Ex-Convict Lucius McKnight Returns to Small Town
Lucius McKnight comes back from 66 years and 4 months in prison to Red Willow. Citizens watch as he quietly rebuilds a life by opening a chair caning shop, earning respect through skilled craft and acts of restitution. Miss Dillingham funds a handmade chair factory, later forming Dillingham & McKnight. Five years later they prosper, and McKnight marries Miss Lester with Dillingham’s blessing.
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Lucius McKnight
Hardihood
McKnight
Mary Lester
Lucius MelKnight
Red Willow
Main Street
MedKnight
Phabeee
Dillingham
Phebe Dillingham
Miss Dillingham
Dillingham & McKnight
Lucius
Mary
New York Man Compares Civil War Shutters to Modern Police
A young man in New York contrasts current police presence with wartime western towns. He recalls wooden shutters used to protect storefronts against raiders, noting merchants could retreat to cellars during attacks. He says oak shutters offered strong defense, unlike today.
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New York
Broadway
West
New York Sun
Armour As A Brakeman The Millionaire's Brief and Unsus
The Detroit News recalls depot master George A. Sheldon of the Lake Shore line who served 46 years and shared railroad anecdotes. One tale features Philip D. Armour, later Chicago packer, who credited Sheldon with a decisive career word that redirected him from railroading to fortune.
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George A. Sheldon
Lake Shore Station
Lake Shore Company
Sheldon
Phil D. Armour
Chicago
National Republican Convention in Philadelphia Dates Released
The notice lists the Republican convention in Philadelphia with ticket sales on June 13 and 14, 86 100 tickets, and a final limit set on June 80th.
LAXATIVES ROMO QUININE TABLETS PROMOTION
An advertised laxative Qui nine tablet claim offers a money back refund if it fails to cure with E W Groves signature on every box and a price of 2 cents noted.
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Romo
E. W. Grove
Tarler
A. L. Cook
Summer School Round Trip Fare to Moscow Idaho
University of Idaho offers summer students a single fare round trip to Moscow for the June 20 to August session. Tickets go on sale June 17 and 18 with final return by August 6.
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University of Idaho, Mos
Blood Elixir Promises Cure For Impure Blood
Dull headache and body pains with stomach sinking, appetite loss, feverish feel, pimples and sores are cited as signs of impure blood. The ad claims Acker's Blood Elixir purifies blood and cures scrofulous and syphilitic poisons, offered with a positive guarantee by Sprague's Pharmacy.
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Acker
Sprague
Medicine and laxative ads crowd street corner booklet
An old advertisement page touts DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve for piles eczema and skin diseases with cautions about counterfeits. It promotes DeWitt’s Little Miracles Morley Risers as gentle liver and bowel cleansers and Whites Cream Vermifuge for worm control priced at 25 cents.
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DeWitt
A. L. Cook
Dialect Writing Talk and Health Advices Mixed
A collection of quotes on dialect talent, a medical pitch for TARLERs NUCKEVR PILE OINTMENT, Kodo Dyspepsia Care claims, and a doctrinal definition of a true Christian stressing kindness and tolerance. The text weaves literary talk, medical ads, and religious sentiments.
Dyspepsia Cure Promoted in Tin Box Tablet
Advertises AcKka's Dyspepsia Tableta promising immediate relief or money back. Sold in handsome tin boxes for 25 cents at Sprague's Pharmacy.
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Ackka
Sprague
Furnished room for rent seeks tenant in Indianapolis
Mrs. H. Van Engelen advertises a nice furnished room for rent. Mrs. Anna Lucy at 811 Fort Wayne Ave Indianapolis invites respectable middle aged widows seeking a westward move, offering to exchange references and a housekeeper position with a widower family.
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Anna Lucy
Fort Wayne. Ave
Indianapolis
Ind
Burlington's Chicago Special Arrives on Time
The Burlington's Chicago Special departs Denver at 4 00 p m and arrives in Chicago at 8 30 p m next evening exactly on schedule. The train offers sleeping dining library and chair cars. Another strong option for Omaha Chicago Kansas City and St Louis is the Vestibuled Flyer leaving Denver at 10 00 p m.
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Burlington
Chicago
Denver
Omaha
Kansas City
St Louis
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Ute
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Lake City
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California
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