Trade Rat Mine tale of Horace Robb and the rat treasure
The Paper recounts Horace Robb’s quest on a Feather River branch where a tame trade rat aids a miner by pilfering food and guiding him to a gold pocket. Robb builds a mining success then learns his beloved back home marries another, prompting his return to the cabin with wealth yet a broken heart.
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Marysville
Oroville
Feather River
Horace Robb
California
Robb
Eagel
Sacramento
Three Weeks Spark Remarkable Change in Murray Woman
Mrs A J Davis of Murray Kentucky credits Deans Kidney Pills with eradicating kidney trouble. She suffered dizziness back pain and grip attacks before, and in three weeks the symptoms vanished. Pills sold by dealers for five cents a box Foster Mulh Co Buffalo NY. Also a stray remark about a maid and music progress.
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A. J. Davis
Murray
Dean
Dan
Foster-Mibura Co
Buffalo
First Aid to Farmers Helps Despised 80 Acre Farm
A distressed Ohio farmer wrote to the Department of Agriculture seeking hope after 20 years on an 80 acre mortgaged farm. The department asked for a soil and farm report and proposed a detailed farming plan. The first year showed a $2,000 profit, with future potential up to $5,000 annually on the smallhold.
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Ohio
Department of Agriculture
Notorious Column Fragments Trace Odd Tales and Tales
A compilation of stray clippings evokes a mix of crude anecdotes, legends, and social quirks. It includes a blunt wartime style reflection on punishment, a French magpie robin legend, a humorous Square Deal anecdote about a Sunday school picnic, and advice on wedding preps affecting a bride’s appearance.
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France
Jesus
Bro
Not a Miracle Just Plain Cause and Effect
A reader letter extols Postum as relief from coffee induced spells and unconsciousness. The writer, a 70 year old, credits coffee abstinence and Postum with improved sleep and health after eight months, urging others to try the product and noting the company’s promotions.
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Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Ples
Sick man with pneumonia insists on going out
A Syracuse business man, struck by a minor pneumonia, flatly defies a physician’s push for bed rest. The patient, vigorous and ambitious, teases the doctor and finally insists on leaving the house with the medicine bag to continue his business days.
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Syracuse
Physiciaa
Cure at City Mission from a Case of Scabies
A young woman arrived at purity mission in a dreadful physical state with scabies burns and other illnesses from exposure. After seven weeks of treatment, bathing with Cuticura products and Resolvent, she improved dramatically and regained strength, able to seek employment within five weeks.
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Woma
Purity Mission
Aine
Laura Jane Bates
Fifth Ave
New York
N. Y
Mar
Work of Zambesi Missions pamphlet survey
A pamphlet issued by An drew Murray surveys missions south of the Zambesi listing 30 missionary organizations serving over 10,000,000 people. The student volunteer movement in South Africa has placed 84 young missionaries in the field since 1908.
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Zambesi
Andrew Murray
South Africa
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