Maggie Duff inherits fifty thousand dollars and leaves for Chicago
Flora reads a letter revealing Miss Maggie Duff has inherited fifty thousand dollars from a long-lost cousin and plans a Chicago shopping spree. The town buzzes as Maggie’s windfall shifts family fortunes and social standing, while Millerton anticipates her summer travels and future plans.
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Flora
Fim
Maggie
Miss Maggie
Miss Flora
George
Alaska
Father
Chicago
Hattie F
Jim
Plainville
Mr. Smith
Masi
Hitlerton
Maggie Bumn
Millerton
Maggie Devore
Frank
Jane
Stan
Ley G. Fulton
Hattie
Golden Medical Discovery Proof for Stomach Relief
A reader reports severe stomach trouble and indigestion for years but finds relief after using Golden Medical Discovery. The testimonial claims no indigestion since starting the remedy and recommends it to others, noting it is available in liquid or tablet form.
Mrs Fawcett Advises Mothers on Health Tips
Mrs Fawcett urges mothers to seek simple health improvements, praising Dr. Pierce’s remedy and free medical advice. She emphasizes health as essential and urges contacting Dr. Pierce in Buffalo New York for guidance.
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Mrs. Fawcett
JH Fawcett
Peorest
And Maggie Wrote the Letter to You
A fragment mentions Maggie writing a letter to someone with implied personal or social significance. The line hints at communication or relationship context within a larger, unread scene.
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Maggie
Inside the Airplane: Parts and Craft From Major Blake
Major W. T. Blake details airplane construction from longerons and wings to fabric coverings and dope. He notes ash and spruce framing, hollow steel axles, Irish linen fabric, and a layered wood propeller. RAF wires as streamlined bracing provide strength with minimal weight.
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W. T. Blake
Onder
Fashions in the Far North Reach Arctic Posts for Women
The Northern Trading Company ships magazines to fur posts across the Arctic to inform Eskimo and Indigenous women about Paris and New York styles. John Micheals distributes hundreds of magazines yearly, packaged and sent by steamer, launch, schooner, and canoe, to four compass points, where fashion papers inspire cabin decor and dress ideas despite isolation.
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Arctic
Paris
New York
Northern Trading Company
John Micheals
NTC
Mike
N.T.C
Buaed
North
Coronat II
Victoria Landing
F¢monton Bulletin
Freezone Quick Cure for Corns Promises Fast Relief
A historical advertisement touts Freezone as a finger applied remedy that instantly stops corn pain and removes the corn without soreness. It claims the druggist offers a tiny bottle for a few cents sufficient to treat hard and soft corns between toes.
First English Farm Book 1523 Sold at Sothebys Curious Treatise
A 1523 first agricultural treatise titled the Boke of Husbandrye, printed in Einæ rets, was sold at Sotheby’s New Bond Street. Sir Anthony Fitzherbert of Derbyshire, born 1476 and died 1588, authored noted works shaping legal jurisprudence. The item featured an illustrated title page with a ploughman and oxen.
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Sotheby's
New Lond Street
London
Anthony Fitzherbert
Derbyshire
Anthony
Henry VII
Justice of the Peace
Co operative Marketing Boosts California Farmers Profits
A. Sapiro of San Francisco argues in Toronto that cooperative marketing lifted thousands of California farmers from poverty. The system spreads to fruit and cotton growers, raises producer prices, and curbs excessive dumping that harms farmers while profiting middlemen and speculators.
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California
Desertpmg Cne
A. Sapiro
San Francisco
Toronto
Beneal
Cascarets 10 Cent Candy Promises Quick Relief
An early 20th century advertisement touts Cascarets as a pleasant laxative candy that cleanses the bowels overnight. It claims the product eases dizzy headaches colds biliousness indigestion and upset stomach without tiring or eroding like salts or calomel and costs ten cents per box.
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Jam Buk
Tls
Nealthy
Fleanor H. Forter
Thos. Allen
James
Blaisdell
Cari
Mar
Baste
Hi Bo
Pratts Poultry
Pratt Food Co
OF Canada Limited
Jonen
Abe
Harold
Smith
Harper's
Dy, LeleAvek
Co-operative
Imperial Eureka
Imperial Oil Limited
Canadian Capitalian Workmen
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