The Woman of It and the Unconventional Charmer
A middle aged man, Stanton, faces financial ruin after an affair with an unconventional charmer. He confronts despair until his wife Alice returns, forgives him, and offers practical support to regain stability. She proposes starting a new venture together, rekindling hope as they plan a reunion trip.
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George Horace Lorrimer
Aubey Stanton
Alice
Downcey
Dauncey
Stanton
Kidney Pills Save Life in Claim of Emma Shirley
Miss Emma Shirley of Kiltbuck, N. has kidney disease with headaches dizziness and weakness. She credits Dean's Kidney Pills with a full recovery after twelve boxes, noting improved weight and health. Sold by all dealers, 50 cents a box, Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo, N Y.
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Emma
Shirley
Kiltbuck
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Reflections on a Charming Hostess and Aged Teacup
A hostess known for hosting at grand houses reveals premature white hair as an asset of charm. She is an antiques connoisseur. During a hosting, a debutante, youthful yet restrained, is served a blue antique teacup. The hostess quips that the cup is a hundred and fifty years old, prompting the debutante to remark on its long preservation.
Wisconsin man in Alberta prospers on homestead bid
A Wisconsin man writes from Cayley Alberta in December 1906 to a Canadian Government agent recounting rapid wealth from homestead land. He details patent value, 320 acres bought and sold, cattle and poultry holdings, landed lots in Calgary and High River, and totals of grain and produce, claiming personal worth around 13000 and net gains under three years.
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United States
Cayley
Alta
Watertown
Canadian Northwest
Northwest
Calgary
High River
Wisconsin
Belsiegel
Philip Beisiegel
Canada
Old Gentleman Clashes With Speech At Window
In a Harper's Weekly vignette a rough, unpolished elder clashes with his daughter over dialect as investors loom. A tense family scene ends with his threat to shut the open window, reflecting class and speech tensions of the era.
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Harper’s Weekly
Mixed Voices and a Whisper of Conscience
A brief clutter of social chatter includes Alice declaring conscience whispers come from the heart while her sister jokes it's wind in the tum. Also notes a Whipple Humane Horse Collar promising relief for sore necks from warm weather work, offering a 16 day trial on horses.
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Alice
Lippincott's Magazine
Nebraska State
Humane Horse Collar
CO. Bo
19Th St
Omaha
Neg
Enticed by the Bar A Maine Clergyman Narrates a Fight
In a Maine incident an old minister testifies about a brawl where a man named Salson allegedly enticed another man to attack him. The witness describes Salson as slashing and then using a crowbar as a tool to persuade, with a series of pokes and blows leading to the enticement.
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Maine
Salson
Cure of a Persistent Eruption Using Cuticura Ointment
B Hiram Mattingly of Vermillion California suffered ten years with sores covering his body and severe itching. After trying many doctors and remedies, he found relief using Cuticura Ointment and Cuticura Soap. Within three boxes his skin healed and hair returned, ending fourteen years of suffering and expense. August 18 1906.
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Hiram Mattingly
Vermillion
S. Cal
Hold-up Man Denies Desirability as Watch Stolen
In a Puck excerpt a hold-up man pockets a large watch from a victim who protests he is not undesired, noting the prized heirloom belonged to his wife’s family for 75 years and was entrusted to him.
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Puck
Old Ropes and Remedies Parade in Odd Ad Mix
A curious composite extract cites Castoria for infants, a wool rope fabric story from northern England, Whitman quotes, and a foot powder ad for Allen's Foot Mase with a 25 cent price. The text blends varied material from products, quotes, and aphorisms into a single page fragment.
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England
When a Man's Business Afflicts a Wife's Advice
A fragment states that when a man's affairs go awry his wife suspects blame for not heeding her counsel, reflecting sense of marital fault and domestic tension.
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Winslow
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Olds Gas Power CO
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Defiance Starch Company
Nebraska
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