St Louis smoker Thurston seizes second in Edgeworth record
A St Louis man, Byran Thurston, claims a high Edgeworth record by smoking 405 cans of Plug Slice over years. The note to Larus & Brother of Richmond invites free samples and details a long running competition among Edgeworth smokers led by H F Baldwin of Burlington.
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Hotel Garni
St. Louis
Larus & Brother Company
Richmond
Edgeworth
Byran Thurston
Burlington
Vermont
H. F. Baldwin
Thurston
South 21St Street
Safety First. "I find that I am in no danger of being run over on the streets
A fragmented Kansas City Star advertisement notes Cuticura products for sore hands. It urges soaking in hot Cuticura Soap suds, drying, rubbing in Cuticura Ointment, and removing surplus with tissue. The ad touts Soap Ointment and Talcum for toilet use.
Grandpa and Grandma on dime novels and price changes
Grandma recalls being reproved for reading dime novels in youth. Grandpa remarks that today people pay two dollars and a half for worse. The exchange hints at attitudes toward reading and value without explicit judgment.
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Grandpa
Meager Ranch Tragedy Tie-Up Inherits Grim Charge
Deborah Meredith a trained nurse attends Mrs. Meager on a border ranch after her husband is killed. Stepson Bob Meager arrives, seizes control, insults the nurse, and she struggles to escape as Meager revels in her predicament.
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Meager
Deborah Meredith
Mrs. Meager
Bob Meager
Boss of the Ranch Seizes Control in Threatening Meet
In a tense confrontation on the ranch, Bob Meager proclaims himself the real boss and outlines a coercive plan to control Deborah Meredith. He boasts of a “square deal” while building a metaphorical fence to trap her, asserting she must comply with his demands.
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Deborah Meredith
Bob Meager
Lsten
Mrs. Meager
Bob Menger
Deborah
Khl
Mexico
Juan Sanchez
Sanchéz
Pedro
Gerry
Sanchez
Senor
Santa Anna
Madre de Dios
Sanchea
Debra Meredith Defies Kidnapping Plot At Mexican Ranch
Deborah Meredith faces threat from Bob Meager who plans a forced marriage after obtaining a marriage license. She sneaks into the bunkhouse, retrieves a revolver, and plots to defend herself as Meager’s men revel and plot, with a looming danger of the looming wedding.
The Coming of the Judge Observed Night Escape
Deborah slips through the night to hide a stolen weapon in her room. She contemplates murder or flight as she waits for Nogales guests, determined to protect herself with the revolver and facing a grim, fate driven choice.
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Deborah
Nesse
Salles
Nogales
Mrs. Menger
Bob Menger
Why Druggists Recommend Swamp Root
For years druggists note the strong record of Dr Kilmer s Swamp Root the kidney liver and bladder medicine. It is a physician s prescription strengthening medicine helping kidneys liver and bladder perform their work. It stands the test of years and is sold by all druggists on its merit. Send ten cents for a sample bottle to Dr Kilmer Co Binghamton NY and mention this paper.
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Nature
Lytton Before Conan Doyle and the Occult Mystery
Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, centuries before Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, pursued occult studies. An old Blackwood’s Magazine quote cited by the Detroit Fort News notes his earnest interest in magic, spiritualism, crystal balls, and mediums, and his belief in occult powers of nature.
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Bulwer-Lytton
Sir Conan Doyle
Blackwood
DetFort
Ingenious prehistoric dugouts found in France
Archaeologists uncover ancient caveman dugouts in France used to escape or resist attackers, revealing clever wartime shelter designs from prehistoric times.
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France
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Byron Thurston
Edgeworth Club
J. Puller
Kansas City Star
Doan
Utah
Vander
Main St
Eureke
Dean
Kosita-Milburn CO
Buffalo, N. Ye
THE
Paris Post
Paris, Idaho
By Randall Parrish
A. C. McClurg & Co
Bob
Robert Meager
Justice of the Peace
Law
Ioe
Lytton
Conan Doyle
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