Ghosts Haunt Colonial Honeymoon Room in Old House Tale
A narrator recalls a haunted room in a colonel's former home where honeymoon memories linger. Captain Wade reports rapping noises from a wardrobe door, once dismissed as fiction, until he and others witness strange sounds during a late night stay. The tale ends with curiosity to test the haunting firsthand.
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the Stinny South
Main Street
Uncle Fiph
Captain Wade
Thomas
Echoes of Dream Lovers in a Parlor of Ideals
A narrator in a haunted room hosts a procession of idealized lovers who reveal that marriage often fades from lofty dreams to common reality. John Smith’s representative explains how beliefs in partners can shape actions, with one man’s near-greatness doomed by his lover’s loss of ideals and another ending in embezzlement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peole
Earth
Aia
John Smith
Sunny South
The Giant Moralist and the Gluttons of Nature
The article compares historical and animal gluttony. Maximian supposedly ate 30 pounds of sweets at one banquet, though his size made it plausible. It notes swamp otters, California ray squirrels, and particularly fruit bats like the flying fox of Sunda Islands as extreme eaters, with New York dealers selling them for 3 to 4 dollars each and capable of consuming multiple times their weight in fruit and rice daily.
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Maximian
Tropics
Sunda Islands
New York
No Modern Chivalry Says Woman As Husband Snaps Back
A Washington Star exchange contrasts old time chivalry with present days. A romantic woman laments lost chances for grand deeds for a fair lady while her husband retorts that many men would rather seek excitement away from home than stay with their wives.
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Washington Star
Little Early Risers and Patent Remedies in Early 20th Century Ads
A collage of advertisements tout medicines for skin health cough relief bowel cleansing and liver support. Brand claims feature Dr King s New Life Pills and Dewitt s Little Early Risers with testimonials and prices. Mentions include O H Soetje s Drug Store Lewis Ockerman Goshen Ind and D C Prader.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. King
O. H. Soetje
Dewitt
D. C. Prader
Lewis Ockerman
Goshen
Ind
D.C. Prader
Lincoln farm near Hodgenville sought by Chicago society
Dr. R O C Miller of the St Luke Society in Chicago seeks to buy the Lincoln farm near Hodgenville Kentucky where Abraham Lincoln was born. The farm owner is Daniel Grear of New York City. The note mentions Chamberlains Cough Remedy for sale by O H Soetie at the Lincoln farm area.
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Chamberlain
H. Soétie
Lincoln
Hodgenville
Abraham Lincoln
R. O C. Miller
The
St. Luke Society
Chicago
Society
Daniel Grear
New York City
Dyspepsia remedy ad and obituary noted
An advertisement promotes Bailey’s Dyspepsia Tablets from Lakeside Medicine Co Chicago with 96 cents each and postpaid five for one dollar while a memorial obituary recalls Rev Aloysius Weaver a Franciscan priest once hailed as the hero of Memphis for nursing during yellow fever in the city.
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Bailey
Lakeside Medicine Co
Chicago
W. J. Bailey
D.C. Prader
Aloysius Weaver
Santa Barbara
California
Memphis
Chamberlains Pain Balm credited for paralysis cure and rheumatism relief
Henderson Grimett suffered partial paralysis and loss of motor use until two bottles of Chamberlains Pain Balm restored most function. Geo R McDonald of Logan county WV reports similar cures and notes the balm is known for rheumatism sprains and bruises. Also mentions a Kansas liquor seller reopened in Lawton with a provocative motto.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henderson Grimett
Chamberlain
Geo
R. McDonald
Man
Logan County
W. Va
O. H. Soetje
New Discovery Cures Croup and Colds Widely
Mrs. J. Snider of Crittenden Kentucky touts Dr Kings New Discovery for her baby's croup relief and cure, praising its protection for children. The ad notes trial bottles free at O. H. Soetje and John Redmond plans a U S tour with P A McHugh MP to raise funds for the Nationalist cause.
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Croup
Mrs. J. ©. Snider
Crittenden, Ky
Dr. King
O. H. Soetje
John Redmond
America
P. A. McHugh
M. P
Arnica salve cures 30 year foot sores and more
A wavy collage of testimonial snippets touts Bucklen's Arnica Salve as an infallible remedy for burns cuts sores and piles. Other ad blurbs praise Kodol Dyspepsia Cure for indigestion and note local harvests and eyelash-tinted quips from various readers.
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W. H. Eads
Jonesville
Bucklen
Arnica
O. H.soetje
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National Land Co
Lisbon
Iowa
Elliott & Doubenmier, Figis
South Dakota
Condon Building
Monticello
Illinois Central Excursion Rates
Buffalo
MERRY
Dubuque
T. E. Canty
Center Junction
Inois Central Railroad
Kentucky
Tennessee
Mississippi
Louisiana
Ilinois Central
J. F. Merry
Illinois Central Railroad
Roosevelt
Louisville Courier Journal
E. W. Grove
Explorer Peary
Explorer Baldwin
Los Angeles Times
Prader
Galveston News
de Witt
D.C
Oregon
Kansas
Lawton
Oklahoma
Carrie
Tommy
G. A. LeDeis
Cedar City
W. T. Wesson
Gholsonville
Forestdale
South of
Ireland
New v. Kcity
Friend Bros. Clothing Co
Milwaukee
Wis
Silas M. Swallow
Pittsburg
C. Fp, Collier
Cherokee
Kansas City Journal
ST. P
Weer
Omaha
Sioux City
Cedar Serpies
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Davenpor
Fairey
Do —Freight Ves Oldsey
Anamosa
Marion
Kansas City O and West
Calmar—Freight
Daven
Oxford
rt—Freight
Shee
Rand-Men Ally
ADAMS
Qualit
John Gibson
Mount
National Bank
S. 8. Farwell
Frank M. Hicks
E. Surles
John Schweitzer
John McDonald
G. Henry George
William Stuhler
O. Ju. Soetje
H. M. Carpenter
D. E. Pond
North America
Hartford
North British and Mercantile
Pennsylvania
J. E. Bateman
Deaj
Love Brothers CO
Dayton
A. Kempf
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