Engagement Ring and a Mystery in a Bookkeeper's Tale
Lawrence Howard hires Julia Burling, a 21 year old with a mysterious past and a diamond solitaire, as his assistant. He learns of her late mother and the engagement ring, and a sudden revelation leads him to declare love, while Julia contemplates a future with him and a request for time to think.
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Mr. Howard
Lawrence Howard
Howard
Julia Burling
Miss Burling
Howard & Howard
Young Howard
Mome Uma
Misa Burling
Lawrence
Miss Hurling
Courge
Grandfather
Julia
Five Million Dollar Card Win Ties Mining Title Story
A young Englishman with little gambling experience wins a document proving title to rich Australian mines in a card game. Tramps exchange a damaged paper for stakes, the title appraises at vast value, and the owner amasses nearly five million dollars as revelation follows. The tale, recounted by Ralph Nevill, highlights luck, danger, and the mining investor who later profited.
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New York
Australia
Ralph Nevill
New York Telegraph
Mni
Excellent Trade in Western Canada Buoyancy in Grain Markets
Across Canada especially in the Western Provinces, business shows buoyancy as farmers report good crops and rising seeding. Lethbridge and Southern Alberta see steam and gasoline outfits plowing vast fields while quiet farms push long hours. Grain production in 1909 set records for quality and quantity, signaling continued growth with occasional dips.
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Canada
Lethbridge
Alberta
Ung
Terrible Risk Typhoid Sends Family on Quebec Trip
A family fleeing a typhoid breakout travels by boat to Quebec then plans to move on to Montreal. Sightseers tire, the tide drops 18 feet, and a child asks if God drank the water and if it was boiled. The exchange captures anxious humor amid a travel pause.
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Quebec
Montreal
Mata
Be You Dread Mondays with Easy Task Soap
Women dread Mondays when washday looms. Easy Task laundry soap makes clothing and linens cleaner and sweeter, halves the time, and reduces fuss. The white Dure soap removes dirt without leaving a dingy smell in the cake or tub.
Takers of the United States Census and a Fountain Pen
A quirky passage notes Census takers use Watermans Ideal Fountain Pen as always ready. The text weaves odd reflections on judgment and life, mentioning pawnbrokers and phrases about relief and breaking away, in a fragmented, rollicking newspaper voice.
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Waterman
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Ninette M. Low
Dickens
Followea Mer
Western
Chicago Record-Herald
Detchon
Dodds
Yan Molar
Planten
Pia
Pia Aes
Nature
E. D. Morgan
Hippotrome Bldg
Cleveland
Iery Lasalle
Cope J
Cana Ptt Governse Benson
Saye
Tts
Williams
Anna Bazinet
Osborn Mill No. 2
Pall River
Mase
Rites
Guiehin
Cincinnati
Putnam
California
California Fig, Syrup Co
Alabastine Co
Grand Rapids, Mich
Colt Distemper
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