Pin story and Edison shop echo through Harlem Life
A pair of Melbourne era snippets recount a pin as a symbol of labor’s reach and a father’s cautionary tale. The tale contrasts a family’s curiosity with the old man’s wary restraint as a gleaming pin spurs a comic chase through the room. Edison’s workshop is praised for foresight and a vast materials collection stocked to anticipate any contingency.
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Serer
Vic
Harlem
A. Edison
Thom
Menlo Park
Smithsonian Institution
Metropolitan Missouria of Nat
Edison
Evening Post
Charles Wickens Story Of John Forester Editor Legend
Charles Wickens recounts John Forester, a writer editor known for a calm manner and strict yet loyal servants. A cabman’s failed delivery leads to a porter describing Forester as a taut gentle man, provoking pride from Forester’s “barbitracy” figure and a chorus of amused reactions.
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Charles Wickens
John Forester
Apket
Alidn
Mer
Hair Growth Claim in Vintage Ad for Begg’s Hair Renewer
An old advertisement promotes Begg’s Hair Renewer as a solution to hair growth. It claims the product has grown hair on hundreds of heads and is offered at Farley’s with a foundation in the hair cells and blood vessels.
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Farley's
Begg
E. J. Evans
Bogg
Farley
W. Barly
Marion
Lam
Negg
Sengs
Farms in Ellis County show vast Russian wheat fields
A Kansas Star correspondent visits Ellis County in Hays and Catharine to report on enormous wheat fields run by Russian farmers. The piece details harvest methods, labor by women and children, and the economic boom as 147000 acres ripe for harvest. It notes beer driven harvest culture, large ranches like Behan’s, and a county holding millions of bushels awaiting price rises.
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B. McDonald
Kansas City
Satunday
Ellis County
Dave Taylor
Catharine
Herzog
James Behan
Hays
Toulon
Munjor
Okllahoma
Kansas
Hays City
Russia
Star
Anton Mermis
Wm Gorbin
Misissippi
James Be—han
Merzog
Itia
Mises
Hes
One Fare Rail Trip to Fort Scott Conventions
State committee offers one fare round trip on all Kansas railroads for Populists and Democrats attending the July 24 conventions at Fort Scott. Tickets on sale Sunday midnight for return next Sunday. Travel details include connections from Junction City to Parsons and Fort Scott with layovers and hotel advice for the big event and related activities in Parsons and Junction City.
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Union Pacific
Kansas
Nebraska
Fort Scott
Ft Scott
Gatshy
Mic&t
Junction City
Parsons
R R
Scott
State Arcretary
J. Fl. Corran
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Old Buckeye
Farmer Bellman
C. Farley
EF Walker
Alton
Get
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Ellis
John H. Gerken
J. ©. Farley
Spencer's Star Shop
Union Ee
Denver
Colorado Springs
Puebelo
Ognen
Salt Lake
DP Paylor
Suarvalley
Alresty Hall
Kodal
Fon
JG. Farley
Harry Freese
Notary Public
Royal Medicine Co
Hays Crey Ay LO. Farley
Plains of Kansas
ER. Cole
Reliable Hardware Store
Gnue
George Cox
Catharine and
Philadelphia
Chicago
BF Replogle
Andreas Henry Tyler
Paul Dinges
David Rathbone
Jobo Gerken
Philip Jacobs
Judd
Dean
Waldo Jake Bissing
Spotts
Mulroy
Basgall
Bruel
Loredisch
Siahi Meedisines
Frank Havemann
H. W. Oshant
Notary Public de Merrigayer
R. B. Thomas
North Main Street
Gays City
Emes
John Schlyerdealer
Ferd Heim Brewine
Kahsaseey
MEW
Orange
Mass
Trin Huey
Cad
Atlan
Elling
Artichas Sith
Montgomery Ward & GO
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