Beckley Carrier Cripps in a haunted quarry encounter
Esther Cripps, youngest daughter of Zachary Cripps the Beckley carrier, treks home from Oxford through a cold wind and a haunted quarry. She spies a body of a young woman buried in rock and dirt as shouts and a pickax echo from the dark. The scene ends with Esther fainting as further danger looms.
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Zachary
Dobbin
Oxford
Zacary Cripps
Esther
Zank
Golden Cross
Currier Cripps
White Anade
Zak
Etty
Cripps
Sally
Miss Crown
Oshall Jook
Gramble
Crippa
Aunt Hxie
St. Clement's
Murat
Kather
Exie
Headington
Gipsy
Esther Cripps
Osford
Luther
Levitican
Stow Wood
Chiat
Burytra
Quotation Debate On Kings And Aces Raises Eyebrows
A Bangor News item riffs on a proverb about rulers and a counter from a witty observer. The exchange links the saying that a king can do no wrong to a man who allegedly held four aces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bangor News
Western Canada Sees Busy Seeding Ahead of Spring
Beeding in progress in western Canada as mild weather spurs thousands of settlers. Wheat oats and barley yields boost prices and inquiries from the United States double. Railroads add capacity to move passengers and freight. Grain land openings promise a prosperous year with room for hundreds of thousands more settlers. Reports from Red Deer Medicine Hat Lethbridge Martney note frost-free ground and plowing activity as spring approaches.
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Canada
United States
Nodetter
Geo. W. Griswold
Red Deer
Alta
Greber, Mont
Lam
British Columbia
Canadian
Medicine Wat
Medicine Tat
Lethbridge
A. Putley
Montana
E. Laliberty
Voulter White
Martney
Another War Hero
Mrs Teehom speaks of men who perform heroism for country but questions a woman’s daring act of love. Peekaboo replies and asserts Teh did a brave deed to win marriage, claiming he would marry her.
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Teehom
Urain
Advice on health: disobeying orders to stay fit
A rustic health ad claims General Health orders are ignored when ill. It touts Dr Cridwell's Syrup Pepsin as a safe permanent cure for symptoms like headache and constipation, promising gentle action superior to pills. Sold by all druggists for 60 cents or £1 with money back if it fails.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oridera
Cridwell
Poetry Delays and Rail Fare Notice Contain Jumbled Chatter
The fragment mentions Jiggles poetry delays and a rail fare offer by Nickel Plate Road with half rates for children. It cites contact details for C A Esterlin Fort Wayne Indiana and includes a joke question about a tiger. The text is a chaotic mix of items with unclear provenance.
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Nickel Plate Road
C. A. Esterlin
Fort Wayne
Ind
Mysterious Old Advertisements and Quips From Vienna Notice
A collage of vintage lines includes a pile cleaner claim for piles with money-back promise and quick cure, a quirky note on police candidates needing telegraphy skill and rowing a boat, an ad praising Mrs. Austins Pancaken at hotels and restaurants, a joke about King Edward not being buried in Scotland because he is alive.
All Sick Women Should Read Mrs Fox Letter
A newspaper note promotes Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Mrs. Pinkham's free advice from Lynn, Massachusetts. A Bradford Pennsylvania woman testifies her womb tumor disappeared after following instructions, praising the remedy and its physician.
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Beliave
Lydia KE
Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Southern Conditions and Possibilities
Southern conditions and possibilities describe vast growth along the Diners Central and the Yauco Mississippi Valley Railroads in Tennessee Mississippi and Loulatang. The notice invites small capitalists farmers and laborers to request mailed information from J F Merry Asst General Passenger Agent at DuBuque Iowa for opportunities and details.
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United States
Diners Central
Tennessee
Mississippi
Loulatang
J. F. Merry
Duobuque
Towa
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R. D. Blackmore
Orna Doone
Alice Lori
Beckley
Adam
Woolbey
Innea
Crippses
Balliol College
Stow Forest
Jenny Cripps
Exodus
Levit Vos Cripps
Pentachook
Milley
Fesa
Kim
Broad Street
Misa Euther Cripps
Wesern
Jiggles
Gan Company
Ana
Vienna
Edward
Scotland
Fannie D. Fox
Western
Adiatina
Railwa
Sarno Epsonalle Opicet
Inrora
Trimisteton
Ottawa
Cataus
Traction-Lermine
Tadunapalin
Williams
Law Building
Telado
Obie
Vieses
Nant
Salzer
Tl Tel
Indiana
Lock Box
Part
Wayna, Indice
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