Countess by birth endures in Paris laundry tale
A Paris washerwoman claims countess status as the goddaughter of the late Ic d'Aumale and recounts a life of fortune lost to a banking collapse. She describes poverty after her Duc de Francqueville husband’s suicide and an inheritance left to others, driving her to a small laundry on credit and fear of a harsh legal battle.
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Paris
Ic d'Aumale
Prince Henri d'Orleans
United States
Countess de Francqueville
Africa
Napoleon SI
Duc d'Aumale
Duc
Alwiers
Count de Francqueville
Cerman
Bae Carat
Hved
Duc de Charlies
D'Aumale
Duc de Nemours
Duc d'Orleans
France
England
Chantilly
Duc de Charles
Coughing Spell Causes Death at Home
Clarry Duckwell aged 25 died from suffocation after a severe coughing fit at his home. His wife and child witnessed the incident as a physician could not arrive in time. The notice ends with an ad for Baklard's Horehound Syrup sold by J L Wikle at 25c and 50c and 100.
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Clarry Duckwell
Seon
Duckwell
St. Louisa
Democrat
Baklard
J. L. Wikle
Russia’s libel punishment once forced authors to eat words
The article recounts a historic Russian practice where a libeler was compelled to ingest his own writing. A author faced a summary trial, with his book unbound, cut, rolled, and fed to him under supervision. A surgeon reportedly set a maximum fatal ingestion near 200 N.
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Russia
Tribune
Woman Mine Operator Mary West Wins Noted Success
Mary West, famed as a southwest mining figure formerly from Janesville Wisconsin, rose from hardship to wealth by selling the Madera gold mine in northern Mexico. She endured years of grueling exploration with her brother Joe across Margarita and Apache mountains, facing hunger thirst sandstorms and cold. Now with around 150000 in bank and rising income she remains active in mining while maintaining a practical laborer’s attire and continuing study in metallurgy and geology.
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Pacific Coast
Mary West
Janesville
Wis
Southwest
Madera
Mexico
Soldiers of Fortune
Goddess Luck
West
Chihauhau
Klondike
Mise West
Joe
Margarita
Apache
Barra
Weat
Timely Suggestion for Cough Remedy This Season
A household note urges women to stock Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for winter. It claims prompt results when taken at first cold signs and says the medicine is safe for children and pleasant to take. Available from J. L. Wikle, Druggist.
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Chamberlain
J. L. Wikle
Rules for boys and a stomach medicine ad notice
A list of good conduct for boys is followed by an advertisement for Chamberlains Stomach and Liver Tablets claiming improved appetite digestion and bowel movement. Quote from J H Seitz of Detroit endorses the product. Sold by J L Wikle, druggist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
J. H. Seitz
Detroit
Mich
J. L. Wikle
Strangely Fearless Women Explorers in History
A study of famed female explorers defying stereotypes of delicacy and fear. Mary Kingsley and Miss Gordon-Cumming led perilous journeys across Africa, Asia, and the Pacific, while Lady Baker, Mrs. Bent, and Isabella Bishop faced deadly hazards in wild frontiers.
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Amazon
Mary Moffat
Lady Baker
Miss Kingsley
Theodore Lent
Marion Mushall
Andes
Miss Gordon-Cumming
China
California
Sumalayas
Hawaii
Pacific Islands
Fiji
New Zealand
India
Ceylon
Bond Street
Pamirs
Bucklen's Arnica Salve Promoted for Wound Care
An out of town family faces accidents and injuries from burns cuts and ulcers and seeks Bucklen's Arnica Salve as the best earth remedy sold at West End Drug Co. and Miller Drug Co. Druggists.
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Bucklen
West End Drug Co
Miller Drug Co
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Countess
Duc de Vrancqueville
Tacka Fenda
Viaht
Rave Steuuale
Ate
Wisconsin
Meward Priefly
Mise Weat
Mary Kingsley
Canon Kingsley
South Africa
N’ojole
Rembwe
Kingsley
Theodore Bent
South Arabia
Bent
Isabella Bishop
Cheshire
Asia
Thibet
Persia
Kurdistan
Corea
Siberia
Rockies
Colorado
Sandwich Islands
Japan
Yangtee Valley
Florence Qixie
Patagonia
Moir
Central
Alries
Vewell
Owensboro
Kycara
Pnfistare
Ployd Medicine CO
Thomas’ Drug Store
West Tenth Street
A. B. Baxter & Co
Murphy & Co., Incorporated
N Capital
Brokers
Anniston
Alabama
New York
Chicago
New Orleans
Noble Street
S. B. Russell
ACME
Quaker City
Fountain Pen
Drexel Building
Philadelpha
Wai
Quaker City Fountain Pen Co
Philadelphia
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