Daughter of Kerr Learns Hard Truth of Belmont Boss
Gloria Kerr, a motherless girl, returns to Belmont to live with her father David Kerr, a town political boss. Joe Wright fights Kerr’s proposed Packers franchise as Gilbert plots influence while Gloria grapples with betrayal and vows to seek purpose in service.
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Gloria Kerr
Belmont
David Kerr
Kendall
Chicago Packers
Judge Gilbert
Kerr
Joe Wright
Reform
Gloria
Belmont Society
Gilberts
Europe
Wright
Belmont News
Gibert
G Iibert
Helmont
Wtter
Gilbert
Mrs. Hayes
Dr. Hayes
Mrs. Javes
Paris
Cher
Mr. Wright
France
Rhine
Mrs. Wallace
Mike Noonan
Ela
Luella Windermere
Ella
Overwork And Age Warn Against Labor Without Beat
A reader warns against overwork and fast labor suggesting steady pace preserves health and temper. Advice notes that petty traits and bursts of anger hasten wrinkles and premature aging, urging a calm, relaxed demeanor and composed facial expression. The piece shifts to a humorous restaurant anecdote about mistaken bill orientation and a theatrical demand.
Promotion Sparks Lifetime Employee to Nevada Branch
A millionaire heads a great corporation promotes a long time employee to manager of a Nevada branch. The promoted worker, paid on a modest salary, is told his pay stays the same while cheaper living and the dry climate should ease his catarrhal troubles and enable savings.
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Great Corporation
Nevada
Clergyman Testifies to Dodds Kidney Pills Benefits
The Rev Edmund Heslop of Wigton Pa suffered dropsy for a year with swollen limbs dizzy spells and exhaustion. After using six boxes of Dodds Kidney Pills the swelling faded and he regained strength. He endorses the remedy and notes continued faith months later. Correspond with Rev Heslop at Dodds Medicine Co Buffalo NY for details and free household hints and music.
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Edmund Heslop
Wigton
Dodds Kidney
Dodds Medicine Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Desires and Frugal Plans Echoed in Opera of Efforts
A vignette contrasts a Chicago man supporting a large family on 12 dollars a week with a couple debating daily lunch and cigars and household expenses. The dialogue hints at seeking wealth and freedom, as a speaker contemplates a voyage at sea and a distant, idealized destination.
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Chicago
Not a Forcible Illustration from an Abstainer Debate
A dialogue exchange questions whether national alcohol spending could fund a monumental stone tower. The abstainer poses the challenge about annual beverage expenditure, while a skeptic asks who would want such a tower.
Sympathetic Father Believes In College Time
A father explains his plan for his son to attend college after finishing high school. He argues the son deserves years of play following hard study before entering the workforce.
Suspicion surrounds woman as rumors stir husband concerns
The dialogue hints at mounting doubt about a woman who appears constantly accompanied by her husband. A skeptical witness questions her safety and whether the husband harbors a motive behind his protective presence. The exchange suggests tension and unresolved suspicion.
Baby carriages scare the bachelors at naval yard gate
An unofficial sign near the Naval Academy yard warns that baby carriages and perambulators are not allowed, joking that they scare the bachelors. The earlier official ruling forbidding automobile entry due to frightening the horses remains in place.
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Naval Academy
Things Have Improved Says Politician on Honesty at Dinner
A well known politician at a Washington dinner claimed commercial honesty is improving. He argued frauds are less excused by caveat emptor and business excuses, noting that if mega fortunes were lost the gainers would call for accountability and jail for the offenders.
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Washington
Scalp Trouble Case Prompts Cuticura Cure
A patient from Elyria Ohio describes a decade long scalp ailment with itching scales and hair loss. After trying various remedies, use of Cuticura Soap and Ointment led to disappearance of scales and hair regrowth within two months. The ad notes worldwide sales and free samples.
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Harrizon St
Elyria
Ohio
PF. J. Busher
Cuticura
Dept. L
Boston
Castoria and cures crowd an old time ad page
An assortment of vintage ads shows Castoria with its signature claim of decades of use for infants and children, along with Dr. Pierce's Pellets for digestion and other quips about health, diet, and shopping habits. The fragment hints at consumer products and humorous lines from a bygone era.
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Fletcher
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Hay
Acmeclurge
Vanity Fair
Alis
Hayes
Doctor Norton
Wila
Royal Society
London
Australia
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Facturer
Odiner
Henry Howland
Eourse
Baltimore ‘Sur
Bourne
Courier Journal
Dr. Pierce
Putnam
Adv
Famaeus
BSG
Portland
Ladies Cyclopadia of Health and Beauty
Besley
Wankegan
Brvier Bats
Janes
Valentine
New York
Bays
U.S
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