Afflicted Only At Times And A Tale Of Quiet Strife
A dialog from South's Companion recalls Capt Bascomb and Capt Somers on a porch as a wife’s deafness clashes with others’ gossip. The piece notes Bascomb’s gradual change, Mrs Bascomb’s domineering nature, and the observers’ judgment amid a rural domestic scene. The excerpt then shifts to laundry starch and household scenes, ending with a minor domestic quarrel and a whispered sorrow about a silent woman, supposedly bored by her husband.
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Capt. Bascomb
Capt. Somers
Mrss Bascomb
Gersh Hascomb
South
Leo
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham
Lynn
Mass
Lydia E. Pinkam
A Country Marvel at Marshes and Sausages on Sticks
A boy on a summer outing in a saltwater farm area gazes at marsh cat-tails and jokes that sausages grow on sticks. In Lander Colorado, a man summoned for jury duty attempts to dodge service by declaring himself too large for the task.
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Lander
Colo
Coffee or Postum Claim Sleep and Digestion Benefit
A Calit. woman says stopping coffee improved sleep and vitality after years of wakefulness. Her brother’s sour stomach improved after switching from coffee to Postum, prompting a ten day trial and a claim that coffee caused distress. The ad touts a book titled She Road to Wellville and the slogan There’s a Reason.
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Postum
Cortes
Wellville
Illinois News Brokers' Operators Out
Chicago telegraphers strike actions include calling out leased wire operators in six brokerages and contrasting statements from union officials and company leaders. Both sides claim victory as operators count rises on the board of trade amid the dispute.
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Chicago
Board of Trade
Peaches Bring Good Prices at Alto Pass Harvest
Alto Pass peach growers report strong returns with several buyers paying near 600 dollars for a day’s picking and others getting 800 dollars. Fruit is firm yellow variety, trees loaded. shipments go to St. Louis by commission firms on consignment as offers rise.
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Alto Pass
St. Louis
Express
Body Found on Illinois Central Tracks
The body of a stranger believed to be Charles Ripley of Waterloo Illinois was found on the Illinois Central tracks about ten miles north of Murphysboro. The investigation caller notes a male, age undetermined, found near railway line with unknown cause of death. Authorities have not released additional details or identifications.
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Murphysboro
Fordyce
Carey
Iron Mountain
Charles Ripley
Waterloo
Nois Central
Here
Harrisburg Fire Destroys Principal Buildings and Loss Near 100000
Illinois fire causes extensive destruction in Harrisburg with losses near one hundred thousand dollars. Separate notice reports St. Charles physician wedding in Litchfield as Dr Porter Herald Gregory from St. Charles marries Miss Bessie Myers of Litchfield, officiated by Rev. G. L. Milford.
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Harrisburg
St. Charles
Litchfield
Porter Herald Gregory
Bessie Myers
G. L. Milford
Oklahoma Amazes New Yorker with Modern City Vibe
A New Yorker visiting Oklahoma City marvels at its wide streets glass fronts and clean sidewalks while locals joke about porcelain bathtubs. The piece notes how progress in consumer goods from starch to modern formulations shows regional modernization in a young territory.
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Oklahoma
Ar Eisterner
Oklahoma City
Guy
New York
Pronounce These Rapidly Vicar Testifies to Commission
A Welsh vicar told the royal commission on the church in Wales that he had visited Pistylecum Carnguweh Llangeful cum Tregaian Llandyfuan cum Llanfair and Arleechwedd. He urged discretion and cited his own discontents as secrets in a terse closing remark from Franklin.
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Art Dwygytychi-cum-l’enmaenmaur
Royal Commission of the Church In Wales
Pistylecum-Carnguweh
Llangeful-cum-Tregaian
Llandyfuancum-Llanfair
Arleechwedd
He Was Not to Blame In Cleveland Leader tale
A mother overhears Bartholomew swearing and questions his learned profanity. He blames playmate Cavert who denies instruction. Cavert’s mother is informed and Cavert is confronted. Bartholomew insists Cavert had no part and asks why Cavert’s father has a car, signaling a humorous misunderstanding.
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Speaker Cannon
Danville
Joe’ Cannon
National
House of Representatives
Congress
Statesman
Bartholomew
Ike
Cleveland
Cavert
W. L. Douglas
W. LL
Douglas
W. DL. Douglas
Brookton Mass
W.L. Deng
W. L. Douglas Namie
Pride
W.L. Qouglas
Inl
W.l.dougis
Cheap irrigated land opens under Carey Act in Routt County
Grand opening set for Sept. 5 in Little Snake River Valley Routt County Colorado under the Carey Act. Land and water priced at 25 dollars 50 cents per acre with a 5 dollars 25 cents down payment. Includes excursion rates and details from Routt County Development Co Denver. Pair of quotes and ad blurbs appear amid the article.
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Little Snake Hiver Valley
Routt County
Colo
Architects and Closets and Other Fragments
A collage of brief items includes an architect mocked for yielding to women's closet needs, a claim that home ironing with smooth iron starch rivals laundries, a dismissive school anecdote about tardy students, a nerve-restorative ad, a Swiss burial note, a shoe powder pitch, and assorted maxims and quotes.
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LG. Haynes
Tf. W. Gregory
G. C. Pierce
P. H. Thomas
F. W. Kruger
Toledo
Cumberland County
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Board of Trustees
yNashyite
Methodist Episcopal Church
Booth
M. E. Church
Robinson
Edwin F. Bull
Crawford County
Emma Walker
T. C. Burke
Jon P. Bull
J. W. Bull
Defiance
Bishop Asbury
Euripides
St. Vitus
Switzerland
Lewis’ Factory
Peoria
Allen
A. S. Olmeted
le Roy
N.Y
Pascal
France
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York
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