The Great American Steam Trousers Creaser Scam
Major Crofoot hosts a supposed steam creasing venture with a tailor, promising huge profits and stock shares. The tale reveals a con job, as the promoter touts 18 000 pairs daily and a million-dollar plan, while the tailor finally realizes he’s been duped and leaves with the unpaid bill.
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C. B. Lewis
Crofoot
Dot Leetle Bill
United States
Scott
Major Crofcot
Dot Bill
A Woman's Strategy and a Southern Sojourn Plan
A witty, self centered man declares apathy toward women while a sister twists sympathy for Molly and Captain Hawker. The plan to lure Molly southbound with a sudden illness prompts a hasty message from Detroit Free Press.
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Bess
Georgia
Little
Molly
Tab Twing
Hawker
Army
Garrison
Detroit Free Press
When the Chief Cook Leaves a Kitchen Becomes a Crisis
A Fifth Avenue restaurant owner fires his chief cook and loses more than 20 staff members. The successor imports the same crew, illustrating how a head cook’s leadership binds the entire kitchen and dictates performance and responsibility across the department.
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Fifth Avenue
New York Sun
Peculiar Wall Street ZOOLOGY quip noted in Ledger
The Philadelphia Ledger quotes a witty line about market cycles, stating that lambs are always bulls in Wall Street zoology. No further context or details provided.
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Wall Street
Philadelphia Ledger
You can't convince a man who has dyspepsia that crime is not on the increase
Philadelphia Record notes a claim about crime rates despite dyspepsia affecting perception, reflecting a$.
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Dot Leetle Bill
Philadelphia
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Bean the New
Mutual
Rhma Kanudson
D. Hamilton
Leader
Be Bowers & Co
M. Jay Adams & CO
Steam Troussera Creaser Company
Bradley
White
Jersey
Florida
California
Malaga
the Grocers
J.J. Grove
Story County
N.J. Munn & Son
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