Enchanting Sleeper Car Tale on a New York to Chicago Train
A narrator aboard a fast American train describes a luxurious room with mirrors, a palm leaf fan, and a kind brown maid who insists on fanning her. The journey inspires musings on Hudson views, charming meals, and an evolving bond with Mr Brett as the night turns to dawn.
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Chicago
New York
States
America
Lokes
Enugland
Thad
Fascinatingiack
Chicago Meeting Opens With Brett and a Plan
The narrator arrives in Chicago and is greeted by Mr Brett who assists and reassures her after a long journey. They arrange for her to stay near Miss Woodburn’s Ohio relatives, with Brett offering to escort and share sights, including a memorable dinner at a bustling Chinese restaurant in a lively, unnamed Chicago district.
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Chicago
Mr Brett
Potter Parker
New York
England
London
Woodinia
Borat
Ohio
Miss Woodburn
Hale
Brett Po
Indy
Lady Betty
Trowbridge
Betty
Betty Bulkeley
Munch Asaro Witehley
Mr. Brett
Debutante Yearnings and a Frail Willie Tale
A fragment from a Chicago Post piece contrasts a debutante’s social ease with a lack of real friends in Newport. It shifts to Poor Willie, a frail boy who nibbles at foods and crowds his guardians’ hopes, ending with a note from the Chicago Post and a line about getting back to nature from the Kansas City Times.
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Newport
Mother
Vic
Poe
Brett
Pye
Willie
Jake
Jes
Boyhood Memories and Holiday Reflections From Somerville Journal
A boarder recalls popular Christmas times and old days of boyhood. The piece reminisces joys and licks endured, noting memories that thrill yet carry sadness as the author reflects on past youth and a Democrat want.
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Somerville
First Bottle Free For Sufferers Of Cough And Bronchitis
An offer of a full standard size bottle of Linonine the Flax Seed Emulsion to any sick person with a cough cold bronchitis consumption or body ache who has not tried Linonine. Drugstores carry Linonine or will obtain it. Take advantage today.
Linonine Emulsion Promoted as Life Saving for Colds
An old marketing pitch extols Linonine Emulsion of Flax Seed as a blood food curing numerous illnesses rooted in neglecting a cold. It claims the product is a non secret sweet cream emulsion from Bombay flax seeds, marketed as safe for children and adults and praised by physicians.
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Bombay
Free Full Size Bottle Offer For Linus Nine Emulsion
A promotional coupon invites readers to request a free full size bottle of Linus nine flax seed emulsion. The sponsor will mail an order to a local druggist and pay the pharmacist to supply the remedy, with no obligation on the recipient. The offer aims to prove the product’s effectiveness through a no cost trial.
Doan's Kidney Pills Backed By Waterbury Testimony
A Waterbury man credits Doan's Kidney Pills with curing long standing kidney trouble and backaches after attacks began with a crippling lift. The ad links back pain to kidney issues and urges use of the pills to relieve weakness inflammation and to restore normal urine and blood feel.
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Doan
W. L. Hoyt
Ridgewood Street
Waterbury
Conn
Dean
H. W. Lake
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By C. N. G
A. M. Williamson
Europe
Joe
Chicago Post
Kansas City Times
Jife
Bright
Danbury, Conn
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