Picture Girl Wins Harvard On Glenoak Trail
Harvard falls for Mrs. Singleton’s photographed niece Nannie Prescott after nursing her ankle on a Glenoak hillside. He confesses his love, renounces the image in the studio, and asks for the original. The tale ends with the couple’s union and a note on Albany’s early trading history.
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Bly Singleton
Tom T
Harvard
Glenoak
Singleton Place
Gilenoak
Starvard
Singleton
Nan
Tom
Miss Prescott
Nannie
Varvard
Billy
Baily
Bess
Larvard
Method of selecting delegates for national conventions
Explains how delegates are chosen for both parties. Each state receives two delegates per electoral vote, based on senators and representatives. territorial delegates differ by party. Delegates include four at large chosen at state level and two per district at district conventions. alternates exist for vacancy. Primary system described as direct popular vote ratified by a convention. Electors chosen with delegates.
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Congress
Albany's Claim as Oldest Permanent City Highlighted
Albany, capital of New York, asserts being the oldest permanent settlement among the original colonies while noting its strategic role in 17th and 18th century conflicts with French and Indian powers and in the American Revolution.
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Albany
Henry Judsen
Castle Island
Fort Nassau
New Netherlands
Duke of York and
James II
Leslie
America
The Soul That Sinneth Shall Die in Sinful Tragic tale
A St Louis tale describes a handsome wife leaving her husband for a rake, the rake’s cruelty, and the wife’s desperate act of defending herself with murder. The piece argues the couple’s downfall stems from moral failings, ending with reflections on fate and justice. It then shifts to a history lesson on Chinese toys leading to printing, navigation, and the cannon.
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St. Louis
Bin
Tie
Charaacter
China
Europe
Beew Laxative Cough Syrup Ad Warns Relief Promise
An old advertisement touts Bees Laxative Cough Syrup as a guaranteed remedy for coughs colds croup whooping cough hoarseness and bronchial troubles. Card claims the product is gentle and pleasant for children and promises expelling phlegm from the system. Sold by H. Moogh and vu P. Guenther.
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H. Moogh
Vu. P. Guenther
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Milwaukee
NSLA
B. F. Brubaker
Furmw
Spring Street
ACME
Galena Street
Chicago
Rockford & Interurban
WM. Neese
the Journal
Ged Reauits
Nanniz
Bayard Truston
PLU
Edwin A. Nye
Electro
Tus Evedtaxo Suicos
New York
Grocers and Uruagtevel
Davenport Savings Bank
South West Corner
2D and Main Sts
Davenport
Wm. O. Schmiot
Henry C. Struck
Carhier
Louis Haire
W. H. Wilson
Freeport Gas Light & Coke Co
Camerobert
Limburger
Roquefort
Burrell Brothers
Stephenson St
J. C
Malta Vita
Oxfords
F. A. Schulz
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