First Louisiana bell rings over St Louis story
A tale of St Louis seed bells from its early church, the bell cast in South America, ransomed by pirates, and raised to toll the first evening hour in the town that became the Louisiana Purchase Exposition site. It recalls a French explorer’s flag, a church, and a community’s prayerful memories.
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New Orlow
Sherrand
Wrent
Pest Bluff
Bar
St. Louis
South America
New Orleans
Monsieur le Cure
Remarkable Case Of Cough Cure Recovery
A Marion Indiana woman, Mrs. Gertrude E Fenner, was claimed cured of a deep seated lung cough and pneumonia by One Minute Cough Cure. She says four bottles restored her weight from 148 pounds to normal after coughing and weakness. Sold by Dr EPL Guy.
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Gertrude E. Fenner
Marion
Ind
Epl
Guy
The Difference. Mies Langalah- Morey?
The text appears as a fragmented dialogue with mistyped names and phrases. It hints at a humorous or dramatic exchange between characters, containing courtly talk and mispronounced terms without a clear narrative arc or dated setting.
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Miss Perdy
Bitter arraignment of high society in society roast
Mrs Hubert J Burdette of Los Angeles denounces society women as excrescences of real society. The roast claims smart women mirror fashion and status while men are shallow. The piece predicts her divorce suit is expected as a matter of course.
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Hubert J. Burdette
Los Angeles
National Federation of Women's Clubs
DeWitts Little Early Risers Liver Pill Endorsement
W. T. Easton of Koerne Texas testifies that DeWitts Little Early Risers are unequalled as a liver pill. Thousands use these small pills for biliousness torpid liver jaundice sick headache constipation and more. They cleanse and strengthen without purging. Sold by Dr. E F Guyon.
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DeWitt
W. T. Easton
Koerne
Tex
E. F. Guyon
DeWitt's
BY & C. Dewitt & CO
Chicago
Convict Robert Strange Released After Service in Colorado Prison
Robert Strange, who admitted to a fellow prisoner in the Can on City Colorado penitentiary that he killed Colonel Godfrey Prowse during the Sheep Ranch hold up in Salt Lake City, has completed his sentence and been released. Stringe confessed to the crime for which James Lynch and Robert L. King, now in Utah’s penitentiary, were sentenced to death. King recently received a new trial. Lynch’s sentence remains.
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Robert Strange
Canon City
Colorado
Godfrey Prowse
Salt Lake City
Stringe
James Lynch
Robert L. King
Utah
King
Lynch
Telegraph Wires to be Used for Telephone
Superintendent William B Glardon of the Denver and Rio Grande tele graph service has installed a denlex system to use telegraph wires for telephone messages and telegraph operations. The new system, demonstrated as a success, will improve train safety and attract global attention. My ranch and road house on the road 1 ti Pin t Re ee are a nee. " te Sam. stasis ce.
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William B. Glardon
Denver and Rio Grande
Denver and
Rio Grande
The Umbrella Trial And The Clever Barrister
A famed legal anecdote recalls a man charged with tenting an umbrella, with witnesses in the box carrying umbrellas. The defense argued that the umbrella sway would influence jurors toward innocence, appealing for a not guilty verdict. The judge and jury reportedly accepted the tactic despite the plea.
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London
Ibsen at Sandviken Dinner Scene Delights and Delivers Dry Cold
Georg Brantley and friends invited Ibsen to a Sandviken dinner near Christiania. He initially declined with nine guests but reporters notes show the request swelled to over twenty two. Ibsen, furious at the crowd, ate in a tense mood as champagne eased the atmosphere and he claimed he creates characters not roles for actors.
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Georg Brantley
Sandviken
Christiania
Ibsen
Brandes
Amusing exam answers on a volcano from the London Globe
The London Globe prints humorous student responses to a government office exam for office boys. Quotes describe a volcano as a mountain with sulfur and iron that heats, bursts, and damages the country, and as a mountain with overflows that burn villages. Another answer claims England’s boundaries include the United States of America and Europe.
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London Globe
England
United States
America
Europe
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Louisiana Purchase Territory
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Detroit
Frontier Supply Co
Frontier
Wyoming
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Cunnington & Hocker
Evanston, Diamondville
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Cyrus Beard
First National Bank
Kemmerer, Wyoming
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Mountain Trading Co
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