Ardmore and Griswold Entangled in Carolina State Crisis
A bored millionaire Thomas Ardmore and UVa professor Henry Maine Griswold travel from Atlanta. Griswold warns the governor while Ardmore pursues a winked-at woman and uncovers a plot involving a brown jug bearing a threat to free criminal Apple. The story follows political intrigue in Raleigh and Columbia with Barbara Osborne and Gov Dangerfield amid telegrams and a missing governor.
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Thomas Ardmore
Henry Maine Griswold
University of Virginia
Atlanta
Griswold
Ardmore
Gov. Osborne
South Carolina
Columbia
Barbara Osborne
Gov
Danger- Reid
North Carolina
Raleigh
Kildare
Dangerfield
Apple‘welsht
Jerry Dan- Feregie
Gov _Osborne
Barra Osborne
Appleeight
Appleweight case turmoil in South Carolina governor feud
In Columbia, Barbara Osborne and Maj. Griswold confront Attorney General Bosworth over a missing Appleweight requisition. The governor, absent on state business, faces alleged attempts to shield the Appleweight gang while press and reporters press for answers. Griswold accuses Bosworth of theft, exposing high stakes in state politics and legal maneuvering.
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Barbara
Griswold
The
Columbia Intelligencer
Raleigh
Intelligencer
Miss Osborne
Red Griswold
Mattood
Grise
South Carolina
Provincia‘mento
Gov. Osborne
Maj. Griswold
Mr. Bosworth
Bosworth
Father
Appleweight
Columbia
Miss Barbara
Gov
Charlottesville
Osborne
Peace on Earth carollers bless a wary neighbor
A small boy lured a caroller with a whispered line about peace on earth then a little woman handed three pence after the group sang beneath a lamp. She thanked them saying her husband would be home with a turkey and that she had been teaching him to be careful.
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Carollera
Ministrola
Pearson
Peace congress call to end war and honor peace
At Chicago May 3 to 5 1909 delegates heard a stark plea war must cease now. David Starr Jordan illustrated with a grim panorama of war’s death toll from Novara to Waterloo urging peaceful education and reform. The piece urges teaching peace in schools and replacing sensational war reporting with pro peace messaging.
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Chicago
David Starr Jordan
Stanford University
Novara
Italy
Savoy
Sardinia
Austria
France
Egypt
Pyramids
Germany
Jena
Leipsic
Lutzen
Bautzen
Austerlitz
Russia
Moscow
Belgium
Waterloo
Shiloh
United States
England
The Surrendered Life in Ongoing Duty
The surrendered life requires continuous acts of surrender beyond a single past decision. Once we believed a past moment fully surrendered us, we must apply daily duties and service to keep that surrender alive. The peace and power depend on ongoing, unceasing submission in everyday tasks.
The Cure for Sorrow and Faith in Tribulation
A devotional reflection asserts sorrow heals through belief in the eternal world. It speaks of spirits, celestial comfort, and patience forged by tribulation through faith in Jesus Christ who promises overcoming the world.
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Lord Jesus Christ
Revelations of the Divine by R W Dale
A devotional reflection on perceiving the eternal in light and darkness. It extols seeing divine glory in visible creation and using providence as a sign of grace guiding a disciplined life toward God.
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R. W. Dale
D. D
Faith Defined Beyond Equations in Theological Debate
A fragment discusses faith as a concept resisting strict mathematical definition, urging readers to see belief as experiential and relational rather than reducible to numbers. It notes tensions between science and religion and cites unnamed scholars urging dialogue.
Child Healed From Severe Sores By Cuticura Remedies
Mrs Egbert Sheldon of Litchfield Connecticut recounts a year and a half struggle with growing sores that left her child skeletal and unable to walk. After using Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment for about two months the skin healed completely and there have been no recurrences.
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Egbert Sheldon
Litchfield, Conn
Noisy Nuisances And Quick Home Quieting Tips
Small wedges can stop windy door rattles by the side of an open window. Thick felt on door edges prevents rattling. Soapy lubrication quiets creaking drawers and sewing machines. Oil hinges to ease squeaks and reduce irritating noises. A little time saves nerves and patience.
New Work for Women Impresario Champions St Paul Opera
Mrs. Frederick H. Snyder declares herself the lone woman impresario on earth and explains she chose grand opera for St. Paul. Her first venture proved so successful she continues in the business pursued by men in the same field.
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Frederick H. Snyder
St. Paul
Sausage Links Named for Wrights New Paper
Yonkers Statesman quotes suggest a plan to call a forthcoming publication Sausage Links by Wright and Penman. A Provocative ritual involving a four leaf clover is proposed to bless a future marriage for the first single man entering.
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Odd Fellows
Wright
Sausage Links
Penman
Yonkers Statesman
Doan’s Kidney Pills Help Elderly Woman in Joplin
Mrs Catherine Sullivan of Joplin Missouri credits Doan’s Kidney Pills with relieving years of kidney trouble back pain numbness in the spine and profuse urinary passages After trial she reports excellent health The ad notes the pills cost 50 cents a box and are sold by all dealers.
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Catherine Sullivan
Ana Moffatt
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
Serious Office Dilemma About Married Life
A worker compares two coworkers, one newly married who calls his wife to share a headache, and another long married husband who resists spending money on calls. The observer jokes about whether to marry or stay single based on the contrasting behaviors.
Importation of Leeches and Snails in Early 1900s
The Bureau of Statistics notes leeches imported under animals with rising values from 1902 to 1908 totaling about 40 thousand dollars for the decade. Leeches were duty free. Snails, once listed, faded after 1898 with imports dropping to 24 dollars that year.
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Bureau of Statistics
United States
Bureau
Even Among the Hoboes
In a Harper's Weekly vignette two tramps, Weary Waggles and Dusty Rhodes, meet in the street. Dusty laments rising costs and scarce meals, noting that beggars along his route must now ask twice for breakfast, a shift in hardship for the unemployed wanderers.
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Dusty
Min
Dusty Rhodes
Weary
Harper's Weekly
Arithmetic. Teacher and Student Grapple with Apple Parable
A classroom exchange reframes a simple apple as a lesson about temptation. The student counters with a wink about avoiding trouble like Adam and Eve, prompting a quick turn to math as a safer topic.
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Little Brown Jug
Illustrations By
Ray Walters
Ze Meredith Nicholson
Che Bobbs-Mer
National Association For the Study and Prevention of
Henry Farnum Stoll
Hartford
Conn
Stoll
Postum
Post
Postum Cereal Co., Ltd
Battle Creek, Mich
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