Pilgrim Father's loaf sparks Thanksgiving family plot
Harley Upton aims to win Miss Bessie Kingsley by declaring love on Thanksgiving eve. A baking mishap, map drawing on a loaf, and a mistaken warning written in ink lead Mrs Kingsley and crew to fear a looming fate. The loaf is buried after a moral family debate.
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Harley
Bessie
Upton
Jeys
Miss Bessie
Miss Be
Nancy
Nancy Ellen
Kingsley
Phwat
Ireland
Mrs. Kingsley
Mingsley
Tom
Alicia
Times
Cotton Mather
Lot
Mr. Kingsley
Upton Cottage
Mamma
Harley Upton
Vinol promises cure by cod liver oil flavoring
Morning tongue coating and bad taste signal possible illness. Vinol claims to improve health by a chemical process that removes grease and bad taste from cod liver oil, offering a money back guarantee if it does not help.
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Vinci
Election judges play poker for offices in Arkansas
The Marion County News notes an odd disruption where election judges allegedly used a game of draw poker to assign offices from blank poll books, contrasting it with affidavits used in Summit and Lake Prairie. The item comments on the dubious, uneven system and adds a mock recommendation for a “healing touch” remedy.
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Arkansas
Summit
Lake Prairie
Marion Co. News
Gobbler Wishes for Warm Coat as Boy Promises Safety
A cautionary exchange unfolds with a talking gobbler wishing for a coat like the boy's. The boy reassures him that safety awaits soon, implying a hopeful or protective outcome in a whimsical scene.
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Mr.Gobbler
Dex Ruggles at Theakre Dinner in Downs Town
Dex Ruggles dines at Theakre in a Downs Town restaurant when confronted with a brusque remark about Walter. The exchange ends with a dismissive retort, highlighting tension over a casual meal.
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Dex Ruggles
Downs Town
Walter
Free sample of Chamberlain tablets offered
The undersigned Allen and Stubenrauch announce a free sample of Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets for stomach disorders biliousness and constipation. The ad promotes a new remedy as reliable and beneficial.
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Chamberlain
Allen & Stubenrauch
Asleep Amid Flames Firemen Rescue Sleeping Inmates
A brief smoky scene describes firemen forcing entry into a blazing home and pulling sleeping residents to safety as a warning against neglecting coughs and colds. An advertisement for Dr King’s New Discovery touts protection against throat chest and lung troubles with a promised remedy and trial offer.
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Dr. King
Keables
Startling Claim for Dr King’s New Life Pills
A reader from Dempseytown Pennsylvania asserts the medicine cures constipation, stomach and liver troubles. After two weeks’ use, the man says he is a new person and predicts others would sell all they have if they knew of the remedy. The product costs 25 cents at Keables drug store.
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Pilgrim
By Manda L. Crocher
Lom
Papa Kingsley
Alien & Stubenrauch
Stubenrauch
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Ayer
Emma Jane Entsminger
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Buena Vista
Elk Creek
Grove Townships
Crenig Palto
Newton
Reasnar
Bodwell
Lowee
Globe Land
Loan
Mershon Block
Newton, Lows
Steel
H.F. Johnson
Matt J. Johnson
Eixty
Paul
Mi Angoontlemon
Siren
Conaldgr
Hapmanie
Fasrantes
Allen
Stubeard
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