When the Tide Turned Copyright
Henry Bradford leaves Plymouth for New York seeks fortune in a brutal city. After four years he returns defeated and stows away on a schooner. A mutiple peril voyage leads to salvage on the Clara Bates where he secures a $5000 payoff and anonymity. The crew survive as the town welcomes a wiser man who faced the world and prevailed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Bradford
Bouton
Clara Bates
Hates & Joyce
Heston
Ezra Perry
Salem
Hoston
Bradford
South Boston
Ile
Henry
Eaton & Joyce
Munster
Joyce
Galving
Doan's Kidney Pills Restore Health for Mrs Crotine
Mrs R Crotine of Purette Street Manchester Indiana suffered two years of backache and rheumatic pain with kidney disorder and sleeplessness. After using Doan's Kidney Pills her kidney action normalized and backache ceased. Sold by dealers 50 cents a box Poster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
Cure of Severe Eczema By Cuticura in Essex Woman
In Brentwood Essex England a girl suffered a severe eczema outbreak with delirium hair loss and great pain. After two doctors offered little relief the patient used Cuticura Soap Ointment and Pills and soon all traces of the disease disappeared. Mrs T W Hyde reports March 6 1907.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. W. Hyde
Brentwood
Essex
England
Putting It Up To Billie
A morning parade of the greatest show on earth passes the house at daybreak waking ten year old Billie and five year old Robert. Their mother feigns sleep as the robed figures hurry to the hall while the younger boy asks for help and the elder offers advice before mother intervenes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billie
Robert
Hille
Mother
Bille
Thaye
Rival Dignities and Coin Tales Across Borders
An Englishman boasts his lineage by a king on a shilling while a Yankee counters with a coin bearing an Indian with a figure nicknamed sean. The tale, told with humor, contrasts royal title and Indian sacred imagery, reflecting boastful ancestral claims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladive’ Home Journal
Grape-Nuts Diet Letter Proves Real Health Benefit
A reader describes indigestion that improved after using Grape-Nuts with cream and Postum. Within two weeks symptoms vanished and appetite returned, leading to renewed midday meals. The letter, signed by a Battle Creek Postum Co representative, advocates reading The Road to Wellville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Postum Co
Battle Crosk
Mich
Wellville
Colored Fisherman Finds Patience on a Bridge
In Atlantic City a tale about a patient old fisherman named Wash who perched on a bridge while fishing explains his calm stance, saying he wants no bite and time saved, as others debate his lack of catches. The piece contrasts this with the idea of patience and steady effort. Nearby reports note Niagara power expansion sending electricity across Canada and using 10,000 tons of structural steel for towers supporting cables, widening distribution beyond 125 miles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wank
Wash
Niag
Niagara Falla
Canada
Niagara Tm
Scientific American
Niagara
Fragmented Ephemera Ad Pages and Notations
A jumble of nameless notices and ad hints including drug claims, eye salve promotions, and political sentiments. It mentions Cheney Toledo and Buffalo, with phrases about cures and awards, plus stray lines on voting age and perseverance. The readable pieces suggest miscellaneous ads and public notices rather than a cohesive story.
Lydia Pinkham's Compound Restores Health in Seven Years
Read Mrs Sallis French of Pancaunta Ind Ter writes that after seven years of female troubles she became strong and well after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The letter promotes the remedy for displacements inflammation ulcers fibroid tumors irregularities and nervous prostration and invites readers to write for advice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia B. Pinkham
Sallis French
Pancaunta
Ind
Ter
Mrs. Pinkham
Lydia BE
Pinkham
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Bhy
Old Colony
New York
Metropolia
East River
Old Town
Providence
Plymouth
Burial Hill
Plymouth Rock
Plymouth Harbor
Rarnsyable Bay
Race Point Mytit
rHitory Pub
Dory
Yendine
Painter
Fife
Atlantic City
Mandy
Samcelptorer
Dera
the Centaur Company
Foodang
Bears
Castoria
Cheney
Toledo
Seariaactions
Walang
Iceman
Marvin
Bettie
Perlir
Howard Brow
N.Y
Teett Animation
Allay
Carner
Carters
Mulsiura Vanes
Naterana
Romero
PW & Ig
TAFT
BRYAN
Anderson Litho CO
Cincinnati
Defiance Starch
Chains
Fite
Thompson
N. K
Old Virginia
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