The English Woman at Metz Chateau in War Time
In Metz Lorraine during a Franco Prussian war a French officer Captain Forrestier hides from Prussian soldiers in a chateau. His English wife Madame Forrestier and her nurse Annie shelter him in a secret room beneath her chamber while German officers occupy the house. The story follows courage, duty, and the wife’s resolve as she treats the invaders with humanity to protect her family and home.
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France
Germany
Metz
Lorraine
Moselle
Berlin
Chateau
Andre Forrestier
The
Madame Forrestier
Tolks
Annie
Madame
Rosie
Andre
Mdame Forrestier
Jacques
Mme. Forrestier
Chateau Forrestier
Rene
Madame Forrester
Jaques
Madam Forrestier
Forrestier
Paris
Speak clearly or risk a damaged language heritage
The article warns that slurred speech and mangled phrases mislead listeners and degrade learning. It contrasts mispronunciations with a foreign speaker’s careful enunciation, urges learning the true ring of words, and cautions that poor speech undermines future knowledge.
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James
Catarrh Remedies and Historic Notes from 19th Century Press
A collage of medical ads and notes including Dr. Sage's Catarrh Remedy with a claim of curing catarrh and a $500 reward offer, mentions Stephen M. White as California’s first US Senator, Queen Victoria's palace repairs, and an ad for Cubeb Cough Cure praised for direct action on the lungs. It also includes a customer inquiry about Krause's Headache Capsules and testimonials.
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Jemima
Dr. Sage
World’s Dispensary Medical Association
Stephen M. White
California
United States
Miss de Valle
Los Angeles
Queen Victoria
Holyrood Palace
Rizzio
D. Q. Storie
Krause
S.J. Warner
D.Q. Storie
Chariton
Iowa
War memories of near misses and a returning joke
The article recounts Captain Eugene May recalling Civil War firefights at Jackson Mississippi and Chickamauga. He describes bullets narrowly missing him while sheltered by a caisson and a tree, and how fellow soldiers laughed at the near miss after a twelve pound shot struck the tree.
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Eugene May
Jackson
Miss
George
Chickamauga
Captain May
Jim Dabney
Jerusalem
Ange Hammer
Orl
N Times-Democrat
Choose the Little Ones Big Dogs Are No Protection Against Burglars
A St Louis Globe-Democrat excerpt argues that large dogs provide limited protection against professional burglars. It favors small barking dogs and babies as better deterrents, noting burglars target homes with awake children and relying on informants to avoid households with young occupants.
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Iit
St. Louis Gloube-Democrat
Free Trial Bottle and Health Guide Offer
Readers are invited to try Dr King s New Discovery free via a sample bottle and a free Guide to Health and Household Instructors. Send name and address to H E Bucklen Co Chicago to receive the sample and the health booklet with no cost. D Q Stories Drugstore.
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Dr. King
H. E. Bucklen & Co
Chicgao
D.Q. Stories Drugstore
Millionaire Hero Saves Passengers From Fire After Colorado Crash
A Denver to Santa Fe passenger train derailed north of Colorado Springs just before Christmas. Bill Yankee, a Colorado property owner, leapt through flames barefoot in his underclothes, laid a blanket in a snowdrift, and smothered the fire to save about a dozen people. The story highlights Yankee’s pluck amid a deadly blaze.
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St Louis Globe-Democrat
Santa Fe
Denver
Colorado Springs
Bill Yankee
Colorado
Yankee
Breach of promise question leads to punchline counsel
A nervous young farmer visits Twelfth Street police to ask what constitutes a breach of promise. The sergeant explains it as going back on an engaged partner, leading to a humorous discussion on engagement, letters, and court risk. The piece ends with a mention of a thief taker and bank crimes.
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Twelfth Street
Birdie
Jupiter
Hirdie
Canada
New Orleans
Canal Street
Icely
Felow
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the Patriot
West Side Square
Smitevs Brice
Lewis
Couma
Business Directory
M.kennedy
Deklere
Opera Bleak
Aimon Oppenueimer
Bos
Alope Gent
Westside Square
W. Blake & CQ
Seeus
Court House
Bide Square
UY. EE & L* Rimer
Main Street Union
Opera
Wort Aide
RK. Gibbon
Physicians and Surgeons
H. 3. McElveen
M. D
Office Over Savings Bank
F. H. Boynton
L. P. Warrington
Bates House
James Carnahan
T. M. Fhroukmorton
Ol. Barthol
A. L. Yocom
W. A. Todd
J. A. McElveen
Baptist Church
EH. Stanton
P Stanton
Doctors
Stanton
Exchange Block
Main Street
Fourth Avenue
North School Builing
E. L. Field
Physicians & Surgeon
Peap le
Chariton and
Old Patriot
Maple Building
C. T. Brant
Manning & Penick’s
West Side
Squire
J.C. Copeland
Dungan & Knowles
Attorneys At Law
Narthea T Coner Square
Dungan
G.W. Alexander
the Postoffice
Charifon
A. Hoagland
Ofice
Dungan Building
Ofter
Carters
Thore
John Strange Winter
Beau
Wat C. Beaty
Yorkville, S.C
Wall
Mann
Mannville
J. T
Bs Scher Specific Co
Atlanta, Ga
Hayes
John Aapkins
Henry ‘Fe. Sumner
Hartford
Charles Sumner
Castoria
Mark Twain
Florence
Walcot
Pitcher’s Castoria
Lane
Dr. Pierce
Cephas Soule
L. A.juhring
South
Chartere
Nee Hollinger
Dominee
Babignoe
Ubang
Ngo
the Patrio
JOB Printing House
FE If
Rebecca Wilkinson
Brownsvalley
Ind
Chariton Town
Expelt & Son
Joy
Elkington
Locust Avenue
San ‘Fran
Petalama
Cal
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