Pay Day Delay at Landers Milling Company in 1903
In a Arkansas railroad village a man escapes a flood and outlaws chase him to a rented room. He uses ink and deception to feign a deadly threat, guiding would be robbers to flee after discovering his ruse. the late pay day is linked to the event. This incident ends with the robbers deciding to skip the job, leaving payday postponed to March 1903.
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Arkansas
Dolly
Reed
Ali
Landers’ Milling Company
Frugal Mr Giggs Tries To Save, Ends Up Harming Tree
Mr Giggs refuses professional help to prune a front tree. He climbs and fells a top limb with a pocket knife and a saw, crashes to the pavement, and injures himself while declaring the tree ruined and his attempt a costly misadventure.
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Mr. Giggs
John
Rip
Giggs
Fragmentary dialogue on a button and concealment in a 19th century recap
A garbled exchange mentions Ratton Ging and a hidden item at the end of a roll. Rob Peetly comments on the odd behavior and the success of the concealment, while a waiter and a speaker refer to admiration for the scene. The source reads like clipped, playful banter with few clear facts.
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Ratton
Rob Peetly
Cure Promised By Dean's Kidney Pills Ad
An old advertisement proclaims a terrible condition and frequent ailments cured by Dean's Kidney Pills. The copy claims perfect health after use and notes the product is sold by all dealers at 50 cents a box from Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
Free Shave Gentle Rambling Rupert Joke
A humorous exchange features Rambling Rupert recalling his worst experience a barber college shave. The kindly speaker offers a free shave and recollects the comic misfortune of a bad haircut during training.
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Rupert
Cuticura Cures Southern Women and Babies
Mrs. Lilie Wilcher of Chattanooga Tennessee reports that Cuticura Remedies healed her skin itch burning rash and a facial tetter after using two cakes of Cuticura Soap and a box of Cuticura Ointment. She also mentions her uncle's baby and another infant cured by the same remedies. February 16 1907.
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Lilie Wilcher
Sleventh St
Chattanooga
Tenn
It Was All Right Duke's Safe Game
The poor but proud duke writes to the girl's father asking for his daughter. The father replies with a punning critique of spelling and suggests a financial settlement, implying a dowry instead of a match.
Druggist Says Mercer Era Soothes Eye Pain
A local druggist claims Mercer era product soothes eye pain and offers relief for sore eyes. The ad notes gentle formula and availability at neighborhood shops.
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Mercer Aerae
Fragmented Prose Fragments on Life Truth and Danger
A collection of aphoristic lines on perception of women death living and truth. The speaker comments on tarnished actions and the peril posed by deceitful women, contrasting fear with experience and mentioning a two faced woman as more dangerous than a bare faced lie.
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Irving Williams
Shortevery Pub Co
Mrs. Roosevelt
White Homea
Rene Mee
Cuticura
Techies Eng Tenet Sage Eee
Raita
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