Aunt Sally and the Honest Peddler Mystery
Aunt Sally Warner, a famed physiognomist, mistakes a peddler as honest after a quick face reading. The man steals silverware, is jailed, escapes, and she plots a daring rescue by helping him escape. The tale ends with her resolve to study more while continuing her fraud-proofing work.
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McClure Newspap
Sally Warner
Sally
Jim Davis
Truil
Justice of the Peace
Steke
Pedder
Ian
Sue
Afl
Tam Nog
Justice of the ‘Peace
Wren
Property for Sale: Large Acreage in Kentucky Regions
Multiple farm listings across Kentucky including 200 acres with 80 acres bottom on Chaplin river at 25 dollars per acre, 218 acres in Washington county six miles from Perryville at 30, 120 acres near Cardwell at 4,000, 216 acres near Washington county village at 45, 247 acres near Balvisa 7,500, 200 acres fineland near McAfee at 68, 309 acres Allen county with 40 percent rise in a year 10,000 in two years, 4,500. Livery stable 10 room house grocery stock 6,000. residence and blacksmith shop with 300 yearly trade 3,900.
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Chaplin River
Washington County
Perryville
Cardwell
Balvisa
McAfee
Allen County
Not Even the Clock at State Hospital Ward
Two ladies toured the State Hospital For the Insane when one asked if the clock was right. A bystander quipped that it wouldn’t be there if it were Lippincott's.
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State Hospital
Scott
A Cold Turndown
Mrs Housekeep orders Bridget to flip the welcoming mat as Mrs Gad arrives, a small domestic scene set in a Philadelphia Ledger clipping. The quick instruction reveals social natures and everydayhumor in a city life vignette.
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Bridget
Contradictio on Medicine Timing in Humorous Exchange
A brief quip shows Tommy debating medicine timing with his mother and a punch line about prudence and protection. The dialogue underscores contrasting views on whether giving all medicine at once changes outcomes.
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Tommy
Baby
Two Sides to Renting Flat in Mr Hanks Building
A Chicago Tribune passage describes a potential tenant, a Magyar man, seeking a second flat. The building agent demands advance rent and references, notes piano music and a childless policy, and reveals the owner is Mr. Hanks. The man jokes he wants to move to escape another Hanks building, while promising to pay a year upfront.
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Chicago Tribune
The Blind King and the First Strawberry Tale
A Hungarian legend credits Europe’s first strawberry discovery to King Bela II who, while seeking shade, became lost and found wild fruit by stepping among groves near Eperies. The tale, recounted by the New York Herald, centers on the thirsty king tasting the fruit as attendants searched for water.
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Hungary
Eperies
Bela II
New York
Eperies strawberry town and a cricket scorer tale
A fragment recalls a king's command clearing a wilderness to found a town named for strawberries. It then shifts to Lanarkshire cricket where a local farmer's boy appointed scorer discovers no marks in the book and admits he forgot to make crosses, insisting it did not matter as the smart runner won.
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Lanarkshire
London
Arms and the Tax and Curiosity and Fellow Feeling
A discussion on the inland revenue tax on armorial bearings reveals many pay the levy without caring for heraldry, while old families use emblems decoratively. A curio scene shows polite shop talk, then a humorous exchange about curiosity. A light note on candle and soap economizing ends with drying advice.
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England
Scotland
Inland Revenue
Peope
Mild laxative for babies and children
An advertisement touts Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a gentle, non narcotic remedy for constipation in infants and children. It claims to cleanse bowels, tone the system, relieve gas and colic, restore appetite and energy, and is presented as a safe home remedy with low cost. Included are testimonials from Mayfield Kentucky families praising regular use.
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Mayfield
Caldwell
Ym Bose
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Cunningham, Duncan & CO
Hart, Schaffner & Marx Suits
L. Douglass
Floershein
Axministers
Hart Schaffner
Marx
Krippendorf-Dittman Co.'s
C. and E. Shoe Co
Florsheim
Cunningham-Duncan & Co
Springfield
Kentucky
Aunt Sally
W. T. Ewing
Real Estate Agency
Harrodsburg, KY
Juvenal
Henry Peck
Hen Peck
Houston Post
William Jennings Bryan
Col
Bryan
Thompson Publishing CO
St. Louis
RED Cross Drug Store
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