Plea of nervous trouble as Cowherd ill at Pleasant Hill
Taylor County report describes Archie J. Cowherd 24 of Shelby county visiting Pleasant Hill. He wandered into woods, drew a pistol on Cullins boys, lost consciousness, a note claimed this was not an accident. Dr. Sanders found no poison, likely extreme nervousness. He improved by Sunday night and was expected to recover.
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Taylor County
Archie J. Cowherd
Richard Y.cowherd
Shelby County
Richard Collins
Pleasant Hill
Cullins
Sales Agents Wanted in Locality for Large Opportunity
Advertises a sales agent position offering $36.00 per week or 400 percent profit. Promises free samples stationery and art catalog. Seeks one permanent agent in the locality for a large opportunity.
Put Up The Sword Poem Reflects On War And Fame
A bitter poetic critique by James Jeffrey Roche appears in The Century. It rails against slaughter and fame, condemning war’s bloodier toll on mothers and children and asking where compassion and brotherhood remain amid national glories.
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Cain
James Jeffrey Roche
Mind Your Business! Dr King’s New Life Pills Ad
An old advertising blurb touts Dr King’s New Life Pills claiming they prevent biliousness malaria and ja ily call out Haydon Robertson's drug store as the seller. The copy uses the era’s urging tone and prices the product at 25 cents.
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Dr. King
Haydon & Robertson
Behman's Compromise on the Cruise Night
On a ship at night Arthur Behman contemplates pride and a broken engagement with Nell Wheaton. Confronted by her on deck she urges reconciliation, and he vows no compromise before marriage while she agrees to forgiveness, accepting a steadfast future together.
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Arthur Behman
Behman
Forvant
Rehman
Nell Wheaton
Beman
Nell
Bob Wheaton
Bebman
Doors
Nero the Art Lover and the Emperor's Dual Nature
Rodolfo Lanciani notes Nero’s art interest as a redeeming aspect amid historical disdain. He cites discoveries of genuine Greek masterpieces at sites linked to Nero, suggesting no better path to lost works than following the emperor’s inhabited grounds. The piece contrasts Nero’s early, artful charm with later depravity through two surviving busts.
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Nero
Rome
Sublaqueum
Antrum
Suetonius
Rodolfo Lanciani
Putnam's
Arithmetic Made Easy for Evening School Workers
A New York Press item describes a class of male laborers who work with pickaxes and shovels by day and study business arithmetic at night. They show drive but struggle with basic arithmetic, such as multiplying six by two. The instructor reframes the problem in dollars per day and per week, and the class quickly answers twelve dollars, highlighting that they grasp money values yet struggle with abstract figures.
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New York Press
Property for sale in Spritwater area with tobacco land and outbuildings
Read This ae of 135 acres in one mile Springheld dwelling 4 fees Ue ity of press plenty of tobacco land cakeFenerd nd well Will well on easy terms of cash 6000 Good 7 room dwelling on one of the best streets in Sprit water s yard good well 6 acres ground good garden house new Price House 10 rooms ae of ground stable fine garden hen house house fine Pasture prtace everything necessary.
How to Cure Your Piles in Plain English
A fragmented advertisement discusses piles and touts a simple natural remedy. It cites authorities and patient testimonials from various locations, claims relief after nine years of suffering, and promotes Syrup Pepsin as a stomach aid before claiming cure for piles without surgery.
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M. H. Miller
H. N. John
Minneapolis
Bea
Sullerea Tr
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Mr. Young
Mrs. Young
Fame
Moloch
Astrakhan
Hell
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Church
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B. D. Lake
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Séeme
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