Impromptu Cousin Saga of Pete in Cyprus County
In a dawn raid near Columbia Crossroads a hobo named St. Louis Pete seizes cash mail and letters from a mail pouch on the Harrisburg Limited. He confronts creditors in Cyprus Center and Denmark Center before fleeing with a stolen mare, then squares with home folks by forging notes and writing a blunt letter to Anson Merritt.
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Harrisburg Limited
Columbia Crossroads
St. Louis
Pete
McCompans
Denmark Center
Tom
Anson Merritt
Hiram Towners
Olumbia
Ethel Towers
Oklahoma
Eleeza Wouters
Hiram ‘Townere
Miron
Cyprus
Hiram
Okla
Charles Parshalt
Charles
Nelder
Ethel Towners
Hind
Dennack
Henry Wouters
Hiram Towner
Ethel Towner
Indisse
Hull
Mise Towners
Oly
Eleera
Towners
Anson Harriit
Cyprus County
Miss Towners
Mies
Ted Lewen
Fleeca
Vesgiman
Enmel
Eleeza
Creek
Okiatinmat
Blewra
Gersman
Ds Towners
Hole
Yexeman
Hole In
Earth
Heaven
Denmark
Anson Burritt
Anson Turritt
ST. Loofy
Choose Your Actions to Walk the Right Path
A philosophical reflection urges personal responsibility for all choices. It argues you decide every step and cannot blame others. By examining motives and owning actions you can pursue peace and freedom within.
Fun nose game for children ages eight to twelve
A doorway sheet game invites equal groups of children to stretch a sheet and peek through a small hole. One side exposes noses while the other guesses who each child is from the brief view.
Pape's Diapepsin Advertises Quick Stomach Relief
An advertisement claims Pape's Diapepsin ends dyspepsia and indigestion in five minutes. It touts rapid relief from gas sour stomach and heartburn, promising a clean stomach and no harm. A fifty cent case allegedly provides value and is urged for home use day or night.
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Pape
Adv
His Mistake and Morning Grumble in Stray Stories
A short quip from Stray Stories features a wife chiding her husband about love at breakfast. He counters that his breakfast has grown cold, not their affection, turning a domestic moment into a wry exchange about small irritations.
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John
No Baking Powder Safer Than Alum Powders
Washington D C Alum baking powders deemed no more harmful than other baking powders by the Department of Agriculture ref eree board. The unanimous report based on three extensive human studies was signed by Ira Remsen and other university professors from Johns Hopkins Yale Western University Penn and Harvard.
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Washington, D. C
Department of Agriculture
Ira Remsen
Johns Hopkins University
Russell H. Crittenden
Yale University
Sheffield Scientific School
John H. Long
Western University
Alonzo E. Taylor
University of Pennsylvania
Theobald Smith
Harvard
War talk from a wary mother to her son
A fragment shows a mother and son discussing a distant European war. The boy asks what the conflict is about and the mother hints she is not fully informed, urging caution and suggesting the mother may know little of fighting.
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Pop
Europe
Quotation on Kidney Health and Salts Remedies
An advertisement extols rad Salts as a cure to flush sluggish kidneys and neutralize urine acids. It claims four ounces mixed in water before breakfast cleanses kidneys, ends bladder weakness, and notes the product is inexpensive and effervescent. The piece also includes unrelated ad copy and humorous lines from other products.
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Sf B
Montague Glass
Fra
Cyprus, Pa
Erry Fett
Hide
Holein the
Carlyle
Red Cross
Ady
Olio
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