Fur buyers offer top prices for furs and hides
A. Bernstein of Pella advertises high demand for furs and hides and promises top prices with no commission or express charges. He urges sending items locally to avoid delays and notes contact by phone at Red 97.
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The Shabby Girl in Office Lessons of Poverty
A narrator recalls being the shabbiest at her office and enduring stingy clothing while paying tuition. She learns a peer shared her poverty, aided by careful kindness from a coworker who later revealed she kept up the ruse to spare feelings. The piece ends with a vow to help future shabby colleagues until they rise.
Hall's Catarrh Cure Ad Promises Cure and Reward
The notice claims Hall's Catarrh Cure cures catarrh as a constitutional disease, taken internally to affect blood and mucous surfaces. It offers $100 reward for any uns cured case and directs readers to send for testimonials and purchase from druggists. Also promotes Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
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Fr. Cheney &Co
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Ex. Warns Against Hired Men and Moral Decay
A stern farmer’s exhortation condemns hired men who spread profane or smutty tales before children. It urges decisive, even violent punishment if necessary, to shield youth from corrupt influence and preserve moral discipline on the farm.
Southern trains late for ladies says amused traveler
An irate northern traveler complains trains run behind schedule. A local Amattah explains the delays result from southern chivalry, joking that trains wait for the ladies, God bless them.
The Unit Lesson and the Skin of a Unit
A teacher uses objects to explain units in arithmetic. She displays a pencil book ruler flower and apple and then peels the apple to spark discussion. A student named William answers with the witty line the skin of a unit.
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William
A Luggage Van Accident in London Report
In London a Upporter cleaning a luggage van was struck on the head when a door swung back. He exclaimed to an Irish man nearby that he believed his head was opened. A bantering exchange followed on the platform. A courtroom scene in the South involved a negro woman addressing the judge about her husband and his alleged religious training and her wish to appoint herself as executioner.
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London
Pat
Dad
White slavery bill aims to curb inducement across states
Representative Mann of Illinois introduced a federal measure criminalizing aiding enticing or forcing women to move between states for immoral purposes. Penalties reach five years imprisonment or 5000 dollars. for those under eighteen the penalties rise to ten years or 10000 dollars. The bill seeks swift enactment to reveal worsening conditions.
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Representative Mann
Illinois
Congress
Engagement Ends With a Sapphire Ring Dream
Lucile recounts a fractured romance with Malcolm Cox who presses for a firm engagement. He grows domineering over imagined slights, demands secrecy, and finally sends a breakup note. Lucile reflects on his generosity amid irritation and laments the lost plan for a sapphire and almond ring.
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