Beatrice and the Image Vendor in Snowbound Street
Pietro, a plaster image artisan in Little Italy, endures cold and crowd scorn as he waits for Beatrice in Rome like fantasy. His devotion clashes with poverty and delay in their promised reunion while he sells carved figures on Fifth Avenue and clings to a dream of El Dorado with Beatrice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pietro
Beethoven
Fifth Avenue
Beatricia
Tiber
Italan
Milo
Mercury
Italy
Pietro Gonzales
Rome
Gonzales the Elder
Vatican
America
Beatricis
Beatricia Returns to Pietro in Little Italy Tale
Pietro, tormented by longing and silence, wanders the countryside and endures hunger while visions of Beatricia haunt him. After a dramatic homecoming, a shocked crowd drags him to his workshop where Beatricia appears, answering his plea with ardent devotion.
Grider Three Flags In Cuba Hidden Plot In Havana
Musgrave recounts a plan to seize General Weyler as he walked the Prado with a lone aide and three secret police. Cubans discuss snatching him, forcing a boarding, and using a tug and launch to move him to Gomez as hostages for prisoners. Funds failed and Weyler was recalled before action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuba
Musgrave
General Weyler
Weyler
Prado
Punta
Gomez
Key West
His Unfriendly Suggestion in Court
Augustus Van Wyck of New York, a popular supreme court judge, often dignified in sessions, once quietly teased by a pompous lawyer who bragged of being retained in a case. The judge bluntly asked if it was curious for him to be retained, ending the tense moment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augustus van Wyck
New York
Supreme Court
Netta Claims Her Foundling Origin On Muriel's Birthday
Netta, a child from a foundling asylum, visits Muriel for tea on Muriel's birthday. Netta notes being born is common and declares I was founded, relishing a perceived advantage over Muriel as a foundling resident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Netta
Foundling Asylum
Foundling
Muriel
Foundling Hospital
Village of Lunatics in Cochin China
Dr Lefevre describes a Laos village in Cochin China as full of fools. A common delusion is belief in a buffalo in the stomach. Those failing to swim after being tossed into water are deemed possessed. rescuers are considered free from the malady.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S.S.S
Laos
Cochin China
Lefevre
Tax List Notice of Public Land Sale Jones County Iowa 1900
Public sale announced by Jones County Treasurer J B Peycina for December 1900 in Anamosa. Delinquent 1899 taxes and prior years on lands and town lots listed in entries across Cascade and Richland Townships including centuries old parcels and individual owners. Sale runs daily until all parcels meet due tax amounts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
Iowa
Anamosa
J. Bf. Peycina
Montvicallo Crry
Excursion Tickets Offered to Chicago by Rail Line
The Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway announces November 30 and December 1 excursion rates to Chicago at fare and a third for the round trip tied to the International Live Stock Exposition. Tickets valid to return by December 10, 1915, available at all stations. Homeseekers' excursion trains run first and third Tuesdays monthly at low rates open to Cedar Rapids Route agents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ilinois Central
Homeseeker
Yazoo
Mississippi Valley
Tora
Paints
Lyle
Cedar Rapids
Onawa
Sioux Falls
Fort Dodge
Southern Homeseeker's Guide
Ohio River
Yazoo Valley
Mississippi
BR. P. Skene
Chicago
Iowa
Cedar Falls
Cedar ‘Rapids
Ilinia Central
South Dakota
Minnesota
Ackley
LeMars
Privi- Jones
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern Railway
DeWitts Little Early Risers And Witch Hazel Salve Ads
An extended advertisement collage touts DeWitts Little Early Risers as the best liver pills and DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve for burns piles and skin diseases. It promotes Kodol Dyspepsia Cure and One Minute Cough Cure with testimonials and notes on counterfeit risks and various product endorsements. It includes several quips and brand mentions such as D C Prader and references to real persons and places.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DeWitt
D. C. Prader
D.C. Prader
Stops the Cough and Cures a Cold in One Day
Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets claim to end a cold in a day with no cure no pay and price of 25 cents. The advertisement emphasizes cough relief and cold remedy sold at a low cost.
Abrupt Proposal in Dr Abernethys Courtship Saga
A famed physician wooed and won a daughter through a blunt marriage offer. He noted his high income and lack of time for courtship, promising £ and fortune for her acceptance, and planned to return Monday to receive the family’s decision. The marriage proved felicitous in every respect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abernethy
Ladies Excluded From Commons Withdrawal Rule
The article notes that the withdrawal order from the English house of commons does not apply to the ladies' gallery which is not considered inside the house. Ladies may only be informed of the debate subject and decide to withdraw or stay at their own discretion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House of Commons
Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets Refund Offer
All druggists refund the money if it fails to cure. J. W. Grove's signature appears on each box priced at 25c.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Grove
Made Young Again Pills Claim Teenlike Vitality
A reader from Dempsey town Pa credits Dr King's New Life Pills with restoring youth after two weeks use. The tonic, described as purely vegetable and nongripe, sells for 26 cents at D C Prader's Drug Store. In Kansas City a rummage sale yields a pear ornament found in a longlost party gown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. King
D. H. Turner
Dempseytown
D. C. Prader
Bishop Millsough
Kansas City Times
Topeka
Electric Bitters Promised Cure for Malaria and Fevers
The ad extols Electric Bitters as a universal remedy for malaria fevers and related ailments. It cites a Webb resident and his children claiming cures after two bottles and notes the price at 50 cents with a guarantee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanley
Livingstone
W. A. Null
Webb, IH
D. C. Prader Druggist
Six Frightful Failures Cure by New Discovery
Six doctors told William H. Mullen of Lockland Ohio he faced an early grave from a fatal lung trouble. After five bottles of Dr Kines New Discovery for Consumption he was cured. The remedy claims to cure chest throat and lung diseases and offers trial bottles free at D C Prader's drug store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. H. Mullen
Lockland
Dr. Kine
D. C. Prader’s
Editor Barry's Cure with Bucklen Arnica Salve
Lexington Tenn editor W V Barry in Mammoth Cave tour suffered piles. He used Bucklen's Arnica Salve and reports a remarkable cure. Salve claims to heal piles injuries inflammation and eruptions. Available 25 cents at D G C Prader’s store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. V. Barry
Lexington, Tenn
Mammoth Cave
Bucklen
D. GC. Prader’s
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T. A. Williams
Spartanburg
S. C
Baker’s Monaca Coffee
Stuhler & Sons
A. Matthiessen
Ilinois Central Railroad Homeseeker’s
J. I, Merry
Dent
R. R
Dubuque, Iowa
Stella
Sir Philip Sidney
Marcello
Valentino
Chicago Tribune
Golde
Sarah
Brad
Greenawald
Hel
Orig
Fan Jarrett
Matthew
Louis
Sds
Gee
Davidson
Peck
Geo W
Rustede
Schneider
Emma
Yousee
Eng
Wayne Powhsutt
Bigley
Noah
Est
Cascade Town
Grogan
Merrill's
Richland Township
Soreilt
James
Herard
Francis
Will's
Corhill
Thos
Scoron Grove
Corbett
Low
Ferguson
Ni Sene
Washington ‘Township
Curran
Frank
McQuillen
T A Ni
U'Callagatan
Ellen
Callagatan
Orr
Witham
Tre Express
Des Moines Capital
Lafe Young
Tue Express
Express
Inter Ocean
Jno. G
Prince of Wales
D.C
Hartford
Conn
Union
Roosevelt
Henry Williams
Boonville
Ind
Raven
Geo, Stuhler & Son
Grocers
Monticello
Josephine
Detroit Free Press
Philadelphia Bulletin
Ggica
Chas. H. Fletcher
Mr — —~Mpany
Murray Street
New York City
D. E. Pond
North America
North British and Mercantile
Pennsylvania
Peter Janett
Illinois Central Railroad
Hot Springs
Arkansas
Memphis
Illinoia Central
Ark
Illinois Central
H. Hanson
J. E. Bateman
W. First St
O.,m
ST. P
Chicago and East
Rosa Eins &T. Paul
Minnea
Davenport
Farley
Marion
Kansas City
Pelmar—Freight
Davenport—Freight
Oxford Freight
Monticello State Bank
National Bank
Farwell
FLM
Hicks
H. M. Carpenter
Richardson
Agis't
S. 8. Farwell
Frank M. Hicks
E. Sarles
John Schweitzer
John McDonald
G. Henry George
William Stuhler
O. H. Soetje
John Gibson
The
Lovell State Bank
Georgel. Lovell
R. G C. Stirton
J. 8. Hall
J. W. Doxsee
Herman Sandhouse
Nicholaa Holst
Wm. Schodde
A. L. Fairbanks
W. A. Mirick
H. C. Bohlken
Hicks & Wilers
Tribune
Daily Tribune
West
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