Good Neighbors Good Neighbors By Victor Redcliffe
In a 1915 tale, Earle and Rachel Pelham rent a large home owned by Robert Mason whose wife vanished after a sanitarium stay. A burglar scare leads to a surprising attic encounter with Mason’s presumed-dead wife, who is found alive and restored to her husband with neighborly aid and tactful deception.
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Robert Mason
Earle Pelham
Pelham
Pelhams
Mason
Mrs. Mason
Mr. Mason
Mrs Pelham
Earle
Rachel
Mr. Pelham
Mrs. Pelham
Robert Marin
Robert
Abs. Pelham
Luck of the Horseshoe and its Protective Origins
A 13th century belief linked a demon horse to fires and misfortune. The horseshoe became a protective talisman as people sought friendly signs, from preventing toothache with a horse tooth in a pocket to curing colic for a child and nailing a shoe to a building.
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Gervaise
Tilbury
England
Nebraska inventor patents hanging eyeglasses design
A Nebraska inventor proposes suspending lenses before the eyes to avoid ear and nose irritation from traditional frames. Large lenses with flat inner edges attach to an adjustable yoke fixed in a headgear, supporting weight above the nose while the lenses hang in front of the eyes.
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Nebraska
Dubious Praise Echoes in Campaign Row
A candidate boasts about their record while an opponent dismisses the claim with a sharp insult. The exchange includes quips about footing like a mountain goat and being as light as thistle down, reflecting partisan rhetoric.
Boundary Settlement Marks New Granite Line Between States
The long running boundary dispute between Michigan and Ohio, heated before Michigan achieved statehood, was finally resolved last summer with a fresh line of granite markers set in place.
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Michigan
Ohio
Early Flower Garden Tips for Home Growers
Practical advice for planning a next year flower garden with old fashioned varieties. Start cuttings in February for geraniums and verbenas, harden transplants outdoors, water and feed houseplants carefully, and select bulbs like hyacinths and phlox for long-lasting color.
The Dasheen Plant by E. Van Benthuysen
The dasheen is a semi tropical vegetable similar to a potato with hairy skin. It can be cooked in many ways and has a rich meaty taste. Dasheen seed has been distributed by the agricultural department.
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E. van Benthuysen
Agricultural Department
Easy to Care for Palms Seedlings and Seed Plants
Palm seedlings grow slowly but steadily and need light rather than full sun. Avoid hot sun on the pot sides and keep soil moist but not waterlogged inside a larger container or sardiniere. Kentia Fosteriana is a fast growing palm with large curved dark green leaves.
Polly Brown and Tom Watterson End Long Feud in New York Romance
Polly Brown and Tom Watterson, once enemies over a fence and politics, reunite in New York after a backfired egg incident and see a future together. Polly leaves Stolway to study, Tom pursues law then moves to the city, and a reconciliatory letter from Polly’s father hints at a marriage between Polly and Widow Watterson.
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Polly Brown
Tom Watterson
Mr. Watterson
Mr. Brown
Mrs. Brown
Tom
Polly
Stolway
Peg
New York
Stalway
Peggy
Wattersons
Broadway
Herald Square
Forty-second
Twenty
Poli
Watterson
Anuric touted as cure for uric acid illnesses
An old medical advertisement claims uric acid causes backache rheumatism gout and other ailments. It promotes Dr Pierce’s Anuric tablets as a powerful uric acid eliminator, offering a pamphlet or a 10 cent trial pack from the Invalids Hotel Buffalo New York and urging readers to ask drugstores for the product.
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Scheele
Pierce
Dr. Pierce
The
Invalids’ Hotel and Surgical Institute
Buffalo
N. Y
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Ance Care and Cultiveton
Dasheen
Oneida
Skinners
Skinner
America
Skinner’s
Skinner Mfg. Co
Omaha
Neb
Standard Oil Company
Indiana
Chicago
U.S. A
Canada
Montreal
Ottawa Canada
Geo. W.aird
Traction Tereminal Building
Indianapolis
Ind
Blixon
Grove
Denison
Ethel
Jack
Marie
Boston Transcript
Ady
Warine Eye Remedy Co
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