Escape in the Mississippi Inn Holdup Night
A narrator held by Cy Walters and his son at a Mississippi inn plans an escape during a tense vigil. A mysterious female ally signals from outside as the window sash rises, offering a slim chance to flee while Walters sleeps. The unseen aid vanishes as the narrator readies to leap into darkness.
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Cy Walters
Archio
Jim Dungan
Gy Walters
Mississippi
Jim Dougan
Hank Beyer
Dungan
Mme
Tremarkead
Bulfinch
Archie Hunter
Ani
Sand
Hewaa
Walters
Phidias
Angela
Archies Hunter
Archie
Weird fancies tormenting a man in my situation
The narrator describes a shadowy Walters occupying a chair with a looming grotesque presence. His watchful eyes seem to pierce the speaker, while a window tenant with closed eyes and a calm face sits nearby, creating a tense, unreadable scene full of surreal unease.
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Walters
Dodd's Kidney Pills Promoted For Rheumatism Cure
A promotional article extols Dodd's Kidney Pills as a cure for rheumatism, claiming kidney action removes disease-causing toxins. A testimonial from Patrick Welsh praises full cure after three boxes. Pills priced at 50 cents, six for $2.50, available via Dodd's Medicine Co. Buffalo.
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Dodd
Douxuvis
Patrick Welsh
Lake Avenue
Dodd’s Medicine Co
Buffalo
Bargain pantry ads promise cheap flour and staples
A local grocery runs a bold sale offering 65 for a sack of flour and 25 for a 10 pound sack of buckwheat. Other items include graham flour 20, corn meal 10 pounds, self rising buckwheat, tomato catsup 20c per bottle, mince meat 5 for 4 pounds, dried lima beans 1c per pound, navy beans 1 quart, shell-bark hickory nuts 1 quart, French mustards, sugar syrup 25c per gallon, California prunes 15c per pound, coffee 15c and 25c per pound, and a Christmas line of candies and fruits with startlingly low prices.
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California
Fashion Items Sighted in Varied Winter Goods List
A partial catalog lists gloves umbrellas furs jackets wrappers underwear jewelry laces mittens muffs purses scarfs as items observed in a winter goods roundup. The fragment hints at a broader inventory of apparel and accessories likely from a department store or trade register.
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Illinois
Schoeffel & Brockhausen
Breakfast Bacon and Hams Offerings Listed
A brief items list notes breakfast bacon, skinned hams, regular hams, and R picnic hams. It distinguishes No 1's from No 2's, indicating graded ham products in stock.
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Minnesota
Kent
Dr. Wood
Nature
Emmert & Burrell
Monke
Croup
Thomas
Emmett & Burrell
Burdock
Dean
Hamedy
Benson's
Trya Henson
Phea Sie
A. J. Karcher
Aldetand
A.w.ford& Son
Jewelers
Rocky Mountain
Wim
Stephenson St
Freeport, Hi
Schoeffel
Brockhausen
Galena Street
Mandolin Club
Ernoon
Baker's Chocolate
Climax
J. T
Northwest
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