Delayed Telegram Sparks Dreadful Homecoming Tale
A traveling drummer misses a life threatening telegram after a cook who cannot read delays its delivery. The news of a wife ill and a new son reaches him too late, he returns in a daze, then learns only later that the telegram was forgotten and sent. He forgives the cook. Also an advertisement for Herbine liver remedy claims it cures constipation biliousness and dyspepsia.
Brewers pledge higher standards to curb saloons and promote temperance
The United States Brewers Association, after its Indianapolis convention, calls for sober public policy and urges brewers to promote temperance. It cites closing vile saloons in Texas, a strong legal and detective corps, and aims to make beer a safe social beverage. The report also notes varied commentary on beer and health from major papers and includes a local advertisement for Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy.
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Love and Betrayal on a Deathbed in Mitchell
A Bonham Favorite letter from Mitchell South Dakota recounts a woman dying after confessing she had lived a life of shame as the kept woman of a married man who promised divorce. The piece laments the villainy of men who desert faithful women and warns against the dangers of such betrayal in Christian lands.
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Fragmentary Crime Memoir Describes Trials and Homes
In a September reminiscence the narrator recalls visiting during Jim Philips trial for Ben Simmons's murder. He notes viewing photographs of two homes each containing a baby boy, hinting at a dramatic, personal thread within the case.
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