Haunting of a Crime on the Plains Frontier
A detachment of the Eighteenth Infantry is trapped by Indians in a gorge. Hampton and a girl escape and are aided by Seventh Cavalry Lt. Brant. Ghostly sightings haunt Murphy and the pursuit begins as Hampton trails a suspected traitor toward Cheyenne and the Powder River region.
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Eighteenth Infantry
Fort Bethune
Hampton
Gillis
Seventh Cavalry
Lieut
Brant
Glencald
Duffy
Red Slavin
Glencaid
Phoebe Spence
Miss Spencer
Naida
Rey. Wynkoop
Leutenant
Silent Murphy
Bob Hampton
Slavin
Murphy
Robert Nolan
Maj
Brant, Sr
Buck Mason
Mason
Cheyenne
Custer
One Use for Catalogues in Nankin Trade Caution
The American consul at Nankin cautions fellow Americans about lavish illustrated catalogues. He notes Chinese buyers prize them, but has learned the leaves are repurposed as insoles for shoes due to language barriers.
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Nankin
Toluca Mayor Accused of Alien Status in Turbulent Illinois Town
Toluca mayor D Turtigita reportedly admits he never naturalized but claims it was a bureaucratic error. An agent finds thirty Italians in Tocula with unclear citizenship, and a political rival seeks to oust him. In Quincy, Mrs Harriet Bartlet dies by suicide, a Peoria dispute leads to a riot at a Royal Neighbors convention, and a Sham battle at Chaddock Military School ends in a fatal accidental shooting of Medford Lee.
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Hampton
Murphy
Fourche
Brant
Maj. Brant
Nolan
Bethune
Toluca
D. Turtigita
United States
Commerce and Labor Department
Tocula
Quincy
Harriet Wilcox Bartlett
Charles L. Bartlett
David F. Wilcox
Clayton
Royal Neighbors
Peoria
Winnie Fielder
Supreme Recorder of the
Royal Neighbors of America
Chaddock Military School
Indian Mound Park
Medford Lee
Carlyle Contractor Vanishes After Aviston Mission
Carlyle contractor John Fink disappeared about three weeks ago after leaving home to complete work in Aviston and later reportedly headed for St. Louis. He has not been heard from since, prompting local concern and a missing person inquiry.
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Carlyle
J. C. Fink
Aviston
St. Louis
Ear S of Backache and Humorous Verse Fragment
Text shows an advertisement claim for Dean's Kidney Pills with a Columbus Ohio user testimony and price. It also includes a humorous verse about a Hottentot tot and a rhetorical puzzle about language and teaching. The piece mixes medical relief claim with a light literary snippet.
Seed promotion sketch with carrot and cabbage offers
An odd seed catalog notice from La Crosse Wisconsin offers 12c prepaid for a seed pack catalog highlighting Quick Quick Carrot Earliest Ripe Cabbage and other vegetables plus flowers. It includes a playful cribbage exchange and a jab at sales gimmicks.
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Illinois
la Crosse
John A. Salter Seed Co
Wis. K
Hall's Catarrh Cure Promises Cure for All Stages
A vintage disclaimer touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as a constitutional remedy that acts through the blood to destroy catarrh’s foundations. It claims a $100 reward for proof of failure and urges readers to buy the cure and related pills from F. J. Cheney & Co, with widespread physician endorsement and a mail-order pitch.
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Hall
Eure
F. J. Cheney & CO
Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound praised by reader
A Columbus Ohio reader testifies the Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound eased nervousness headaches and other Change of Life symptoms after doctor recommended it. The ad claims thirty years of use aiding thousands with feminine ailments and invites letters for advice from Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Mass.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
E. Hanson
K. Long St
Columbus
Ohio
Mrs. Pinkham
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Terry
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George E. Roberts
Commercial National Bank of Chicago
Northeastern Illinois Bankers’ Association
W. J. Bryan
Germany
Theatened
Germantown
Theodore Apke
Apke
Creek
Springfield
John Luedke
Butler
Cahokia Creek
Black Ridge
Marion
James McGill
Peabody
Champaign—Leasure O'Neal
James L. Pierson
Boy
Lewis Grimes
Hudgens
Here
Grimes
Melvin
Edwin Cole
Olney
Charles Gertch
Chicago
Chicago Board of Education
Dixon
Dennis Connelly
Thomas Dunn
Vinett
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
Charles 8. Putnam
The
Sunday Magazine
Papa
Subbubs
Popley
Tion
Itn
Youthrat
M. Hitchin
Ribun
Nakesis
New Yoas
Washington, D.C
Siiteersry
Cazans Willar Goupany
Bort
New York City
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