Night of a wifely stake and a cheeky kiss
Aunt Miriam, the village widow, and James Arnett plot a match with Millicent Brownell. A moonlit covert visit to the Brownell home leads to a playful kiss and a realization that Millicent may be more suitable than the skeptical aunt assumed. The scene ends with Miriam reconciled to the budding romance and a secret memory preserved.
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Uncle Peter
Aunt Miriam
Squire Brownell
Brier Oliver
James
Mrs. Brownell
Millicent
Milly
Peter Fenner
James Arnett
Peter
Miriam
Gally
A Story of Colorado Gold in Cripple Creek District
A new book on Cripple Creek mining by C. W. Crawford offers a detailed guide to locating milling and valuing Cripple Creek gold, with illustrations by E. S. Rice. The work covers mines titles camping and Apollinaris Springs in Cripple Park. Second edition in press. Price includes stamps sent for five addresses.
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Colorado
Cripple Creek
C. W. Crawford
Masonic Temple
Chicago
E. S. Rice
Rockies
Cripple Park
Apollinaris Springs
Qubeka
Price, Inc
Inquisitive Woman in White on Brooklyn Trolley
A power failure stalled the 2d Avenue trolley to Bensonhurst as a woman in white repeatedly sought transfers to 3d Avenue. She questioned conductors about timing and fares, then moved along the line insisting on another car before a sudden storm drenched her and the passengers.
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2D Avenue
Bensonhurst
Brooklyn
Ulmer Park
Sage
New York Times
99 Avenue
3D Avenue
Breathing Through the Nose in Infants
An article notes Native mothers focus on their papooses training to breathe through the nose while American mothers overlook this habit. It explains nasal breathing protects lungs as nasal hairs filter particles. The piece mentions infants may gag or squawk to force nasal breathing for short periods.
Miss Antique Holds an Oval A Matter of Necessity
Dawson notes the issue as a matter of necessity. He says no one will voice to hold it for her. The exchange appears in a Harper's Bazaar style, reflecting social concerns of the period.
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Dawkine
What the President Says About Danderine Hair Growth
Edmund D. Murdaugh president of the Territorial normal school endorses Danderine claiming hair regrowth for himself and his wife. The Knowlton Danderine Co of Guthrie Oklahoma offers the product at $1 per bottle, with availability through local druggists.
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Danderine
Edmund D. Murdaugh
Territorial Normal School
Knowlton Danderine Company
Guthrie
Oklahoma
One at a Time Parrot in Theatre Tale
A theatre ticket-seller once owned a parrot that learned to repeat phrases and urged patrons to go one at a time. During a summer trip the parrot escaped, and by evening was found featherless on a tree limb, pecked by a dozen crows while scavenging for safety from the crows.
Parrot Says One at a Time in Round Table Scene
In Harper's Round Table the parrot, with a hunched back, edges away while crying for order, shouting one at a time please. An ad promotes Dr. Carlstedt's German Liver Syrup as a pure vegetable laxative that cleanses without harming organs, available for $1 at druggists. The Iowa Cardiff giant tale adds a note about a petrified man near Valley Junction in Polk County.
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Harper's Round Table
Carlstedt
Carlatedt Medicine Co
Evans
Ind
Iowa
Valley Junction
Polk County
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Vening
Biriam
Czarina
Russia
HALL
BE. P. Ball & Co
Nashus
H. EL Son
Stead Work
Stark Trees
Stark Brothers
Loubisa
Rocuront
OG Farrell
Washington, D. C
Hension John Hookee Prosegutes
Ss. Useelpel Aminer En Sures. —Ineclalimn Itty Misc
Lon
Columbia
Tainty
Pice
Pope Mig. Co
Hartford, Conn
Hompson
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