The Bricklayer’s Hidden Ledger Case
John Bounce, a struggling mason, accepts a late night job offered for pay. His wife suspects danger but avoids interference. The task leads to a concealed brick wall hiding missing securities at Hirkimer & Co. The discovery reveals theft by a dead clerk, boosting John’s status as janitor, earning salary and stock as reward.
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John
John Bounce
Hirkimer & Co
Mary
Mars
Fim
Mr. Hirkimer
John, Having Carefully Closed the Door, Told His Story. Mr. Hirkimer
Ilirkimer
Mary Bounce
Jobn
The Farmer's Wife An Independent Woman of the Home
A farmer's wife speaks of self sufficiency praising health and a steady home front with potatoes turnips meat eggs milk and ground grain. She asserts capital and labor must grind before farmers face hardship while families elsewhere rely on charity. Also notes sunken wrecks and ship remains around Greater New York shores observed by New York World.
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Woman's Home Companion
New York
Greater
Sarah
Nineteenth Street
East River
Ninety Sixth Street
College Point
William Morrell
Rockaway Point
Ella Deeves
Midland Beach
Whale Creek
Greenpoint
Michael C. Collins
Riker's Island
New York World
Hat chase in the wind ends with a yardful of mischief
A nearsighted man loses his hat in a sudden gust and chases it through a fenced yard. He climbs over and, after each grab, the hat slips away again. A sharp voiced woman interrupts, claiming the hat as hers and commenting on the chase as she demands an explanation.
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London Mail
Elephant Threnodies in South Central Africa
The text describes native practices after an elephant is killed. Hunters perform a ritual dance on the carcass with gesturing and guns, reciting a litany praising the elephant’s strength and the hunter’s skill. They whisper the chant to avoid angering the departed spirit.
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South Central Africa
Emma Ver Bryke Recovers With Chamberlain Tablets
Miss Emma Ver Bryke of Lima Ohio describes two years of bilious attacks and stomach trouble. She says she could barely eat, grew dizzy, and often felt sick at her stomach until trying Chamberlain’s Tablets, after which she improved rapidly. Obtainable everywhere.
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Miss Emma
Verbryke
Lima
Ohio
Chamberlain
American Women and English Social Graces
A fragment discusses give and take in Anglo American social life. It recalls a story where an Englishwoman visits an American countess in Belgravia. The Englishwoman jokes she thought the countess was out, and the American retorts with a playful insult about a mistaken identity.
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England
Porosity in Glass and Its Practical Limits
The statement notes that strictly speaking nothing is impervious, while glass shows a very small porosity. It discusses how porosity is minimal in glass and that materials claimed as impermeable may still allow trace passage under certain conditions.
Chamberlains Tablets praised for constipation relief
A Wilmington North Carolina reader cites Chamberlains Tablets as the best remedy for constipation and indigestion, noting mild and gentle action. The testimonial says both husband and wife benefited, urging others to try the laxative. Obtainable everywhere.
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Chamberlain
Eugene S. Knight
Wilmington
N.C
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Oakland
Oakland Motor Cars
Edmund S. Walters
Prospect Plains
N. J
Steinbach
Asbury Hark
New Seraey
State Street
Trenton
New Jersey
Stout's
Joseph S. Frelingheysen
United States
Atkinson
Somerville
F.c. Leamning
Pres. Cor. State
Warren St's
AMAL
J. Frank Dowgin
Cranbury, New Jersey
Windmills
Steves
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