The House of the Black a By F. L. Pattee Ring
Townsfolk unravel a Sugar Valley murder in a tangled tale of Karl Reichline's death. Allen Farthing arrives with a blunt challenge as Squire Hartwick accuses Tom and companions, while Rose and Karl’s fate loom. the crowd braces for next week’s verdict.
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House of the Black
F. L. Pattee
econicHo
Teverte
Piurt
Deela
Cherie
Seaire Phirtschel
Hell Bottom
Lewa
Tarlo
Rose
Jim Marthing
Bim
Sherty
Mrs. Porthing
Roland
Sugar Valley
Tom
Jam Fisher
Karl
Dan
Tita
Amos
Stuerd
Tom Ligher
Taman
Beth
Burl
Jim
Dan Ankler
Tra Kemmerer
Gum Runway
Mighty
Allen Farthing
Sinking Springs
Rock Creek
Karl Reichline
Vile
Elbert
Squire Hartswick
Farthing
Rock Creoak
Squire
Fin
Squire Tartswick
Hoe
Karl Kiehline
Squire Flattswick
Suuke
Dean
Gifts that the June bride will appreciate
A practical guide for wedding gifts focusing on affordable, useful items. It suggests sugar tongs as a reliable standby, plus small coffee percolators, book ends, brass door knockers, and monogrammed touches. For close friends, intimate gifts include cookbooks, tools, and household essentials, with a recurring note to start with sugar tongs.
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Clara Smith
Scott
Charles
Household notes from Washington Times on sink care and kitchen tips
Practical household guidance covers cleaning a galvanized iron sink with soap powder, brushing, and kerosene polish to prevent rust. Warns against damaging painted woodwork. Also notes a double flour sifter and salad prep tips from the Chicago News, plus a short poem about weather and sunsets.
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The
Washington Times
Sleeping Under Fire Causes Soldiers to Doze in Battle
A London surgeon recalls South Africa action at Honning Spruit in June 1900 where Colonel Bullock’s force faced nine hours of Boer attack. Sleep proved a natural anesthetic amid tension, exhaustion, and lack of food, with some men succumbing to sleep in trenches among shellfire. The writer notes the wounded mostly stayed awake in battle while others slept.
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South Africa
Honning Spruit
Bullock
General Bullock
Dullock
Beloves
The Ruse That Failed in Illustrated Bits
A note on Tomkins dropping a halfpenny before a blind beggar to test if he would pick it up, a small satirical glimpse into beggar games and social trickery. The piece reflects period humor and commentary on street commerce and gullibility.
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Tomkins
Restoring Scorched Linen With Onion Soap and Earth
Instructions describe making a linen treatment from onion juice white soap and fullers earth mixed with vinegar boiled and spread on scorched fabric before washing. The German navy equips vessels with a novel life saving apparatus resembling a basket with rope ladder sides lowered over the ship’s side for rapid boarding.
Satisfactory Washday Method for White Linenwear
A period instruction describes dissolving white laundry soap in cold water with turpentine and ammonia, boiling soiled white linenwear, then shaking, wringing, blueing, and sun-drying. It notes little rubbing is needed and claims the method cleans quickly and safely without harming fabrics, including soiled diapers.
Color Fixing Promising Home Remedy for Fabrics
A spoonful of oxgall to a gallon of water will set colors of goods soaked before washing. A strong hay tea preserves French linens. Vinegar in rinse water brightens pinks and greens calicoes. Soda serves the same purpose for purples and blues.
Shrinking Wash Goods For Garments And Relief Work
Instructions urge shrinking washable goods especially ginghams before use by pouring boiling water through them then hanging to dry and ironing to save time. Meanwhile Lieutenant Commander Belknap, American naval attaché in Berlin, continues supervising relief efforts for the Reggio earthquake carried out by the United States government.
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Belknap
Berlin
Relef
Reggio
Italy
Ori
United States
Pointed Paragraphs About Time and Virtue
Quoted observations on admiration, martyrdom, generosity, and social wealth. A realistic, witty meditation on character and restraint. The musings touch on time, law, love, and bachelorhood with compact aphorisms.
Goodbye Grant and Lincoln on new U S currency
A western Kansas editor learns that Lincoln will appear on a new silver half dollar while Cleveland may appear on a new ten dollar certificate and Grant on a fifty dollar note. The editor jokes about meeting Lincoln and possibly Cleveland, then bids farewell to Grant with a playful blessing.
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Goodby
Grant
Kansas
Lincoln
Cleveland
Reflections of a Bachelor from the New York Press
The piece jokes about women's behavior and male finances. It notes that many act like a tonic while others feel like a mustard plaster and comments on income, family expenses, and pride in a husband. The tone is satirical and social commentary.
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New York Press
Cuthura Ointment Fixes Persistent Eye Ailment
G B Halsey of Mouth of Wilson Wisconsin recounts severe eye inflammation that resisted treatment from multiple physicians. After about a week with Cuthura Ointment his eyes improved substantially and by two weeks were nearly well. he, now sixty five, praises the remedy and notes no further trouble. Potter Drug & Chem. Corp. markets Cuticura Remedies in Boston.
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Cuticura
G. B. Halsey
Mouth
Wilson, WI
Potter Drug & Chem. Corp
Cuticura Remedies
Boston
Reflections of a Bachelor from the New York Press
Irregularities attract human nature in this collection of aphorisms. The piece notes a girl being attractive even if not a sister, and that a woman’s photograph often signals success unless it resembles her. It also jokes that truth tellers may still misrepresent their methods.
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Chicago News
New York Press
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Ad
Chicago reader testimonial proclaims Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound cured a woman with severe inflammation and a small tumor after doctors advised multiple surgeries. The ad urges women to build up the feminine system and use the herbal remedy to address displacements inflammation ulcers fibroid concerns and related pains.
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Chicago
Ill
Lydia E. Pinkham
Frien
Lydia _ E. Pinkham
Alvena Sperling
Langdon Street
Lydia H. Pinkham
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