The Lady of the Parasol and a Moonlit Pact
A flirtatious hotel veranda romance unfolds between Tom Brewster and Annette Avery as a garish cretonne parasol sparks pursuit and a moonlit beach confession. Tom purchases a lasting sunshade bearing I love you and she accepts, sealing their engagement amid playful mischief and social whimsy.
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Miss Avery
Tom
Annette Avery
Inggard
Annette
Attle Creek
Jim
Greenville
Echaisa
Cretonne
Tom Brewster
Danger to Men Over Sixty From Kidney Bladder Issues
An early 20th century medical notice warns men over sixty face kidney and bladder disorders from enlarged prostate. It promotes Foley's Kidney Cure as a remedy, citing a 91 year old Rockport Missouri man and other testimonials as proof of relief after two bottles.
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Foley
Rodney Burnett
Rockport
H. J. Moogk
Jungkunz
Lost In Paris and a Helpful Stranger
An Englishman in Paris loses his way and cannot find his hotel. After failing to get directions in two languages, he tears a leaf from his pocketbook with his hotel name, and a passerby guides him home. Reaching the hotel, the man says thank you aloud, prompting the bemused guide to reveal he spoke only English.
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Paris
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Freeport
Glorio
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Monster Zoological Collection
Royal Roman Hippodrome
Freeport Gas Light & Coke Co
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the Parasol
Iast
Elizath M
Samson
Homer
Augustus
Pyrrhus
Job
Hannibal
Hermogenes
London Telegraph
India
Journel’s Want
Beulah Poynter
Lena Rivers
Grand Opera House
Buck
Minnehoha
Coal Office
Frank Trunck & Sons
Douglas Ave
Adams St
City Scales
Harry Scott Company
David Edwin
George Fletcher
C. P. Guenthers Drug Store
Lena
VIA
Illinois Cetral RR
Swift Specific CO
Atlanta
Union Loan and Building Association
Freeport, Il
Fays
S. Galena Ave
Rice
Northwest
Lewis Lye
Malta Vita
C. G. Schoeffel
Galena St
Michigan Gem
N. Y
Santa Clara California
California
Burrell Brothers Wholesale and Retail Grocers
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