Salvation By Accident In Atlantic Monthly tale Parker bears needle
In a dramatic Atlantic Monthly anecdote a man named Parker steps on a broken needle, suffers fear of blood poisoning, and endures a long, tense wait while his family watches fearing his end. The narrative blends humor and peril as Parker wrestles with fate, while his wife shows quiet bravery and care throughout the ordeal.
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Atlantic Monthly
Parker
Mrs. Parker
Bill
Sisie
Rags
Ens Olin
Salvation Army
Witt
Amusing Cleric Tale From Mutual Difficulty Pages
Mrs. Stuart Menzies in Sportsmen Parsons shares a humorous piece about a scholar cleric famed for riding hounds and teaching. A baptismal naming debate arises from a mother’s mispronunciation with the priest asking how to spell m. The mother whispers she is no scholar and the moment becomes a light, rustic anecdote.
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Stuart Menzies
Parsons
Schollard
Mrs. Menzies
Floating Kidney Affects Women More Often
A historical overview explains floating or movable kidneys. It details causes such as loss of surrounding fat, jolts, and coughing. common onset ages for women in the 20s to 40s. symptoms including dull back ache and possible renal colic. digestion issues. and treatments from supportive belts to surgical fixation of the kidney to the surrounding muscle.
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Kidnay
French war ruins to remain forever no man's land
The Aisne district loses fifteen villages destroyed in war and abandoned towns in Marne and across France. Authorities say many sites are too dangerous to rebuild, with unexploded ordnance buried and soil left untouched. The government bought Isges land to keep people safe until lands are cleared. Refugees faced severe hardships returning to ruined caverns and dugouts, with only government markers indicating former village sites.
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Aisne
France
Marne
Isges
What it Cas Him. Missouri Candidate Expenditure Report
A Missouri candidate for office filed a humorous expenditure report listing counts of personal costs. It cites lost sleep, teeth, hair, charitable donations, gifts, baby kisses, mileage, handshakes, lies told, revival attendance, and a 353 vote majority, ending with a wry military punchline.
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Missouri
Spirituallote Ashrd to Solve Crimes and Unsolved Murders
English women appeal to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle to prove spiritualism and identify killers amid a rising crime wave in England. The plea, from concerned women, highlights female safety fears as murders go unsolved and attackers roam.
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Arthur Conan Doyle
England
Jand Gire
Telgemoth
London
Doan's Kidney Pills Endorsement From Shepherdstown Resident
A Shepherdstown reader extols Doan's Kidney Pills, citing Mr. L. C. Little's testimony of back pain and frequent kidney secretions relieved by a few boxes bought at Hill's Pharmacy. Advertising copy claims widespread proof of merit across 3800 UK towns and urges buying Doan's for honest relief priced at 60 cents. Foster-Milburn Co. of Buffalo, NY, markets the remedy.
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Doan
Shepherdstown
Dean’s
L.C. Little
Main 1St
Hill
Lony
Little
Foster-Milburn Co
Mites
Buffalo
N.Y
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National Baptist Convention
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Marie
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Storia
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Wedler
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Street
Stoyeedatown
Om Ue
Castor
Abelpful
IncSimite Signateres
Castoria
the Model Bakery
Milton Kohler & Sons
W. Washington St
Hagerstown, Md
C. P. Ambrose & Bro
Berkeley Springs
American Ideal
Nepherdstown Plumbing, Heating and Tinning Co
Las Ambrose
DR. Fahrney
Fakeda
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Ime
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