Love and Ambition Blur in an Art World Promotion
Richard Darrow rises fast with Europe bound honors and a staff of admirers including an editor. He grows close to a quiet artist, Helen, falls in love, and discovers his idealized romance is replaced by a real, blue eyed woman. He buys violets, seeks forgiveness, and faces her unspoken response.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard
Europe
Derring
Art Institute
Halla
Lfe
Arundel
England
John Dalton
Gordon
Pepe
Helen
Poeta
Love on the Threshold in Finite Space
A man returns home with a newspaper and a violet gifted at the doorway. He seeks a deeper connection with his companion, who quietly accepts the moment as a pledge of love, and they glimpse a future beyond mere companionship. The scene ends with hopeful ambiguity as the story nears continuation.
Blackburn Resident Seeks Treatment In St Louis
Henry Wagner left Monday for St Louis to enter a hospital for treatment. Walker L Campbell son of Sam W Campbell and ex Blackburn resident won a $1000 autopiano in a Chicago newspaper guessing contest based on ad phrases. L R Zellers visited Kansas City. wife improving after hospital stay and will visit sisters before returning home. Henry Tegtmeyer departed for Stover Mo to attend his niece’s funeral from typhoid fever.
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Henry Wagner
St. Louis
Chicago
Walker L. Campbell
Sam W. Campbell
Blackburn
L. R. Zellers
Kansas City
Balard's Snow Liniment Promises Fast Relief
A health advertiser urges readers to not feel hopeless due to rheumatism and stiff joints. It claims Ballard's Snow Liniment eliminates aches and pain, restores mobility, and notes it is sold by P. H. Franklin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ballard
P.H. Franklin
Chaffee Family Visits. Mutual Life Insurance Gift Mentioned
Scott and Norman Chaffee visit sister Mrs. Ben Mc Roberta while Sam Flair, recently back from Colorado, praises this country. Karl Medlin of Norway Kansas visits sister Mrs. Frank Stockman Jr and relatives. Mention noted of Mutual Life Insurance Co offering 4000 dollars to the John Waller estate amid net figures at the time.
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Scott
Norman Chaffee
Ben McRoberta
Sam Flair
Colorado
Karl Medlin
Norway
Kansas
Frank Stockman Jr
Mutual Life Insurance Co
John Waller
Bruce Smith in frail condition amid typhoid fever
Bruce Smith remains very ill with typhoid fever. Miss Grace Lowe, a trained nurse from Marshall, has been engaged to attend him. Elmer Holt, industrial agent for Prudential Insurance, has resigned his position here to accept a post in Iowa.
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Slater Bruce Smith
Grace Lowe
Marshall
Elmer Holt
Prudential Insurance Company
Ons
Iowa
A Hearty Appetite and Worms in Babies
A vintage health notice explains that babies can be troubled by worms causing constant hunger dark circles and poor weight gain with yellow skin. It promotes White's Cream Vermifuge as a positive reliable cure and lists the price of 25 cents per bottle sold by P. H. Franklin.
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P. H. Franklin
Fire Destroyed Elsner Poultry House in Sweet Springs
Last Friday about 12 30 a fire gutted C F Elsners poultry house on Spring street in Sweet Springs within an hour. The blaze started near the center and could not be contained. Firemen salvaged some turkeys but most contents including egg cases tankage oil meal dressed poultry live stock and many valuables were lost. Estimated loss 96 500 with 1500 insurance on the house and 1000 on stock. Green house on the same lot also burned later that night with only household goods saved. Insurance 800 Herald.
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Eisner
Ed Highley
Old Man Green and
Mrs Lizzie Miller Dies In City After Illness
Mrs Lizzie Miller died at her home Tuesday night December 14 after years of illness The funeral was held Thursday afternoon at the Baptist church where she belonged Rev W H Setzer conducted with Geo E Shanklin assisting A ten days old infant child of Rey and Mrs C Bernthal died December 10 and was buried in Fairview cemetery The parents seek sympathy as the Diggs family prepares to move to Stillwell Oklahoma and Florida for a church appointment in the Methodist Conference.
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Lizzie Miller
W. H. Setzer
The
Baptist Church
Geo. E Shanklin
Herald
of Rey
C. Bernthal
Fairview
J. “&, Diggs
Yamily
Stillwell
Oklo
Florida
Methodist
Diggs
Methodist Church, South
Drainage district planned for 6000 acres near Miami
Miami citizens in Grand Paso bottom plan a drainage district covering about 6000 acres with survey work assigned to W B Mullins. A Miami woman finally read a letter sent last spring after her husband found it in a coat pocket. warm weather drove him to wear the coat again and the letter resurfaced.
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Miami
Grand Paso Bottom
W. B. Mullins
A Thrilling Rescue Story From Bert R Lean
Bert R Lean of Cheny Washington recalls a desperate battle with severe lung trouble that resisted expert care in Spokane and California. He credits Dr King’s New Discovery with a complete cure, praising its effectiveness for lung trouble bronchitis coughs and related illnesses. Trial bottle free and guaranteed by P H Franklin.
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Bert R. Lean
Cheny, Wash
Spokane
California
Dr. King
P. H. Franklin
Deaths and misfortunes in a rural region
Obituary notes mark the death of Tward Moss aged 67 in Redding California after a long stay away from home. He left Good Hope over two decades ago and ran a transfer business in Redding. Survived by wife ten children and two sisters in Slater. Local boyhood friends express sorrow. Also a local incident recalls Icy river perils as skiffs drift and a rescue attempt on the Cambridge ice floe. In Wichita Falls Texas, Robert Fowler’s youngest son dies at home. burial follows in City Cemetery. family and friends in Slater send sympathy.
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Tward Moss
Good Hope
Redding
California
Slater
M. W. Williams
J. E. Garrett
Slater Rustler
L. H. Howards
Cambridge
Will Wetton
Robert Graham Fowler
Dell P. Fowler
Wichita Falls
Texas
Fowler
For Sale Livery and Conway Barn Near College Add
For sale a livery business with the Conway barn, 1 acre of ground, two buildings including a two story 7 room house and basement, barn, wood and coal house, chicken house, 1 three room house, stable, shade trees and various fruit. 1313 acres of land 1 mile from College Add, 6 acres in fruit mostly Winter apples. Dec. $50 per month on investment of $5,590.
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Conway
College Add
Nelson Wake Up Boys Club Warning
In Nelson a street overheard exchange ends with a caution to bachelors after a young woman comments that Nelson has many old maids. The girl notes the boys’ behavior as a reason, urging caution as a newly organized girls group is mentioned.
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Main Street
Nelson
Boy Bitten by Lud Piper Dog in Busan Home
Seven year old Johnnie Busan was bitten on the right cheek under the eye by Lud Piper's dog while playing at the Busan home. The dog, lying on the floor, suddenly snapped at the boy around 9:30 on Wednesday night, causing a minor facial injury.
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Johnnie Busan
Lud Piper
Busan
Ad Vance
Purvam meets Dyes in unclear trade text fragment
Fragmentary OCR notes show names Purvam and Dyes with unclear context about goods or color. The readable portion suggests a discussion or record of goods but details, dates, and full meaning are missing. Further restoration needed for a precise summary.
Birth of Christ Lesson Text in Bethlehem Narrative
An old lesson text traces the birth of Jesus in Bethlehem of Judea a short distance north of Jerusalem. It cites angels proclaiming the birth to shepherds and the wise men from the east following the star. The theme follows Mary and Joseph to the manger and emphasizes Christ’s kingship, mission, and the spread of his gospel through the early church.
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Memeey Vernen
Jesus
Bethlehem
Judea
Jerianlea
Centuriom
Earth
Mary
Joseph
Henger
Rivera
Sheba
Solomon
Solowen
Mike
Tacitus
Suetonius
Josephus
Vergil
Redemer
Jerusalem
Paul
Kingdom of Heaven
Herods
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Houston and
Galveston
Rock Island Lines
Trinity and Brazos Valley Railway
Rock Ric
A. Stewart
Bryent Building
Malta Bend
Sweet Springs
Christ
Jerod's Palace
Manger
Wathor
David
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