The Farm for Sale and a Grimy Bargain
The short story follows Chicot pressing Mother Magloire to sell her farm for a monthly bribe. He offers a pension and a future transfer upon her death, while she vacillates between temptation and fear of hidden traps. After years, their uneasy power struggle escalates at a dinner where fragile trust and scheming intertwine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pierre Grenville
Mother Magloire
Magloire
France
Chicot
Chico
Boreville
Maglotte
Celestin
Chioot
Rosalie
Mother Re
Mother Maglorie
Stearns Electric Paste Promises Quick Vermin Control
Ad touts Stearns Electric Rat and Roach Paste as a 30 year standard exterminator that kills rats mice and cockroaches in a single night. It remains ready to use with no mixing and is backed by a money back guarantee. Sold by druggists nationwide with $0.50 and $1.00 sizes from Stearns Paste Co Chicago Ill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stearns
Stearns’ Electric Paste Co
Chicago
Alabama Good Roads Association Meet in Birmingham
The Alabama Good Roads Association prepares for its annual meeting in Birmingham October 8 to 10 with prominent speakers on state highways convicts labor financing and road methods. Delegates from counties across Alabama will attend sessions at the city hall armory then tour the fair grounds for Good Roads Day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
Alabama Good Roads Association
Jefferson County Good Roads Association
J. A. Rountree
Good Roads
Alabama
Knife Stabs Clerk. Sailor Under Arrest After Robbery
Chicago report states Micheel Cooper, a sailor robbed two hours earlier, stabbed David Weathers in a street near the western Railway station. Weathers died within minutes. Cooper confessed he believed Weathers was the robber.
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Chicago
Micheel Cooper
Ee Western
David Weathers
Weathers
Cooper
Governor Colquitt withdraws consent for Mexican troop march
Governor Colquitt in Austin withdraws permission for Mexican troops to move from Eagle Pass to Del Rio, a 70 mile march through Texas. He cites risk and asks for fuller guidance before allowing passage. The action follows concerns over border movement and potential difficulties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Austin
Colquitt
Marathon
Washington
Eagle Pass
del Rio
For Rent From Nov STORES
Rental list for multiple properties on Dauphin, Conti, Government, and surrounding streets. Includes two and one story brick stores, flats, residences, and a frame cottage with prices from 16 to 860 dollars monthly. Contains specific street intersections, unit counts, and utilities, with immediate possession noted for several listings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commerce
Bet
Dauphin
Conti
Dauphin St
Hamilton and
Lawrence Streets
Lawrence Sts
TRE
Commerce St. Bet
Government Sts
Government St
Bet. Royal
St. Eman
Cipeme Hanes
St. Emanuel Street
Guard House
N. BE
Palmetto
Marine Streets
Dauphin Street
Jackson and Claiborne
S. W
New Jersey
Monroe
Eslava
R. B
Warren St
PS Wecice Aces
Zimmern
Church St
Bet. Jackson
Claiborne Sts
Hali
St. Anthony St
E. Jackson
N. Franklin St
Th Francis
New St. Francis
Pine and
Dexter Ave
Marine
Springhill Ave
Mobile St
Monroe St
Church
Cedar St
Jefferson ‘St
Marine &T
Belava
Franklin
W. S. Franklin
Eslava_ Madison
Auguste and Scott
Foote's Lane
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England
Germany
Philip Dreesbach
Wahl-Henius Institute of Fermentology
Richard Liquor Con
N. Commerce St
N. Front St
Mobile
Crown R Cork
Selita
Milwaukee
the Item
the Mobile Transfer CO
North Royal Street
Crichton Lumber Co
Gov. Colquitt
Coltum Dropsy Remedy Co
Austell
St. Francis St
B. Luscher & Son
Windsor Cafe
Conti St
Spring Hill Ave
S. Savannah
Phin St
Emanuel St
Elmira Street
Norville
ST. Francis
Bell
General Electric
H. P
Auth
Torevéteeur
W. E. P. Wilson & Son
Central Trust Company
State of
2Nd. W. of St
Norville Bros
St. Francis Street
Bell 606
Diffef
Bude
ITHM
Jackson St
Edward M
South Hamilton
Butler’s Pantry
Wilkin
Jeff A
N. W
Dauph
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