The Sure Thing Mining Swindle Explored
A wordy ad in a Nevada mining stock pitches vast ore with 10 cent shares and 50 percent dividends. It lures a gullible investor who ignores due diligence, doctors reports, and proper safeguards, illustrating a classic pump and dump by unscrupulous promoters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sure Thing Mining and Milling Company, Limited
Allureville
Nev
Homestake
Anaconda
Calumet
Leela
Directory Board
Rustic quips on speed and beer in a curt London note
A brief London Tatler line plays with a rustic voice about being the fast motorist in a beer pond, joking on rural folly and bravado. The punchline pivots on mock irony rather than a factual event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rustic
Zur
London
Tatler
Ceremony Underlines Floral Procession At Altar
A brief wedding scene from the Chicago Record-Herald notes a groom guiding his bride to the altar with flower girls present. The ceremony proceeds as the pair exchange vows and proceed toward the next steps of their union.
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Chicago Record-Herald
Judge Questions Provocation in Shovel Attack
The exchange shows the judge asking if the prisoner had provocation before striking. The witness replies there was none, noting the attacker had a shovel, implying a sudden deadly force.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sorr
Up to Deviltry
The snippet appears as a fragmentary dialogue likely from a mid 19th or early 20th century magazine, mentioning pirates and a playful exchange about plays or books. It references New York and Boston and a publication style resembling Puck. Names and clear event details are sparse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Pirates
Boston
Puck
Pompey the Great and the peril of indecision
A compact history of Pompey from his Sulla alliance and pirate wars to his rise as consul and the conflict with Caesar. It covers his victories in Spain Egypt and the East, the Pontius Crassus alliance, and his ultimate defeat at Pharsalia followed by Caesar’s murder and the irony of fate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caesus Pompey
Julius Caesar
Rome
Marius
Sulla
Pompey
B. C
Magnus
Spain
Spartacus
Crassus
Mediterranean
Orient
Syria
Palestine
Jerusalem
Asia
East
Africa
Caesar
Gaul
Liberal
Senate
Rubicon
Italy
Greece
Pharsalia
Egypt
Septimus
Hyomei Cures Croup In First Or Second Stage
Hyomei the antiseptic dry air treatment rapidly reaches the windpipe to ease inflammation and swelling. Rev Geo Sisson testifies it calmed a croup attack in half an hour. Lemmon's Pharmacy guarantees cure for catarrh coughs colds asthma bronchitis and croup with a pocket inhaler outfit priced at 1.00 and 50 cents for extra bottles.
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Walter
Croup
Geo. Sisson
M. E. Church
South Londonderry
Hyomei
Lemmon
Mrs. T. J. Dempsey Returns From Ottumwa Visit
Mrs. T. J. Dempsey, who had been staying with friends in Ottumwa for several days, returned home Sunday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. J. Dempsey
Ottumwa
Local Notes Include City Calls and Arrivals
Local items report B. G. Mason as a Firefly passenger yesterday morning. Mr. and Mrs. Ira Rathmel of near Dublin were city callers. Several residents, including Miss Alice Crone from Burlington, John Strouse visiting Havre, and Mrs. Ethel Dillon-Hale from Shelby, were noted arrivals or departures. Otto Dede returned to Oskaloosa after a city business stay. Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Hoburg of Portland, Ore., are visiting Mrs. George Tripp and are en route home from the East. Hoburgs are parents of Mrs. Clarence Tripp of Portland.
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B. G. Mason
Ira Rathmel
Dublin
R. H. Reinier
Sigourney
John Strouse
Havre
Ethel Dillon-Hale
Shelby
Iowa
Fairfield
Richland
Irene Irwin
Haskins
Verdi
Otto Dede
Oskaloosa
Christopher Hoburg
Portland
Ore
George Tripp
Hoburg
Clarence Tripp
Local Residents Visit Kin in Des Moines and Aurora
Mrs. Agnes Beard of near Ainsworth shopped in the city yesterday. A. Alberson left for Des Moines to visit his son Raymond. Will French arrived from Aurora for a visit with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. B. French.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agnes Beard
Ainsworth
A. “Ne Alberson
Raymond Alberson
Des Moines
Will French
Aurora
Ill
Mrs
G. B. French
Piles Cure Promise with PAZO Ointment Guarantee
Advertisement promises cure for itching bleeding protrusting piles in 6 to 14 days with PAZO Ointment or money back. Claims guaranteed results and refund offer. Includes price 60 cents.
Electric Bitters Prove Worth to Civil War Veteran
Fayette New York resident David Parker, a Civil War veteran who lost a foot at Gettysburg, praises Electric Bitters. He credits the tonic with curing his stomach trouble and keeping him strong and well. Available 50 cents at J E Lemmon's drug store.
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David Parker
Fayette, N. Y
Gettysburg
J. E. Lemmon
Mrs Juliet Wilson and Daughter Leave for Des Moines
Mrs Juliet Wilson and her daughter Miss Louisa departed yesterday morning for a new home in Des Moines. A large group of friends gathered at the depot to bid them farewell.
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Juliet Wilson
Louisa
Des Moines
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Rexall
Blair
Cook & Sherman
GOULD
Mie
Edwin Griffith
North Side Square
Washington, Iowa
Heroes OF
By Albert Payson
Terhune
Frey
Alice Crone
Burlington
J. A. Work & CO
KELLY
Mount Washington
Mason Transfer & Storage Co
F. T. Frazier
Pauls Lumber Co
Nicola & Harmonoath Side
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