Appleweight Gambler Captured by Ardmore in Raccoon Creek
Ardmore captures a timber thief posing as a cabin ghost near Ardsley, pris oner Appleweight, and learns the man is a South Carolina governor in disguise. A chase erupts as Ardmore declares the culprit a state matter while militia advance toward the estate.
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Thomas Ardmore
Henry Maine Griswold
North
South Carolina
Griswold
Barbara Osborne
Ardmore
Jerry Dangerfield
North Carolina
Oth Griswold
Appleweight
Ardsie
Barra
Jerry
Ardsley
Raccoon Creek
Col. Gillingwater
Grissy
Big Paul
Paul
Ardaley
Mr. Ardmore
Siam
Petos
Georgia Constable's Dilemma With One Wheel Buggy
In Dahlonega Nugget prose the Georgia town constable Cap Carroll faces a tangled levy on a blind old horse and buggy claimed by two women and a man. Bill Anderson offers to sign an appearance bond, papers are plarmed, and Carroll departs happier, having never driven a one wheel buggy.
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Georgia
Cap. Carroll
Bill Anderson
Carroll
Untold Fragments of Poetry and Prose Emerge
The fragmentary note hints at a literary moment where poetry and prose converge in new creations. It suggests a shift toward experimental forms and fresh voices shaping contemporary literature.
Blood for life ends in tragedy at Kalamazoo
In Logansport Clay Wildermuth died in Kalamazoo after a heroic blood transfusion attempt by his wife who collapsed from the loss of blood. Wildermuth had been crushed between two freight cars during a coupling accident two weeks earlier. The wife’s blood donation saved his life briefly but the operation failed and she remains seriously ill.
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Logansport
Clay Wildermuth
Kalamazoo
Mich
Wildermuth
She Burned the House Over Laundry Vexations
A Montana woman, overwhelmed by house cleaning tasks from carpets to curtains, set fire to her home. The tale is framed as a sales pitch for Easy Task soap costing a nickel a cake, with one woman claiming she would pay a dollar for it to avoid chores.
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Montana
Reformers and birthdays in a town tale
A local boss declares himself a reformer of the deepest dye and jokes about reforming the town back after last year. The piece ends with a wry observation that young girls should enjoy their birthdays while they can, since they fade with time.
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Illustrations By
Ray Walters
Bobba
Osborne
Bill Appleweight
Poteet
Meredith Nicholson
Trathman
Elkhart
Star Match Company
J. W. Lungren
South Bend
Klondike Exchange
South Bend Home Telephone Company
Bell Exchange
Osceola
Terre Haute
John Schorich
Clinton
Schorich
Richmond
Charles Ladd
Cambridge City
Marshall
Scott
Peru
Scott Bennett
Bennett
Pourtland
Fender Hart
William Sudhoff
George Thornburg
John Neenart
New Corydon
Columbus
Alva Nugent
Mr. Nugent
Wyoming
David Price
Forest Park
Price
B. H. Bandera
Bears
The
CHE Centaur Company
New York
Ath
Bis Ice
Castoria
Graf-Morsbach CO
Cincinnati, Ghio
Resinol Chemical Company
Baltimore, MD
Naughty Willie
Wille
Mamma
Willie
Tates Teeing Ent
Rehugren Eer
Creman
Binzes
Carter
Kent
VOB & Scheu CO
Cincinnati
Ove
Court
Broadway
Warran
Ohio
West and
Ita
Temedio
Leen Sea
Erie
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