Lolita Forbes Sells Story for 350 and Faces Past Echoes
Lolita receives a $350 check at five cents a word for Good Intentions and seeks to pay back her defense lawyer. A hostile class scene reveals Miss Pringle accusing Lolita of entangling Harvey Torrence’s killing, leaving Lolita humiliated and terrified as the chapter ends.
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Louli
Latitn
Mr. Warrill
Miss Farrar
Miss Pringle
Lolita Forbes
Harvey Torrence
Young Watterson
Lolita
Lolita Forbes Faces peril and escapes in Chicago tale
Lonely Lolita Forbes in Chicago falls for Harvey Torrences, discovers his cruelty, and flees to Gertrude Watson. She resists advances from Fred Watterson, a confrontation leads Torrences to kill him. Lolita is jailed, denied support by her father, then freed by a lawyer and learns tuition funded anonymously. She pursues writing.
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Chicago
Lolita Forbes
Harvey Torrenes
Gertrude Watson
Lolita
Fred Watterson
Torrence
Watterson
Terrence
Mr. Warrill
Lolite
The Young Author and Mr Warrill in a Cafe Scene
In a cafe scene a young author daughter is urged by Mr Warrill to write another story within a month. She wrestles with longing for his admiration and her own changing self perception as she contemplates love, self image, and the writer's life.
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Latita
Mr. Warri
Lolita
Parrar
Miss Pringle
Chicago
Charlie
Lalita
Mr. Warrill
Eddy Guest
Inmen
Fewer Wizards Than Witches in Legends
Excerpt reflects on gendered perception in legend and myth with a focus on witchcraft and wizardry. It notes equal frequency of witches and wizards in legends while highlighting male fear and control shaping narratives, and mentions incubus and succubus as male imagination fuels myths.
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Bookman
Do away with Fear Through Courage and Skill
The cure of fear lies in facing challenges such as driving, riding, switching, and adapting to great heights. These practices build courage and reduce worry, proving fear economically and otherwise unprofitable.
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Greal Heights
Folkloric cure via paper images and effigy dolls
In a local belief people paint images and write their troubles on paper then burn the paper to purge distress. An alternative ritual makes crude dolls with copper coins and casts them onto the street. the finder absorbs the sufferer’s woes, relieving the original person.
Girl at the Top in Health Test
A consumer testimonial touts California Fig Syrup as a safe vegetable laxative endorsed for over 50 years. It claims to restore health and appetite in children, citing a Topeka mother praising her daughter Bonnie B's health and speedy return to normal after using the product. The ad urges readers to ask for California Fig Syrup and to verify the word California on the carton for authenticity.
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Thhe West
California
Kansas
Dana Allgive
Monroe St. Topeka
Bonnie B
War's Evil and the Call to Ends of Violence
Quote from Robert G. Ingersoll warns that warfare corrupts nations and drives citizens to violence. The passage argues that until battles end and humane relations govern, duels and revolvers will settle disputes among people.
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Robert G. Innersoll
Five Hour Cold Remedy Highlighted by Cape’s Compound
A short note promotes Cape’s Cold Compound as a five hour cold remedy in tablet form. It claims to markedly relieve grippe and colds, with a pleasant taste and strong authority. The ad ends with a literary quote and a line about choosing peace over fighting.
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Cape
Ady
Milks Emulsion Praised for Boy's Recovery from Serious Illness
Mr and Mrs Jim Williams of Kellerton report their fifteen year old son, once weakened by whooping cough and scarlet fever leading to Bright's Disease, recovered after three bottles of Milks Emulsion. They say constipation prevailed until olive oil injections and now the boy attends school daily and gains. The ad promotes Milkas Emulsion Co Terre Haute Indiana.
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Tam
Bright
Jim Williams
Kellerton
Town
Mitkas Imulsion Co
Terre Haute
Ind
Advy
Sparrows Guard Nest Against Predator Despite Trouble
A Philadelphia man observed two sparrows wedged in a hole beneath his eaves all day. He could not reach them yet chose not to shoot. At sunset the birds emerged unharmed, revealing they had sheltered their nest from a large black bird with a long beak.
Don’t Be Disignored Cole’s Carbolisalve Ad
An old advertisement urges households to keep Cole’s Carbolisalve for burns and cuts with 30c and 60c sizes from J. W. Cole Co. Rockford Illinois. The text also includes a social aside about how wives and widows describe their late husbands and a curtain speech to pull down the shades.
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Cole
J. W. Cole Co
Rockford, Il
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Radiet Institute
Washington
Des Moines, NG
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