Promises and peril in a Missouri river town tale
A rustic family story unfolds on a mushroom city bluff beside a Missouri raine river. Nancy endures hardship from a drunken husband while planning a sober future, then a devastating storm traps mother and child beneath a collapsing house as she fights to reach Sammy.
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Umner
Missouri
Sammy
Pepy
Pappy
Dark Prairie Storm Returns With Loss and Resolve
A mother endures a brutal hailstorm to protect her child while clinging to hope and a promise. As dawn breaks in Winthrop, John returns to find Atchison in ruins and Nancy and the baby dead, shaping his resolve to honor the vow he once considered weak.
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Jones
Leavenworth Ag
Atchison
John
Evenin
Sammy
God
Tennessee
Remark inquest closes with silent survivor
They found him there an hour afterward, but he asked no questions and gave no reply to consoling attempts, leaving him alone with his dead.
Mice cause stir in watch office as kernel bits spill
A Kansas bridge watchman notices mice tracking discarded nut shells and kernel fragments. The scene unfolds with the mice lifting shells up walls and delivering kernels back to the floor showing deliberate extraction. A humorous aside reflects on a minister and a quip about the Atlantic cable's size.
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Kansas
Gilges
Kansas and Missouri Bridge
BoscHEE's German Syrup Promises Quick Cough Relief
Promotes BoscHEE's German Syrup as a cure for severe coughs and throat lung diseases with a sample bottle offered for 10 cents and the regular size at 75 cents. Claims Germany origin and rapid three-dose relief. Sold by all druggists in Athens.
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Germany
Athens
Alexander Township
County of
State of
Ohio
John Ellis
Joseph Brickel
James Jack
Loyal van Bibber
Parker Carpenter
W. A. Root
Emmett Tompkins
Tff
Straitsville Branch Schedule and Connections
Leave Mail at 8 40 A M from Columbus to Lancaster arriving 10 04. From Lancaster connect to Circleville and all points on the Cincinnati and Muskingum Valley Railroad. Direct connections at Columbus for Cincinnati and all points west and for Buffalo Philadelphia New York and all points East.
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