The Golden Hope and the Townsman’s Pact
Rafe Glidden, a wary drifter, joins Ward and Rose to save the Gold en Hope mine. He secures a loan, buys the mine, and with Ward and Rose’s aid uncovers a vast tailings profit enabling a promising future for his new family.
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Ward
Rufe
Pye
Rose
Mayer
Golden Mope
Amily
Rafe Midden
Assay
Rafe Glidden
Oul
Petransiye
Benny
Women Missionaries Reach Egyptian Women for Salvation
Faithful efforts by Egyptian and Syrian Bible women, married and single, plus wives of pastors and schoolteachers, reach women in homes with gospel readings and prayer. Doctors and nurses in mission hospitals ease suffering while teaching Bible truths. Weekly and monthly meetings train women for church work under Rev. C. C. Adanis.
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Yar
Negal
Egypt
C. C. Adanis
Nice Distinction Between Bert and Student
Bert, fond of a young man home on vacation from medical college, injures his hand severely. His mother urges him to visit Jet Jack the student tack, who muses on whether to call him doctor or tack and weighs his appearance before deciding.
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Bert
Jack
Tack
Doctor
Springtime Romance and the Call to Courtship
A reflective column argues spring awakens desire in men and women, urging timely courtship and marriage. It links romantic mood to warmer days, notes women’s romantic nature, and warns that a hasty temper harms married life, urging self control and foresight.
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Adam
Eve
Girls With Hasty Tempers Tends to Spoil Spring Charms
The piece discusses how rosy promises of youth fade like spring blossoms and how a single fault, such as a hasty temper, marks the ideal maiden as human. It notes families notice faults first and temper can spark quarrels, though the temper may be rooted in early development.
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South
Mila
If Wishes Were Automobiles and Moral Choices
A reflective essay argues that wishes cannot buy virtue or happiness. It contrasts rich and poor, warning that longing for wealth harms relationships and leads to imprudent choices. Ambition should drive effort, not reliance on luck. contentment may yield true happiness despite hardship.
Rumor Swirls Over Sapleigh Incident Atop Truck
The note recalls Sapleigh allegedly being cast on his own resources after a fall from a truck. The speaker questions the truth and suggests it was something else, with casual chatter about the incident.
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Meade
Sapleigh
Nata
Kitchen Cabinet Recipes and Meat Preparation Tips
A digest of home cooking guidance features roasting a seasoned leg of mutton with a vinegar soak, suggested sauces, and basting. Also includes Beef Heart Chop Suey, Nut Loaf, Cranberry Salad, and Pickled Tongues with brine instructions and ingredient lists.
Household Desserts and Dainties From Ahnoy Kitchen
A housewife notes preferred dainty dishes and fruit salads, describing Lovey olive oil lemon juice and salt dressing, cheddar cheese spread, and a creamy strawberry bavarian style dessert. It outlines fruit salads dumplings gelatin desserts and fruit sauces with step by step mixing and serving tips.
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Adeleinus
Naneless Named Georgia Town in Postal Naming Oddity
A Georgia town adopts the original label Naneless after hundreds of proposed names were reviewed by post office authorities and none met approval. The town celebrates the unique designation as a local curiosity and point of pride.
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Georgia
Naneless
Liable to Be Misunderstood Says Uncle Eben
Uncle Eben argues some people talk too much about troubles and try to push all the sorrow onto others, shaping perceptions of deserved blame.
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Uncle Eben
Young women urged to try Lydia E Pinkham remedy
Buffalo readers report relief from monthly pains and backache after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. A Buffalo mother endorses the remedy for herself and for other young women with painful or irregular periods. Requests for information are answered confidentially by the Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co. in Lynn Massachusetts.
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Buffalo, N.Y
Lydia E.pirkham
Matitpa Kurtzweg
High St. Buffalo
N. Y
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co
Lynn
Mass
Ready-Witted George In an Odd Midnight Mess
In a humorous domestic scrape, George sneaks upstairs at 4 am to avoid waking Mrs. Jones. A squeaky board betrays him, and he hides under the bed as Mrs. Jones calls him out. He finally explains he was dreaming he was out metering.
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Oroville
Rute Glidden
Good Samaritan
Rafe
Rase
Nord
George
Jones
Maria
Allen’s Foot-Nase or The Troums in War Zone Hospitals
Wartime pamphlet style ad touts Allen’s Foot-Hase powder used by troops to ease foot pain in shoes and aid walking. Claims rest and comfort and broad sales. Ends with a quip about a man named Blank dying without a doctor and a reply.
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Allen
PITS EPILEPSY FALLING SICKNES Advert for remedies and tones
Fragmented ad copy predating 20th century medical product pitches mentions PITS and EPILEPSY and falling sickness. It references Gualekiy Kline's Wollensy Medyitie and a Hed Bunk company with legal-ish phrasing. The text also includes a stray aphorism about bliss and social behavior and a clipped remark about a man acting like a bird.
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Kline
Ealire Company
Hed Bunk
N. d
Adv
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The
Herbert Kanto
Mrs. Kurtzweg
Blank
Yheleme
Dean
Pennsylvania
Charles B. Wright
Pond St
Bristol
McCute
Doan
Foster-Milburn CO
Buffalo
Johnson
Thomas Gill Soap CO
Ave
Brooklyn
Duley
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