A Romance of Love and Deception in Russia
Alice Howard endures years of waiting for Douglas Rhodes while a Russian betrothal plot unfolds. A forged letter, an injury, and Olga’s vengeance drive a tragic path until a public reunion reveals true love. The tale blends romance with peril through past schemes and steadfast devotion.
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Alice Howard
Douglas
Russia
America
Mr. Rhodes
Alice
Douglas Rhodes
Rhodes
Aferica
Montague
Olga
Edgeways
Gouaelan Dady
Cever
Hal
Missettie
Miss Howard
New York Journal
Father Son Whipping Spark Boy's Insight
A father questions his son about the reason for punishment and the boy answers with blunt logic. The exchange contrasts discipline with moral training, cited by M. J. Savage. In a Gore restaurant a girl receives a mystery gift, joking about its contents from peanut shells to a thousand dollars.
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Johnny
M. J. Savage
Boston Transcript
Mucilage From Onion Juice Shows Practical Uses
A boiled Spanish onion yields adhesive fluid useful for pasting paper to metal and other surfaces. It is cheap, effective, and compares with costly cements. Some street sellers offer onion juice and water as a cheap imitation, with the bottle cost exceeding content. Also notes a list of traits girls should learn such as running swimming neat punctual sewing respect for elders speaking softly reading aloud grace and keeping promises.
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But. Louis
Ready for them with Dr Pierce Golden Medical Discovery
The ad promises prevention and cure for dullness and liver and kidney issues by using Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. It claims to purify blood, improve digestion, sharp en appetite, restore health and vigor, and treat dyspepsia biliousness and scrofulous conditions. If ineffective, money back guarantee.
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Dr. Pierce
Cholera dying out and chaos across distant reports
A chaotic reading lists disease in Asirak han dying cholera, a man of war to Honduras for American interests, a Portland minister missing then found with a fractured mind, and a Montgomery case where a $5 million Chicago fair appropriation drives insanity. Other items note a Missourian’s collapse over theatre money, a Moore closet escape from a giant snake, a Memphis trial on public kissing, a cliff tragedy in Whesling, two women near death, notable deaths, a Long Branch accident, and a striking train incident in Denver. The piece also covers political renomination in West Virginia, a costly wedding dispute in Mahon City, labor boycott moves in Denver, a murder near Benwood, and burglaries at Asbury Park.
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Asirakhan
Honduras
J-C. Reid
Portland
Ore
Moline
Benjamin Mitchell
Monticello
Hing
Robert Morris
Champaign
Alice Mitchell
Memphis
Freda Ward
Whesling
Jas
Pilens
Thomas Nickerson
Atchson Roid
St. Albans
Charleston
W. Va
Wilson
Mahon City
Polock
Lipski
American Federation of Labor
Denver
Stochester Clothing Company
Benwood
Samuel Winesburg
John Boynton
Boynton
Winesburg
Electric Power Company
Asbury Park
Parodic notes and oddities from early papers
A collage of remarks from periodicals including lines about cyclones as a cure for a barn, a dream resort in July, and a sailors tale of parade ground humor. It also reports Middletown Delaware sending 31,000 bushels of corncobs for pipes, detailing the old method of making corncob pipes and their practical use.
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Lowell Courier
Buffalo Express
Dundee Weekly News
Jack
Bill
Till
Middletown
Del
Puzzle Promise Piles Prizes For Ford’s Prize Pills
An old advertisement offers prizes for solving a puzzle to distinguish four faces the man and three daughters. Contestants must cut out the puzzle image, mark the faces, and return with stamps for a chance at a gold watch diamond har rings and other rewards. The text promotes Ford's Prize Pills and references reliability from Toronto merchants.
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Ford
U. S
Toronto
Praimiu
Unclear Rail Schedule Fragment Hints City Arrivals
Fragmentary OCR reads daily times and routes with Benton Harbor Anderson Muncie and Cincinnati mentions. Shows arrival and departure terms, but most data is garbled and partial.
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Benton Harbor
Pausle OM
Lenton Harbor
Ang Muncie
Anderson
Cinci Vilall
Rita S. i cHuuall
Cinci P.un
Ants
Albany Ano
Colds and Rheumatism Warned by Simple Precautions
A reader explains nightly aches from catching cold and how Reid's German Cough and Kidney Cure is advertised as a universal remedy. The piece urges avoiding drafts and insufficient clothing, noting pain from rheumatism is common but not serious, and promotes 25 and 50 cent bottles. The tone mirrors a late historical newspaper remedy ad.
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Reid
Wilo
Groceries Grocery Prices and Provisions Listing
Readable segments detail provisions and prices for smoked meats, pork products, lard and tallow, canned fruits, vegetables, dairy, fish, cheese, beverages, and general groceries. Includes Indiana ham bacon, dried beef, sausage, pickled meats, lard, fresh pork cuts, canned peaches and pineapples, tomatoes, berries, and various dry goods. Market notes show shippers paying prices for butter, flour, corn, oats, and poultry with slight movements in lemons and general groceries.
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Courth Pase
California
Morgan & Gray
Indiana
Central Packing Company
Aize
Java
Yarmouth
Stancard
Johnson
Limburg
Flint
Glee
Ciover
Ortina
Alayie
Altairo
Timiony
Strictly Divine
Eine Crase
Tancy
Orchard Crass
Reasen
Choice
Smwe
B.é& W
W.S
Haass
Real estate column teases Sun liners bargains
Real estate notices on the second page urge readers to check The Sun for bargains and promising returns. The column highlights small notices and popular liners to attract attention, stressing reader engagement and potential profits.
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Sun
Thera, Txx Son
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Thoutrand
Mrs. Homans
Washington Star
Springwells
Mich
Poland
New York Sun
Brattle
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Young America
Oniuun Cpolent
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Ayer
Virginia
Indianapolis
Ind
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Travelers’ Register
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Union
South Illinois Street
Indianeava's Union Station
Washington
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Philagelgata
New York
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Western Chemical Co
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Artive
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Cincinnati
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Laney Hy So Lim
Utien
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Charles F. Meyer & CO
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Peron
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