Four Jacks and Queens Decide a Fabled Poker Farewell
The tale recalls Major Edwards and Stanley Huntley, pioneer editors in Dakota, who played a farewell poker game in New York. Huntley, with four aces, faced Edwards’ four Queens and still lost when the pot hinged on a four to straight illusion. Edwards later confessed he did not open the last jack pot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Major Edwards
Stanley Hunsley
Dakota
Huntley
Bismarck
Major
Goodby
Deak Huntley
Buntley
Stanley
New York
Brooklyn Eagle
Aintley
Astor Bouse
Corve
New York Press
The Big Dog Felt The Heat At The Custom House
A yellow long-haired dog lay on the pavement in front of the custom house on a hot day. A sympathetic crowd offered advice and aid while a seedy man urged cooling actions. A blue suited man called the dog Rex and led him away toward Broadway. Police, ambulance, and fire engines soon arrived but found only a toppled pushcart and scattered fans as onlookers watched from second story windows.
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Ang
Custom House
Ry Tate
Iron Man
Angels
Elijah
Tully Gee
Newfoundland
Mawr
Burnard
Harlem
Rex
Broadway
New York Sun
Distressing Stomach Disease Repaired by South American Nervine Tonic
An advertisement claims a worldwide cure for stomach weakness and indigestion with a tonic. It promises relief from the first dose and universal applicability, marketed by Hetrick Bros. in Indiana Pennsylvania. Also lists an engine for sale and No-To-Bac tobacco cure constants.
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Hetrick Bros
Indiana
Disgusted Woman Sours On Medicine And Doctors
A distraught woman weary of weak nerves headaches and back pains is told by physicians her issues are heart stomach or liver trouble. The piece promotes Dr. Pierce's Payorite Prescription and Favorite Prescription as cures claiming to heal ulcers relieve nerve pressure and restore strength. It also touts Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets for constipation and offers a People’s Medical Adviser free by mail from Buffalo.
Coal Underlaid Tracts Offered For Sale In Purposes Or Whole
Describes timbered tracts with a log house and log barn, underlaid with coal. Property will be sold either in purports or as a whole to suit the purchaser.
Grain-O Beverages Versus Coffee Promises Health and Taste
A testimonial extols Grain-O as a healthful coffee substitute, promising nourishment for all ages and urging readers to buy a package from grocers. The piece then recounts a reader’s wart anecdote, describing a woodchopper’s practice with carved sticks that allegedly removed warts within six weeks, noting doctors’ skepticism.
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New York Sun
Cascarets Claim Clean Blood and Pimples Cure
An advertising item touts Cascarets as a beauty aid that cleans blood and purifies the liver to banish pimples boils and blackheads. It urges readers to begin today with ten cent bottles and notes satisfaction guaranteed from druggists. It also notes Kellar Harris the ice man delivering pure artificial ice to many town homes.
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Kellar Harris
Uses of the Music Roll and a Keen Clerk Remark
A Detroit Journal clip notes a woman asking to view music rolls and a clerk replying with a sly guarantee that butter won’t soak through the roll. The exchange hints at social embarrassment linked to earning a living yet keeps to a wry, period tone.
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Sire
Detroit Journal
Tegie
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Avery Queer Deae
Old Dakota
Himsaeli
Wolfgang Vogel
North Sixth Street
J.N. Banks
John Cummins
Washington Township
Indiana County
Pennerlvania
Wori
Scott Stuchall
Alexander Johnston
D. Elmar Gunkins
Juinea McKnight
Anos Thomas Sui
Rowe
Terzis
John Commons
W. T. Clare
W. C. Gordon
Avprior
Noricz
Ecutors
Orphans’ Court of
J. ©. Moore
David Taylor
Tate
Salisbury
Farmers’ Bank
Borough of
Georg Feit
Orphans’ Court
D. H. Tomb
George M. Bell
Thomas J. Bell
Indiana Borough
John H. Pierce
M. F. Jamison
Ec. T. A
Samuel Myers
George W. Hood
J. Blair Sutton
W. L. Stewart
John H. Miller
Brushvalley Township
William H. Herlinger
J. N. Banks
Owen Duffey
West Wheatfield Township
WM. McC. Hammond
Henauty Ys
Henry
Mrs. Peck
Philadelphia
Steiner
Jane
Caas
Stedeford
Pittsburg
Sterling Remedy Company
Chicago
Montreal
Tug
Penn Run
Frank Douglass
The
New York Life Insurance Co
Henry J. Altssian
Sapolio
Leechburg Roof Paint Co
Indiana Fair Association
Gk Inpraya
Tax Lescarcee Paix Co
Leechburg
Cong
Fair Association
ML F. Sasson
Foir Journal
Race
Leechburg Parst Co
Wilmer Atkinson
Leechburg Paint Co
Leechburg, Pa
Box
G. E. Frantz, Prop’r., Penna
Armstrong & McKelvey
Neal
Senon
H. K. Apple
Xeda
Philadelphia Street
J. Harry Smith
H. K. Appie
Pennsylvania College of Embalming
Indiana, PA
Daugherty Bros
Medicine CO
Cleveland
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