A Sheriff's Road to a Thief and a Love Test
Acting sheriff Kurt drives a young thief Marta from Chicago toward Top Hill Tavern while she confesses honesty and a wish to reform. He grapples with judgment and compassion as he bargains to help her, hoping love can reshape a life marked by crime and poverty.
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Chicago
Reilly’s
Salvation Army
Relll
Marta
Karta
Jack
Walt
Joe
Kurt
Bender
Marta Sills
Simpson
Canada
Kingdon
Render
Sam
Aunda
Sald
Nou
Kirt
Top Hill Tavern
Tophill
NERVE PAINS AND OPIATES IN NEURALGIA DISCUSSION
A reader letter and medical note discuss neuralgia and neuritis. It warns against using opiates like morphine or heroin due to habit formation and ineffectiveness for chronic nerve pain. The article recommends non narcotic relief and identifying focus infections such as dental, tonsillar, sinus, or abdominal sources.
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Nourilla
Bolshevist Society Notes from Life Parody
A satirical item lists Mr. Solomon Helldog entertaining out of town friends at a church pillaging party with 8 o clock preliminary sacrileges. Names like Miss Slovenik Snakestein and others appear in a spoof of scandalous social notices.
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Bolshevist Society
Solomon Helldog
Slovenik Snakestein
Atlantic City
Satan Bomflinger
Filthie
Washington
Fanatica Felon
Licentia
Leaferman Ghoulavitch
Solberinus Sovietoff
Dmittri
Feodor Polsonoffak
Ivan Blackguardovik
Vultura Leech
Bethlehem
Nihilistus Crankovitch
Spouter
24 Hour Clock Adopts Continental Time by Railways
The Southeastern and Brighton railways adopt the M hour clock for continental timetables. The system is nearly universal on the continent and praised for uniformity. Travelers in France and Belgium note improved clarity as times shift to 13 o clock after noon.
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London Mail
Southeastern
Brighton
France
Bleues
Victoria
London
President Wilson Impresses in Des Moines Speech
The Des Moines Capital notes President Wilson’s strong intellect and physical vigor as he delivered a one hour address. The account praises his self control and confident presence, saying his words and gestures commanded the audience and would influence national opinion.
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Des Moines
President Wilson
Tens of Tins From the London Times
The Times notes new releases will aid supply. The dia ponal board lists 2,000 at Deptford suitable for drying food reserves and 7.0% at Woolwich usable for artillery. 10,000 at Rheydt’s Bush and 1400,000 worth of goods filled in unsealed sessions are also drawn. Some tins are on view at the Agricultural hall Lelington.
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London Times
Ure Dia Ponal Board
Deptford
Ministry of Food
Artinia
Rheyphard’s Bush
Lelington
Tocks Elco
Now Raises 600 Chickens on a Small Farm
Mrs. D M relates how Lydia E Pinkham’s tonic helped her end five years of illness. She describes using the compound advertised in the paper to restore work capacity and improve health while managing a small farm and tending to poultry.
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Lydia E. Pink
D, M
Eat Less and Take Bitro-Phosphate Claims
A confused fragment discusses dieting and a drug called Bitro-Phosphate as a supposed aid to flesh and nerves. It references a French scientist and claims medical benefits from consuming the tablet, with suggestions of two weeks of use and a weekly cost of fifty cents.
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Uetrot
Schwab Calls Experience an Overrated Article
Charles M Schwab defends his belief at a banquet saying young men have energy but for high executive roles experience is needed. He derides experience as overrated asking what good is knowing the weather yesterday.
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Charles M. Schwab
Mr. Schwab
Two Great Races: The Human Race Wins Over Horserace
A Jacksonville Times-Union quotation opines on two races the human and the horserace. It urges betting on the human race as safer, reflecting a civic or moral stance. The remark contrasts athletic spectacle with human progress.
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Liv Ling
The
London Spectator
United States
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United States Geological Survey
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