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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1888
Page
5
The Limekiln Club recounts the thirteenth destruction attempt on Paradise Hall with bear traps and a crowbar wielding intruder. Gardner delivers a humorous sermon on choosing goodness over badness, using comic anecdotes and dialect to illustrate consequences, ending with a unanimous club resolution to stick to goodness.
A hungry, distressed twelve year old boy runaway from Marion Illinois sits at Omsha depot crying with a revolver in his pocket. He longed to be like Dick Dagger the Rockies boy scout but misses home and his mother. After food and shelter the boy is reunited with his anxious father and mother, ending the misadventure.
A Arkansas gentleman famed for promptness quotes Bill Rickers as a prime example of handling the most important business first. He recalls Bill receiving a note promising a jaw boxing and a rival threatening a shooting, yet Bill chose the shooting threat’s urgency over the lesser challenge, illustrating sound judgment.
A humorous exchange unfolds as a new boarder tells Mrs Hardtack he is short this week and will owe payment later, clashing with her motto to pay as you go. The Sun notes the witty insistence on settling accounts.
Samuel J. Harris of New York testifies a severe head cold lasting months was cured in one week using Ely's Dream Balm. He claims it is the best remedy known and expresses gratitude for its results.
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