Final Comrade: A Veteran's Last Supper Remembrance
An aged veteran sits alone at a long table as eighteen officers once faithful to a Mexican War bond recall a feast for nineteen. One by one they dwindle through death until the last survivor, grave and lucid, prepares to join his comrades in death, only to be found by his family who gently wake him to a living room awakening.
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Thal
Jan
Pier
Benyita
Guy
Wulf
Cymirades
Ile
Churubusco
Sumnelt
Wale
Tiecbtex
The Strangling Fig and Its Host Tree Deaths
The strangling fig is an epiphytic plant that grows perched on a host tree. Its aerial roots cling around the trunk and limbs, forming a tubelike network that strangles the host by restricting sap flow and starving it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mesivo
Tropics
Tordeath
St. Nicholai
Christmas Gloom and Puritan Rule in Cromwell Era
Antiquarian quotes Cromwell as banning Christmas joy with fines for mistletoe decorations and no festive activities. The piece notes Puritan severity contrasted by public pushback and calls to restore Christmas cheer. It includes literary anecdotes on Dickens and remarks on cultural decline of races, with unrelated observations from travel and dining sections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cromwell
New Orleans
Tikies-Democrat
Unclear fragment hints at money, family duties
Fragmentary dialogue mentions money, paternity, weekly payments, and parental duties, with garbled names and missing context leaving the core story unreadable. The passage resembles a stray courthouse or domestic argument fragment with no clear subjects or outcomes.
Labor Trouble and Murder Send Ashtabula into Turmoil
In Ashtabula a structural iron worker named Butler was killed during a labor dispute at the docks. The murder and ensuing trouble intensified tensions between two factions, stirring fear among local workers and prompting calls for swift action. The notice solicits readers to contact The Army Collecting Agency for prompt returns and a small percent.
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Renetatet
Preece
Ashtabula
Sweet Melody Flour and Remedies Ad with Health Claims
An aged advertisement promotes Bee'e Laxative Cough Syrup with honey and tart flavors for children, claiming compliance with the National Pure Food and Drug Law of 1906. It also touts Manzan Pile Remedy in collapsible tubes for quick relief and mentions plumbing services and a general goods dealer, F. Bland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. G. Bland
Dr Shoop’s Cough Cure Promotes Safe Ingredients
Dr Shoop’s Cough Cure has long warned against opiates and narcotics. He supported Pure Food and Drug laws enacted to curb unsafe remedies and urged mothers to insist on Dr Shoop’s Cough Cure, sold by all dealers.
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Shoop
Dr Shoop
Dr. Shoop
Manzan refund promise and local remedies advertisement
Your money refunded if after using three fourths of a tube of Manzan you are dissatisfied Return the balance to your druggist and your money will be cheerfully returned Take advantage of this offer Brink G. Bixed The Acme Collecting Agency will collect your money and give it to you promptly Foley's Baney and Tar cures influenza and colds Refuse any but the genuine in the yellow package Sturm and WIlson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brink G. Bixed
Acme Collecting Agency
South Third Street
de Gripge Amd
Sturm & Wilnon
Sweet Melody Plour Patent Remedy Ad
The advert touts a cough and cold relief laxative remedy claiming Bee's Laxative Cough Syrup with honey and turpentine, offering a 20 dose bottle with a coupon and money back guarantee if not fully satisfied, sold by F G Bland.
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F. G. Bland
Collect Your Servrite Quick and Turn Money Over Promptly
A terse notice directs readers to collect servrite promptly and turn over funds, referencing the location 110 South Third Street as the handling point.
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Acme Collecting Agency
South Third Street
Dede's Little Liver Pills and Pine Salve Advertisements
An old advertisement page promotes Dede's Little Liver Pills claiming liver cleansing and clear complexions sold by Frank G. Bland. Pine Salve Carbolized advertised as antiseptic for eczema, chapped hands, and other skin issues also sold by Frank G. Bland. Acme Agency at 118 South Third Street offers prompt collections services. Also mentions C. Welch for gas fitting and plumbing on East Pike Street.
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Dede
Frank G. Bland
Collectiens
Acme
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Union National Bank
Clarksburg
West Virginia
Capital
The
Empire National Bank
Main and
Fourth Sts
Clarksburg, W. Va
Vv. L. Highland
Perry ©. Williams
Faris
B. B. Deison Osehier
Sturm & Wilson
Pine-Use Medicine Company
Chicago
U.S. A
Manhattan Buffet
W. Pike St
West , Virginia
Bank
Pros
F. B. Woods
Metropolitan Hotel and Buffet
West Pike Street
Ana
G. M. West
North Fifth St. Glen Elk
Baltimore S One
Grimold Cromwell
Charles Dickens
Wikie Collins
Heaith
London
Broadstairs
Dickens
Collins
Colas
Gimeon
Londem
Abe
Christian Rogtater
Acmy Collecting Agency
Roberts Hartware
Frank Biaad
Hilda Hildebrand
Leichnes
Jos, L. Rhodes
TL Rhodes
Rhodes
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Law
Gaertsbers, W.va
Frank A. Willison
Oak Dail Building
Holmboe & Lafferty
Clarkeburg
W. Va
Bluefield
WoVa
Athens
Gus Smith
Fedyce
Doo
Postottice
Emil Walters
Lee St. Bell
C. L. Hickman
Ngs and
Improvimenta
Guneaatea
H. B. Bartaolow
Fairmont
People
H. S. Blake Tancinz
Bel Phones
Tien
Nps
Freak G. Biand
Ringe
Mit
Frank
Bland
Gatistaction
Is &T Motty
C. Welch
GAB Fitting and Plumbing
East Pike Etaset
Manzan Pile
PEVES
Tewa5
Lertro
Waits Hite
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