Aunt Jemima's Valentines Spark a Family Mystery
Miss Jemima blushes as her brother brings in valentines for his many children, while she awaits a heavy, long‑kept gift. Thirteen years ago she split from her lover Eli Taylor over a quarrel, and a treasured Valentine kept in a bureau has defined a secret romance. Now the old wound resurfaces with the yearly ritual.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Jemima
Sis’ ‘Minnie
Valentine
Jemima
Eli Taylor
Mimie
Mira Jemima
Bill
Valentné
Tle
Gan
Miss Jemima's Lost Valentine Reawakens Long Absent Love
A faded valentine rekindles Miss Jemima Sprague's buried passion after a decade of sorrow. She dares to send a return Valentine through her old Hope postmaster lover El Taylor, risking family scrutiny as the note travels from Simpkinsville toward a possible reunion. The tale ends with suspense over whether the cherished relic will reach its destination.
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Valentine
Jemima
Bruthlet
Fortieth Scotternever
Jibbs
Simpkinsville
St. Valentine's
Martha Sprague
Simnokinaville
Mimie
Manowa recluse Charles Gettings preserves a grand private world
In Manowa a 17 year resident hermit keeps a palace like home filled with his crafts, furniture, paintings, shells, and toys. He hosts visitors but avoids talks of marriage, while his workshop and parlor display religious quotes, puzzles, and a one mile winding panorama crafted from magazine portraits.
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Charles Gottings
Pitteburea Times
Manowa
Monongahela City
Charles Gettings
Getting
Tihe
Gettings
Pittsburg
Lake Erie
Steutensville
la Vta
Hanes
Place du Carrousel
Paris
Still cosy nook amid life’s toil and train station chaos
An elderly traveler quarrels with a conductor over ages and cousins while a memory filled scene unfolds of a quiet retreat. The prose contrasts a mused life in a cozy armchair with the noisy world outside as voices from a Washington Star passage mix with Ulster Presbyterian jests.
Dr Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets Promoted For Digestive Relief
An advertisement extols Dr Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets as the best laxative for cleansing stomach and bowels, toning the liver, and preventing headaches and indigestion. It claims the pellets keep bowels open without further constipation and offers a free 4 to 7 dose sample by mail from Worth’s Dispensary Medical Association in Buffalo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pierce
Worth
Main Street
Buffalo
Cure claimed for kidney troubles by Elmira resident
An Elmira citizen Mr. Wm Thornton of 127 West Market street describes relief from a decade long kidney disease after using Deans Kidney Pills. He had worn a belt to press on his kidneys and after a few days of treatment the pain lessened, belt use stopped, and he recommended the remedy. The ad notes Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY as sole U S agents and dealers can supply by mail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elora
Wm. Thornton
West Market Street
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
United States
Azalea Face Powder and Thrixogene Promoted for Hair Care
An advertisement touts Azalea Face Powder as an exportable cosmetic used by society figures and professionals for smooth skin and a claim of 0 cent price. It also promotes Thrixogene as a vegetable hair growth product claimed to cure hair and scalp diseases with prices listed as 5 and 81. Available at M Hetzel's Hair-dressing and Manicure Parlors, Lackawanna Ave and New Lomb Building Wilkes-Barre with prompt mall orders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nature
Haly
Nuir
M. Hetxel
Lackawanna Age
Lannine
Wilkes-Harre Mall
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Sis
de Gwen i Meary Stuart
el Taylor
Man
Handsome
Lappy
Iticura
Ste Oopsten
Washington Star
Ulster
Indistiny
Mr. William Thornton
W. Market Street
Kider
Elmira
Eva M. Hetzel
Silaccawanna Ave
Acker
Acker Medicine CO
Chambers St
New York
Dupont
Wapwalloren
Leesroe County
Wilcomington
Delaware
Henry Belin, Jr
Wyoming District
Wyoming Ave
Scranton
Third Nations Bank
Chichester
Ennyroyal
Nchlchester
Vvasntel
Chemtenic Maines Mau Athe T Foy Mae Te Luce Druggists
Washburn-Croaby Co
Washburn-Crosby Co
Washburno-Crosby Co
Iron and Steel
Scranton, PA
Bralgdy
Erie Medical CO
G.c. Bittner
Emp
Rate Matthews Gres
John
Traders National Bank OF Scranton
John T. Porter
W. W. Watson
F. L. Phillips
Samuel Hines
James M. Everhart
Irving A. Finch
Pierce B. Ja
Joseph J. Jermyn
Kemerer
Charles K. Matthews
Charles, Schlager
W. Mores
CME
Peal
Fenty
Prat Mepis Co
Cleveland
John H. Phelps
Wyoming Avenus Spruce Street
Lackawanna Avenue
Franklin Avenue
Ted
Weei
Royal Medicine CO
River St
Chicago
Ill
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