Intrigue and pursuit split governors clash in archives
In a fractured tale of Carolina politics, Griswold and Ardmore pursue outlaw Appleweight while Miss Jerry Dangerfield navigates a moonlit woods ride. Appleweight is captured, and Jerry rescues a bound captive, guiding them toward Ardsley as alarms rise.
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Thomas Ardmore
Henry Maine Griswold
North
South Carolina
Griswold
Barbara Osborne
Ardmore
Jerry Dangerfield
North Carlina
Othr
Frank Collins
Atlanta
Bill Appleweight
Habersham
Appleweight
Bill
North Carolina
Kildare
Gov. Dangerfield
Columbia
Mount Nebo
Duke of Ballywinkle
Ardsley
Jerry
Potomac
Poteet
Turpentine tapping threatens forests and profits
K P Powell in Outing criticizes American turpentine tapping for destroying pine forests across several states. He contrasts French methods that preserve trees and warns that annual cuts exhaust trees in six to seven years, leaving vast wastelands and wasted lumber as portable sawmills harvest the stands.
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Florida
K. P. Powell
Smoking in Churches in Peru Described by Visitor
A visitor to Peru reports smoking in La Merced Church Lima with a congregant and a bishop both enjoying cigars during services. The preacher wore episcopal robes and hid ashes with a handkerchief. Lima cathedral even provides spittoons in stalls for clergy.
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Peru
la Merced
Lima
Mistress-Illness and Warning Amid The Household
A dialogue scene presents Mistress fearing death and asking what she would do. Bridget replies with Faith and the maid offers to warn the master and large household, revealing tension and concern within the domestic setting.
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Bridget
Vous
Weak kidneys endanger the whole body says ad
An old ad urges rest and treatment for kidney trouble noting that overwork and colds weaken the kidneys and body. Ted Hiatt of Oswego Kansas reports using Doan’s Kidney Pills led to gradual improvement and avoided surgery. The Foster Milburn Co. sells Doan’s for 50 cents a box.
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Pean
Ted Hiatt
Oswego
Kans
Kansas City
Chicago
Dean
Doan’s
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
Tough Luck and Seeing Clearly
A humorous exchange on eyesight and driving notes how a budding prize fighter imagines his future, while a chauffeur boasts eye‑opening powers after a few days on the road. The piece ends with a quip that driving serves as perfect medicine for weak eyes.
Prominence Claim Ties to Burrows in Mudville Ball Tale
At a social gathering a man asks Senator Julius C Burrows of Michigan if he is a man of prominence. Burrows replies he is the man who "died at first" just before Casey came to bat in the famed Mudville ball game, a quip cited from Success Magazine.
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Julius C. Burrows
Michigan
Burrows
Senator Burrows
Casey
Mudville
Success Magazine
Postum Gains Family Health in Morning Drink Switch
A mother reports relief from constipation and belching after abandoning coffee for Postum two years ago. She uses a mix of Postum and milk for her baby, noting the child’s health and happiness. She praises Postum as improving her own well being and urges others to read The Road to Allville.
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Jerry
Ardsley
Allville
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Ray Walters
Bebe” Merrill
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