Peggy Wall Keeps House While Debt Threatens Her
Peggy Wall, tenants Kit and Lucy, and Henry Brightwell chart a path through debt and broken trust after Peggy’s small New England home becomes a casualty of installment plans. Henry joins the effort to salvage Peggy’s finances, landing a job and a fresh start as Peggy fights to keep her furnishings and pride.
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Peggy Hall
New England
Kit
Lucy
Keith & Blank
Peggy
Fashion Syndicate
Henry “Brightwell
Furniture ‘Company
Trious
Brightwell
Moore
Greenwich
Hall
Tiall
Tie
Mother
New York
Pegry
Henry
Jones & Grab
Porgy
Henry Brightwell
Collection Department
Ainsley
Mrs. Hopkins
The Turk and His Toilet
A piece from the Chicago Tribune notes the Turk’s meticulous grooming from mustache to lips and eyes, his fine attire, and a gilt sword and jeweled pistol as symbols of splendor, linking dress to status and display.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Tribune
Receivers Appointed for Seaboard Air Line Railroad
Judge Pritchard names 8. Davies Warfield and R. Lancaster Williams as receivers to take immediate possession of Seaboard Air Line property in Richmond. Bond set at 50000. receivers may borrow to meet due rents, pay labor and supplies, and protect railroad assets.
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Richmond
Pritchard
United States Circuit Court
Davies Warfield
R. Lancaster Williams
Baltimore
Seaboard Air Line Railroad
Seaboard
Baltimore Steam Packet Company
Bay Line
Filthy breakfast foods show worms and bugs in samples
An analysis of eighty three Pennsylvania breakfast foods by State Dairy and Food Commissioner Foust and Professor William Frear found numerous worms and bugs in the samples. The report doubts manufacturers claims while not supporting drug or foreign-substance charges. In Baltimore a man named John Morgan threw a bomb at Annie Allins's home but she was unharmed and he was arrested.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
State Dairy and Food
Foast
William Frear
State College
Foust
Baltimore
John Morgan
Annie Allins
Justice Ochs
Eastern
Morgan
Miss Allins
Goodville Public Safety and Local Harbors Community Notes
Goodville reports its annual Christmas shoot with scores: Snyder 18 Woomert 20 Kramer 20 I N Kramer 12 Bair 12. Carpenters build Jonas Martin’s new home near Woodville. barn planned for spring. Preacher Noah Bowman preached to a large crowd. Walnut logs shipped from East Earl to Hamburg Germany with more anticipated. Bauman bought mill property from I W Weaver. mill destroyed by fire earlier. Kramer repairs for Acme Sea Co of Philadelphia. oyster supper served for crew. Elixe Martin moves saddlery stock to Blue Ball. Lemon Witwer opens a restaurant in this bar. Mennonite Sunday schools organize monthly teachers meeting. first in Goodville church last Thursday in January. Everyone invited.
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Goodville
BE. G. Snyder
J. Woomert
Reese Kramer
I. N. Kramer
C. R. Bair
Jonas Martin
Woodville
Martin
Noah Bowman
Bowmansville
East Earl
Hamburg
Germany
Henry UL. Bouman
I. W. Weaver
Drop by Drop Nasal Catarrh Relief Promises Balm Cure
The notice advertises Ely Cream Balm as a remedy for nasal catarrh and potential chronic bronchitis. It claims immediate relief after first use and urges purchase from druggists for 30 cents or by mail from Ely Bros. at 56 Warren Street, New York.
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Ely
NASA
Drugeista
Ely Bros
Warren Street
New York
Local Gossip Notes From Hatville To Lancaster
Hatville residents Amos Seaman and family visit New Danville. Brackbill sisters visit relatives near Weaverland. Leah Good visits Lancaster to see the Horning and Rutter families. Pedestrian paths debated as impolite riders share narrow roads. Mrs. Sapp hosts dinner with many guests. Nancy cited as expert in meals. Daniel Fisher enhances his home with a two story kitchen. Daniel McClarion moves into a tenant house near Intercourse.
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Amos Seaman
Nettie
Mary Seaman
New Danville
al. Hersh
Enos Brackbill
Mary
Katie Brackbill
Adam Loogenecker
Weaverland
Leah Good
Lancaster
John Horning
Eliza Rutter
Christian Sapp
Ben, Sapp
Menno Smoker
Isaac Sapp
Fannie Sapp
Rebecca Stoltzfus
Sue Busser
Adam Longenecker
Amanda Longenecker
Nancy
Daniel Fisher
Daniel McClarion
John Livers
Old Road
Harvey Weat
Intercourse
Allcock's Plastere Introduced Sixty Years Ago
A historical note claims Allcock's Plastere were introduced sixty years ago and have become the world’s standard porous plasters. It praises the invention as the quickest, cheapest, and best means of healing for certain ailments and asserts Allcock's as the original genuine porous plasters sold by druggists worldwide.
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Allcock
The Czarina Expectant
St Petersburg reports the Empress Alexandria is ill with grip and weakness from a severe weight loss regimen. Her condition is complicated by pregnancy expectations and concerns rise as her health declines.
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Czarina
St. Petersburg
Alexandria
Local Personal News From Intercourse and Nearby
Green bank resident Keylor Kurtz and mother Anna visit aunt Kate Murr in Intercourse. James Ranck of Chester County buries infant Bertha with Rev. Hagner presiding. Eshleman visits Terre Hill friends. Charles visits daughter Mrs. Gebman. Horace Swelgart entertains Ivan Richwine and wife. Winters, Tisch, Hammond school folks mentioned. Martin Rife and Irma spend Xmas with grandparents Hammond and wife. Hy Davis party travels to Philadelphia for relatives.
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Keylor Kurtz
State College
Anna Kurtz
Kate Murr
Intercourse
James Ranck
Chester County
Bertha
Horace
James Hy ‘Davis
Philadelphia
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Collector Cupid
By Esther Harndin
Geographic Magazine
Seaboard Line
D. Warfield and
R. L Williams
Hatville
Green. Bank
Alice
What Is
Castoria
Dostexrs
St Co
East Kling Street
Lancaster, Penna
Arue
Leola Machine Co
Leola, ‘Penna
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