All That Interested Him Small Boy Exchange
A country merchant recalls a visit from a small boy who explains he has no father or mother and cannot recall how he arrived, saying only that he has always been there since he could know anything. The piece presents a humorous but poignant exchange.
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Ephum
Marmy
Los Angeles
Times
Nell
Narragansett Bay
Dwight
Ina
Cornish
Lulu
Warbleton
Savannah
Georgia
Oregon
California
Niniga
Cora Waters
San Diego
Mrs. Bett
New England
Lulle
Swamp Root touted as remedy for kidney ailments
An advertisement extols Kilmer’s Swamp Root as a premier medicine for kidneys liver and bladder with gentle immediate effects. It invites readers to test a sample by mailing ten cents to Dr Kilmer and Co in Binghamton New York.
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R Kilmer
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton, N. Y
Portugal Tax Evasion Claims Stir Journalists
A new method of avoiding the Portuguese income tax is described, with rates from 1 to 10 percent on incomes over 3600 escudos, about 40 pounds. Journalists and men of letters are exempt, yet publishers anticipate merchants and proprietors writing poetry to gain status as men of letters.
Dead Shot Vermifuge Ad Baffles Other Remedies
An advertisement extols Dr Peerys Dead Shot as a single effective vermifuge promising quick results while disparaging multiple bottles from competitors. The text then shifts to a rustic dialogue about a gang and blasting powder and ends with a proverb about recognizing a dogwood tree by its bark indicating a woodcraft theme.
Evening Readings and Confessions in a Small Town
Lulu and Dwight face a dying neighbor and a hidden past as Cornish visits. Lulu pursues truth about a possible lost marriage while Ina’s letter from Ninian fuels doubts. The group shares songs, memories, and a fragile night of shelter, secrets, and tentative hope.
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Ninian
Abs
Bett
Lulu
Cornish
Monona
Ina
Dwight
Good Definition of Wisdom and Its Ideal Value
A quotation defining wisdom as the attribute by which every man's action gains ideal value and import, attributed to Schiiermacher, presented as a concise philosophical reflection.
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Schiiermacher
Stymie Fray Sparks Hilltop Banter In Boston Transcript
A playful scene on a hill ends with a young man shouting a dead stymie as a girl teases she smelled something on the way up. The Boston Transcript notes the lighthearted exchange amid a religious aside about belief.
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Boston Transcript
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Nagy Nini Neos
Rexpudt
Wis
Castor
Worhers
New York World
Kansas City Star
Eye Cara Book Marine Co
Chicate
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Mr. Cornish
Mother
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Bobby
Lua
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Ory
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