborne
The Colby community honors Samuel Osborne, longtime head janitor, during commencement week. Although ill, he attended last chapel and offered guidance to students. a cheering crowd gathered at his home after the exercises. Colby lists him as head janitor in official records, yet his energy and service define his true role with students and alumni.
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Colby
Boston Transcript
Lor
Samuel Osborne
Sam
Mme
College
Expert horsewomen threatened by runways and carriages
The Boston Herald laments frequent accidents among expert horsewomen as reckless handling and ignorance lead to fatal or injurious wrecks. It notes rising fashion for riding and driving among young women, urging skill, calm judgment, and proper training to avoid tragedies.
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Boston Herald
Erlenda
Celal
Postum Claims Coffee Alternative Improves Complexion
A woman testifies Postum cured indigestion and heart palpitations once she quit coffee. She notes her complexion brightened from muddy and yellow to rosy after two years of using Postum, credits Postum with her renewed health, and mentions the booklet She Road to Wellville in each package from Postum Co.
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Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
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