The Girl in the Red Tam O Shanter Meets a Stranger
A narrator encounters a young girl in a red tam o shanter while returning a canoe paddle. Their brief exchange includes light flirting, a knotting mishap, and a warning glance as she paddles away toward sunset. The scene ends with the narrator returning to his home and noting Bates at the library, adding a sense of mystery.
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Diana
Pan
Pelleye
St. Agatha’s
Iostared
St.Agatha’s
Bates
Glenarm
Night Intrigue at Glenhurst Hall Deepens Mystery
The narrator, returning to his room in darkness, overhears a covert exchange and a hammer tapping as conspirators plot unseen in his residence. Suspecting involvement with Bates and a recent rifle incident, he investigates rooms and closets for clues while tension rises about a possible deeper plot.
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Bates
Morgan
Glen
New York
Spirited Nebraska notes on state progress and incidents
Wymore faces a liquor fight as Creighton's new school house nears completion. Long Pine sees a building boom while Beatrice firemen plan a Memorial day monument. Benedict fire damages $15,000 property with half insured. Smallpox quarantines appear in Gage and Knox counties. Fourteen year old Carl Stormberg injured. Fern Miller dies in farm fire. Beavers City and Arlington plan school improvements. Lincoln and Grand Island report civic actions and bank charter.
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Wymore
Creighton
Long Pine
Beatrice
H. W. Lowe
Stella
Blakely
Benedict
Tecumseh
Humboldt
Carnegie
Robert J. Barr
Grand Island
First Bank of
State Banking Board
Lincoln County Beet Growers’ Association
Sheldon
Nebraska
George Furnace
Lexington
Nelson
Fairbury
J. W. Sage
Plattsmouth
Lincoln
Alliance
Oregon
Guy Green
Nebraska Indians
Wahoo
J. A. Marsteller
Gage County
F. H.burke
Carl Stormberg
Box Butte County
Prof. Caldwell
Peru Normal
Brown
Business College of Lincoln
Fern Miller
Chester Miller
Fremont
District Court of
Knox County
Anson A. Welch
Beaver City
Ida Prime
Board of Education of
Arlington
Pierce
How to Advertise Generalities Are Meaningless to the Public
This piece argues that mail order success hinges on price and advertising. It urges merchants to study effective ad writing, noting most local ads use vague generalities and miss practical details. It claims 75 percent of local ads are ineffective and offers guidance to improve.
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Merchant
Advertising Your Hardware Store Against Mail Order Competition
A historical advertisement note urges local merchants to use specific, priceedged catalogs and in-store demonstrations to attract customers. It counsels printing small catalogs, circulating them, and to avoid vague claims. The piece stresses direct display of goods and prices to curb mail order rivals.
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Chicago
Merchant
Mr. Merchant
Washday Bargain Sale Itemization and Prices
A list of faded washday bargains mirrors a fiction priced catalog. Items include wringers, rolls, and accessories such as curtain stretchers and ironing boards, with exaggeratedly low prices.
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America
No Thorns in Her Path and Her Household Staff
Josephine Dasham Bacon cites spotless relations with domestic staff in eight years across four homes. She says she never faced disrespect, never lost a satisfactory worker except for a good reason, and never suffered theft or breakage, noting staff often offered extra help and one raise was discouraged by a suggested restraint on expenses.
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Josephine Dasham Bacon
Americam
Ota Aspenny
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Bobbs Merrilt Co
J. W. Jones
John Fisher
Loup City
Blank
Wright A. Patterson
Washday Bargain
Feredom
Josephine Daskam
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