Christmas Tragedy and Renewal in Pollie’s Family
A Freeport Journal piece recounts Polly’s troubled Christmas both past and present. After her mother’s death Pollie leads a family of five through economic collapse, reconciliations, and renewed love as she guides her father and brothers through hardship and a new modest home.
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Pollie
Lee
Will
Bean
Robert
Archie
Burt
Sid
Mr. Dinsmore
Follie
Ollie
Mrs. Blair
Will Ryder
Polly
Papa
Richie
United States
Inter Ocean
New York
What a Hotel Clerk Says
Curcago Ill Oct 2 1881 H H Warner Co Sirs I have used your Safe Kidney and Liver Cure for kidney disease and found it very beneficial George A Cass There is no ivory waste Even the powder is sold for making jelly A leading Sheffield cutlery firm calculated needing 1280 elephants yearly for ivory tusks weighing 28 pounds each
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Tremont House
Curcago
Ill
H. H. Warner & Co
George A. Cass
Sheffield
Weekly Inter Ocean promotes reduced-rate bundles with publishers
The Weekly Inter Ocean, a leading family paper, touts a circulation over 100,000 and offers reduced rates through agreements with publishers. It lists varied literary and periodical options, including Harper's and The Century, with pricing for weekly, semi weekly, and daily editions. Sample copies available on request.
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America
Inter Ocean
Garfield Portrait Offer For Inter Ocean Subscribers
Subscribing readers of the Inter Ocean can receive an elegant lithographed likeness of the late President James A. Garfield by adding 10 cents to the subscription price to cover postage and expenses. Each picture comes with a facsimile of General Garfield's letter of thanks for a copy, and subscribers must send payment by registered letter money order bank draft or express and write their full name and address clearly.
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Inter Ocean
James A. Garfield
Garfield
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