A Burglar and a Bold Girl Meet by Night
Sally confronts a thief in her home after a late night burglary attempt. She disarms him with a revolver, offers bread and cheese, and spares him on condition of reform. The man, Wrightly, vows to change and shrewdly hints at stealing only Sally herself, then escapes.
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Sally
Tom
Wrightley
Guatemala
Wylie
South Africa
Florida
California
Africa
England
fred
Trehane
Mr. Wrightly
Mauren Drake
Thigginbotham
Kellogg M. Brown
Limbard
tys
Geontle
Moon
Gentle Maid
Pearson’s Weekly
supreme court
Fergus Home Illustrated By Oker
A collage of anecdotes and medical ads from a winter issue includes a dying man fearing death, a cockney misunderstanding, light dialogue about deafness and remedies, comic exchanges, animal trivia, a judge’s overbearing tale, and opinions praising King’s New Discovery for lung and throat ailments with local pharmacy endorsements.
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Humane Appeal
Richmond
Ind
UD. Willams
Wert
Main St
saya
mae
Pourre
Medero
Cures Rheumatism by Delaware River Hole
A Port Jervis special says a river hole behind Sparrowbush two miles from Port Jervis cures rheumatism after ten minutes of bathing. Alvah Van Etter, famed eel ferret and local tough, bathed and emerged without pain, with neighbors offering odd theories about carbonic acid gas, rattlesnake fat, or ile wells as the cure.
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Delaware
Van Etten
Delaware river
Bparrowbush
Port Jervis
New York World
Alvah Van Etter
fFnce de Leon
Eddy farm
Alval
Sparrowbush
Alvah
Walt Tisdell
Pred Wilkins
Pennsylvania
Blongaup
Jim Hayes
hal
St. Alvah
Automatic Herding Trial In Portage County
A Columbus Dispatch correspondent describes Loomis Loomis bottomless wagon device that forms a movable fence for cattle on Ohio roads. Calves and bulls supposedly must move with the herd, drawing farmers to imitate the invention. Loomis plans to showcase at Portage county fair as skeptics become believers.
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tony Ohio
Catt
Portage county
Ltuvenna
Columbus Dispatch
Saidis Loomis
Loomis
Prince Wilhelm of Sweden Dines at Pittsfield Depot Café
Prince Wilhelm of Sweden, en route from Albany to Boston, stopped two hours in Chatham and Pittsfield, joined hundreds at the depot restaurant counter, ordered coffee and sandwiches, and tipped $2 to Anna Watkins the waitress. The royal party drew awe from onlookers as the prince ate and continued his journey.
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Wilhelm
Sweden
Prince Wilhelm
Pittsfield
Mass
New York Times
Albany
Boston
Chatham
N. Y
Berkshires
Anna Watkins
Howells and a Dublin cathedral in a dated praise
A London Atheneum note lauds Howells for a line about an ancient edifice near a chapter on Irish life. It compares Howells prose with a Buerrus Blade style and mocks the bluntness of clerical copy. The Dresden Anzeiger prints a birth notice with a German wartime flourish and a toast to the Rosts with nine children.
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Howells
London Atheneum
the
Atheneum
Ffowells
Buerrus. O
Buerrus
Galveston News
Dresden Anzeiger
Rhine
Eduard Rost
Bargain Umbrella Sparks Quiet Debate at Sale
A man and his wife weigh a $9.89 umbrella offered by a saleswoman who notes the tiny 11 cent difference from ten dollars. The exchange highlights a buyer’s insistence on the price and the wife’s tactful defense of the bargain as a sane savings.
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Mason
Mr. Mason
Frederick Market Prices from Frederick County Farmers Exchange
Prices for crops and farm goods listed by commodity with ranges in dollars per unit. Wheat, corn, oats, hay, flax, meal, buckwheat, seed, potatoes, and feed commodities shown with varying price bands and unit measures reflecting early 20th century grain and farm product trading.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick County farmers’ Exchange
Oorys
Timothy
Can's Be Separated Twin Ailments Cure Promised
An advertisement asserts backache and kidney pain are inseparable but claims Doan's Kidney Pills cure the kidney issue and relieve backache. Testimonial from Andrew Bennish of Frederick MD credits the pills with restoring health after prior treatments failed. Sold by many dealers at 50 cents. Foster Milburn Co of Buffalo NY as U.S. agents. Remember the name Doan's.
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Hall
J.CHENEY & CO
Toledo
Frederick
Dean
Andrew Bennish
East Patrick street
ales
Belfato
New York
United States
Doan
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Pearson's Weekly
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Arnica
Paarre
Los Angeles Times
China
Rockefeller
Cleveland
brother
Lampion
PRINCE
WINCHESTERS
CENTRAL HOWE, CO
SOUTH MARKET STREET
BELANT & KNOT
Bote
JAMES E. DOLL
NAT. BANK
BALTIMORE & OHIO RR
Artzins
Colorado
Britta Columbus
Montana
M tito
New Mixico
Nevada
Brewer
Texem
South Dakota
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Washington
Baltimore & Ohio RBR
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