Misadventure of Rufus Dow on a Tropical Island Ice Cream Bargain
Rufus Dow survives a wreck off an Australian coast and wins friendship with a tropical king. He uses ice cream and sugar from two hundred freezers to charm locals, earning a king’s favor and a treasure of diamonds that promises marriage to Ada Pearce. The tale blends peril, ingenuity, and romance.
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Rufus Dow
Ada Pearce
Dow
Pearce
Melbourne
Tye
Rufus
Ada
Grayson County Price Interpreting Committee Sets Fixed Retail Price
The Grayson County Price Interpreting Committee announces fixed cash and carry retail prices with higher rates for credit sales, warning profiteering fines and reporting to the County Food Administrator. Weekly meetings will be held in Denison, and freight will be added outside jobbing points. All country butter must be weighed and priced clearly on each package.
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Grayson County
Price Interpreting Committee
Food Administration
Denison
Gratitude for Chamberlain’s Colic Remedy in Ind. Letter
Mrs. William Bell of Logansport Indiana expresses gratitude for Chamberlain's Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy. She recalls a severe diarrhoea attack three years ago and states the medicine was the only one to relieve her.
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William Bell
Logansport
Ind
Chamberlain
Dallas County man buys Charley Ross farm near town
J J Darby of Dallas county purchased the Charley Ross farm located about four miles from town. Mr Ross has bought another farm and will move to it.
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J.J. Darby
Dallas County
Charley Ross
Mr. Ross
Promotional mailer for Foley remedies
A nostalgic ad urges readers to mail a slip with 5 cents to Foley & Co in Chicago to receive a trial package of Foley's Honey and Tar Compound for coughs colds and croup plus Foley kidney pills and cathartic tablets sold by Dyer and Jones.
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Foley & Co
Sheffield Ave
Chicago
Ill
Foley
Dyer & Jones
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Western Newspaper Union
Washington
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U.S
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W. A. Harvey
Sherman
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Vernon Brown
J.S. Knaur
Jesse Whitehurst
A. J. Lawrence
J. D. Gat
L. R. Sloan
Whitesboro
J. W. Davidson
Whitewright
A. B. Young
R. C. Anderson
Tiogat
van Alstyne
Alaska
Sears Auto Comp
Fordson” Tractor
Cox & Horton
Sun and
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Sherman Daily Courier
H. L. Webster
Texas
Battle Fields
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Daily Courier
T. N. Parrish
Kentuckytown
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