Gloves Socks and Tobacco Heist Reported in Woods
Ole Olexon, called a wber Jack, arrived with 1 760 gloves, 1 975 socks, and eighty three pounds of tobacco. He offered the goods at a fraction of value and was arrested on suspicion. He claimed the items were won in poker in the Timber woods and that he came by them honestly. The incident involved in-town sales and bets, with a tale of luck and a long night of gambling before his release.
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Cocks of
Iminy Montis
Woulls
Aggili
Cloxon
Manter
Lynn
Hin Alster
Yulmade
Tie
Lils
Grove
Lila
Yolanda
Linx Slater
Mr. Winterbourne
Col Graham
Wands Island
Nile
Yolande
Surrey Lanes
Westmoreland
Lebridean Isles
Oime
Plesaant
Highlands
England
Maton
Four Facts For Sick Women To Consider
A 19th century advert promotes Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound for female disorders. It claims to relieve backache irregular menses and nervous symptoms and touts widespread testimonials from Lyon Mills. The notice invites women to write for advice, noting letters are read by women only and promising guidance for recovery.
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Becoxn
Lydia E. Plckhom
Pinkhaim
Lyon
Maan
Lydia
Ales
Pinkhumm
Lyns
Mass
Inkhaw
Remarkable Cure for Eruption Testimony From Woodfords Reader
Two years of agony from an infantile skin eruption described by Lithie Chise Walker of Woodfords. After trying many doctors with no success, a single cake of Cuticura Soap and one box of Cuticura Ointment cured the sister completely without fear or blemish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hutter
Lithie Chise Walker
Tremont Street
Woodfords
Ste
Poter
Bedon
Hobo Poet Sells Verse in Wakita Barter Scene
A fragment shows a hobo and a kind woman in Wakita Oklahoma trading a penny for poetry. The man explains he once had a profession and carried a bottle of pleasure for consumption as part of the exchange, with a local setting in April.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swayze
Wakita
Okla
A Telling Test of Village Life and Health
Commuters ride the smoking car for years and remain alive, showing that country life and routine travel may keep people healthy despite smoky conditions. The piece notes men in the village repeatedly traveling by rail without ill effects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vilage
Yolande Declines Then Accepts Tom Leslie’s Proposal
On the voyage Yolande Winterbourne avoids suitors and dances with Captain Douglas while Tom Leslie’s devotion grows. After a tense exchange he asks for time and a future, and Yolande speaks privately with her father before giving a cautious yes to marriage.
Figures of the census reveal sweeping household industry shifts
The census of manufactures shows vast production across goods from liquors to cloth and footwear. It notes per capita consumption, rising factory-made wear, and the decline of home production as machine manufacture reshapes household duties and spurs women into factories and stores.
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Flemsa
S. N
North
American Monthly
Cesus
Ungratefulness in a Quatrain of Lost Cigars
A fragmentary and era voice note describes a quarter’s worth of cigars taken and lost. The speaker laments broken commitments and missed chances while addressing an unnamed recipient with cautionary reproach.
Veteran of the Black Hawk Mexican and Civil Wars
An 83 year old veteran and physician from Washington DC reports severe stomach catarrh relieved by three bottles of Peruna. He describes protracted suffering before gradual improvement and endorses it as an infallible remedy. Address Hartman Sanitarium Columbus Ohio for more information.
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W. W. Jackson
WN. W
Washington, D. C
8S. B. Hartman
The
Hartman Sanitarium
Columbus, Ohio
Mystery Bond Found Hidden in Bible by Worcester Man
F S Rand of Worcester discovered a United States bond for 100 dollars dated 1841 while trimming an old family Bible. The treasury report notes that most of the 1841 issue has been redeemed, with about 9 400 dollars outstanding from the total 174 million issued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. S. Rand
Worcester
United States
Treasury
Mrs Winslow’s Baby Soothing Drops Ad Blurb Fragments
Fragmentary OCR reads Mrs Winslow’s Baby Drops for teething and wind colic promising gentle relief and a bottle. A stray quotation from Wordsworth appears and distracts the snippet, noting a line about kindness.
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Mull’s Grape Tonic
Third Avenue
Huck Leland
Bimnele Gree
Edel
Tom
Uae
Feespoot Et
Samuel Pitcher
Fac
Lydia B. Pinkham
Pinkham
Bears
Gastoria
Uolande
Mackinnon
Seaforth Tighlanders
Seaforth
France
Leslie
Misa Craterbourne
Anid
Abe
Douglas
Ap Ant
Polly
Slater
Graham
Archie
Jim
Col. Graham
Yolaide
Merhadh
Lise
Morruty
Singpoal
Aahd
Aosing
Ascum
de Riter
Sit P
Sidney
A. Veteran. OF
Black. Hawk
Scvern
Perua
Wordaworth
Wetaing Tha Baby
Yaatae Pe
Ilis
Wsedi
R. Paxton Company
Beaton, Mats
Oo. N
Lion Coffee
Lion-head
Everywhere Woolson Spice CO
Toledo
Ohio
Pod Products
Libby
McNeilly
Chicago
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