Alec Seeks Honest Work After Breakfast at Martha Farm
Alec wakes to breakfast at Martha and John's, learns he must pay for lodging and meals, and decides to seek paid work. He offers a $2 bill for lodging, is charged 10 cents for shave, 10 for breakfast, 25 for bed, and leaves with $1.34 after breakfast. He heads to a yard where workers hoe potatoes and a weeded field lies nearby, hoping to find employment.
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Abee
Martha
John
Alex
Alec
Gran
John Managre
Littl John
Isim
Goodby
Ades
City man in rural work tale of Alec at Bennett farm
Alec from New York seeks work at Milo Bennett’s farm after asking locals. He endures blistered hands, backache, and social awkwardness as he helps with weeding and hoeing alongside four laborers, sharing meals at the house while Maud, Milo’s partner, remains distant.
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Fiehd
New York City
Mr. Condon
Mr. Bennett
Alec
Milo Bennett
New York
Milo
Mother
Maud
Looking Glass
Valuable Prescription Proves Electric Bitters Worth
A Worthington Indiana Sun editor touts Electric Bitters as a valuable remedy for constipation and headaches. Mrs Annie Steble of Chicago credits six bottles with restored health and strength. Advertised at 50 cents and 1.00 with local sellers listed. A Grand Trunk conductor recalls amusing fare questions from a dignified woman traveler.
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Morrison
Worthington
Ind
Sun
Annie Steble
Cottage Grove Ave
Chicago
T. E. Hildebrand’s
Indiana
Wm. Moore
Homer City
M.G. Miller
Hodgkins
Grand Trunk Railway
Rochester
Paris
Ottos Cure Promoted For Coughs And Lung Ailments
An old advertising item urges neighbors to try Ottos Cure, claimed to cure throat and lung diseases including consumption. Local distributors Daugherty Bros Indiana Pa Mateer Rankin Elderton Pa and others offer sample bottles. Also promoted is Dr Wood’s Norway Pine Syrup as a universal cough cure.
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Ottos
Daugherty Bros
Indiana
Mateer & Rankin
Elderton
B. Beringer
Beringer
Paralyzed Michigan blacksmith cured by Pink Pills
Geneva Michigan reports Marion J Sales, a North Adams blacksmith aged 32, paralyzed by a stroke last October. After doctors gave up, he used Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People, began improvement in May, walked with crutches by July, and now recovers rapidly, praising the remedy and urging others to try it. The interview is signed by Sales and dated August 31, 1895.
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Bright
Doan
Foster-Milburn Co
United Cue
Round Lake
Gmeva
Geneva
Furrer
Hamlet
Mizrer
Marion G. Sales
North Adams
Mich
Mr. Sales
Sales
Ann Arbor
Dr. Williams
Mr. Salés
Nos Adams
Hosital
Father
Hudson Gazette
Marion J. Sales
Wits
Dr. Jeevee A Medicine Co
Schensctady N. Y
la Ieee
Shay
Nestle
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the Gazette
Hudson, Mich
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N. Langham
Farners Bank
G. J. Feit
B. RB. Ewing
PAT & Ewing
Farmers’ Bank
Blairsville
Indiana, Pa
Hutchison
Jack
Loan P. Elkin
Elkin
Philadelphia Street
M. Mahan
Farmers Bank Building
BT Nova
Indliana
S J. Telford
Attorney-Atlaw
Swan & Simpson
OHN H. Pierce
J. M. Cunningham
J. Wood
Nixon Building
Sixth Street
L. Getty
Canningpean
Jone N. Ce
Samuel Cunning
John 3
Ficher
Oussingras & Ree
Isaac Guiperry
Ted
Vingté Ly
Clawson House
M. Ciaweon
C. J. PF. Lona
Droveer
Aprara House
Indinam, Fl
M.C. Watson
ATSO
IN & S. Attorneye
Harry White
Frank Keenez
L. Stewart
Stewart & Chair
Pak Core Ee
Ralls
Partien
Jen
Waraninany Ovnowos
Tucson
Dr. Ball
Lawrence ‘Horan
Fairmont
W. Va
Dr. Bull
R. W. Wehrle
Optician
Bobbin
Geinbor
Dresenakera
Indiana Barbers
The
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