Was Rage for Liberty ends in prison escape
Al Biscardo, 85, serving fifteen years for highway robbery, escaped Wyoming penitentiary after a dramatic 25 mile car chase. He forced Dr. Barber and Deputy Warden Kelffer into Barber's car, then shot himself after a pursuit ended with cornering in a ravine.
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Rawlins
Wyo
al Biscardo
Wyoming
Biscardo
Raymond Barber
Kt. C. Magor
Barber
Hadsell
Mayor
Kelffer
Magor
Keiffer
Swamp Root Promised Remedy for Kidney Troubles
urges women readers to try Dr. Kilmer’s Swamp Root for kidney and bladder issues. claims health restored, offers sample bottle by sending ten cents to Dr. Kilmer & Co. and notes sales at drug stores.
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Kilmer
Wisdom of Children at Golden Wedding Party
Paul, a small boy, is invited to a golden wedding party. He learns that golden wedding means fifty years of marriage and asks if everyone must marry again after fifty years. His sister quips that few ever wait that long.
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Paul
Hall's Catarrh Cure Advertises Cheney Remedy
The artifact promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure as a remedy affecting the blood and mucous membranes. It credits F. J. Cheney & Co. of Toledo, Ohio with the product and offers free circulars describing the treatment's purported benefits.
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Tonle
Atarae jeDiciNe
Hall
Catarre Moe
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Goethe’s Truth Path and Winners Who Are Good Losers
A compact aphorism set stressing introspection as a path to truth and noting that many successful people were adept at losing gracefully, implying resilience and humility as traits of achievement.
Tenor Voice Origins in Early Church and Opera
The tenor carried the tune in early ecclesiastical singing and held the highest or loudest voice. W J Henderson notes that ancient figures like Julius Caesar would be sopranos or contraltos in modern terms, while seventeenth century opera would surprise if major roles were baritone or bass.
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W. J. Henderson
Julius Caesar
Achilles
Close in Physiology Heart Location Question
In a classroom scene a teacher asks where the heart is and places a hand on a boy, asking if he feels the heartbeat. The boy replies he usually feels it on the other side a little lower down.
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Little Jimmy
Cuticura Remedies Promote Hand Care Routine
An advertisement touts Cuticura Soap for soaking hands in hot suds, then drying and rubbing in Cuticura Ointment. It advises removing excess ointment with tissue and notes Cuticura can handle all toilet uses when Soap, Ointment and Talcum are employed.
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Fletcher
He's Right at That A Writer Critiques Money Culture
A writer argues that public discourse over wealth contrasts with weak practical practice. He claims the economy shows too much deception and misdirection, calling out chronic complacency in financial behavior and values.
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Goethe
Bull Durham Tobacco
Holland
New York
the Centaur Company
New York City
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