Lost fortune and a plotting executor in Cincinnati
A narrator suspects grandfather’s assets were hidden and his executor Arthur Pickering schemes to marry Marian Devereux for the fortune. Sister Theresa warns of danger, while the narrator plans a secret visit to Cincinnati to confront the estate and meet Olivia Armstrong at Doctor Armstrong’s residence.
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Theresa
Sister Theresa
Arthur Pickering
Marian
Miss Devereux
Olivia Gladys Armstrong
Olivia
Doan's Kidney Pills Public Endorsement
Mrs A Moore of Waterville Missouri touts Doan's Kidney Pills as curing a year and a half of kidney trouble. She reports back and head pain dizziness and fatigue improved after a few doses and complete relief with continued use. Sold by all dealers 60 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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A. Moore
Waterville
Doan
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Dec 1901 Rail Timetable and Flight from Glenarm House
The text notes a December 1901 Mid Western and Southern Railway schedule with a southbound express departing Annandale at 4 53 and arriving Cincinnati at 11 00. The narrator plans deception to flee Glenarm House to keep a promise to Marian Devereux, while Morgan and Bates influence events and Pickering accompanies him.
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Mid-Western and Southern Railway
Annandale
Cincinnati
Glenarm House
Marian Devereux
Morgan
Bates
Pickering
Bible Class Ad in Knoxville Seeks 150 More Members
The Cumberland men's Bible class of First Cumberland Presbyterian church in Knoxville ran a page ad in a local paper, following a spring-wide discussion. Teacher O P Sterling urged business leaders to join, claiming 150 new members already resulted and a further 150 are wanted.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Cumberland Men’s Bible
First Cumberland Presbyterian Church
O. P. Sterling
Sterling
W. T. Rogers
Relics of Davy Crockett Return to Family Heirloom
A rifle presented to Davy Crockett by 500 young Whigs of Philadelphia is now owned by John Wesley Crockett of Arkansas, a great grandson of the Alamo hero. He also holds a gold watch once carried by Crockett.
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Davy Crockett
the Alamo
Philadelphia
John Wesley Crockett
Arkansas
Davy
Latest Mottoes Offer Trendy Room Decor
A western post officer’s wife visits a general store in a nearby town and admires a display of mottoes. The clerk jokes that the top motto reading Walk in love is the latest style, adding a wittier variant Walk in, love suited for a young lady’s door.
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Lippincott’s Magazine
His Sad Loss Sympathizing Visitor
A Chicago Tribune snippet shows a visitor expressing sorrow over Aunt Nancy’s death noting she was accompanied by two hired girls, and Uncle Josh wiping his eyes agrees he misses her.
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Nancy
Josh
Chicago Tribune
Illegal street railway transfers fined or jailed in Massachusetts
Massachusetts law makes the illegal sale of street railway transfers punishable by a fine up to 50 dollars or imprisonment up to 30 days.
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Massachusetts
The Advantage of Reading Sparks Kindness in Judge's Farm Visit
A weary hobo asks to sleep in a farmer's barn. The farmer, moved by a magazine note, praises reading and its promised benefits for the delicate, and offers the use of a potato patch and the night sky. Judge.
Voice clues in tells of truth in Denver bank tale
A Denver bank teller explains a lie detection method based on voice and body cues. He says avoiding eye contact reveals truthfulness, with a firm voice signaling honesty and a trembling voice indicating deception as the teller watches feet hands and knees rather than eyes.
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Denver
Always In the Way in a Narrow Irish Lane
A brusque north of Ireland country doctor blocks by an old bog woman guiding an ass laden with peats. He curses women and asses being in the way, and she retorts that they put him last. He drives on without further remark.
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Ireland
Faugh
Grape-Nuts Promoted as Brain Building Food
An advertisement argues brains require special foods and cites Dr Felix Oswald on outdoor exercise and diet. It promotes Grape-Nuts by Postum Co of Battle Creek Michigan as a pure natural brain food, ready to serve with cream, available at first class grocers.
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America
Felix Oswald
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Impligs
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St. Botolph
Chicago Express
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Mattoes
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