The Broken House Key
Annie and Gus endure a tense night as Gus sneaks home after social rounds while Annie fears intruders and solitude. A broken key traps him outside, prompting a sleepless vigil and a later midnight return by train. A mistaken burglary scare ends with reconciliation and renewed trust.
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Gus
Wem
Tellan
Ime
Darling
Annie
Ges
Ron
Insdam
Lilenty
Anole
Ian
Chicago's Nut Queen Celeste Calamari Builds Empire
The Chicago Tribune profiles Celeste Calamari, a self-made nut wholesaler who rose from less than $5 capital to controlling a large Chicago market. Her creed centers on hard work, truth, and steady personal oversight, balancing demanding business with family duties and constant, brisk activity.
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Celeste Calamari
Chicago
Calamari
Chicago Tribune
Mia
Cures Get Healthy Quick Exposed as Get Rich Schemes
A Collier’s Weekly critique blasts get healthy quick and get rich quick fads. It notes steamship schemes moving hundreds of Americans abroad for dieting, milks, waters, and endless exercises while preying on finances. It argues such cures erode health discipline and mislead the public, likening them to banditry in refinement.
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Europe
Collier's Weekly
Euren
Cure a Cold in One Day Patent Remedy Ad
A vintage ad promotes Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets claiming a one day cure for colds. It notes all druggists refund the money if it fails and includes W Grove’s signature on each box. The price is 25 cents.
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W. Grove
Stage Line Service Between Challis and Mackay
Four-horse Concord coaches offer daily first-class stage service from Challis to Mackay, the nearest railroad point, and to Three Forks on the Thunder Mountain route. Stages arrive Challis at 12 m and depart at 1 p m carrying passengers mail and express with connections to Custer and Lemhi counties. V Hansen manager F Nickerson agent Challis.
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Concord
Challis
Mackay
Three Forks
Thunder Mountain
Custer
Lemhi
Custer County Idaho Has Rich Mines and Vast Prospects
A historical overview extols Custer county Idaho’s vast mineral wealth and farming potential. It traces mining’s rise from placer days to quartz boom, lists key districts like Mackay and Bayhorse, notes 5000 residents, 5000 mining claims, and plans for transportation, irrigation, and smelting to unlock agriculture and stock-raising riches.
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Custer County
Idaho
General Custer
Montana
Stanley Basin
Challis
Mackay
Houston
Clayton
Custer
Stanley
Big Lost River Valley
Thousand Spring
Round
Pahsamaroi
East Fork
Antelope
Connecticut
Delaware
Rhode Island
Oregon Short Line Railroad
Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone Company
Blackfoot
Morgan Creek
Gardgo Creek
Bayhorse
Poverty Flat
Centennial Flat
East Park
Slate Creek
Thompson Creek
Robinson Bar
Fisher
Sheep Mountain
Seafoam
Loon Creek
Washington Basin
Yankee Fork
Sawtooth Mountains
Wood River
Salmon River
Groer
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Serlin
Ber
Hinlinn
Victor
Denver Music CO
Denver, Colo
Dearborn St
Caring
V. Hansen
Mgr. F. Nickerson
Agt
V. Hanson
Tpano
U. S
Ofice Shington DB. Cc
Keeley Institute
Dwight, Ht
Tod
New England Watch Co
Waterbury, Co
Nork, Chricage, Prandisca
Oustet
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