Pittsburg Tale of Crime and a Granddaughter’s Involvement
In Pittsburg a lawyer-narrator reflects on a strange case tied to forged papers and a Pullman car incident. He recalls McKnight, a planned Richmond trip, and a mysterious next-door watcher as reports surface about the Bronson forgery. Alison West and John Gilmore family ties enter as the plot deepens toward a continuation.
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Pittsburg
McKnight
Lower Tun
Ontario
Whishington
Jant
Sraginetion
Huinoe
Alin
Chevy Chase
Statute Lew
Tait
Richmond
Louie
Alleghany Mountains
Bermuds
Sly
Ronson
Andy
Srs
Klopten
Richey
Sue
Tere
Ives
North
South
Blakeley
Grand Rapids
Pittsburg Iron
Eastern College
Pullman
Union Station
Bronson
Washington
Lawrence Blakeley
Blakeley & McKnight
John Glimore
Mr. Gilmore
Alison West
John Gilmore
Gilmore
Alison
Drongon
Coca-Cola Testimonial Ad Invite For Free Booklet
Try This Thia Summer. When hot or thirsty, step to a soda fountain for Coca-Cola to cool you, relieve fatigue, and quench thirst delightfully. Send to Coca-Cola Co Atlanta Ga for free booklet The Truth About Coca-Cola. Include 20 stamp for Baseball Record Book 1919 with Casey At The Bat and league schedules.
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Coca-Cola Co
Atlanta
Coca-Cola
A Bernhardt Trick At Modeling Scene
Mme Sarah Bernhardt, famed actress, allegedly performs as a sculptor in a play by modeling a bust. Critics mocked the scene, noting her supposed sculpting was a prop and that she merely pulls off a clay cover to reveal a pre fashioned form.
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A Bernhardt
Mme
Sarah Bernhardt
Ban Ging
Mme. Berhardt
Doctor's humorous advice over the phone case
A cartoonish exchange shows a doctor asked how to help a wife who has lost her voice. The doctor replies gravely that if the caller swears, he should remember it on Thanksgiving and act accordingly, then chuckles while charging $2 for services.
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Little Bisgle
Little Blugle
Harpers Weekly
R.V. Pierce
Bufalo
Important to Mothers Castoria Bottle Seal Ad
A vintage advertisement urging mothers to inspect Castoria bottles for the signature mark “In Use For Over 30 Years The Kind You Have Always Bought” to ensure a safe remedy for infants and children.
A Treasure Mud Entry Sparks Quiet Wit
A Treasure quotes a remark about a new mud being discreet. The exchange notes she knocks at drawers before opening them, highlighting a playful, private humor in Pele Mele style.
Deans Kidney Pills Claim Cure for Back and Kidney Ailments
Narcissa Waggoner of Carteville Illinois reports a decade of backaches headaches nervous spells and dizziness with kidney secretions that were abnormal. After three doctors failed to help she started Deans Kidney Pills and says she was permanently cured becoming stronger than before. Sold by all dealers for 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo.
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Narcissa Waggoner
Carteville
Osan
Dean's
Foste-Milburn Co
Buffalo
Quotation Marke Senator Beveridge Speech in Cleveland
In a Cleveland after dinner address Senator Beveridge ridiculed a corrupt politician and a minister of force, noting the absurdity of plagiarized sermons. He joked about marking borrowed text with two fingers up front and two at the end to signal quotation.
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Marke
Beveridge
Cleveland
Dog Chewing Bone Sparks Curious Conversation
A fragmentary exchange hints at amusement over a dog chewing a bone. The dialogue suggests playful sarcasm and personifications without clear names, dates, or locations.
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Whisper
McKinight
George
Jockiny
Beast
Whistler
East End
New York
Mr. Blakeley
Misa Gardner
Westinghouse Electric
Aiittle Fitesse
All Son
Bir
Winstown
Bill
Lee
Trym Sample
Cascarats
Milton
Daisy Fly Killer
Sie
Tae Sie
Iateon
Gotemint
UN Milwaukee
S Bowele
Fania
A. Raye
Thorn
Akeney
Tha
Standard Oil Company Yscorporated
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