Billy Cochran and the Confederate Star Courier
A Georgia boy nicknamed Billy Cochran deserts to join the Confederate army but is captured and returned to camp. He proves his courage at a Virginia battle serving a six pounder, earns command, and becomes a famed courier and regimental leader. Major Goolsby and Miss Mary Cochran react with surprise and later affection as Cochran recovers his past.
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Nombis
Billy Cochran
Capeciully Whith Manor
Tindlsby
Sally
Hilly
Fie Vonfederate
Chad Wick
Anee
Mary Gooleby
Billy
Chalwick
Mosely
Chadwick
Capt
Littery
Littl Billy
Miss Mary
Milly
Mary
Jalie
Jem
Little Billy
Kitte Billy
Ramp
Jim
Ike
Asiart
Little Bily
Gilly
Virginia
Richmond
Cori Ieee
Terea
Littleilly
Bey
Dangir
Georgia
Guart
Little Gilly
Ceneral Rub Stuart
Ceneral Stuart
Cochran
Hillaborough
Major Goolsby
Colonel Cochran
Miary
Arein
Col. Cochran
Denre
Mer
Cordally
Cay Wan
Mies Mary
The Old Gentleman's Flask and Other Tiny Tales
A sequence of humorous vignettes set on a Pullman car and hotel stages. A frail old man warns a drinker about whiskey while a joker exposes quinine in a bottle. a medium trick backfires in darkness. a boy's tears move a donor. misfortune centers on a lost ten cents and domestic fears.
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Manchester
Sheffeld
Lincolnshire
John
Tammy
Mrs A B Taylor Credits Dean's Kidney Pills
Buffalo nurse Mrs A B Taylor recalls a long Bright's disease in kidneys and leg swelling. After three boxes of Dean's Kidney Pills she walks unaided, notes color returns, and calls the remedy a great cure. Price 60 cents, Moe Co Buffalo as U.S. agent.
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Buffalo News
Mra. A. BE. Taylor
Buffalo
Herkimer Avenue
Met
Taylor
Bright
Dean
Moe Co
Pink Pills credited with curing long illness in Detroit and Springville
In Detroit and Springville reports praise Dr Williams Pink Pills for a girl Pancho long ill with digestion pain and headaches. Mrs Tartnes and Mrs Polinski share relief after taking the pills, noting improved health and renewed activity. Local merchants confirm strong sales and patient endorsements from families and doctors alike.
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Prom the Journal
Detroit
Mra
A. J. Tartnes
Urandy Avenue
Dais
Williams
Mattnoss
Pancho
Clariness
Snl
Hice
Mt. Clemens
Poutise
St Ot
Nero Siterer
Ufvato
Wonen
Neurileit
Polinski
Indy
Christ Steliger
Heron Gowands
Bellevine
Dr. Williams
Sod
Tadeo
Chiris S. Phelps
Gowinds
Main Street
Ly Lad Verte Pe
Puzzling Isles Chat Tryouts and a Dutch Pipe Witty Exchange
A fragment from the Chicago Post and Youths Companion recalls a boy and a dime mishap in Holland amid a vignette about a Dutch pipe. The tale contrasts American chatter with Dutch restraint as a traveler notes the grand pipe and the joke about breaking it.
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Holland
Hecate
Amsterdam
Catarrhal Deafness Cured by Dr Agnew’s Powder
A Toronto case highlights twelve year deafness from catarrh cured by Dr Renew's Catarrh Powder. Ben Connor of Berkeley Street recalls immediate relief and complete recovery with continued use. Friends praise the medicine and offer to answer inquiries. price listed as 10 cents.
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Agnew
Merk
Cant
Ben Conner
Berkeley Streot
Toronto
Dr. Renew
Connor
Capts Connor
Mathews Broa
Grape wine rival to Cognac Brandy praised in ads
An advertisement touts grape wine haa as aged and stored in pure conditions for fourteen years to rival Cognac Brandy. It claims lower price and physician approval in Philadelphia and New York, urging purchases from druggists. The note also includes a clipped Chicago Record quotation about a boy trading his bicycle.
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Haa
Philadelphia
New York
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Howie
Eis
Young Fell
Ullie Bev
Rother
Reuralcia
Timor
D. C G. Freeman
Springville
N.Y
Yoox
Mr. Freeman
Sal Millet Sausfies. Past Pe In Your Piper For Me That She Was Creathy
Dean Jones
Prior
Tre
R. Williams
Willbuos
Dante A
McGil Medical College
Montreal
Edinbure University
Seat Land
Pe. Williame
Williams Trae
Tts
Creed
Dr. Williams’ Medicine Co
Selicue Study
N. Y
Wim
Creer Brewery
Pilsener
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Duaiora Ip
Olds
Wm. Mason
Omee
Coal Exchagne, Wyoming
Ava
Pine Crook
Pos Bauer
Sage A CO
Climat
Chicago Recori
John H. Phelps
Tae
Jenuine
EE. C. Ricker
General Dealer
Pennsylvania
New Telephone Exchange
Adams Ave
Scranton
Bittenbender & Scranton
Goto
Mu Wala
Washburn-Crosby Co
Bering
Dainach
John. H. Phelps
Pharmacie
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Paine
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