Irene Arthur and the sale that tests a family's hope
Irene Arthur faces a brutal sale after her father’s death, leaving her mother and herself in poverty. An auctioneer offers help, Earl Kenneth enters as a suitor, and Irene endures illness, loss, and social isolation as she guards her pride and accepts a future with Earl.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Arthur
Papa
Dearest
Irene Arthur
Irene
Earl Kenneth
Lanker
Earl
Mrs. Authur
Arthur
Youeas
Trene
Allan's Anti-fat remedy advertised for rapid weight loss
An advertorial note touts Allan's Anti-fat by J O Allen claiming three to six pounds weekly reduction in many cases. It asserts harmlessness and effectiveness sold by druggists. The piece also includes brief quips about a Maine speaker and a Texas theft confession, plus an ad for Dr Bull's Baby Syrup at 25 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. O. Allen
Allan
Purification at Home and Drifting Tales at the Depot
Guidance on disinfecting homes emphasizes eliminating the source of danger rather than just the air. A riverfront mishap recounts a near fatal fall over Cataract Falls rescued by a bystander. A St Louis birthday party ends in a fatal shooting after a dispute over ten cents. Imitation pipes and billiard balls are produced from potatoes via sulfuric acid processing in France.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New London
Conn
Minnesota
Great Falls
Old River Hotel
Dinan
Terra Firma
Mr. Dinan
Scott Hunter
St. Louis
Hunter
France
Notable oddities and hazards reported in various towns
The Kaufman Times describes a deformed five year old girl likened to a turtle with speech. Reports include a Mishler boy bitten by a copperhead in Irishtown, a Sioux City free for all horse race deaths, and other unusual incidents such as a seven foot rattlesnake, a tarantula bite treated with whisky, a frightened horse near a train, scorpion stings, and a Kansas woman in trance visions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kaufman Times
Galveston
Tex
Mishler
Irishtown
Oil City Derick
Sioux City
Eureka
Country Boy
Willmore
H. H. Colby
Fort Dodge
Colby
Ray Billy
Hampton
Dubuque
Iowa
George Jett
Breathitt
Frankfort
Thomas Q. Cain
Bastrop County
Texas
Lynching of a Black Man in Coal Valley Va Shocks Nation
A mob executes a brutal lynching of a Black man in Coal Valley Virginia after a violent assault on a woman. A reward is posted, a detective-supervised pursuit covers miles, the prisoner is captured near Parkersburg, then paraded to Coal Valley where a noose is placed and he is hanged. Spectators cheer as authorities fail to avert the killing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coal Valley
Degroe
Charleston
Parkernburg
Coalley
Lee
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Ling Mill Cooper
Detchon
Jerome Allen
Conrad Cook
Greenenatie
Greencastle
Indiana
Indiana and
Columbia Streets
Pmook's
Demestie
C. W. Talburt
Mglholn& Hanna
Will
Murphy
Putnam County
East
Washington St
Ind
Mulholn & Hanna
Hamburg
Scott
Greencastle Foundry
Machin Company
Culver
South Depot
James Gillespy
New York
Karnett Public Square
Greencastle, Nd
W. J. Hazelett
A Warel
Leand Li N. Oas
Arene
Greencastle, Ind
Evalier
Derigi
Cook
Ney
Putnam County Srey
Mincastle, Inc
Mr. Cook
Maeson Burkett
Provisins
Phillip Albauge
Hathaway Block
Clueteke
Siz
West Side Public Square
Greencatle
Saat Weber Wen
Snyder
E. F. Snyder & CO
W. 4Th St
Cincinnati, O
J.T. Craig & Bro
Howe & Vermilion’s
Vandelis Depot
Kelly
Snider, 'Sniger
Snider
Karl
Mamma
George L. McMay
Gold Creek
Faulkner County
Rhea
Little Rock (Ark
Esquire Johnson
Whiteland
Johnson County
Mr. Johnson
Dr. Miller
Indianapolis News
Maine
Shylock
Matagords
Bull
Byrup
Mr. Hustice
Elm Park
Isva
Dallas (Texas
Bradley
Mr. Bradley
Shaw's Mountain
Idaho
Walter Coffin
Nevada
Daniel Carter
Waterbury
Jerico Bridge
Hartford Courant
Diana Powellson
Rosedale
Kansas
Heaven
Earth
Wines
Marinette
Wis
Eryone
Arina
Mr. Phimuer
Canady
Die
Bine
Primer
Wilkinson
Ester Seminary
Roxbury
Hager Town
Hima
Peter
Carlisle
South Sea
California
Cent Pacific Railroad Company
Sts
New Board Railroad Commissioners
Leland Stanford
Pacific Mail Steants Company
Railroad Company
USA
Bullig
I mdi
Newport Almhouse
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