Pink Silk Waist and a Gentleman Foreman
Miss Peterson, a shy salesgirl in Kenton & Brown's, faces a cranky customer who suspects a fast color. A sincere customer, George L T Sherrick, foreman at the Golden Chicken mine, returns to buy for his mother, leading to a romance that ends with Dorothy earning a lasting patronage and a waist fitting like a tape measure.
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Miss Peterson
Dorothy
George LT. Sherrick
Sulte Street
Sherrick
George Tf
Dorotha
Dorothy Petersen
Li Suppeese
Arnes
Benton & Brown
Proper Dress for a Groom in the Afternoon
A Southwest letter asks about the proper groom attire for the afternoon. The livery chief suggests a bottle green coat fawn trousers top boots and a silk cockade hat with prices. A week later a note complains marriage costs rise, asking for a simpler outfit.
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Livery Department
Boers vow to grow hair until British leave
A Boer prisoner with hair that reaches his back has sworn not to cut it until the British are driven from South Africa. Some think he may now trim if the war ends, but fellow Boers say the vow remains sacred and will not be broken.
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South Africa
A Cure for Rheumatism Brings Noted Relief
In WashingtonDouglas County area reports Rheumatism and Kidney Trouble prevalent. Dodd's Kidney Pills are touted as a sure cure with Mr. Join Higgins cited for dramatic relief after failed prior remedies. Higgins claims the pills greatly eased his Rheumatism and Kidney Trouble and endorses them to friends.
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Bridgeport
Wash
Douglas County
Dodd
Join Higgins
Grafting Explains Dual Crops On One Tree
An Alderman on vacation asks how two kinds of apples grow on one tree. The orchard owner says grafting makes it possible and the alderman interrupts, insisting he already knows about grafting. Chicago Tribune.
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Chicavo Tribune
Hall's Catarrh Cure Sold For 75 Cents
An advertisement states Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally with a price of 75 cents. The text repeats the claim and mentions nationwide distribution, though the surrounding lines are garbled with unrelated phrases about acres and vacant land.
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Hall
United States
Indiana Steam Laundry For Sale By Owner Sacrifice
One of the best equipped Steam Laundries in Indiana sold due to owner illness. Edward D. Dreibelbiss of Fort Wayne Indiana offers the business at a sacrifice. The ad notes beauty does not disdain to borrow the homely woman's hair as a curious line.
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Indiana
Edward D. Dreibelbiss
Fort Woauque
Beauty
Parson questions boy on future plan in odd exchange
A humorous exchange shows a boy declaring his future as a detective to chase and catch pickpockets, prompting the parson to react with astonishment. The dialogue lampoons early career ambitions and street crime.
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Parson
Parson Aghasti
The Youth's Companion Subscription Offer for 1903
The Youth's Companion highlights its condensed weekly summaries and nonpartisan editorials serving busy readers. A new volume for 1903 is announced with a limited-time offer: subscribe 31.75 and receive remaining 1902 issues, the Double Holiday Numbers, and the 1903 calendar lithographed in twelve colors and gold.
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Berkeley Street
Boston
Mass
Old Kentucky Tales and Quick Stiller Inheritance Quip
In a bygone Kentucky scene Zeke recalls Stiller’s death leaving a mort gage and two feuds as gossip. A cheeky aside touts Burdock Blood Bitters as a natural quick regulator of stomach and bowels.
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Old
Kentucky
Bass
Old Stiller
Zeke
Yeas
Putnam Faceless Dues Refund Questioned
A garbled note mentions money refunded for each package of PUTNAM FACELESS DUES being unsatisfactory. The piece also contains scattered lines about Astoria Oregon’s origin and a flour product, with travel rates to multiple states and Canada offered by Nickel Plate Road through November 15.
Memoir of Jay Gould and Railroad in Education
Discussion of chapters including Fast Runs and The St Louis Canyon Station from the book Railroad in Education. Wabash R F offers the volume free on application and asks 6 cents for Hostage to C S Crane, Gen Passr and Tkt Agt, Wabash R F, Saint Louis.
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St. Louis Caoon Station
Wabash
C. S. Crane
Gen’ Pass
R and Tkt. Agt
Wabash R. F
ST. Louis
Self Iaking Dating Stump for 75 Cents Offer
A vendor advertises a dating stump for 75 cents listing a Fort Waryn address in Indiana through Lock Box 219. The fragmentary text provides minimal contact details and location cues with uncertain spelling.
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Fort Waryn
Indiana
Proper Letter Paper Choice for Printers
A note endorses using Eagle Linen Paper for letter printing. It declares this as the proper option and advises to take no other paper.
Sunday Excursions to Chicago by Nickel Plate Road
Nickel Plate Road offers summer Sunday trains Fort Wayne to Chicago and return for 2.00 dollars using train No. 6 both ways. Tickets available via Ticket Agent or C A Asterlin in Fort Wayne. No. 128. A witty aside notes a rich man needs a wife to spend and a poor man to save.
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Wisconsin
Michigan
Arkansas
Missouri
Maine
Canada
C. A. Asterlin
Fort Wayne
Ind
Chicago
Nickel Plate Road
Free Rheumatism Cure Sent To Milwaukee Sufferers
An offer promotes a free mail order box of a remedial cure claimed to help rheumatism after other remedies fail. John A. Smith at 79 Germania Building Milwaukee Wisconsin is named for requests. The ad ties in additional health products and tips for common remedies.
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John A. Smith
Germania Building
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Giaranieed
Sterling Remedy CO
York
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Louisville, Ky
New York, N. Y
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Pepsin Syrup Company
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Hartig
UAME
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