Change of Owners Lily Bruce Takes Boarding House
Lily Bruce, a forty year old waitress with a squint and carroty hair, has quietly bought Miss Jones's failing boarding house after decades of mistreatment and cheap service. The other boarders, who teased Lily for years, watch as she and the plumber Sanders reveal plans to run the house together by summer, transforming from servants to proprietors in a town drama.
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Lily Bruce
Lily
Miss Jones
Hal
Sanders
Miss Harris
Rogers
Amfiss Jones
Bruce
Tates
Liir
McClure
Not What He Looked For I Died And Visited Earth
A deceased man on a 24 hour celestial leave returns to earth in spirit form. He finds his replacement at work, visits his poker friends, and sees his widow in mourning before hurrying back to the afterlife. The brief tale ends with a playful exchange about the fleeting earthly visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earth
Lucifer
Jones
Smith
Brown
William Sanford
Judge
Keen Bargainers and the Oneida Prestige Debate
A garbled fragment discusses historic figures and factions tied to Oneida governance and prestige. It mentions bargaining terms, the Senete Oneida tikes, and an individual named Jacob, suggesting a historical study of power dynamics among white observers and Oneida leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob Asar
Diah
Wild Animals in Movies and Bible Price Warnings
A collage of notes on animals in film and stage, Bible price rises, and a hair tonic misadventure. Rob Wagner praises animal actors while a Collier's writer laments indoor life. the American Bible Society warns of Bible price hikes due to wartime paper costs. a man nearly dies after mistaking hair tonic for whisky.
Chivalrous Playwright Dion Boucicault in London
Dion Boucicault, after London Assurance was accepted by the Covent Garden manager, refused the original version fearing it would hurt actress Mrs Nesbit whom he admired. He rewrote the entire work in a brief period to cast her in the role he desired.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dion Boucicault
London Assurance
Convent Garden
London
HO Dart
Latest Ideas of Inventors in Wartime Britain and Tech Gleanings
Reports on a 238 foot British Zeppelin under construction with a wood frame, a comb that cuts hair safely, a safe angled ladder with cupped rubber feet, a hen that lays self preserving eggs through urotropin, large scale stage scenery dummies drawn to mislead Zeppelins, a motion picture actress’s car dressed as a makeup room, a walking stick with a sliding medicine holder, and a New Jersey man’s multi tool converting tool. A British soldier describes quiet trenches after evening bombardment before star shells illuminate the lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Minle
New Jersey
Iont
Glenwood Business Directory Update T
Dyar Blues Southwest Corner Square in Glenwood Iowa shows active listings in the latest business directory update highlighting local shops and services. The entry notes ongoing operations and nearby commercial activity. Local readers are advised to check the directory for newly listed retailers and businesses in town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenwood
Iowa
Dyar Blues
Southwest Corner Square
Dr T A Pearson Dentist Phones Office Residence
Dr T A Pearson listed as a practicing dentist with office phone 1076 and residence phone 2076. The entry provides contact numbers and professional status without further details.
Mills County Abstract Company Reforming for 20 Year Extension
Notice from Mills County Abstract Company of Glenwood Iowa reports a special stockholders meeting on May 15 1918 to amend and substitute Articles of Incorporation extending the corporate life to May 19 1936. It lists name purpose capital stock two directors annual meeting July 2 and protections against liability, with Walter Breen as secretary seal included.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mills County Abstract Company
Glenwood
Iowa
Mills County Abstract Co
Mills County
Java
Walter Breen
Old Kentucky chewing plug tobacco ad claims purity and flavor
A vintage advertisement extols Old Kentucky plug tobacco as clean and wholesome. It highlights a modern sanitary factory and the mellow Burley leaf flavor. The copy urges trying a 10 cent pocket plug for genuine chewing satisfaction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Kentucky
Kentucky
Tribune Time Table corrected to 1916 edition
Readers note the Tribune advertising focal column appears irregularly. The column serves as a reference point for future schedules and reader references despite its sporadic publication pattern.
Remarkable statement from Englewood woman on Lydia E Pinkham
Mrs E of Sheldon Englewood Ill says she suffered headaches nerves and hot flashes during change of life after spending 1900 on doctors. A lady advised Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and she improved greatly crediting it with saving her life and keeping her from the Insane Hospital. She appeals to other women to try the remedy and notes physicians did their best but herbs and roots in the compound aided recovery. Readers are urged to write for free advice from Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co. Lynn Mass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Englewood
Ill
Lydia E. Pinktham
Lydia E. Pinkham
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George Munson
Rob Wagner
Saturday Evening Post
Leo
Top
Mike
King of the Jungle
Collier's
American Bible Society
Bible Society
Germany
John Manning
Weverton
Manning
Philadelphia
Business Directory
F. M. Shriver
T. A. Pearson
Office
North Side Square
Glenwood, Towa
Carl Buch
North Lit Square
Lows
Ralph
Townsend
With Jas. A. Swope
B.C. Canfield
J.T. “Murphy
Canfield & Murphy Blacksmithing
Snd
Edison Globes For Sale
U. S. Webber
Howe's Pharmacy
THE
Advo Collection Agency
G. Day
Hon. W. 3. Lewis
Lamb Bank
Caner Block
Eagle Laundry of
Council Blufts
Milliron Brothers
Chew
Old
Tribune
Burlington
Focal
the Tribune
Omaha
Council Bluffs
Balfour
Malvern
Hastings
Emerson
Chicago
Denver
Oaks
Ted
lEmerson
Malverna
Pacific Avietion
Council
Neas City
South
Co. Bluts & It
Iit
Bartlett
Kan
Sidnex
Henderson
Macedonia
Uorsen
Tabor
Northern
Leste
Pacific
Aungtior
PLATT
West
Sheldon
Malls County
Wm. Lugsch
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