The Boy Braves in a Frontier Ghost Story Lesson
Uncle Jack recounts two Lone Wing boys Panther Tail and Four Tees who outwit and outfight a patrol of 100 whites at the Wild Rose agency. After a daring escape to the hills they duel gun in hand, decide to die as warriors, yet vanish before a court martial.
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Uncle Jack
Wild Rose Agency
Bargor
Lone Wing
Damon
Pythias
Indian Department
Pierson
Panther Tail
Bern
Little Ted
Ins Indian
Rustic Romance Ends With Potatoes And A Kiss
A Detroit Free Press fragment recounts a rustic wedding scene where a limping groom offers a sack of potatoes and a half dollar in exchange for a kiss from a lingering guest. The narrator yields, praising the bride as very handsome and noting the groom’s kindly behavior and witty offer.
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Pia
Detroit Free Press
Mystery Remedies and Scams in Early Fraud Notices
A column reviews quack remedies and elopement rumors, praising Restorative Nervine and Dr Males Heart Cure, with trial bottles offered by Morris & Mullen's. It notes a London note recovery tale, Hazen’s endorsement of Red Flag Oil for rheumatism, and Pan Tina Cure for consumption. Also reports on Philadelphia cigar dealers stocking imports and a New York Sun corresp.
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Morris & Mullen’s
A. N. Hazen
Washington, D.C
Morris & Mullen
Castoria Through Generations and Gala Dining
A historical snippet notes Castoria used in a family over generations and recalls grand French dinner customs with horn signals and armored servers in full regalia. It mentions attendants at table, the carver and server, and notes the server’s role placing dishes, as reported by a London correspondent in the Chicago Herald.
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London Cor
Chicago Herald
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Pomona
the Boy Braves
Uncle Sam
J. F. Cowan
Ayer
Middle St
Pawtucket
R. T
J.C. Ayer &Co
Lowell
Mass
All Druggiata
Fk Wien
Ibreser
A. P. Ordway & Coyleston
Meacher
Wolff
Dunn
Rutherford St
Binghamton
Forsale
Siegfried & Gedureeist
Humphrey & Nemoyer
Frisconet Otorch
Children Cry For
Pitcher’s Castoria
Loz
London
Philadelphia
Walnut Street
New York Sun
Castoria
North Warren
North Waren
Wall Exchange
Hazeltine
Waller
Calvania’d
National Super Meta Reprxe Co
Oli St
New York
Castori
Samuel Pitcher
G. C. Oscoon
Lowell, Mass
J. F. Kinewerer
Conway, K
BH. A. Ancres
M.D
Oxford St
Brooklyn
Children’s Department
Casteria
Unirep Hospitan and Dispensary
Boston
Auten
Smits
the Centaur Company
Murray Street
New York City
D. Shear’s
Water Street
Warren
Hamburg
D. Shear
N. Kk. Wendelboe
N.w. Wendelboe's
Liberty Street
N. K. Wendelboe
Wendelboe
Amora
Bissell
Wiard
Obison
Wood and
R. Edmonds & Sos
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