The Baumgartner Tale of Love and Tragedy in Pennsylvania
A complex tale unfolds around Baumgartner who seeks to gain a meadow via a marriage plot with Sarah Pressel. Leffy, betrothed to Sally, is humiliated in a church test, and a violent confrontation shatters the family. Amid guilt, Sally and Baumgartner’s estranged bond deepens as Leffy lies dying, and a sober Sam and Sally confront a bleak future.
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Old Baumgartner
Baumartner
Sarah Pressel
Baumgartner
Sephenijah
Barah Pressel
Leffy
Sephenijah P. Baumgartner, Jr
Sarah
Sarat
Seffy
Sally
Sam Fritz
Betty Goen
Betty
Lefy
BullySeffy
Sam
Bam
Pappy
The Kies Like Leffys on the Hill of Delight
A senile man visits a vine covered house with papers claiming guardianship. He vents fatigue and guilt over Leffy’s death, while Sally contemplates taking guardianship herself amid family strife and social friction.
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Leffy
Delight
Sally
Bank director steals 2,000,000 rubles in vault test
A bank director in St. Petersburg tests his own police by disguising as a robber and slipping 2,000,000 rubles from the vault. The guardians observed without action and the director vanished, never to be seen again.
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Seffy
Leffy
Pappy
Lefty
Teast
Union Bank of
Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound Promoted in Letters
A historical ad style piece urges women to avoid surgery and try Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. It cites testimonials from Mrs Barbara Base and Mrs Arthur R House, claiming cures for severe female troubles and avoiding operations. The advertisement touts the formula as a standard remedy for displacements, inflammation, ulcers, fibroid tumors, irregularities, pains, and backache. It invites readers to write for advice to Lydia E Pinkham, Lynn, Mass.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Barbara Base
Kingman
Kansas
Fragmentary Ad Snippet From a Vintage Page
A garbled OCR fragment mentions CROSS BALL, a 6 cent large 2 eg package, and a charm of Mrs Windlow's Soothing Syrup for children. It references automobiles pleasing girls, a remark about money making people notice, and a line about a doctor leaving well enough alone.
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Seffy' el
Soffy
Orst
Bam Chust
Bally
L'Inconnus
Idi
Shen
Troy
Landor
Otet Bebe
Nanna
Guare
Paxton Toilet CO
Boston
Mase
Paxtine
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