The Crew of the Liquor Bottles Edited by William J Bacon
Capt Dickson recounts a Western Express robbery and pursuit across Colorado mountains. He disguises as a miner, tracks three roguish bandits from Telluride to Ouray, matches trail clues from broken whisky bottles, and ends with arrest at a mountain cabin after a poker game.
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United States
Service Am the East
Western Express Companies
Capt. Dickson
Denver
Utah
Express
Colorado
Express Company
Rockies
Telluride
Ouray
Silverton
Troy
Kentucky
Sleeping Car Company
Mortrose
BachOwned Instrument Shown At Stuttgart Royal Museum
In a recent Royal Museum concert in Stuttgart large hall the king and queen of Wurttemberg attended as ancient instruments from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries were played without modern pianos. The highlights included Bach owned instrument and a piano once used by Queen Louise of Prussia for learning to play.
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Royal Museum
Stuttgart
Wurtemberg
Johann Sebastian Bach
Louise
Prussia
Pittsburg Man Called a Loading Fiend in Harper’s
A Harper’s discussion portrays a Pittsburger as unusually adept at storing large figures and statistics. The writer mocks the idea of a man who accumulates decimals and data, likening him to a combined delicatessen and hardware store with vast potential figures and varied commodities.
Allen's Foot-Kase Ad Sparks Foot Care Fame
A vintage advertisement extols Allen's Foot-Kase powder as a clean wholesome antiseptic foot remedy with over 30 000 testimonials arguing it cures while you walk. It warns against imitations and urges buyers to insist on the original. The rest of the excerpt presents a pair of debutante quips about love and vanity, reflecting era gossip.
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Allen
Various Patent Medicines and Advertisements in One Column
A collage of old time ads and product pitches. Castoria Murine eye remedy Hamlin’s Wizard Oil Wrigley’s Spearmint and Winslow’s soothing syrup appear alongside tips on efficiency and gossip about prices. Notes on marriage lotteries and social manners mix with property listings and assorted promotional lines.
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William J. Bacon
The
Secret Service
Capt
Dickson
W. G. Chapman
Great Britain
Kee
Owe
Pittsburg
Harper's
Pittsbhurger
Sya Pittyn
Murine Eye Remedy Co
Chicago
Drugelsta
Qit
Spoka
Wrigley
Big Springs
Ford
Hewberry & Lusk
Texas
Per
Russ Blue
Mia
Winslow
Dodds
Guarst
Feralane
Honay
Wababm Manufacturing Company
Baill Bt
Wabseh, Indiana
27Hby's
Libby
Wassup
Oget
Libby, McNoll
Farva
Western
Canada
Correspondence
National Buttarial Association
Ottawa
FE. T. Holmes
Jackson St
St. Paul
Minnoe
U.V. Bennett
New York
Qmaba
Dr.d.jayne
Walter
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