Tales of Captain Wilkie's Cunning and Calamity
A long nostalgic reminiscence blends petty theft with clever disguises and near misses. A town character recalls melting a stolen watch and a failed pocket job on a bus with a diamond ring misadventure. He recounts a bold burglary plot at Morley Hall ending with a ladder collapse and an unexpected voice from the grounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caroline Squan
Lena Patie
Linners
Tod
Marci
Mhia
Jimmy
Chumi
Titl
Dim
Morley Hall
Col Morley
World of Labor Oddities and Global Trade Glitches
A garbled 19th century survey sketches labor, industry, and commerce with fabrications and errors. It notes artificial cotton, asbestos thread, bone leather, booming pineapple crops, and varied mineral outputs. It mentions workers, exports, and a proposed French ship canal, alongside dubious claims about copper mines, electric meters, and global production trends.
Remarkable Munyon Catarrh Cure testimonial from Philadelphia
A Philadelphia reader Lida McCandress describes severe catarrh with throat and chest symptoms and says Munyon's Catarrh Cure relieved her after starting treatment. The notice prompts readers to ask their druggist for a 1 shilling? cent bottle and a 25 cent tablet, claiming the home remedy cures by removing the disease’s cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lida McCandress
South
Philadelphia
Mungen
Yeur
Munyon
Homocapathle Home Remedy Company
Also Mentioned on This Page
Wilkie
A. Conan Doyle
Bacheller
Johnson & Bacheller
The
Tribune
Col. Morley
Jim
Acros
Ely
Dad Rook
Lyhig Alot
Jini
World OF Labor
South Caroline
California
Onegar
Plotila
Parla
Bermuda
Lot
Cebu
Poa
Hartford Tian
Niles
Woods
United
Bacrimento
London
Bern
France
Manchester
Monte Sara
Amrble
Amerleu
Scott& Bowne
Alka
John Wamlin
West Lackawanna Ave
KE Aoe CO
Ital
DE Soe Mohim Ee
U.S
Logue
Federal St. D Shoe Co
Radway
Hadway
All Drugelits
E. M. Hetzel
Lackawanna Avenue
Dr. Campbell
South Rolanton
I W. Campbell
Lenar
Freddie
Jr. Campbell
Fred Heffner
TE Berch
W. Campbell
Pat Steuessur
Jon Campbell
Sam
IMA
Scranton
William Connell
GEO. UW
James Archbald
Alfred Hand
George HW. Catia
Newry Belin, Jr
William T. Smith
Luther Keller
Moosic Powder Co
Moosic
Hushdale Works
Lattin & Rand Powder Co.'s
Pusey
Safety Muse
Ropauio Chemical Co
Waverly
Phila
N. OE
Pennsylvania
Grond Street Station
Penelith and
Market Street
Scrantonian
Am Thrache Magion
T. J _ VICTORY
Dupont
Lucerne County
Wilmington
Delaware
Henry Belin
Wyoming
Wyoming Ave
Third National Bank Building
THOS
Earsittston
Johin B. Smith & Son
Plymouth
E.W. Mulligan
Wikos-Barro
Repauno Chemical Company
Oval Medicine CO
River St
Chicago
Matthews Bros
Ururgis Fernnton. Pe
Dadway
Radway & CO
New York
W. Freeman
Freeman
Col. S. M. McKee
Wyoming Avenue
Third National Bank
WM. T. Smith
Hunt & Cowell
Malupactuuens Agnts Ro
Trenton Iron
van Alen & CO
Oxford Iron CO
Revere Rubber CO
Fayerweather & Ladew
Bonneville
Portland
American Boiler CO
Griffing Iron CO
Lackawanna Ave
Academy OF Music
Land OF the Midnight Sun
Far North
Edwin Barbour
Krasavik
Iecter Charlot
Taey
Scary
Davis’ Theater
Dramius
Paris Hill
Montrose
D. D. Williams & Bro
Lachawanna Avenue
Aylesworth’s
Allney
OIL and Manufacturing
Meridian Street
M. W. Collins, M’'g'r
Quack
W. H. Hacker
Buffalo
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Dormon, Serene
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