Bargain Prices on Molasses Coffee and Bohemian Canned Goods
The advertisement promotes 10 pound buckets of Plantation Molasses and Ribbon Molasses at 65 cents with 20 percent savings, Teddy Bear Roasted Coffee at 25 percent off from 1.25, and introduces Bohemian brand high grade canned vegetables and fruits with special season discounts. It invites inspection of English peas June corn Beets Beans table peaches raspberries cherries and a full line of Foots and Wapco canned goods.
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Wapco
Local grocery ad notes and visits in the area
Pebble of notices shows Mrs Pearl Mandeville ill for a week and local patrons Mabryns J D Davis M W Souter visiting from Eliasville. W S Thedford subscribes to the Leader. Store promotes celery onions sets and garden seeds with other grocer items and flour cereals. Dennis Tatum of Bridgeport visits city friends while Dr Prige Algrain foods are advertised. Several Newcastle visitors conduct business and stop at Mabryns store.
Strayed Jennett from three miles east of Jean
A black jennet about ten years old has wandered away three miles east of Jean. The owner, W. J. Jennings, may claim the animal by contacting the finder.
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Jennet
Jean
W. J. Jennings
Daughters of Confederacy Invite Old Soldiers on General Lee Day
The Daughters of Confederacy plan an event for old soldiers and their wives at the Norris residence on General Lee's birthday January 19 with invitations to be mailed to each veteran. Ragged wounds are painful and may fester if not kept clean. Ballard's Snow Liniment is advertised as an antiseptic remedy to heal sores, applied at night and covered with a cloth bandage. Prices listed 25c 50c and 1.00 per bottle with druggists carrying the product.
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Daughters of Confederacy
J. Ewing Norris
Lee
Ballard
Mystery Goose Rescue From Ancient Well in Louisiana
In Bienville parish Louisiana near Mount Lebanon a Civil War era medicine lab well became a deadly trap for animals. A goose strayed into the old well where a snake attacked it. A large hawk then dived into the shaft, pulled the goose with a snake bite, and the hunter shot both predator and snake. The goose survived and the hawk measured nearly five feet wingspan.
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Mount Lebanon
Bienville Parish
Louisiana
Soft Voice in Philadelphia Store Sparks Candy Romance
A Philadelphia drug store clerk telephones newspaper ads and becomes flirtatious with a soft voiced caller. After sending candy weekly, he learns the voice is from the paper’s switchboard operator, a red headed freckled kid named Reddy who finally identifies himself. The clerk had spent $6.75 on candy.
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Philadelphia
Wisdom of a Husband Theme on Shopping Choices
A suburban man, tasked by his wife to buy a shirtwaist in the city, declares that color and size do not matter. The saleswoman is surprised as he explains he would simply return tomorrow to exchange whatever he bought, revealing his humorous take on shopping and compromise.
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Ladies’ Home Journal
Webster Pudding Recipe Card
A historical recipe lists ingredients for Webster Pudding: molasses milk melted butter brandy or wine soda cinnamon cloves nutmeg currants salt and optional sauce. Mix to soft batter steam or boil two hours. For small families use half, salt currants, and reuse leftovers by steaming again.
Line Between Mental and Manual Work Faint in Press Opinion
A London Times correspondent argues there is no clear line between mental and manual labor as all fatigue is brain fatigue. The piece notes skilled hands and minds are needed in both trades from navvies to watchmakers and asserts moderate work is healthy while modern strain and worry cause the real danger. A second item details a young man flaunting a diamond ring on a train, triggering envy from an older man who counters with a display of rings and a swift exit.
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London Times 4
Women and children braver in emergencies says Lifesaving head
Herbert Long, chief of the United States Volunteer Life-Saving corps, argues that women and children show greater bravery and impetuous action in danger than men. He says men pause to weigh risk and dependents, while women and children rush to assist without fear.
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Herbert Long
United States Volunteer Live-Saving Corps
Priests From Samaria Call London a Wild Mad World
Two levis descent priests visit London to seek a Pentateuchal manuscript held as a tribes treasure. They travel under hardship after a theft leaves one man without proper garments, the pair aided by a London rabbi. The elder laments London as a wild mad world.
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Samaria
Levi
London
England
Jaffa
Marseilles
Causes of Things in The Ladies Home Journal Quote
A fragment from the Ladies Home Journal cites a Reverend and a speaker discussing causes of cancer and black eyes in a conversational tone. The exchange mocks smoking pipes and meddling behavior as alleged causes in a didactic manner.
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Tofl
Guy’ner
Ladies Home Journal
Green heart timber noted for ship canal gates
Arthur J. Clair reports green heart timber from British Guiana used in Manchester ship canal lock gates and Mersey harbor since the 19th century. It appears durable for sills and fenders in Panama canals and Methil docks. Gates rebuilt in 1894 remained sound, with Georgetown wharves on green heart piles and torpedo worm immunity linked to bebeerine alkaloid.
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Arthur J. Clair
Georgetown
British Guiana
Manchester Ship Canal
Mersey Harbor
Panama Canal
Naval
Methil
Scotland
Canada Docks
Pneumonia Prevention Urged by Philadelphia Health Chief
Doctor Neff, Philadelphia director of health, issues a public circular to Quakers warning about pneumonia and promoting ventilation. He stresses breathing pure air day and night and opening windows top and bottom in every sleeping room to reduce disease risk. He notes misconceptions about night air persist in a few foreign residents.
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Doctor Neff
Philadelphia
No Gentleman Pufferly’s Mistletowte Misstep
A young woman recalls Pufferly’s rudeness under the mistletoe. When asked what he did she explains he simply smiled and quipped that the joke was on him.
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Pufferly
Ming system boosts merchant’s filing focus in trade
The agent reports the new Ming system is great and the merchant confirms. The agent adds that business has paused to attend to the filing system, implying a shift from commerce to organization. The exchange highlights a focus on administrative upgrades over immediate sales.
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Mercant
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Wimmayer
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J. D. Davis
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W. S. Tidwell & Sons
Dr. Jones
Ed Terrell
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