Kitty Kisses and Engagement Tangles at St. Mark's Fair
Kitty El-Beott sells kisses for charity at the St. Mark's fair and entices Sharman Preston to attend. His engagement wavers as rumors fly about the booth and Meeker's pushy bet, ending with Preston paying for a kiss and a staged re engagement triumph, reflecting town gossip and Kitty's sharp lesson.
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Acanda
St. Mark's Fund
Preston
Kitty
Katherine ‘el- Beott
St. Mark’s Fair
Witty
Sharman Preston
Sharman
Tie
Pam Meeker
Meeker
Tom
Benne
Inquirers
Ang
Tom Meeker
Ife
No Pleasure Trips For Them Inmate Picnic Idea
In a country town an elderly woman and her coachman arrived at a red brick building seeking to take the inmates for a picnic in the green fields. An official in uniform confessed the inmates could not leave. Realization dawned that the request targeted the workhouse near the county jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom
London Graphic
Early career tale of future speaker and law practice
Harper's Weekly recounts a young David Trenderson, later Speaker, facing debt while handling an estate case. An heir pays the bill with five hundred dollar notes, totaling 2500, prompting the lawyer to quip about adding another note to “call it square.” The anecdote highlights his calm, poised demeanor.
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National House of Representatives
David
Tenderson
Congress
Senderson
Trenderson
Harper’s Weekly
French Wedding Delayed Then Repaired by General Gignoux
A salon tale set in 1870 France shows a groom’s desertion forcing a postponed wedding. Madame Blanquet’s daughter avoids an inferior match when General Gignoux offers a noble substitute from his staff, and the ceremony proceeds with Lt de la Tour as the groom before the general's timely intervention.
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France
Trousseau
Mme, Blanquet
Gignoux
Mme
Blanquet
Mademoise Bie
M. Teterouge
Madesmoiselle
Madame
the Leutenant
Mademoiiselle
Teterouge
de la Tour
Ramily
Lucille
A. Mitchre
Types of alfalfa seed and weed contamination
The article describes three seed types by shape and notes worst samples with 63.0 percent pure alfalfa seed and 86.1 percent impurities including dead seed and foreign matter. It warns weed seeds added to soil raise costs, estimating 6 cents wasted per pound at 17 cents price, plus rental value of land occupied by weeds.
Destroying Garlic in Pasture and Hay Fields
Country Gentle man reports practical growers largely agree on destroying garlic by shallow plowing late in fall to expose bulbs to frost, with harrowing after freezing. Repeat in spring. One farmer claims two years clears land. A letter suggests plow up, sow rye, plow in, sow peas, and later sow grass or desired crop, noting it takes time and cannot be rushed.
Cleaning the Farm Wells and Cigar Leaf Acreage Up in US
Cleaning the Farm Wells advises checking dry season risk, sealing brick or stone walls, and using a sieve and rope device to remove surface debris from wells. Cigar Leaf Tobacco Acreage reports a rise in US acreage as buyers reward cleaner last crops, with stocks in growers’ hands at record lows.
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United States
Hedgehog Blood Immunity Cited As Snake Venom Antidote
The Philadelphia Record notes naturalists attribute hedgehog blood with an antidotal substance that counteracts venom. Experiments show hedgehog serum could inspire broad antidotes for snake bites and other poisons.
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St Ils
Philadelphia
Actor Arnold Daly recalls Shaw vegetarian banquet
Arnold Daly recounts George Bernard Shaw at a London vegetarian banquet with Shaw delivering a memorable address. Daly quotes Shaw on perseverance in vegetarianism and a humorous line about a certain aged Scot who loved vegetables, ending with a peculiar misquote about a dog.
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Arnold Daly
George Bernard Shaw
Shaw
London
No Reason For Suffering Back Pain Kidney Ailments
Freeport citizen Charles Weiss reports relief from kidney trouble and rheumatism after using Doan's Kidney Pills. He details prior unsuccessful treatment, then states his back and overall health improved within days, crediting the remedy obtained at Emmett's drug store. Doan's pills cost 50 cents. Foster-Milburn Co. markets them in the U.S. Remember the name Doan's.
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Freeport
Charles Weiss
Galena Ave
Painter
Dean
Emmett
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
New York
United States
Doan
Homeseekers Excursions to Southern States Tickets on Sale
Tickets on sale the first and third Tuesdays each month to Tennessee Alabama North Carolina South Carolina Georgia Florida Mississippi Louisiana and Southern Virginia excluding certain commercial centers. Rate one first class fare plus 2 for the round trip with a 30 day limit and stopovers both ways. For details write G B Allen St Louis MO or H Hardwick Washington DC. McCullough Chicago and Tayloe Washington also listed.
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Tennessee
Alabama
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Mississippi
Louisiana
Virginia
Bate
G. B. Allen
St. Louis
H. Hardwick
Washington, D.C. J
McCullough
Dearborn St
Chicago
Ill
W. H. Tayloe
Washington, D
San Franiseco
Los Angeles
California
San Francisco
China & Japan
Chicago & North-Western
R’y
Geo. B. Allen
Pasa
Ss. H. Hardwick
Peasateer
Washington, D. C
Anetas
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Jack
Atherine
Jhe Pushed
Jell-G
Lee
Genesee Pure Food Co
le Roy
N.Y
Kansas Experiment Station
Chamberlain
Rye
Boston Post
Homeseekers
Southern Railw’y
State Street
Business Directory
Illinois
BANKS
CO. Stover
H.W. Antrim
Dorman
R. G. Bhomway
Henry Baier
Fred Dorman
W.H. Wagner
F. Aspinwall
Also Savings Department
Hettinger
Collmann & Co
Collmann
Pres
D. F.graham
First National Bank OF
Second National Bank OF
Burchard
L. H. Barrel
Burchard & Burrell, Attorneys AT Law
W. N. Cronerite
Stephenson
A. L. Babcock
North
Galena Avenue
C. A. Ruthe
Douglas
Stephenson New Phone
Wagner Bindery Book Binders
Anderger
Chicago and
Spring Streets
Frisbie & Haney
C. M. & St. Paul
Denver
Colorado Springs
Pueblo
Elks
J.B. Sweat
Ana
Taeknes
Southern Railway
Cincinnati
W. A
Beckler
Monroe St
W ., Garrett
General Maogger. Bectnege, O
John S$, Harpster
Galena St
Gaiena St
John Schwarz & Sons Wholesale & Retail Ceniers
The
Land of the Sky
Switzerland
Hot Springs
Asheville
Harvard
Lake Toxaway
Queen & Crescent
Lake Geneva, Wis
VIA
John F, Daly
Agt
Sewing Se
Stand A
Anam Nee
Shunshone Reservation
Chicago & Northwestern Railway
Shoshone
Wyoming
Shonshoni
Lander
Ras Ba
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