Picture to Postcard Romance Sparks Troubled Affair
In a small town, Alice Miner and Oscar Reidel face a postcard romance misread through a nosy courier. After a quarrel, Oscar mails only picture postcards, sparking jealousy as Alice awaits letters and a final telegram hints at a reunion.
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Oscar Reidel
Oscar
Alice
Altice G. Miner
Gina
Qecar
Csender
Miss Alice
Hally
eThere
Miss Alee
Sara
Courtship Sundays in Holland Promote Marriage Customs
In November Holland observes four Courtship Sundays with names Review Decision Purchase and Possession. The period marks wedding season as agricultural work ends. On Review Sunday villagers parade after church. on Decision Sunday bachelors ask brides with ceremonial bows. Purchase Sunday seeks parental consent. Possession Sunday reveals the couple publicly as betrothed or engaged.
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Holland
Creation
Having Money and Not Having It
A skeptical line argues money rarely grants real security or friendship. The speaker notes people rush to take advantage when money is visible and desert when it is gone, calling money and media like yellow journalism a fleeting, deceptive show that lures trust but delivers little. The reflection ends with a resigned view of human nature and appetite.
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Deep Sea
Atlanta Constitution
A Reason For Thanks In A Humorous Phrase
In a humorous framed quip the impecunious wife admires a dress using a round mirror while lamenting never seeing the bottom of her skirt since marriage. The husband, in crude tone, adds a coarse remark blaming “faucky sluts” for her situation.
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New York
Misguided Economy Tale Echoes Through Lecturer’s Anecdote
A lecturer cites an old tale about an elderly man who finishes wife inscriptions by using a center monument with each wife’s Christian name etched above her grave and a single directive beneath the hands pointing to the epitaph stone, illustrating frugal yet flawed spending.
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Tle
Emma
Mary
Herter
Edith
Adjournment Talks Mark Illinois Revenue Bills Debated
In a lively House session in Cook County officials debated a mayor revenue bill while adjournment loomed. Provine urged rapid adjournment as a long holdover session cost taxpayers about 117000, politicized spending, and the Senate moved toward third reading on Chicago relief measures amid opposition changes.
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Springfield
House
Cook County
Browne
LaSalle County
Shanahan
State Board of Control
Chienago
Senate
Maryvor Russo
Clinricin Frank Bennett
Finance Committee
Chicago
Conner
Wilson
Frank Shepard
Provine
Forty Fifth General Assembly
Black Hand threat ends in arrest at Pana cemetery
May mayor Penwell was warned to leave a Rock under a lot at the cemetery or be blown up. police watched the area and captured Jesse Waller, a Pana resident. Waller jailed on $1,000 bond and sent to the grand jury. Penwell was a former associate of Waller at the Penwell mine.
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Pana
Warren Penwell
Rock
Jesse Waller
Pann
Tewis
Penwell
Waller
Illinois Modern Woodmen Hold Annual State Convention
The Illinois state convention of Modern Woodmen met at St Louis May 7 with a spirited race for national director. Dor J. Rutledge Elgin S. O. S Panner Minier and Dr To ME Harrell Catra were candidates. Rutledge elected lieutenant governor. Northcott chosen state consul as J D Reynolds Rockford presided with delegates also in attendance.
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Delemites
J. D. Reynolds
Rockford
Rockford High Finance Petition Seeks Receiver in Circuit Court
In Rockford UL May, a high finance petition asks the circuit court for an accounting from officers and the appointment of a receiver for a local Honduras vacation company. It charges president Esse Diamond, secretary Wil Crouse, and others with misusing lands valued under ten cents for sale to the company at inflated prices. Diamond denies the charge.
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Rockford
May
High Finance
Oab
Tockford
Honduras
Esse Dimond
Miaristhall
Wil Crouse
Doo Neres
Plenduras
Flooding Swamps East Alton As River Rises Rapidly
Water from the Wood River broke through banks on May 7 sending four feet of rise in four and a half hours. Tracks at Chicago old Acton Bis Four and McWintey lines are submerged. Two large factories shut down and area five miles long by one mile wide is flooded. Many families evacuate homes.
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East
Alton
Woodt
Oder
Chisagge
Acten
Bis Four
McWintey Buterariagne
Eid
Woman's Home Ceremonic and Courtship Questions
A fragment from a period piece ponders marriage asks and social rules. It contrasts a man stuck on four gallons and a woman’s reaction to a proposal while citing a parent’s stance and community norms.
Burdett Piano Tuner Seeks Orders By Brownd and Dellmeyer
F. J. Burdett, a piano tuner, invites customers to place orders at Brownd and Dellmeyer or by telephone. The abbreviated notice implies local service access through the two shops or a nearby phone line.
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F. J. Burdett
Brownd& Dellmeyer's
Daily Journal Delivery Ad
The Daily Journal offers citywide delivery for 10 cents a week.
The Stingy Man With A Hidden Tender Heart
A writer defends a neighbor labeled stingy, revealing his strictness in payments yet generous care for his large family. One child is crippled, another unable to thrive, and he educates an orphan niece. Exteriors mislead. judge not lest ye be judged.
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Lle
Efe
Tle
Ife
Guarding Purity: A Youth’s Stand Against Filthy Tales
A young man admonishes against listening to indecent stories, likening retailers of smut to corrupted figures and urging inner cleanliness. He warns that repeating offensive tales harms memory and soul, citing General Grant and stressing a gentleman keeps his thoughts pure in all company.
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Grant
Wit and Warnings in a Brief Exchange
A brief exchange shows a man easing past a mother's objection by complimenting her looks, hinting at vanity and tension. The dialogue suggests a social maneuver where flattering a mother affects the daughter's social standing and the implicit relationship dynamic.
Pineules Offer Promises 30 Days Trial and Refund
Advertisement promotes Pineules with a 30 days trial for one dollar. Claims relief from back pain, rheumatic pains, and weak backs and benefits for kidneys and bladder. Suitable for all ages, satisfaction guaranteed or money refunded. Sold by H J Moogk and C P Guenther.
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H. J. Moogk
C. P. Guenther
Strong but lively fight at Democratic state convention
Boston May reports the Massachusetts convention backed William J Bryan for president with four delegates chosen for Denver. George Fred Williams John B Moran Debre W Coughtin and James Daniel J Doherty led the ticket amid heated speeches. Delegates favored only four Bryan supporters amid party rifts. Taft wins in Kentucky as Fairbanks forces clash. senator Beeset Paced fey made aonder for harmony.
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Boston
May S
William J. Bryan
Owith
Denver
George Fred Williams
John BB. Moran
Debre W Coughtin
Tall River
Jamel Daniel J. Doherty
Westfield
Bryan
Taft
Kentucky
Louisville
Committee On Credentials
Fairbanks
Soho Pooches
Ebeet
Fey
Harmony
Uirbanks
Pear Electhiae
Trewis
Ques
AL KL Willson
Judee
Putnam
Richtend
Marshall Trillitt Louiswile
I. Pp
Kane Cetevedy
Illinois Prohibitionists Endorse Platform At Springfield Convention
A damaged report from Springfield outlines a May convention where prohibitionists adopted a platform. The document calls for nationwide prohibition, stricter controls on beverage trade, and reform measures including wage and political reforms. Both major parties are mentioned as facing cross currents.
Political fallout at party convention amid tariff debate
At the national convention in Salt Lake City the crowd cheered as a resolution criticizing President Roosevelt for the political mood was read. The platform committee backed protections and tariff measures with support for subsidies and bank stability, while figures including Woodrow Wilson and other Democratic leaders were present and debating the nation’s fiscal path.
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Salt Lake City
Mas S
Roosevelt
Feeb
Wepd Cpt
Eda
Platvortu Committee
Erenter Maivy
Aioe
Aes
United States
Wyoming estate company endorses Mendell for Congress
The Wyoming estate company retoriinated Frank W. Mendell for congress and adopted resolutions directing delegates to the convention to use every honorable means to secure the nomination.
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Louder
Neighbor John Braggs and His Telescopic Imagination
A stranger asks about neighbor John Braggs. The native replies he is all right but has a telescopic imagination. He cannot tell the truth without embellishing it at least two sizes larger than it is.
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John Braggs
ManZan Pile Remedy in Collapsible Tube
Ready to use in a collapsible tube with nozzle. One application soothes and heals reducing inflammation and relieving soreness and itching. Price 50c. Sold by H J Moogh and C P Guenther.
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H. J. Moogh
C. P. Guenther
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