American Detective Bureau Promotes Naval Security Tactics
The American Detective Bureau founded in 1883 by David H. Gilkinson advertises its services as organized on the U.S. Secret Service system. It lists Heber McDowell and John Dalzell in leadership roles with James J. Brooks cited as a reference and invites readers to send for a circular.
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David H. Gilkinson
U. S
U.S. Secret Service
United States
Canada
D. H. Gilkinson
Heber McDowell
John Dalzell
James J. Brooks
Secret Service
Washington, D.C
D Shears Announces Three Day Weekly Dry Goods Sale
A new departure from D Shear offers a royal benefit in dry goods every week with three sale days Thursday Friday Saturday. The store urges customers to shop in the forenoon and notes all sales are cash only with no price repeats across days.
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D. Shear
Night of unrest at the Waverland estate and reform talk
Sir Loyd Waverland confronts tenant anger after a mob threatens to burn his house. Miss Everett and Stella aid in calming the crisis. Loyd adopts Griffith valuation rents, reinstates evicted tenants, and shifts to a humane estate model with cottages, wages, schooling, and improved conditions for workers.
Child not spared for a fortune in a cold world
A visitor recounts a Dublin alley scene where a dying man and a grieving mother arrange to place their child Katy with a well funded man for adoption. The plan includes cash for clothing and a companion for the girl, while the mother contemplates the moral cost of the sale.
Postal Cards and Witty Snippets from Harper's May
A collage of humorous vignettes and quotations from Harper's May issue. Jokes on society fashion and matrimony mix with playful anecdotes about fish longevity, a cheese scene with Miss Vassar, and a mother naming baby Early, all framed by light literary whimsy and caricature.
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Kate
Vassar
California
Fourth Avenue
Rialto
Anthony Fronde
Scotland
Harper's
The Heartless Landlord Opens the Waverland Tale
A September evening at Waverland finds Lord Waverland in the drawing room amid excited servants and Miss Everett’s indignation. The narrator enters to confront his father, whose unchanged vigor and presence among his dogs signal a stable power despite tension in the household.
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Miss Everett
Governess in a Dublin tale amid Waverland strife and eviction
The narrator recalls Lord Waverland’s harsh rent demands as two hundred families are evicted during his visit. Patrick O’Neil, who keeps his home at great cost, loses his ears to the rent system while Miss Everett helps the poor and maintains dignity. The story details a grand reception, social tensions, and Miss Everett’s quiet courage through music and compassion.
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Miss Everett
Lady Irving
Dickens
Thackeray
Scott
Lord Waverland
Ireland
Liberty
Annie Wren
Waverland
Annie
Sir Wren
Land League
Patrick O'Neil
Pat
Sorr
Lady Waverland
Johnny O’rork
The New Theory of Landlord Duty in Ireland
An Irish landlord reflects at breakfast on mortgage burdens and tenant arrears. He muses that many tenants, aided by relatives in America, struggle under heavy rent while the peat burns poorly after a wet season. He recalls his father mentioning money flowing from Irish emigrants to sustain landlordism.
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Ireland
Stella
Myrtle
Loyd
Sir Loyd
McGee
America
Hemaiahate
Annie Wren
Annie
Papa
Sir Wren
London
Duke of
Blue Ridge
Waverland
Wren
Parnell
Trish
Katy
Edward Harrigan
Cordelia
Park Theatre
Sedley Brown
Henrietta Crossman
Youngstown
Michael Malone
Competition Open To All In Warren 1887
At Warren Pennsylvania during August 30 31 September 1 and 2 1887 a competition is open to all participants. George P. Orr serves as president and A L Dalrymple as secretary. Directors include C H Wiltsie L M Rowland Philip Siechrist C C Thompson and B H Evans.
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Geo. P. Orr
Dalrymple
C. H. Wiltsie
L. M. Rowland
Philip Siechrist
C. C. Thompson
H. Evans
Bucklen’s Arnica Salve advertised for skin ailments
The advertisement claims Bucklen’s Arnica Salve is the best salve for cuts bruises sores ulcers salt rheum fever sores to prevent chaps chilblains corns and all skin eruptions and promises a cure for piles with a money back guarantee if not satisfied. Sold by A W Morck for 25 cents per box.
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A. W. Morck
Saved His Life With Electric Bitters Claims
Mr D I Wilcoxson of Horse Cave Kentucky says a long battle with phthisis and diabetes left him in torment. After six bottles of Electric Bitters he recovered fully, gaining eighteen pounds and believes he would have died without the remedy. Sold 50 cents a bottle by A W Merck. Old papers for sale cheap at the Matt office.
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D. I. Wilcoxson
Horse Cave Ky
A. W. Merck
Seasonable Insect Notes for Farm Pest Control
Farmers are advised to burn rubbish to kill hibernating insects and unite to fight chinch bugs. Use netting or frames to protect cucumber and squash vines, with lime or Paris green dust. Destroy tent caterpillars and cankerworms early, spraying trees with London purple or Paris green. Orchard managers should spray against the codling moth to save apples.
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Paris
London
Piles Treatment Promoted At L G Noyes Drug Store
Tonight and tomorrow night and each day this week Kemp's Suppositories are touted as the most successful cure for piles. Old sufferers report immediate relief and gradual permanent cure. Check the disease in time with this remedy. Price.
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L. G. Noyes
Kemp
Mail and Atlas Offer Promises Low Price Subscriptions
The advert claims the Mail and Atlas provide the new Family Atlas of the World at a low advance price of $2. It asserts the atlas alone is worth $2 and cannot be found elsewhere in Warren county at these rates, urging subscribers to act now.
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Warren County
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Willis Cowan
Warren
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Hoffman Block
WW. N. Yates
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CG. McAlpine
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Liberty Street
Hickory Street
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John Lauffer
Cigswell & Son
Oneida
Sc‘rver
GC. W. King
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Xchange
Geo. H. Leonhart
Water Street
W. A. Greaves
Trek
Richard B. Stewart
Liberty Sts
Rice
Beaty Block
Solicitors of Patents
Second
Liberty Streets
Allen
H. J. Muse
Qko
H. Higgins
Exchange Block
Crawford, Forest
Venango Counties
Johnson’s Exchange
Ee & Cable
Scofield
Dinsmoor
Jas
CABLE
Etmore, Noyes & Hinckley
Second Street
W. D. Hinckley
L. D. Wetmore
H. Noyes
Thompson
D. I. Ball
Ilbur & Schnur
LAW
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W. W. Wilbur
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WM. Schnur
H. E. Brown
Story
P. Johnson
M. Lindsey
Parmlee
Citizens National Bank
Myron Waters
Francis Henry
David L. Gerould
Cashier
M. Waters
F. Henry
H. A. Jamieson
S. V. Davis
W.W. Brown
A. Hertzel
Geo
WN. Parmlee
A. T. Scofield
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American Detective Bureau
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Buddygore
Evens & Hoey
Harrigan
Howard Kyle
Fred Warde
James Owen O’connor
Greenville
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Daily News
Rhea
Owen Farre
James Owen O'Connor
Ermenie
W. J. Florence
Boston
Sweatnam, Rice & Tagans
Evens Costume Company
W. J. Scanlan
Shane-Na- Lawn
St. Patrick’s Day
Grand Opera House
N. Y
Chas. H. Hoyt
Flora Walsh
Charlestown
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Dalys
Rice & Harris
Thomas A. Daly
Parker House
Ates
Greensburg
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Sarah Marie Brigham
Warren County Fair Association
Bucklen
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