The Storm and the Lonely Merchant Saga
Two intertwined tales of peril and longing. A resourceful couple braves a blizzard and a treacherous plan, while George Gormly, a virtuous New York retailer, faces loneliness until Miss Haldane arrives with a life changing proposition that unsettles his orderly world.
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Better Street
New York City
New York
Gormly
Miss Haldane
Migs Haldane
Ike Gormly
Gormiy
Haldane
Patent medicine claim ends with cure after neglect
Advertisement notes a claim of full recovery from a urinary issue with a named product marketed by Foster Milburn Co of Buffalo. Prices listed at 50 cents. It urges sale through druggists and general storekeepers nationwide.
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Dvan's
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
The Professor and Pugilist Exchange Quips
A witty exchange unfolds as The Professor speaks of a brick absorbing a quart of water and The Pugilist replies that his brother is no brick, prompting the Professor to question the meaning while the boxer notes his brother never absorbed that much water.
Three Cured Of Eczema By Cuticura Remedies
Mrs Violet Cole of Philadelphia reports eight years of eczema lingering at night until Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent cured her and her five children. She notes head and scalp relief, ringworm cures, and no worry during outbreaks. Signed October 29, 1910. Potter Drug & Chem Corp offers free book on skin diseases.
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Mra
Violet Cole
S. Reffield St
Philadelphia
Potter Drug & Chem. Corp. Sole Props
Boston
Test of Social Standing in a Fragmented Portrait
A fragmentary society sketch features Old Porkenlarrd-Sh and a veiled stunt involving a pearl necklace hidden in a bonnet. Aims to gain notoriety. Puck notes social ambitions amid hypnotic hints and remarks by Margaret Katherine and Mr Baker. Garfield Tea ad mention remarks on health.
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Old Porkenlarrd
Customs
The Wonders About Us in Everyday Life
A compact reflection urges embracing the marvelous within the gross visible world. John Burroughs contends that wonder and appreciation need not be postponed or sought elsewhere, as the inwardness of life itself transcends imagined realms.
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John Burroughs
Friend Indeed Reports On Marrige Of Mark Dey
Harker asks about Mark dey wedding while Parker confirms the ceremony last night and mentions Nat. The exchange hints at a close circle reaction to a friend’s nuptials and a hopeful, tense tone about gossip and affections.
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Harker
Mark Dey
Parker
Nat
Coca Cola Ad Promises Thirst Quenching Coolness
Summer prose urges readers to seek Coca Cola at local soda fountains. It extols Coca Cola as delicious refreshing and thirst quenching and invites readers to request the free booklet The Truth About Coca-Cola from the Coca-Cola Company in Atlanta Georgia.
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Anne
Coca-Cola CO
Atlanta
Coca-Cola
Fragments and Advertising Amid Chaotic Dinner Dialogues
A garbled collage of dialogue and vintage ad fragments unfolds with lines about mutual admiration, a perplexing query for a compliment, and scattered product pitches. It mentions Fletcher's Castoria and Mira Winslow's soothing syrup, plus stray phrases about soups and city farming.
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Reid
Grakkes
Geath
Knave
Knavve
Erea
Fes
Sife
Chapter
Mr. Gormly
George Gormly
Mre
Wien
Aunt Gatte
Margaret
Mr. Baker
Katherine
Puck
Garfield
Mutual Admiration
Fletcher
Walker
Red Foodore
Fuad
Adres Alien
Olsaed
Lm Boy
Mira
Winslow
Plutarch
Lewis
Hostetter
M. A
Kansas City
Pieron
N.Y
Plaros
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