The Clock That Upset a City Jewelers Tale
A glass clock in a city jeweler window sparks a comic entanglement. Mayblossom, wife Annie, borrows money for a gift, sending a clock to dressmaker Priscilla Dusenberry by a commissionaire. Mistaken ownership and jealous rage follow until a messy reconciliation leaves all contrite.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie
Busines
Mr. Mayblossom
Lim
Mayblossom
Carle
Hidson
Augustus
Priscilla
Iscilla
Div
Preilia
Mr. Mayblessent
Dinnay
George
May Blossom
Thad
Lonidun
Arrows at the Wall in a Mutiny Reminiscence
In the Reminiscences of the Mutiny, a Coul Seotehan and regular army defend a fortress with archers on the walls. An arrow pierces a feather bonnet worn over a forage cap, provoking a quip about Bow and Arrow era combat and a daring escape reference to Dugald Dalgetty and Montrose.
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Shah Noujeff
Walter Scotts
Montrose
Dugald Dalgetty
Ranald MacEagh
McCallim
White
Robin Hood
Little John
Goliath
Daniel White
Glasgow
W. Forbes- Mitchell
Uses of Talc Across Industries Highlighted
Article surveys talc mining from New York to Alabama and explains its wide uses. It notes talc as fireproof in wallpaper and plaster, a smooth cosmetic with soap, an excellent infant powder, a fine molding sand for metals, and a component in rubber and French chalk. Cherokee county North Carolina mines are described as rich, yielding leaves and scales like slate, mined by hand with carloads fetching up to 600. It ends with a Missouri church note where the congregants are mostly female.
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New York
Alabama
Cherokee County
North Carolina
Weverley
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Missouri
Sais
Helena
Butte
Tacoma
Seattle
Portland
ST. Paul
Minneapolis
Duluth
Fargo
Grand Forks
Pullman
Keystone Watch Case Co
Philadelphia
C. Allen & CO
Augusta
Milwaukee &St.paul RY
Inois
Wisconsin
Iowa
Minnesota
South Dakota
North Dakota
Michigan
United States
Canada
Chicago
Milwaukee & St. Paul R’y
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Herfford
Hoss
Leayer Oakes
Arvana Boat
Bredeee
Charles S. Fee
Paul
Mima
Aan
P. S. Peabody
Arthur Edwards, Oakes, N. D
O. C. Wood
P. O. Building
Oakes, N. D
Dray Line
Noer Bros
P. J. O’neil
Dr. Hathway & Rch
Sioux City Town
F.marshall
Cashier
Bank OF Oakes
Commercial House
George Glarden
MN. K. Fairbank & CO
Carrie Vest
Druggista
Mosonle Temple
Oakes
N. Dik
A. P. Slocum
Druguist
Victor Bicycles
Boston
Overman Wheel CO
Washington
Denver
San Francisco
Noer Brothers
Argyle House
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