Next of Kin in Abbeyville Aged Cousin Scorns Money
August Werner a Pittsburgh heir receives a letter naming a death and a $2000 bequest to raise a foundling, Gertrude Hazleton. The couple marry quickly as Aunt Happy mediates, while a pompous lawyer and Albert Werner contest ownership of the fortune and the niece.
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August Werner
Happy
August
Aunt Happy
A. Werner
Abbeyville
Mercer County
Pittsburg
Pennsylvania
Abbesylle
Aunt Happs
Werner
Papa
Wappy
Tim
Gertrude Hazirton
Gertrude Hazieton
Pluoip
Appy
Gertrude
Albert Werner
Crosby Township
Jerome Hazleton
Dot
Hazleton
Squire
Bargain Culture Of The Bloodless Debt
A humorous sketch presents a frugal wife obsessed with bargains buying a patent medicine as a supposed cure for consumption. Her husband questions the purchase, she insists the color is pretty and the deal costs 39 cents, likening it to saving hundreds of dollars. The scene ends with her affectionate insistence on the “consumption cure” as she leaves.
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Éale
Santa Claus
James
New York Press
Verdict in Western Court Confirms Not Guilty
An eastern judge presided as a western court returned a not guilty verdict for a defendant charged with stealing sundry hammer. Witnesses testified to the theft, but the jury acquitted after considering the claimant’s war veteran status linked to Vera Cruz actions.
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Vera Cruz
Tre Defensi
Distret Ooennes
Tory
Vera Crus
Railroad Legislation Reflects Varied Senate Views
Washington notes show Senate Interstate Commerce Committee debating rail pooling rate control and traffic regulation. Senator Elkins presses for action, while some members resist. Taft sacrifices supreme court ambition, staying in the Philippines. Moody and Jones push land policy changes affecting public lands and railroad grants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Committee On Interstate Commerce
Elkins
Interstate Commerce Commission
Taft
Wiliam H. Taft
Supreme Beach
McKinley
Cremt
Philippines
Ilands
Supreme Court
Islands
Moody
Oregon
Jones
Univerity
Grosvenor
Rani
Xenerad
Tilinura
Mattenton
South Carolina
Tilman
Senate
Ina
ISD
Committee On Platform
Bryan
Tillman
Bryan Sorts Jones
Tryin
Attack of Pneumonia Warded Off by Cough Remedy
James Prendergast of Amato Bay Jamaica testifies that his daughter’s severe cold with chest pains and cough was checked in two days by Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. He claims seven years of use with no failure and notes it counteracts cold induced pneumonia. For sale C. E. Anderson Forbes block.
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Sass
James Prendergast
Amato Bay
Jamaica
West India Islands
Chamberlain
C. E. Anderson
Forbes Block
Our Big 15 Days Sale on Hosiery and Shoes
Local store advertises deep discounts on misses and children's heavy seamless hose and 5c ribbed underwear size 16 at 10 to 15 cents per pair, two for 25 cents. Ladies hats coats skirts and shoes heavily marked down with prices from 89 cents to 3 dollars, including wool hose at 15 cents and 85 pairs of warm lined ladies’ shoes cut to 89 cents.
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Maina Street
Thompson Bidg
Sultan Conveys Through Fez Amid War Talk
The Chicago Tribune notes the Moroccan sultan speaks through his fez to gain space for travel and to signal plans for nets and a shiny stab, while rebels encircle him. It laments the world moves on, hails his habit of talking in fez, and urges action in battle over wordy diplomacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morocco
Aslo
Fez
Illustrating the Solar System with Scaled Distances
The piece describes a classroom scale model using a two foot sun globe and tiny counters to depict planets. Mercury is five grains at a 164 foot diameter circle, Earth a pea on a 284 foot circle, Venus a pea on a 430 foot circle, with other bodies shown by pins and small fruits at set distances.
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Mercury
Earth
Venus
Jupiter
Saturn
Urusius
Coffee and work shirts sale at Queen's Choice and Cordova
Men's heavy work shirts priced at 39 cents each in all sizes. Also offered are Package coffee Queen's Choice and Cordova brands. Arbuckle and Lion coffee also featured in the sale lineup.
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Cordova
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Elizabeth Cherry Waltz
J. SirChare Company
Fatt
Elkina
West Virsania
Entil
Elemis of
New Mexico
Arthur W. Dunn
Chicago Tribune
Wright
Wright Medical
Sotumbus
Ohio
Abraham Lincoln
Kentucky
A. C. Horn
Arbuckle and Lion Coffee
Choice Tea Soc
Per
J.P. Zerbe
Court House
Citizen’s
Bell
Main
Xooda
New Goode
Enamel
Pat Colt
Vic Kid
Brendel Bros
Scio College
Scio
Miss Carrick
Geidel
Cosnocton
G. W. Bendure
Gtedel Building
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