Jeffries case drama ends with surprising witness
Howard Jeffries and his wife Annie face public scrutiny as a new witness, revealed to be Underwood’s accomplice, shifts the case. Capt. Clinton is exposed as a corrupt officer, and Judge Brewster pursues dismissal. Howard returns home with Annie amid doubts about their future and health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Jeffries
Robert Underwood
Yale
Underwood
Howard
Alicia
Clinton
Anni
Jeffries
Fally
Brewster
Annie
Ann Prewster
Harlem
Nberty
Revivalist in Borrowed Clothes Knocked by Hostess
A Mississippi revivalist, soaked from rain, stayed the night at a town resident’s home. The hostess, upset by the unplanned guest, struck him with her family Bible, thinking he was her husband, and exclaimed the blow as punishment for inviting him to stay. The anecdote is cited from Lippincott's Magazine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mississippi
Lippincott’s Magazine
Painful War Memoir Advocates Open Air Cure for Tuberculosis
A wartime correspondent defends open air therapy for tuberculosis. He argues against heredity, urging fresh air, nutrition, water, cleanliness, and outdoor schooling as simple, curative measures. The piece cites the Los Angeles Herald and stresses public dissemination of these ideas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles Herald
Adolphus Knopf
Honest Scrub-Woman Wins Job After Hard Interview
A good-natured man vouches for a woman seeking a scrub-wench position. The building superintendent subjects him to a severe honesty test. He says she is so honest she will fish out copper from the waste basket and return it nightly. The superintendent hires her.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard
Dr. Bernstein
Annie
Judge Endorses Grape-Nuts As Healthful Breakfast
A Sunflower State judge offers a lengthy opinion praising Grape-Nuts for five years as a staple in his family’s meals. He claims it improves health, clears complexion, reduces pastry intake, and even outperforms meat for breakfast. The letter is presented as a genuine postum testimonial with references to The Road to Wellville and the Postum Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Two Husbands Dive Tales Reveal Grim Juxtaposition
Two women swap feats of endurance about their husbands at a social gathering. One boasts of her husband diving underwater for two minutes and staying submerged. The other counters that her first husband died years ago and has not resurfaced, implying a fatal outcome.
Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Aids Women
A pair of testimonials from Peoria Illinois and New Orleans Louisiana claim Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound saved women from surgery and eased debilitating feminine ailments. The letters praise the Sanative Wash and Liver Pills and urge others to consult a druggist or write for more information.
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Peoria
Ill
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham
Christina Reed
Mound Sti
New Orleans
Lydia E.pinkham
Lily Peyrovux
Kerlerec St
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Vitr Or
Stepsperre
Awadead
Alice
Utal
Fries
Harry
Mrs. Jeffries
Mr. Underwood
Doctor
Capt. Clinton
Ara
TOBH
Charles Klein
Arthur Hornblow
Byron Walters
Manchuria
Canada
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
J. S. Crawford
Syracuse
New York
Carter
Wosdx
Aba
Arters
Glenn
Hale and Whisker
Hack of Brown
Daisy Fly Kill
Danywh
Asure
Harold Somers
Do Kalb Ave
Brooklyn
N.Y
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