Beulah Sands and Bob Brownley in Wall Street Crisis
In New York during a financial panic, Beulah Sands pleads with Bob Brownley as he confronts his own alleged misdeeds. He seeks atonement by aiding those harmed, while a long-suffering Beulah waits and a storm of guilt and temptation tests them both.
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Bob
Beulah
Beulah Sands
Mr. Randolph
Brownley
Wall Street
Robert Brownley
Strein
President Snow
Asterfield National
Boz
Coin
Broadway
Old Trinity’s Churchyard
Bob Brownley
Battery
New York
Big Stock Exchange
Battery Park
Bessie Brown
Randolph & Randolph
Bowery
Five Points
America
New World
Dreamland
Mr. Brownley
Trinity
Rich and Poor Paradox Explored in Somerville Journal
A quotation from the Somerville Journal notes that a man who marries a wealthy wife may end up with a poorer spouse, illustrating a social commentary on marriage and wealth.
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Somerville Journal
The Simple System That Builds Our Schoolhouses
A persuasive piece by Wright A. Patterson urging local citizens to fund and support schoolhouses through home-based taxes and mutual commerce. It argues that local prosperity raises property values, pays into school funds, and sustains modern, better schools by keeping dollars in the community and boosting local buying.
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Asia
Africa
Wright A. Patterson
Buttermilk Cocktail Recipe From University of Chicago
A new dampness concept called the buttermilk cocktail is described. The recipe uses a tall glass, ice, a long cucumber slice, and buttermilk. It promises to soothe a parched throat with a simple, refreshing mixture.
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University of Chicago
GAMES OF SHARPERS Warns Farmers of Fraud Schemes
The piece warns farmers about confidence scams that forge land deeds to secure loans and notes. It details two fraud schools: fake land deeds paired with notary seals and altered checks that swell amounts by adding a letter or cipher. It urges caution when signing documents or accepting sales pitches from strangers.
Help the Town Fosters Healthy Rivalry and Prosperity
The text urges merchants and property owners to support constructive competition for town prosperity. It warns against boasting and petty jealousy that harm trade, emphasizing that harmony among business people attracts customers and keeps trade local. Strong emphasis on delivering value and variety to sustain a flourishing community.
Home Town Prosperity Through Local Support
A call to keep money, work, and children in the community to build prosperity. Fix local roads, support home markets for farm products, and attract small factories with local tax funds. Emphasizes home ownership of opportunity and the value of local spending for future growth.
Belgian Girls Learn Housework Duty In School Year
Belgian schools require girls to spend five weeks each year learning housework. They learn cooking, kitchen cleaning and care, marketing, washing, and ironing as part of a household skills program.
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Belgium
Fruit for all as farming aid lowers prices
In Washington Secretary James Wilson cites wheat testing, darum wheat, and potash from granite as tools helping U.S. farmers reduce costs. He envisions affordable products for all, recalling a bootblack boy who wanted fruit but settled for cheaper carrots.
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James Wilson
Secretary of Agriculture
Washington
Mr. Wilson
Cuticura Remedies Cure Severe Eczema and Poison Oak
Mrs Lizzie Vincent Thomas of Fairmont Walden's Ridge Tennessee reports that after using Cuticura Soap Ointment and Pills her daughter's eczema sores cleared in six weeks with no recurrence. A boy in July also healed from poison oak within three weeks using only Cuticura products.
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Lizzie Vincent Thomas
Fairmont
Walden’s Ridge Tenn
Pointed Conversation Ends With A Closing Remark
Jack tells Madge he is leaving and she responds with a pointed remark about not receiving poker stories as a substitute for weekly remittance. The exchange underscores a strained relationship and a final separation.
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Jack
Madge
Habits of Sperm Whale Surface Dives Described
A sperm whale can stay underwater about 20 minutes before surfacing to breathe. It then surfaces and breathes 50 to 60 times, taking roughly ten minutes for the process.
Ladies Can Wear Shoes One Size Smaller After Allen's Foot Ease
Cure for swollen sweating hot aching feet. Sold by all druggists for 25c. Accept no substitute. Trial package free. Address A S Olmsted Le Roy New York.
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Allen
A. S. Olmsted
le Roy
N. Y
Granite as Fertilizer Surfaces in Plant Industry Report
The government Bureau of Plant Industry reports ground granite serves as an effective fertilizer. The finding highlights granite as a mineral source that improves soil fertility and crop growth.
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Government Bureau of Plant Industry
Headache Capsules Promoted by Norman Lichty Mfg
Ad for Krause's Headache Capsules from Norman Lichty Manufacturing Des Moines Iowa promises relief. Odd line about dark horses running best in elections notes unseen stains as a metaphor.
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Krause
Norman Lichty
Des Moines, Ia
Lewis' Single Binder cigar from Peoria ad
Advertisement copy highlights Lewis' Factory Peoria selling a 5¢ Single Binder cigar made of rich mellow tobacco. The text also includes stray phrases about fault finding women stepping on their own corns and an unrelated line.
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Lewis
Bealer
Peoria
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Monroe Weekly Times
Emery A. Odell
Thomas W. Lawson
Doubleday. Page & Co
Dodds
Kidne
V “Guare
the Fiduciary Press
Tacoma Building
Chicago
Alberta
Canada
Imperial Investment Limited
McIntyre Block
Winnipeg
ciattAl Balsam At
Sale County
Nebraska
Bayme
J. W. Anderson
Grand Island
Seney Thomas
Lance
Ted
Ems. Re
N. W. Bank Bldg
Sioux City
Iowa
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