The Governor's Absence Sparks a Virginia Mystery
In a Charleston like scene Griswold, a Virginia law professor, helps Barbara Osborne uncover a tense clash over the Appleweight case. Barbara accuses officials and reveals her father is missing, while Griswold vows to stay, amid a state’s high stakes and warnings from the attorney general.
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Mr. Bosworth
Barbara
Miss Osborne
Bosworth
Griswold
Richmond
Department of Law
University of Virginia
The Jug and Mr Ardmore Chapter in a Murky Family Tale
A New York traveler Mr Thomas Ardmore waits for his train to New Orleans He buys The Golden Galleons of the Caribbean a rare Madrid edition from a Georgia library sale He tours a hotel lobby where a Atlanta Palladium reporter questions Ardmore about his family including a distant duchess and the duke Then the scene closes with To Be Continued.
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Jug
Ardmore
Thomas Ardmore
New York
Ardsley
Griswold
United States
New Orleans
Caribbean
Domingenz Y Pascual
Madrid
Atlanta Palladium
Ardmores
Mrs. Atchison
Duchess of Ballywinkle
The Esthetic Cat and Its Charms in Literature
The piece extols cats over dogs, praising patience endurance and self control. It links feline virtue to beauty admired by Baudelaire Scheffel Poe Musset Irving and other lovers of the beautiful, noting the cat’s elusive yet comforting domestic appeal.
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Baudelaire
von. Scheffel
Poe
de Musset
Henry Irving
Profanity and Cigarette Swearing Debate
A Northwestern Christian Advocate piece argues cigarette use mirrors a mild form of profanity. It condemns swearing by women more often than men, notes impact on vocabulary and home atmosphere, and urges restraint or silence rather than uttering oaths in public or private discourse.
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Webster
Havana
Northwestern Christian Advocate
Answers to Prayer and the Price of Blessings
The piece argues that prayers for health education prosperity or gifts require personal sacrifice and effort. It stresses that God’s willingness to answer comes with a price, and genuine blessing comes through shared renunciation. It ends with a reflective line about a man comforting himself by overestimating his own importance.
Clew to extorters threat targets Dr Swan in Francisco
Police believe a case of extortion is active in Francisco involving Dr D H Swan whose daughters are threatened with blindness and his own shooting if he helps authorities. A letter demanding $300 was left near a telephone pole, with a second note sent to W J White of Louisiana who visited Francisco. Officers are working without tips on the suspect, and another man, Arthur Smith, was killed while attempting to reach Evansville naval recruiting.
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Mr. Griswold
Appleweight
North Carolina
Atlanta
Osborne
Princeton
D. H. Swan
Francisco
W. J. White
Louisiana
Dr. Swen
Swan
Dr. Swan
Navy
Evansville
Naval
Arthur Smith
Henderson
One Day's Indiana News Hammond Suicide Attempt
Walter C. Bennett of Hammond who tried to end his life last week by chloroform and recovered again attempted a fourth time in the Crown Point jail where he is confined after an insanity hearing. He fractured his skull in a headlong run into the cage bars and is reported in serious condition.
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Griswold
Columbia
Miss Osborne
Gov. Osborne
Charlottesville
Atlanta
Feir
Leas
Mr. Griswold
Alding-place
North Carolin
South Carolina
Appleweight
Faust
Hammond
Walter C. Bennett
Crown Point Jar
Washington
Delle Limbach
Ernest Limbach
Relents Saves Husband After AffidavitFiled
Evansville woman withdraws affidavit against husband who cashed a money order she said came from Georgia. She learns he faced federal prison, and asks that the affidavit be withdrawn. Also notes widow pension obstacle and a gas stove explosion injuring Mrs Allen.
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Evansville
United States
Wartman
Georgia
Basil Sullivan
Lydia Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound touted for female ills
A Knoxville Iowa testimonial claims Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound cured years of abdominal pains weakness and nerve strain. The letter praises the medicine for addressing displacements inflammation irregularities backache and bearing down sensations. It urges suffering women to try the standard remedy and contact Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts for free service.
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Knoxville
Clara Francs
B.F.D
Knorville
Iowa
Lydia KE. Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
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Henry Maine Griswold
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Virginia Express
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Uoncet
Indiana News
Columbus
Pennsylvania
Anderson
John Griggsby
Marion
Burra
Pearl Allen
W. B. Allen
Kokomo
Indiana
Park Barnes Han
Puckett
GQ P. Ae
Pinkham
Pacific
Union Pacific
E. L. Lomax
Gen. Pass’r. Agt
Union Pacific R. R. Co
Omaha, Neb
Carter Live
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