The Bread Row Gambler and the Crippled Newsboy
Billie, a newsboy driven to policy by poverty, bets on the bread row to fund a back brace for his crippled friend Ben. He loses his health and money, but his employer Burk discovers Billsie's final win before Billie dies. Burk faces the moral shock of the boy’s sacrifice.
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Billie
Hoe
Tose Cripple
Ben
Bille
Jack Burk
Burk
Billa
Mke Sallie
Mack
Burkle
Burkie
Mello
Jack
Nick
I Knew He Could Reach It Slugger Kelly Wins By Bet
A tale of confidence and self belief from a college baseball wager between Slugger Kelly and a Yale pitcher. Kelly predicted a home run for the decisive game and fulfilled it with a ninth inning dash to score the winning run as he declared, I knew I could do it. The anecdote argues that controlled self trust, not arrogance, earns respect and success.
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Yale
Princeton
Kelly
Jersey
Tiger
Kelly New
Thirteenth Quarrel Breaks at Dinner in Marriage Tale
A married couple quarrels over love and money after a three month union. The husband laments the unluckiness of thirteen quarrels while the wife reveals she wed to spite another woman, Kate Scott. The scene ends with lighthearted vows and renewed sunshine in their home.
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Kate Scott
Autumn Twilight Echoes in Selene Gunfight Mystic Note
Fragmented verse recalls autumn longing and distant home, with images of the Joye wind, a hillside gunfight, robin flute, and a gray Norland landscape. The text blends poetic memory and dreamlike scenes as a figure yearns for a vanished season and place.
Fragmented 19th century ads and quack cures mixed with old proverbs
A jumble of vintage advertisements and dubious remedies appears, touting Defiance starches, cough syrups, sugar pricing tactics, and various tonics. It references Dr. Hall’s Catarrh Cure, Mrs Winslow’s soothing syrup, and a range of consumer goods with exaggerated claims, alongside rustic aphorisms and moral maxims.
Wabash Railways Half Rate Tickets to South Regions
Advertisement notes half rates plus two dollars for one way or round trip on Wabash Railroad with tickets on sale first and third Tuesdays monthly to many southern and southeastern points and reduced rates to winter resorts. Encourages booking via Wabash with contact at 601 Farnam St Omaha or General Passenger Agent Harry E. Moores. Includes stray quotes and testimonials about cures and jokes, typical of an era classified page.
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Wabash Railroad
St. Gauls
Wabash Corner
Farnam St
Omaha
Harry E. Moores
Gen
Neb
Dean
Sol
Lydia EB. Pinkham
Lydia B. Pinklam
9Th Ave
New York City
Lydia E. Pinkham
Amanda T. Petterson
Atwater
Minn
Preznam
Rodicine Go. Lynn
Maas
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Bryan Watler Procter
W. Calver Moore
Daily Story Publishing Co
Gray, Hill
Norland
Jon
Walt
Ajngiee
Slander
Copperhead
Putit-Of
Red Cross
Hall
Mm. J. Cheney & CO
Props
Toledo
Kentucky
Tom
Piso
Mrs. Tros
Maple Street
Norwich
Dr. Kline
R. H
Tydiaepinkiansegetabee
California Fig Syrup CO
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