The Coward of Salem Part I
On a summer eve in Salem twenty five year old Tom Holly walks to a weathered house where Mollie Williams waits. Gossip calls him a coward after a sea rescue goes wrong during a whaling voyage. Mollie doubts him though her father, Captain Williams, believes in Tom and makes him mate aboard the Golden Horn as danger nears from a pirate brig Vengeance.
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Salem
Flymouth
Tom Holy
Tom Holly
Mollie
Tom
True Blue
Mollie Williams
Captain Williams
Golden Horn
Lfe
Williams
Tom Polly
West Indies
Indies
Mono Passage
Caribbean Sea
Cat Island
Williame
Long Tom
Blanding
Golden Medical Discovery Promises Help Against Consumption
Advertises Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a cure for incipient and established consumption and related illnesses. Claims the medicine kills germs, purifies blood, increases appetite, improves digestion, and builds solid flesh. Notes testimony from grateful patients and urges families to keep the pamphlet for emergencies.
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Dr. Pierce
Common Sense
Battle at Sea as Pirates Strike the Golden Horn
The Golden Horn crew holds steady as pirates close in with fifteen armed men per boat. Tom Holly fires the forward gun to cripple a pirate boat, while the mate’s shots spark cheers aboard. Pirates battered, boats separated, oars smashed, and hollers rise as the defenders gain a temporary respite.
Fragmentary OCR item on drift of names and prices
Fragmented text lists various names and figures such as draggista and 260 with 40 cents, plus references to individuals like Humphrey and Jones. Readable content is minimal. core facts and context are unclear.
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Humphrey el
Willian Jone Hla
Tate
The Coward of Salem Fights Pirates at Sea
In a swashbuckling tale, Mollie and her father witness Tom Holly defend the brig against a pirate crew aboard the Golden Horn. A night battle ends with Tom's strategic broadside and a sinking pirate hulk, earning praise as the Coward of Salem.
Storming Echoes in Theatre Lines Cited for Print
Fragmentary dialogue from a theater pamphlet lists dramatic shout lines and threats spoken by characters such as D Aray O'Brien, Mandeville Sneaks, and Gerald Civanaugh. The text suggests managerial penalties for printing lines in Wilkes-Barre venues and hints at plot twists involving bankrupts, marriages, threats, and staged confrontations.
Fragmented Lines of Threats and Confessions Across the Page
A dense jumble of emotional outbursts and dramatic declarations appears, featuring characters like Jack Denison and Harold, with lines of accusation, love, pursuit, and arrest. The text mixes threats, vows, and挿 passages about murder, innocence, and devotion across multiple voices.
Beat and daisies spark club chatter in a muddled tale
In a clipped Chicago Record excerpt recounted by the Washington Star two men discuss money and a club president as one breaks a daisy from his ear. The dialogue veers between slang and sentiment revealing a light social scene. Mrs Hubbubs is praised as the best dressed woman in the club, prompting notes on resignation.
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Mike
Pete
Washington Star
Chicago Record
Locket Holds A Letting Sign Not A Photo
A poem fragment describes a woman wearing a heart shaped locket. The narrator opens it expecting a portrait but finds a sign reading To let, turning the moment into a sharp, ironic twist. The piece centers on expectation versus reality and the locket as symbol.
Man credits remedy for wife's rapid relief from rheumatism
Morton L Hill of Lebanon Indiana relates his wife suffered inflammatory rheumatism in all muscles and joints and was bedridden six weeks with no benefit from eight doctors until using MYS TIC CARE FORK KRHEUMATIBM. He reports immediate relief and walking in three days, claiming to have saved her life. Sold by Carl Loreng, druggist, 415 Lackawanna Avenue, Scranton.
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Mortonl. Hill
Lebanon
Ind
Carl Loreng
Lackawanna Avenue
Scranton
Man Credits Munyon Remedies For Kidney Trouble Cure
Mr M Dennis a car inspector from Booth District Philadelphia says four years of kidney trouble left him exhausted with little rest. After trying doctors and medicines with no relief he found Munyon's Kidney Cure gave a complete cure and he also benefited from Munyon's Catarrh Cure. He offers free medical advice via a letter to Prof. Muryen Philadelphia.
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M. Dennis
Alogeny Valley Railroad
Second Treet
Booth
City
Munyon
Muryen
Archet
Philadelphia
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