Fairies of Cornwall and a Nerve Tale From Boston
A long squib on Cornwall fairy lore notes the small people and spriggans haunting Druidic sites, with piskies riding a horse and the need to wear clothes inside out for protection. It also recounts a Boston tale of nerve, where a stranger at a 5 am cafe faces a pistol and, after a comic misreading, keeps his breakfast.
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England
Katherine Lee Bates
Gretna Green
Land's End
Cornwall
Treland
Jas
Cormwnll
Suklea
Boston Post
Chinese Torture and Old World Cruelty Compared
A historical piece contrasts brutal punishments including a kidnap victim roasted in lime with reflections on medieval cruelty. It recounts a village method of punishment near Chinklang and laments declining dining standards in a later era, citing hardships in late English life.
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Chinklang
Reading Up On Meals And Dust In The Home
A reader article notes people overthink meals while aesthetics like flowers and dust-free rooms are valued. It argues bodies should not be fed at the expense of sight and that dust should not be removed from every ledge to clutter the brain.
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England
Gledstone
Loudon Telegraph
Reader Magazine
THE
Swift Specific CO
Atlanta
Frank About It. Shoe Store Salesman
A London Telegraph snippet shows a shopper, Miss Larson, asking for shoe sizes No 2 and No 5, with the salesman prompting a size choice and dismissing the No 2 option.
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Frank
Adam
Miss Larson
London Telegraph
Bonham and Leonard Residents Visit. Local Election Results
Mr and Mrs C A Weeler of Bonham visited relatives here Tuesday. Mrs Grace Mitchell of Leonard visited Saturday. Miss Mary Harper of Savoy stayed Friday and Saturday. J L Richardson and Ton Cochram of Bonham were here Saturday. The election passed quietly Saturday with Bailey 58 Johnson 36. Mrs Huffman, wife of Rev P G Huffman, visited relatives. W H Coursey and wife visited Bonham. Prof Waddell's baby died in Denison Friday and was buried here Saturday. Mesers Luton Gilley and McMurray re elected in school election. Dinner by Home Mission Society Saturday. Mrs Hinson of Denison guest of the Lutons. Foley's Urine Laxative praised for women and children. Liven when a man acts blind, he should look the part.
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Bonnie Feather
Omanche
Okla
Mary Harper
Savoy
J. L. Richardson
Ton. Cochram
Bonham
Bailey
Johnson
Huffman
P.G. Huffman
M. E. Church
Joe Luton
James Mitchell
Dodd City
Prof. Waddell
Denison
Announcement on primary race procedures and names
A brief notice outlines AI named participants and subject to the rules of the primary. It cites the saetroo of the m nab as governing authority and sets expectations for the event.
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Apypera
Dee
District officers listed for multiple Ben Denton districts
District Pudpe Ben H. Denton of Paria and Cork district names and several local officials are named. Included are district attorney Bob Lattivorl Paris, representative Sam T Rayisurn Baree ude H Cun ning Sham, county clerk W A Thomas, sheriff Chas B Bridge Philip Wise, assessor J Lee Tarpley John B Smith W C (Willie) Finley, county attorney J Walter Donaldson, treasurer Sid Ridling, tax collector Tom J Cox Albert Roberson, commissioner J A Agnew, public weigher A J Crittenden, constables S P Keene and O B Fincher.
Twenty Year Health Sentence Cured by Arnica Salve
S. Woolever of LeRaynville New York writes that Bucklen’s Arnica Salve cured his bleeding piles twenty years ago and he still praises the product. Saunders Drug carries the salve for wounds burns and other sorer injuries. Watered stock phrases appear in the ad copy.
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Bucklen
S. Woolever
LeRaynville
N. Y
Saunders Drug Uv
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A. Os
Pseeeccee
Heargrove & Reynolds
City Drug Store
J. W. Peeler
Bonham Grocery Co
Paris Drug Co
Bonham, Texas
Paris, Texas
H. W. Williams Drug Co
Ft. Worth, Texas
Greiner-Kelly Drug Co
Dallas, Texas
Bates
Fairies OF
Comi
Tare
Jennie Merrick
Cambridge City
Ind
Cardus
C. A. Weeler
Grace Mitchell
Leonard
W.H. Coursey
Luton
Gilley and McMurray
Ladies of Home Mission Society
Mrs. Hinson
Mrs
Mr. and
Mr. Reedy of
Foley
Saunders Drug
Pudpe
Ben H. Denton
Paria
Cork
Marl McAlester
Bob Lattivorl
Paris
SAM T. Rayiisurn
Baree Ude H
Cunning Sham
W. A. Thomas
Por Sherill
Chas. B. Bridge
Philip Wise
J. Lee
Tarpley
John B. Smith
W.C
Willie) Finley
C County
J. Walter Donaldson
Sid Ridling
Tom J. Cox Albert Roberson
J. A. Agnew
A.J
Jack) Crittenden
S. P. Keene
O. B. Fincher
S.S.S
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