Burglar Trap Turns Burglary into Burlesque
Leonard lures a burglar named Bitts into his home with a staged trap and extensive interview on criminal methods. After an overnight “guest” session, the intruder leaves with a note of thanks, while a newspaper reveals the elaborate ruse and lampoons Macarthur as the real culprit.
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Leonard
Helen
Bitta
Bitte
Bitts
Mr. Bitts
Harvey
Brris
Sam
Macarthur
Ream
Hindu Girl Life in Bengal Describes Restrictions and Customs
The Christian Register describes a Hindu child wife split between her parents and her in law's home as a vacation and drudgery period. Bengal village girls blacken lips with mishi to seem charming. Writing to husbands is taboo, done secretly by night. The woman stays inside the inner apartment, venturing out only to fetch water, making the waterside a female social space.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bengal
Christian Register
English shopkeeper sparks romance in Punjab tale
A Westburnia store owner helps an Anglo Indian customer on furlough by introducing him to a clerk, the daughter of a deceased officer. The match leads to courtship and marriage, with the shopkeeper’s good grace credited for the speedy union amid a joyous local welcome.
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Punjab
Westburnia
No Right to Ugliness and a Passport Joke
An essay argues beauty depends on health, linking constipation and kidney trouble to pimples and a dull complexion. It claims Electric Bitters can regulate stomach liver and kidneys, purify blood, and improve appearance. A light joke about Cousin Julia’s passport notes a large mouth as the reason she canceled her trip abroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Young & Co
Julia
Celery Compound Tea marketed as nerve cure remedy
An advertised claim promotes Cleveland's Celery Compound Tea as nature's cure for nerve diseases, indigestion, constipation, liver and kidney issues, skin eruptions, and blood purification with free trial offers. A comic exchange follows about language and marriage.
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Cleveland
W.H. Buffington
Consumption the Snake in Daily Life
The snippet extols consumption as a deadly disease serpent harming millions, urging attention to colds. It promotes Cleveland's Lung Healer with a money back guarantee and a free trial bottle, priced large bottles at 25 cents. The rest blends mock ad copy and humorous vignettes about photographers and printing services, plus a comic family exchange and a stray tramp scene.
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Cleveland
W. H. Buffington
Green Trading Stamps offer at Providence merchants
E invites patrons to a reception where a little book for Green Trading Stamps is explained. The stamps provide a cash discount and a wide range of goods. 45,000 collectors in Providence area show the program's popularity. A special one week offer grants $1 of stamps free to collectors and a stamp book to new collectors.
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Providence
Pawtucket
Providence Green Trading Stamp Co Denies Rumor of Closure
The Providence Green Trading Stamp Company denies an idle Bristol rumor that the business has closed. The firm vows ongoing operation at 450 Westminster Street, Providence, with capital backing to redeem stamps. Collectors are urged to continue and redeem books via Sparks' Harness Store for home delivery.
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Bristol
Providence Green Trading Stamp Company
Westminster Street
Providence
Sparks’ Harness
Local merchants and services directory fragment
A fragmented street directory listing businesses and trades with names and addresses. Druggists Florists Boots and Shoes Grocers Hardware Harness Makers Trunk Store Lumber Millinery Plumbers Laundries and Massasoit Steam Laundry appear alongside names such as J H Young Co G S Congdon E G Cobleigh W F Peters William Bradford John Lake Albert Sparks M M Bilsborough James Tobin Waldron Brownell Co and Massasoit Laundry in Warren Ohio.
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Brankville
Maccarthnor
Hindoo
Hicks
Wicks
Mamma
Johnny
Bristol Phornix
Freddy
Albert E
Spark
George W. Easterbrooks
Hope Street
Bicycles
Wardwell Lumber Co
Waldron-Brownell Co
Coal and Wood Wardwell Lumber Co
State Street
Dry Good W. F. Peters & Co
Hasbrouck
G. S. Congdon
Court Street
Cobleigh
W. F. Peters
Hasbrouck Block
William J. Bradford
Hope St. John Lake
Cor. High and
Constitution Streets
Bradford Street
Waldron-Brownell Company
Bradford St
Albert E. Sparks
Hope St
Albert FE
Sparks
John Lake
M. M. Bilsborough
Paints and Otis Wardwell Lumber Co
Bradford ‘Street
Massasoit
Cor. Wheaton and
South Water Streets
Warren, Qh
James Tobin
Wtap
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