Bear Cat of Wellsville Fueled by Gold and Pride
Dan Wolsey, a boastful newcomer known as the Bear Cat of Wellsville, drains his winnings in Oroville with gamblers and hangers-on. A sobering wakeup call comes when Nell Ward, a hotel chambermaid, shores up his spirits with tea and charity. She steers him toward a temperance pledge, revealing she has his money, and his resolve to reform grows as he vows a better life and marriage should she accept.
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Wellsville
Dan Wolsey
Horn of Plenty
Oroville
Dan
Oreville
Dewdrop Inn
Nell Ward
Nell
Bootheel
Dan Wesley
Justice of the Peace
Necessity money and framed postage stamp currency
During the Civil War era a New York entrepreneur John Gault devised framed postage stamps as substitute currency. By covering stamps 1 to 30 cents with mica to protect them, he offered a device for circulating stamps as small change and ran a nationwide business selling framed stamps and rights to use the device.
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New York
John Gault
Gault
Little Janes and Josephine Dry Dishes Debate
In a bustling kitchen, Janes argue over a plate drying claim. Jane insists she dried it thoroughly, saying she persevered until it per spired, while Josephine challenges the dryness. The playful exchange captures family teamwork after a meal.
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Janes
Josephine
Mother
Jane
Straw House Built in Colorado by Rancher
A Colorado ranchman built a six room straw house costing 270 dollars excluding labor. Baled straw formed the walls laid like stone blocks and coated with cement, with pebble final finish. The design emphasizes ease of construction, light, ventilation, and predicted long life and comfort in extreme seasons per Popular Mechanics Magazine.
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Colorado
Popular Mechanics Magazine
Push for early hydraulic power use and Niagara power boosts
Editorial argues lawmakers waste national wealth by keeping hydraulic power underutilized. It urges immediate legislation to develop every economically viable horse power, protecting government ownership via price regulation and charter limits, to support electro chemical industries at Niagara.
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Electro-Chemical
Niagara
We are ready to serve you at our soda fountain
L. C. Long announces readiness to serve customers at the soda fountain, signaling fresh offerings or reopening. The brief note emphasizes service availability and hospitality without additional details.
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L.C. Long
Grove's The Old Standard General Tonic Claim
An advertisement touts Grove's Tasteless chill Tonic as a comprehensive general tonic with quinine and iron. It claims benefits for the liver malaria defense blood enrichment and overall system strength, priced at 50 cents. The notice also mentions a home bakery advert, naming L. C. Long as proprietor.
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Grove
For Sale Buick Roadster at 150 Dollars
Advertisements list several sold items including a Buick roadster priced at 150 dollars and a Little Four roadster at 31500 in a Sun Office classified page. Also noted are lost items a baby’s embroidered hat and a pair of gold framed eyes glasses, and a good five room residence with two lots for sale.
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Robert
Sun Office
Lost glasses found in Bells area reward offered
Glasses between Canaan and Bells or in Bells were in a leather case with the maker’s name from Shreveport La. Finder will be rewarded if returned to the Bells post office or the Whitewright First National Bank. Joe Dobson. Mrs L V Smith and children and Mrs J I Dillon are visiting relatives in Dallas and other places.
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Canaan
Shreveport
Bells
First National Bank
Whitewright
Joe Dobson
L. V. Smith
J. I. Dillon
Dallas
J B May of Whitewright Area Praised as Strong Citizen
Sherman Courier notes J B May born near Whitewright in 1845 visited yesterday. He has lived in the county twelve years and is described as healthy and embodying Texas climate benefits. Mention of Misses Thomas and Montgomery and Eloise Setzer traveling to Flagstaff for a summer normal then visiting Grand Canyon.
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J.B. May
Whitewright
Mr. May
Texas
J. B. May
Sherman Courier
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George Elmer Cobb
W. G. Chapman
Home
L. C. “Long, Prop
Odeon
Featuring Wm. Farnum
Vanity
Emmy Wehlen
God of
Featuring Alma Hanlon
New Perfection
Manning & Clark
Annie Smith
Reward
S.C. Horton
Grover Gillett
Clarice Thomas
Gertrude
Marguerite Montgomery
Flagstaff
Arizona
Eloise Setzer
Mal
Grand Canyon
W.M. Weaver
H. M. Brannon
Congoleum Art
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