The Usher
Mrs Warburton and her daughter Marie miss connections and stay in a small city. An usher at the theater helps them, later saves Marie from a mob and shares a quiet yet fateful bond. Years later at a wedding in Los Angeles Marie learns the usher is Roger Cornwall, a college friend.
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Marie
Bodalok
Mrs. Warburton
Far Vard
Los Angeles
Gayelles
Roger Cornwalls
Marie Warburton
George
Roger
Physicians Endorse Castoria Widely in Health Journal
The article praises Castoria as harmless and effective for stomach pains nerves and digestion. It states Castoria is a safe non narcotic substitute for castor oil with no opium morphine or stupefying effects. It emphasizes health benefits over poisoning children for profit and cites Z Hall's Journal of Health.
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Bateman
Godfrey
Z Hall
Journal of Health
Repartee off the Stage at Weber Fields
In the Weber Fields dressing room Joe Weber and George Beban play checkers. Weber says he trains Beban for his stage role by beating him nightly to provoke a tantrum before entrances. Beban retorts that he owes $1.90 in 12 weeks and jokes about repayment.
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Weber Fields
Joe Weber
George Beban
Mr. Weber
Weber
Children half price at the town show
A mother and child visit a town show where a ticket proclaims children half price. The child pleads to enter and buy a baby because of the bargain, illustrating playful commerce sentiment.
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Bessie
Murine Eye Remedy Ad Opens With Cautionary Claim
An illustrated Murine remedy packaging promises quick relief for red weak and watery eyes with granulated eyelids. The ad notes Murine is not a patent medicine but a decades old physician practice used product and is sold by druggists at 26 cents and 60 cents per bottle with eye salve and tubes from the Marine Eye Remedy Co of Chicago.
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Chas. H. Fletcher
B. Halstead Scott
Chicago
Isis
William Belmont
Cleveland
Ohio
J. H. Taft
Brooklyn
Omaha
Neb
J. R. Clausen
Philadelphia
R. M. Ward
Kansas City
Marine Eye Remedy Co
Atchison Man Skips Games Without Passes
A local Atchison man earns notice for extreme frugality by avoiding ball games unless he holds a pass to a double-header, reflecting a humorous slice of small town economy.
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Atchison
Atchison Globe
They Say a Wife Could Not Move Him on Lawn Mower Threat
A fragment from a period piece quotes a man remarking his wife cannot influence him, and another line teases the wife gaining control with a lawn mower. The dialogue implies a domestic power play set in a rural or working class scene.
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Bingle
Water Blues and Market Oddities in Nostalgic Ad Copy
A fragmentary ad style note touts water colorings and products with bold claims. Mentions Ned Cross Bail Blue and Garfield Tea as remedies and curiosities, interspersed with a Longfellow quote about self reliance and reach. The tone echoes historical newspaper filler and consumer promo language.
Powerful Plea Helps Man After Acquittal
A North Carolina man narrowly escaped conviction for horse stealing when his lawyer’s forceful plea swayed the jury. After the acquittal, the lawyer asked if he had stolen the horse. The man replied that while the horse theft was believed, the judge’s speech to the jury left him with doubts about the verdict.
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North Carolina
Woner Bright
National Monthly
Allen's Foot- Lanse Sample Distribution Sparks Interest
A century earlier reports note five million tree samples distributed yearly to promote Allen's Foot- Lanse antiseptic powder. The text emphasizes genuine merit for tired aching feet and mentions a sample address in Olmsted Le Roy, New York along with a curious nod to happiness and Goodness.
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Allen
Allen 5
Olmsted
le Roy
N. Y
Mire Winslow's Soothing Syrup Promoted for Children
An OCR fragment touts Mire Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children claiming soothing effects, reduction of irritation, and cure claims. It also includes a jokey line about a bachelor and a remark about Garfield Tea as a liver remedy. The text ends with a note on a long ovation during a stretch.
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Associated Literary Press
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Joo Drops
Peripe
Beth Tikes
New York
the Centaun
Landor
Winslow
Carter
Ave
Harold Somena
DeKalt
John
Mickly Teliora Hye Ware Berk
Houllog Free
Thwatpson Sons & Proy, N
List
N.J. Hollison
Afioym
Arkansan
IW. N. UL
Ft, Wayne
Douglas
W.L.P
W.L. Douglas
W. L. Douglas
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