The Flower Seed Man and Almira Stevens
Almira plans a memorial bed for a grave, hopes for forget me nots, and is drawn to a charming flower seed man. A misread gravestone reveals a familiar name, Asaph Winklestone, shocking Almira. The seed man exposes the ruse, and together they plant heartsease in the central bed while leaving the grave to others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asaph
Almira
Almira Stevens
Babcock
George Babcock
Annie
Asaph Winklestone
Nic
Miss Stevens
The Two Offerings by Richard Wyse
A tale contrasts a grave side encounter between an aged man and a maiden as they honor a hero who died for a cause. The maiden reveals she honors him as more than kin, while the man is revealed to be the hero’s spectral father. The piece then shifts to Civil War origin terms for "Johnnies" and notes General Corcoran's Irish Legion, its stations near Washington and later with Grant, and Corcoran's death in 1868.
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England
Corcoran
Washington
Richmond
New York
Grant
Legion
Fairfax, Va
Kidney Health Claim Promotes Swamp Root Remedy
A broad appeal describes kidney disease as dangerous and deceptive, listing symptoms and urging treatment. It promotes Swamp Root from Dr Kilmer and Co as a remedy, claims quick relief, and offers free sample bottle and book by mail, warning readers not to accept substitutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton, N
Farmers Stir National Debate Over Influence and Grafts
A public discourse frames farmers as lacking influence while stirring nationwide tension. The saying by their fruits ye shall know them is invoked alongside a metaphor of a tree bearing a dozen graft varieties to illustrate complex outcomes. Meanwhile a married man asserts authority over his stenographer, signaling power dynamics in intimate work relations.
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R.V. Pierce
Pros
Buffalo, N.Y
South Dakota
Nebraska
Payton & Company
Bedford, Iowa
the Citizens Bank
Bedford
Iowa
Chicago Record-Herald
Ledrord Free Press
Record-Herald
The
Ideal Family Newspaper
Associated Press
Middle West
Wiliam K. Curtis
Chicago
the Bedford Free Press
Daily Register and Leader
Register and Leader
the Register and Leader
Ite
All Iowa News Service
Ding’s
Washington News Bureau
Special Market Report
Big Baseball News
Des Moines, Iowa
Free Press
American Press Association
Almira | Stevens
Richard Wyse
FOLEY
Foley & Company
H. B. Rhoads
Via
Seattle
Portland
Tacoma
Dana
California
Puget Sound
Colorado
International Christian Endeavor
St. Paul
Grand Army of the Republic
Salt Lake City
Denver
Colorado Springs
Pueblo
Butte
Helena
Spokane
Mont
Big Horn Basin
Burlington
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