Gardener Secures £20 Annual Rise From Harcourt
The tale, told in Crisel's Saturday Journal, recounts Sir William Harcourt's fear of his gardener on the Hampshire estate. The gardener, claiming insufficient wages, clambered a ladder and shouted through a dressing room window that he could not stay. Sir William fled and soon sent a House of Commons note granting a £20 yearly increase, now framed as a family memento of the ex-minister’s negotiating edge.
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Varcourt
William Tlarcourt
Ctr
Erar' Acter
Criseil
Saturday Journal
Hampshire
Sir William
Iin
William
London
House of Commons
Harcourt
Sergeant Dunn's Cure From Pink Pills for Pale People
At Michigan Soldiers Home in Grand Rapids Sergeant Richard Dunn recounts battles of the Civil War and his stomach and rheumatic troubles. He credits Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People for restoring his health after years of suffering and urges others at the home to consider the remedy.
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Democrat
Grand Rapids
Mich
Michigan Soldiers’ Home
Richard Dunn
Dunn
Dr. Williams
Henry Gibson
Notary Public
Cras. H
May Burcugrn
Fort Meyer
Lydia Beb
Pinkham
Fly Wing Strokes Meantions by eminent scientist
Mrs. Baldwin reads that a famous scientist says a common house fly can make 600 wing strokes per second. Mr. Baldwin counters that, in practice, the fly rarely delivers such effort, especially when it has a chance to loaf near a man’s bald spot and tickle him.
Allen's Woot-Ease Foot Powder Promises Quick Comfort
Shake into your shoes Allen's Woot-Ease powder aids painful swollen smarting feet and bunions. It promises instant relief from sweating callouses and hot tired feet, making tight shoes feel easy. Bold by druggists and shoe stores dates and mailing options included.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen
le Roy, N. Y
Harvest Excursion Half Rates To Western Points
A Washington Star feature quotes Willie Wishington confessing to wasting time worrying about nothing. Miss Cayenne cautions that self-preservation guides behavior while an advertising notice offers harvest excursion rates to Kansas Nebraska Colorado Utah Missouri Oklahoma Wyoming Idaho via rail, with contact in Sioux City Iowa.
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Willie Wishington
Miss Cayenne
Washington Star
Kansas
Nebraska
Colorado
Utah
Missouri
Oklahoma
Wyoming
Idaho
H. C. Cheyney
Sioux City
Iowa
Death of Baasha Taught in Sunday School Lesson
Reflections on the death of Baasha from 2 Kings 18 14 25 introduced in a Sunday school lesson for September 4. The discussion covers Jehoram Ahabs successor the siege of Samaria Syrian wars and the rise of Assyria. It notes Jehu's rebellion and tribute to Shalmaneser III and links to the prophetic transition from Elijah and Elisha to later writing prophets.
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Goulden
Basha
Jehoram
Ahab
Joash
Jehu
Samnaria
Jes
Israel
Syria
Jordan
Abis Man Teh
Shalmaneser Iil
Haskell Oriental Museum
Chicago
Shalmaneser
Syrian
Liazael
Fehouhaz
Tss B. C
Elisha
Assyria
Jonah
Jero‘cam, I
B. C
Elijah
Hlisha
Byria
Jelijah
Lisha
Asnos
Trosen
Myron
Tsaiah
Jeremiah
Iarael
Jero
Korm
Judah
Jbesson
Amos
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Addraaa
Ayer
Lowell
Mass
Walter BakeraCe
Dorchester
Walter Baker & CO. Ltd
Ushess
Epw
A. Maux
Albany, N. Y. A
Montreal
New York
Ae J
TOWER
Boston, Ma
Ensions
Ph Bane
Walaa
Tty
Longfellow
Huseband
Sapolio
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