Fifty-Dollar s-Cheque and a Family Skeleton
Geraldine Downley receives a $50 cheque for a story and spends it to cover debts from a struggling year, including groceries rent and funeral costs. Trent returns to pledge love but is shocked by her frugality and plans to move them to a new home after next Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cory
Downleyr
Geraldine
Trent
Jerry
Miss Downley
Fred
Bush
Frediy
Avery
Azores
Father
Coal Production and Prices Compared Between UK and US
Rt Hon Leonard Courtney argues in Gunton's Magazine that UK coal output trails the United States both in volume and in pit mouth price. He notes US production growth and greater elasticity of US coal reserves, implying lower marginal costs abroad than at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard
Courtney
P. C
Gunton
United Kingdom
United States
Atlantic
Diamantino Rebuilt Desolation After 1901 Brazilian Insurrection
The Diamantino settlement in Matto Grosso was razed by Brazilian troops after the 1901 uprising. Most inhabitants fled or died. only one sick man and a washerwoman remained as soldiers looted, burned, and leveled the town to ashes. recovery may take years but gold, diamonds, rubber, and fertile land offer future prospects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South America
Africa
Avea
Brazil
Matto-Grosso
New York Sun
Ludwig Jerrmann
Petermann
Diamantino
Matto- Grosso
Rio de Janeiro
Jerrmann
Diamantine
Paraguay
Bolivia
Doan's Kidney Pills Promoted as Genuine Cure Claims
An 1890s advertisement touts Doan's Kidney Pills as the original discovery for kidney complaints. It cites testimonials from Foster Burt Co. and cites users in Wytheville Virginia Portland Oregon and Elmin New Jersey claiming backache dropsy and bladder trouble improvements after two boxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bright
Bnapper Txors
I Dean
Fosterburt ‘Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Wa. H. Netannons
West Main Street
Wytheville
H. B. McCanver
Ch Street
Portland
Oregon
Transcontinental Company
Doan
Sidney
Geonor Wallace, Jr
Elmin
George Wallace
West Water Street
Baldwin Street
Dean
World's Largest Brickyard at Peterborough England
A historic London era piece notes Peterborough's brickyards turn out about 800 million bricks yearly. Laid end to end the bricks would span more than 100000 miles, reflecting the industry’s vast wealth and labor. It mentions Klondike in the brick district and the long supply of clay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peterborough
England
Klondike
St Hewin ‘Eda
Bananas Not Pajamas Laughs At Bantering Dinner Tale
Walter Camp shared a humorous anecdote at a university gathering about a deaf old man at dinner. A loud young woman asks if he likes bananas and the old man retorts he prefers the old fashioned nightshirt. The tale ends with a playful jab at social customs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Camp
T ¥Ate University
New York ‘Tribune
Aong
Victory at the Club and a Light Tariff Clash
Mr Lewis returns from his club with good humor. He boasts that Stafford, famed for tariff talk, conceded he knows as much as Lewis. Mrs Lewis reacts with delight as the argument ends with the admission of equal ignorance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis
Stafford
Lewin
Mrs. Lewis
Hollow cough burdens patient tale in Youth's column
Mr Dennis struggles to describe his wife's symptoms to the doctor. He wonders whether the cough is hollow while acknowledging the deep undertone of concern. The exchange shifts the mood to a humorous, village tone in this Youth's page item.
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Annyway
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Williston
RB. G. Corznax
Julia Truitt
Trajan
Peterborne
Engle
Booker Washington
Congress
The
Boston Herald
Indiana
Republic of
Panama
Chicago Record-Herald
Europe
Free Homestead
Western Canada
Star Attractions
T.O. A Ra
Immigi Law
Ottawa
Naksan Street
Kerth Baiota
Percey's Fur House
Ovbkovk
Wis
Tommy
Aix
Philadelphia Press
Royal Baking Powder CO
New York
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