Reading. depotman and steel works ad and notices
Fragmented local notice and ad items mention Wabash Pride, US Steel, and Marshall Building with dates and brief notices. A public health note warns why colds are dangerous and recommends Chamberlains Cough Remedy, noting its widespread sale and past cures.
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Reading
Low
Taatoek Island
Towy
U.S. Steel
Chief Board of Trade
W.hamilton
Nua
Maecshall
Kiss That Saved a Messenger in Civil War Rail Raid
The narrative recalls Captain Lacy of St. Lary visiting Macon and recounting a 1864 mountain rail raid where a postal guard barely escaped. A woman with a baby distracts a gunman, the infant offering a kiss that averts harm as guerrillas loot the car and flee with gold dust, a watch, and an accordion.
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Alexander
St. Lary
Weatcliff
Colo
Macon
Lavy
Thorsen
Deedans North
Captain Lacy
Sto Joey
Anderson
Ronniy
Nat
Uncle Sam
Youthful Gunplay At Lone Jack In Taft Weight Dispute
Local column chronicles a Saturday clash at Lone Jack where Henry Shine and William Davis argued over Taft’s weight, a gun drew, eight shots rang out, and no one was hurt. Editor Jim Helso jokes about editors and politics as readers seek a missing son and discuss presidential boom rumors.
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T. O
Tilenry
Shine
William Davis
Lone Jack
Taft
Hyster
Ghost Answers the Phone at Old St. Pauls Church
In Philadelphia the Protestant Episcopal City Mission reports a mysterious ghost at the Third Street building. It allegedly roams stairways and answers the telephone, distracting Rev. H Cresson McHenry and assistants. Voices claimed to know details of residents and meals, yet no trace of intruder is found after thorough search.
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Protestant Episcopal City Mission
Philadelphia
Old St. Paul's Church
Dutt
Third Street
Walnutty
City Mission
McHenry
Minteter
Not to Be Wasted Garden Adventures
A girl scoffs at a modest garden while Farmer Corn tossel argues Mindy can grow green corn and tomatoes as easily as marigolds and petunias. He insists the garden is a fine ad creating a bite for boarders rather than food for the eaters.
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Mindy
Washington Star
Beason Show Ends as Midget-Hello Mary Departures
In a playful exchange from the Pittsburg Post a character questions summer loafing after Beason ends. The Fat Lady responds that she has a contract with a country boarding house to sit in the railroad station to advertise the table upon train arrivals.
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Mary
Beason
Gaspard
Pittsburg
Before the Scrap
A Chicago News paraphrase centers on a dispute between an umpire and a messenger boy over a game. The grand stand spectator allegedly accused the umpire of a stiff call, prompting a terse exchange about the precision of the umpiring and the wording used.
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Vale
Weill
Chicago News
Days of Prosperity Remembered in a Hobo Tale
A quoted reminiscence from the New York Press recalls a man once able to pay for a hotel room and leave a watch and pocketbook under the pillow, contrasting past prosperity with present hardship. The exchange features the line You haven't always been a hobo and a retort about memories of better times.
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New York Press
Not Too Loud Mother and the Silent Alarm
A brief comic exchange from the Baltimore American where a mother jokes about an alarm failing after a bold kiss from a boy named Staylate. The daughter replies she did set an alarm, and the brother dismisses it as a still slarm.
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Baltimore American
The Superstitious Man Proposes in New York Herald
A comic verse from Minnie Irving in the New York Herald recounts a superstitious man who delays asking a pretty woman his fate until the dates thirteen and fourteen converge. He returns with hope but faces a hopeful yet cautious response as she accepts Bates instead.
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Bia
Lt Wen
Maidan
Iid
Bates
Minnie Irving
New York Herald
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Tonsiline CO
Canton
Saltsburg
Westmoreland Coal
Antracite
L. Wutarmers Bank Dldy
Reineke
Wilson
Putsburg PA
W. P. Lowry
Optician. Trust Co. Bidg
Postoffice
Indiana
Hyes
Bree
W.w.brithart & Son
City Methods
The
Eugene Heard Spectacle Co
Amaloop
New York
W. A. Hamilton
Commissaton
Atchison
Chea
Ohio
Cole, Fuel
Erin
Den
J. G
Tex
Fil
Olst Llarett
Ln & N
Ebeapetenny Boe
Cress
Henry H. Steving
Pennsylvania
New Indiana House
Indiana, PA
Mack's
Philadelphia Street
Fallbargains
D. C. Mack & Son
Babe
Bil Anderson
Swaern
Humewell
Harris
Secret Service
Givendam Gulch
Jim Helso
Blue Tits
Catech
Cho Dana
Givendam
Guich
Salt Lake
Jus Sloat
Bly X Ranch
Japan
Aika
Iellse Opera House
Florence
the Gulch
United States
Buffalo Johnson
George Henderson
Utah
George
Jim Heuse
Charles Harrison
Chicago
Thomas Weed
Weel Wes
Teem U
George Bates
Lone Jack Fog
Cece
Fami
Waterford
Silas Willliams
Tana
Arizona
Ghost
Kidville
New Fork
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