Cinderella of the Flat and the Daring Dishwashing Prince
Toto, a young woman in a crowded city flat, proves herself by cooking and washing dishes as a western artist named Jean Farley visits. Her sisters debate love and duty while Toto contends with family expectations. She reveals she loves Jean and had promised him marriage long ago.
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Oto
Jean Farley
Toto
Jean
Veode Iin
Os Penk Daviess
Sue
Lea
Jack Robinson
Lim
Marion
Sadie
Cinderella
Tata
Frances
Ife
Monkey salutes dog in Pennsylvanias spectacle
Washington National Zoo superintendent recalls a playful scene on Pennsylvania Avenue where a trained monkey in a jacket saluted a fox terrier. The dog halted, then retreated, evidently struck by the unexpected display of politeness from the animal.
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National Zoological Park
Washington
Pennsylvania Avenue
Fans in Ancient Warfare and Modern Political History
The text chronicles use of fans by pharaohs as battle standards and notes their presence on Theban tombstones. It references Terener the dramatist and a 1827 incident where the dey of Algiers struck the French consul with a fan, prompting a French expedition and Algiers’ loss of sovereignty to France.
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Thebes
Terener
BB. C
Dey
Algiers
Charles X
Africa
France
Kidney Trouble Cure Promoted by Dr Kilmer Swamp Root
An old advertisement touts Dr Kilmer s Swamp Root as a cure for lame back uric acid and Bright s disease claiming hospital and private practice success. It offers free sample bottles and a book by mail to readers who mention the paper and provides the company address in Binghamton New York.
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Kilmer
Bright
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton, N. Y
Dr. Kilmer
Junior of the hour in a preacher’s funeral tale
Charles Dickens recalls a Methodist minister asked to officiate at a Conservative editor’s relative’s funeral. At the coffin the preacher prayed for welfare of all assembled, including the editor’s adversary who had long abused the preacher in his publication.
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Charles Dickens
Parry
Tirminehan
Frustrated Voices Over Noise Spark Dark Humour
The letters quote a Cincinnati Commercial Crile overheard in the Coop about upstairs noise driving a night to violence and a pessimistic chicken remark on life ending. A Detroit Tribune reply notes a morbid joke about omelets versus chicken salad.
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Baby
Cincinnati
Detroit Tribune
Hough on the Smart Set Bemoans Social Mix
A dialogue notes the narrator’s fear of never entering good society and laments being hopelessly mixed with the smart set. The exchange hints at social boundaries and exclusion.
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Hough
Fie
Grove’s Tasteless Chill Tonic Stands 25 Years
The advertisement promotes Grove’s Tasteless Chill Tonic as iron and quinine in tasteless form, claiming 25 years of use with the slogan no cure no pay and a 50 cent price for a bottle.
Wanted Farm Hand and Wife at Local Office
Classified notice seeks a good farm hand with wife for work on a local farm. Requirements mention good wages and a quick inquiry to this office.
Elmer Davis Offers Hog Purchases Each Monday
Elmer Davis will pay within forty cents of the Louisville hog market every Monday morning. This weekly bid targets local hog producers seeking dependable prices and steady weekly sales.
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Elmer Davis
Louisville
Paris Medicine Co. Pazo Ointment Ad Claims Cure
Itching blind bleeding or producing piles may be cured with PAZO OINTMENT. Druggists refund money if it fails in 6 to 14 days. First application brings relief. 50 cents. Send 50 cents by stamps if not available locally. mailed post paid by Paris Medicine Co. St. Louis Mo.
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Paris Medicine Co
St. Louis
ob-Lly
Wood for Sale in Corydon Indiana
About 100 cord of good dry wood available for sale. Orders taken by telephone. S M Simcoke Corydon Indiana. Also offering hams shoulders bacon and lard from Elmer Davis Meat Market. Only pure lard is handled with no saltpeter used.
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S. M.simcoke
Corydon Ind
Elmer Davis
Commissioner’s Sale of Real Estate in Harrison County
Harrison Circuit Court commissioner announces sale of real estate in Lanesville Indiana from the Geis vs Ringle case. Property includes parts of lots six twelve twenty six and twenty seven totaling thirty eight and a half acres with payment terms one third cash, then six and twelve months, notes secured by the purchaser, 6 percent interest. Sale under November 1904 order. a21-3w
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Harrison Circuit Court
Catharine Geis
Charles Ringle
Mary Ringle
Theresa Ringle
Dorotha Ringle
Harrison County
Indiana
Towit
Little Indian Creek
Said Creek
Lanesville
John Geis
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