The Dough of Fortune in a Country Town
A farm boy Joshua Gibbs finds a twenty dollar bill at a stile and uses it to start a newsstand business in the city. He becomes prosperous through shrewd handling and investments, then returns to tell Annie Saunders the bill funded his rise, and she reveals she placed the bill for a new gown to test her uncle’s idea that money makes money.
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Jim
Annie
Joshua Gibbs
Joshua
Ile
Annie Saunders
Tie
Hin
City
Belle Fulton Ad Promotes Corsets and Hosiery Shop
A Belle Fulton advertisement lists corsets and leading hosiery and underwear items at 187 Broadway. It highlights gloves, art goods, and related goods offered by the store nearby.
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Belle Fulton
Broadway
Preserving Strawberries jam and cordial methods
Instructions describe jelly and cordial making from strawberries with tips to prevent clouding and sugar crystallization. It covers extracting juice without cooking, using lemon juice, strawberry jelly and cordial recipes, sun preserved berries, and canning process with sugar syrup and wax-sealed jars.
Scottish Farmer Declines Funeral Invite Over Mutual Civilities
A Scottish farmer Sandy explains to his wife he cannot accept neighbor’s widow invitation because he has never offered similar civilities in return. He finally admits he cannot age to accept others’ favors, while jokes about his wife prompting effort and ambition.
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Sandy
Janet
Glenwood Cemetery Lot Prices and Perpetual Care Fund
Beautifully situated cemetery offers full size lots from 65 dollars with 40 percent of proceeds set aside for perpetual care. The care fund current balance is 5049.14 dollars. Address for inquiries is C M Throckmorton at 182 Broadway Long Branch Nd.
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Throckmorton
Broadway
Long Branch
Cherry Shortcake and Frozen Fruits Recipes
Woman's World offers kitchen notes on cherry shortcake using a soft flour dough with shortening and eggs, plus a cherry filling and optional whipped cream. It includes frozen fruit method using peaches plums and a blackberry jam cake recipe with cream and eggs, then an omelet style egg dish and several desserts and beverages.
May Manton pattern for a summer dress and fabric needs
Instructions describe a May Manton sewing pattern for a summer frock. It details yardage: twenty seven inches wide fabric requiring five eighths yards for collar and cuffs and suggests extra fabric if a chemisette is needed. Sizes range from 34 to 42 bust. Send 10 cents with coupon code and number 7873 to receive by mail.
Fragmented Scribbles Reflecting Varied News Snippets
A garbled text chunk blends phrases with quoted lines from newspapers and stage plays. It includes disjointed dialogue about shaving, social venues, and a faint reference to marriage norms and a public notice tone from scattered sources.
History of the World Two-In-One Puzzle Battle date clue
Puzzle states a battle on March 15, 1781 set on plains and asks to place names in sequence, add or subtract by directions, and follow picture-based steps to reveal the solution. The fragment hints at mapping names and solving arithmetic clues within a historical game format.
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Plains
Oman
A Bungalow of Individuality Design 744
Glenn L. Saxton architect describes a Minneapolis bungalow with a large living room a 10 foot square screened porch a full basement nine foot first story three finishable attic chambers and built in kitchen cupboards Progressing from plan to cost the home totals 2500 dollars excluding heat and plumbing with birch and maple finishes and an optional book offer for Saxton's American Dwellings.
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the Record
Jack
Daddy
Roseland
Onin
Evelyn
Boat Boards
Chandler & Maps
N. J. So. A. A. Crossing
Long Branch, N. J
Telephone
Pele Mele
Chicago
Ferald
Glenwood Cemetery
Jn the Daily Record
Bizo
Agurobs Cocescreeereees
Chicago Tribune
Dartford Times
Ponthiff
Dartmouth
Talking Pictures Symphony Orchestra
Glenn L. Saxton
Minneapolis, Minn
Mia
Saxton
Prom
Chamier
Chamler
Reem
Hotel Directory
Price's Hotel
Pleasure Bay
Shrewsbury
New England
Delisle
Allaire
New York
DE Lisle
RED Bank
Asbury Park
J. Krides Red Bank
Cookman Ave
Emory
Regal Shoes
Buster Browns
The
Regal Shoe Store
Broad Street
the Fashion Shop
Eouttart Park
Monmouth County
Berger's
N. J
Joseph Salz
Stricklin'’s
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