Christmas Gift Fills Olmstead Home With New Sister
Aunt Becky Olmstead brings a foundling girl to the Olmstead family as a Christmas gift. Emily and Dick Olmstead welcome the two year old neglected child, after Aunt Becky’s acts of charity in the slums. The “four great, strong boys” gain a sister as Bertie, Fred, and Edgar discover a baby with ringlets and a hopeful future.
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Becky Olmstead
Becky
Aunt Becky
Emily
Olmstead
Bertie
Jesus
Christ Jesus
Emily Olmstead
Richard Olmstead
Mrs. Olmstead
Lorch
Deery
Fred
Edgar
Papa
Perealy
Carl
Lees
Pagar
Escape from a Tiger in Jamaipur Hills Ends in Death
News from the Jamaipur hills recounts a tiger long feared by locals and sport seekers. Mr. Ambler and two beaters confronted the beast at a quarry near Dharar, Ambler shooting the tiger in the back as it prepared to flee, ending its reign after about four weeks.
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Pall Mall Gazette
Jama'pur
Jamaipa
Mai
Dharar
Co. V. Ambler, Jr
Swinden
W. Ferrer
Mr. Ambler
Ferrer
Fragmentary crime recollection misheard in rural dialect
An unsettled memory recalls a night encounter with a mysterious figure. The speaker describes fleeing in fear and asks if another person witnessed the event, hinting at a misheard or garbled phrase.
An Opportunity of a Life Time Offer from Columbus Bug Co
A wartime era classified ad invites readers to request a product catalogue from J. H. Hareany & Serra Co at 1608 Harney Street Omaha Nebraska. The notice references stock formerly offered by the Columbus Bug Co and suggests available merchandise in rw Nebraska.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus: Bug Co
J. H. Hareany & Serra Co
Harney Street
Omaha
Providing for the Future
A dialogue from the Washington Times features a pastor and Boozely discussing temperance. Boozely boasts six months of sobriety and jokes that total abstinence is cheaper than intemperance, claiming he has already paid for his coffin if he continues the pledge.
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Boozely
Washington Times
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