Mystery on the Ocean Shore
Three girls Elizabeth Gabrielle and Elise travel to Canada for a summer at a seaside cottage. A staged crime plot unfolds as a gang led by Gordon Bennett Blake and Lord Wilfrid uses the house cellar boathouse and safe for smuggling. The teens fear murder jewels and a hidden recruitment scheme as the story leads to a cliffhanger.
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Elizabeth
Gabrielle
Elise
Canada
Graham
Lord Wilfrid
Cady Edith
John
Blake
Gordon Bennett
Mr. Graham
Edith
Mary Anne
Bath Elizabeth
Lady Ith
San
Mrs. Graham
Eadith
Bennett
Miss Gabrielle
Mr. Blake
Lady Campbell
Nell Simms
James Kirgy
Wilfrid Campbell
Montreal
Secret Service
Get Your Watch And Pins In The Safe Chapter
Gabrielle advises securing valuables before descending from the room and the trio quietly moves downstairs. They check doors and windows for security, then debate locking the cellar and await Mary Anne, opting to listen from the staircase.
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Gabrielle
Mary Anne
Milo a Staple in Dry States Farming Article
Milo becomes a new staple crop in the dry uplands of Texas New Mexico Colorado Kansas and Oklahoma with annual rainfall of 17 to 25 inches. It matures at high elevations such as Colorado 6000 feet and South Dakota at first frost. It bears broom corn like seeds and produces 30 to 55 bushels per acre. It is machine harvestable and mainly used to feed livestock.
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Texas
New Mexico
Colorado
Kansas
Oklahoma
South Dakota
Wall Street Journal
Married and Single Money Talk After Marriage
Engaged lovers share a platform while married couples face money matters directly. Before marriage money talk is by proxy or lawyers. After marriage the principals must discuss management and disbursement of funds themselves.
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London
Warning on Fakir Scams Targeting Women Travellers
The article warns that many fake courses exist in Europe and elsewhere and that women travelers are particularly vulnerable. It urges women to rely on their own judgment as few sources can be trusted for accurate information in these matters.
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Europe
Back Pain and Kidney Ailment Ad Claim
An old advertisement describes back ache as kidney pain and promotes Dean's Kidney Pills by Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY. Thompson Watkins of Kansas reports relief after using the product. Sold for 50 cents a box by dealers.
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Thompson Watkins
Giana Kans
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo, N. Y
Child Covered with Hives Dreadful Plight Described
A young child endures two months of severe itching and swelling with a terrible rash. The distressing case is documented in a 19th century medical report detailing the ongoing agony and visible skin eruption.
Six year old cured of hives after Cuticura remedies
Mrs. George L. Fridhoff of Warren Michigan describes a two month hive outbreak in her six year old daughter. She tried doctors and other remedies before using Cuticura Soap Ointment and daily baths which relieved itching and cleared the sores. June 30 and July 13 1908. Potter Drug & Chem Corp sole drops Boston.
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George L. Fridhoff
Warren, Mich
Potter Drug & Chem. Corp
Sole Srops
Boston
Satisfactory Ending at the Club Speech
A club member praised the speaker after a Broadway Hamersmith gathering. He said the speech was the best thing he had ever done, and another member congratulated him heartily as they walked.
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Chumnley
Hamersmith
Beware of Mercury in Catarrh Ointments and Save Money
An advertisement warns against catarrh ointments containing mercury and promotes a mercury free remedy from Mairie Mariean and Fd Casey Toledo Ohio. It links safety of the blood and mucous surfaces to avoiding mercury while urging business women to save and build bank balances.
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Emell
Ely
Kale Erciakis
Maire Maren
Fd Casey & Toledo, O
Lane’s Pleasant Tablets Promised To Break Up Cold Quicker
Nearly all druggists now stock Lane's Pleasant Tablets laxative for Colds and Grip. They claim a rapid relief, with thousands already convinced by a trial. Priced at 25 cents a box, with free trial offer. Orator F. Woodward of La Roy New York endorses the remedy.
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Stock Lane
Ramaton
F. Woodward
la Roy
N.-Y
Honest Ad Sought by New Orleans Partners
A humorous note from the New Orleans Picayune shows a junior partner declaring a desire to hire an honest man and a senior partner directing that the ad run in the newspaper for a year or two.
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New Orleans Picayune
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Ray Walters
Lucy
Mr. Hennett
Gordon Hennett
Dauber
Wilds
Yale Record
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