Geological, Research and Hard Cider Produces a Wife for a Professor
A botany professor is puzzled by field life and a joke about earth ages turns into a cider fueled romance. Professor Baines tempted by widow Glynn and other village widows, a librarian, and a farmer, all quarreling over a proposal while a cider dream shakes his plans. The tale ends with a marriage to Widow Glynn.
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Bains
Rocky Ridge
Grafton’s Falls
Sandatuve Hill
Wio Field
Professor Daina
Stebbins
SNS
Glynn
Widow Goldie
Goldie
Professor Pains
Indignant girl plans long wait and angry reply
A Chicago Daily News item shows a woman furious at a two week letter delay. She contemplates delaying her response, then writes a lengthy, icy letter but hesitates, realizing the man may be busy and lonely for his work.
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Hicago Daily News
Letter From Brother Returns Unopened Envelope Marked Please Return
Robbie reports receipt of a letter from his brother Joey. The envelope carried a bold imprint reading Please return in five days. The letter was not opened, and the sender apparently sent it back to Joey.
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Robbie
Joey
Dave
Henry Howland Poem About Turning Day of Darkness
Henry Howland offers a reflective verse urging readers to confront a dreary day. He suggests analyzing personal ills to uncover that troubles may stem from imagination rather than external reality, encouraging calm contemplation to restore heart and purpose.
Bosworth Plans Second Floor Den With Trophy Wall
Bosworth outlines a new house idea to create a splendid den on the second floor. The room will display his various trophies and feature walls decorated with the names of all the guides he has shot by mistake.
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Bosworth
Walla
Record of a Man’s Remarkable Solitaire Journey
A dialogue reveals a boast that the speaker has broken a record by playing solitaire across a long distance from San Francisco to New York. The philosopher questions the claim while the man defends his achievement as noteworthy beyond the other’s efforts.
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San Francisco
New York
Sign of Prosperity and Threats in Town Dialogues
The text shows a tense exchange about a husband’s health and control, with a blunt man’s remark and a polite rebuff. It notes an undertaker beginning two new house foundations and mentions another doctor and two more automobiles in town as signs of growth and wealth.
Way of the Liar The Har ts Excuses in Tall Tales
A compact critique presents a narrator prone to accepting any excuse to spin tall tales. It examines how a habit of rationalizing truth undermines credibility and distorts perception. The piece links deception to social behavior and personal accountability.
Asthmaatis B0a and Public Utility Leaflet Advertisement
A fragment mentions Dr Etts Drug Co Chicago and an ad sizing it up. It notes Kelsey Brewer & Company of Grand Rapids distributing an interest leaflet on public utility securities. A joke exchange with Bacon and Exgbert about money and paper currency appears, followed by a humorous dialogue about finances and a wife asking for money and clothes.
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Dr. Etts Drug Co
Chicago
Kelsey, Brewer & Company, Bankers
Grand Rapids, Mich
Late hours and a spicy breath remarking on a preacher
A garbled paste of quotations and phrases mentions Hay fever cures, Dr Kits Drugo in Chicago, and a satirical line about sermons with motor car metaphors. It cites exports of American horses valued near five million dollars and quotes Norman Hapgood urging action in New York. The fragmentary text blends political rhetoric and odd asides without a clear narrative.
Passenger asks where they are on rail trip
A passenger asks another to identify their location and mentions Chicago as a point of reference. The exchanged lines hint at a stop or a stretch break with casual humor about having been here before.
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Chicago
No Wonder He Was Angry Over Engagement End
A former lover visits Grace Cheever and learns their engagement is ended. He threatens to publish her letters from Lippincott's if she resists. The scene portrays pride, defiance, and tension as Grace asserts no shame in the correspondence.
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Grace Cheever
Oakdale Times
Lippincott's
Serious Obstacle in Trade Refusal Cited by Grocer
A Brooklyn Citizen reports a customer offered to buy goods and have the bill settled in trade, but the grocer refused. The grocer explained the buyer was an undertaker, rendering the transaction inappropriate under his business.
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Brooklyn
Serenade Sparks Surprise Doorstep Fetch
A lighthearted note recalls a serenade moment where a caller’s musical gesture failed to bring a moment to the door, but a different suitor arrived with an automobile to escort the person outside.
TO CURE PILES Esculetts Dr Etta Drug Co Chicago
An advertisement touts Esculetts as a cure for piles with a money back guarantee. The copy claims the product is eaten like candy and promotes Dr Etta Drug Co of Chicago as the source. It targets frugal buyers seeking cheaper remedies than their own means.
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Etta Drug Co
Chicago
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Clara Inez Deacon
Glypa
Baine
Thomaen Hecker
Pripoding
Pearty
Grightling
Justice Maule
Coleridge
Jonea
Maule
Jonesoa
Arma
Henry Howland
Spriggin
Ats Aeas
Bacon
United States
Eigbert
Poor John
John
Rae Aantites
Aise
Carter
Parker's
Baby
Chas. H. Fletcher
Castoria
Crimsonbeak
Norman Hapgood
Mr Hapgood
Petuse Gabecinstes
THE
Coca-Cola Company
Atlanta, Ga
Libby Libby
M‘neill
Libby
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