Permanent Appointment Dreams amid Civil Service Trials
Eleanor Wyant navigates a harrowing Washington civil service exam to win a yearlong clerkship, aided by John Dabney who secures her place amid 1800 hopefuls. She battles fear, office life fatigue, and the lure of a permanent post, eventually accepting a life change he offers.
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Heraunt
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Seid
John Patney
Efwu
Asia
Beilding
Chesapeake Bay
Mars
Nan
Dabney
LF Street
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Heanor
Jol Dabney
Eleanor Wyant
Pan
DeWitts Kidney and Bladder Pills Ad
An advertisement urges readers to take DeWitts Kidney and Bladder Pills for weak back bladder inflammation backache and weak kidneys. Sold by Win I F Jungkunz druggist at 85 Stephenson Street.
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DeWitt
Win
Jungkunz
Stephenson Street
A Quaint Old Recipe for Ringworms Revealed
An old Housekeeper's Guide describes a cure using church bell grease mixed with unsaturated resin and applied twice daily to rings. The remedy, once guarded as a secret, allegedly cured many at high cost and later became widely shared.
Cure Your Kidneys With Dean's Kidney Pills
Freeport testimony from Mrs. G. I. Kurtz describes kidney pain backache and irregular secretions easing after using Dean's Kidney Pills. She notes rapid relief and urges others to try the remedy sold by Foster Milburn Co. at 50 cents in New York as sole agents.
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Dean
Bright
G. I. Kurtz
Shawnee Street
Freeport
Emimert
Foster Milburn Co
New York
United States
Deep Sea Fishing A Game Of Chance Worth The Barrel
In Scribner's we note deep sea fishing as a game of chance like politics or poker. Baited hooks, waits, and sudden grabs yield cod haddock pollock dogfish or sculpin with each haul. The allure lies in filling the barrel and the rivalry over the largest catch while outcomes stay uncertain.
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Neptune
Scribner's
Cottage Love and Plant Woes in Penthouse Chat
A humorous column piece recounts a young man winning parental consent for marriage with a cottage lifestyle as the imagined goal. A stern elder grants approval with one condition about proving the cottage deed. A separate anecdote warns against keeping a plant for a summer departing friend, noting the plant’s death and the writer’s worry.
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Chicago News
Cheap Cheer in a Nickel Dine Scene
A charitable tale unfolds as a pair share coins to lift a tired diner's mood. One speaks of giving a nickel and telling it was a quarter to cheer a stranger, a small act framed as benevolent support.
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Earer
Wit and Irish Storytelling Lost in Print
A St Louis Wibernian laments that Irish wit loses its nuance when reduced to print, noting facial gestures and timing vanish in type. The anecdote about a north coast king, the devil, and Old Plarcy illustrates how performance conveys humor that text cannot. Edward Everett reflects on land, lineage, and belonging to a shared world.
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St. Louis
Plarcy
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Edward Everett
Our Baby Rosy Heals With Case Medicine Sale
A short ad notes a mother praising Case medicine from druggist William F. Jungkunz at 85 Stephenson Street. The product is marketed as bringing the baby back to health after she had been thin and unhappy, now described as well and warm with affectionate imagery.
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Wm. F. Jungkunz
Stephenson Street
Daily Journal Delivery Notice In City At Low Price
The Daily Journal offers home delivery to any city area for a weekly rate of ten cents. This service advertises wide distribution and affordable access to the newspaper.
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the Daily Journal
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