The Curse of the Gambler Walnter Adams Bankrupt
In New York the tale surrounds Walter Adams once a brakeman who built a fortune via policy shops and gambling. He and family endured a public downfall with arrests, lawsuits, and failed marriages as creditors and society turned away. The piece links Adams to Simmons, Goddard, and Canfield, noting debts and disillusionment among kin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York
Wal- N Ter
Adams
Adams Sen
Adame
Tan
Walter Adamms
Ehare
Suilifens
Tate
Alo
Pat Steeds Cambler
International
Pas Ton” Sullivan
Vie Xarbler
Bac Duck
Pat Sheedy
Herman Roenthal
Nord
al Adams
New York
New Haven and Hartford Railroad
Zachariah Simmons
Simmons
Py Adams
Eliots Fifth Street
King
Goddard
Captain Goddard
Manhattan
Scott
Sing Sing
Ansonia
West Thirty-fourth Street
Harburger
Evelyn Adams
Robert Armie
Francis Baldwin Anderson
Broadway
Sixth Avenue
Walter Adams
Wall Street
Richard Canfield
Figuring Out the Schedule at the Stop
In the country near an interurban stop a man waits with us for a homeward trolley. He asks his wife, through an upstairs window, when she will be ready. He estimates the car will arrive in about nine minutes and a half.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John
Cleve and Plain Dealer
Penny Box Charity Lesson From Boston Sunday School
A Boston Sunday school class collects pennies for charity. After speeches on local and foreign missions, a seven year old boy declares he wishes to help the sick and needy in their own parish because he has put many pennies in the box and has a terrible cold himself.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Boston Post
Pimples Cleared By Cuticura Soap In Saginaw Ad
An advertisement from Saginaw Michigan recounts LeRoy C. O'Brien using Cuticura Soap and Ointment to cure facial pimples described as seed warts. He details nine months of disfigurement then healing within ten days after following directions. The ad notes world-wide sale and free samples.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. Genessee Ave
Saginaw, Mich
LeRoy C. O'Brien
Cutiura
Dept. L
Boston
Adyvy
Dean's Mentholated Cough Drops Promise Cold Relief
A vintage ad suggests Dean's Mentholated Cough Drops as a remedy for cold symptoms to prevent pneumonia or consumption, urging druggists to stock the product for relief.
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Dean
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for Change of Life
Advertises Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for women entering menopause with symptoms like hot flashes dizziness and headaches. Includes multiple testimonials from Mrs Henry Heavilin Cadiz Ohio Mrs Edward Hilbert Fleetwood Pennsylvania and Mrs F P Mcienport Munford Alabama praising relief and urging others to write for confidential advice from Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co. Lynn Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia E. Pinkham
Renry Heavilin
Cadiz
Ohio
Fort Worth
Texas
Henry Heavinry
Edward B. Hilbert
Fleetwood
Epward B. Huspert
F. P. Wallendore
Munford
Ala
Sam
F. P. Mcienport
Also Mentioned on This Page
Aatty
Napoleon
Norton Goddard
Paris
Paul Ernest Napoleone
Newport
Armit
France
Mexico
Ida Adams
Jack” Gallatin
Esthel Kelly
Jack
Ida Adams Gallatin Anderson
Farmer
Fletcher
Milton
Cal
Nchester
Winchester
Nublack
Rayo
Nea
Perfection Oil Standard Oil Company
Chicago, Illinois
Indiana Corporation
Hicks
Old Man
Wicks
Harry
EGR _ bian VEGETARORFELS
W.N. U
Fort Wayne
Putnam
Monroe Drug Company
Quincy
Ait
Evertbody
Navi Exchange
Herry
L.s. Bureag
Dallas
Tex
Catel
Lfe
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