The Gladstone Bag and a Dynamite Quest
A narrator recounts a perilous journey to obtain nitroglycerin from French and British officials to advance an explosives project. After covert meetings, dodging authorities, and a perilous voyage across Dover and Calais, he finally secures the explosive and stores it in Versailles, reflecting on officials’ lack of humor.
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Paris
Waterloo
India
War Office
Versailles
French War Office
Rey
London
Majendie
Birmingham
Frets
Gladstons
Sto
Dover
Calais
Custom House
Monsieur
Cassis
Gare du Nord
A Bitter Ratort and the Count in a Polite Confrontation
Mme de Staol and the Count de Choiseul meet in a drawing room after a long separation. She accuses him with irony while he claims illness. He jokes that he was poisoned, and she replies about biting her tongue. The notorious figure then retreats in silence.
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Mme, Dé Staol
de’ Choiseul
Stin
Mme, de Stee
A Valuable Medicine For Coughs and Colds In Children
A Colombo seller touts Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for children with success. The testimonial claims quick relief from heat colds and frequent use by families, noting a local physician in Colombo endorses the remedy and that many have started using it after positive results.
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Chamberlain
Gough
Oungha
Charles Famer
Wicker
Colombo
Ceslon
Queer Mexican customs noted in dinner table manners
A Boston Herald correspondent surveys Mexican dining customs described as civilized and convenient. He highlights expressions of thanks at table, sharing food with guests, and graceful gestures toward ladies. The essay links Moorish influence to hospitality, desserts, and sweetmeats like stoned meatballs, noting a fondness for sweets among well-to-do households.
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Boston Herald
Perips
Fanchero
Ananen
Spelling the Name Puzzle at the Hotel Regis
A man calls himself Turner and shows a flourish spelling E. K. Phtholognyrrh at a hotel regis ter, provoking a clerk to ask about his origin. He explains the pronunciation disguises his real name Turn er, noting phonetic clues from English words to justify the spelling.
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Turner
Wearing Out the Nerves Warns Against Excessive Busyness
A London doctor argues that an exaggerated sense of duty drives needless nerve tension. Constant activity drains energy and hinders life’s work. Relaxation comes from laughter, hopeful thoughts, beauty, trust, love, and constructive diversion.
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London
Reckoning Without His Host In Georgia Inn
A traveler named Tinnyson quotes Tennyson to a Georgia innkeeper. The landlord angrily refuses and says neither he nor the poet can make a stable boy out of him. The exchange ends with the traveler apologizing and the landlord rejecting the reference.
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Atlanta
Tinnyson
Georgia
Tennyson
Fragmentary prose on love and women and happiness
A fragmented reflection on why men love women and what makes them unhappy. The text suggests some women seek misery and pleasure in being seen as pretty and pursued, with phrases about appearance and affection. It reads as a marketing or errant print fragment from Kon Press.
Better Than Pills Saintomach Liver Tablets Claim Superiority
The question asserts Chamberlain's Stomach Liver Tablets are superior to pills because they are easier to take, milder, more reliable, cleanse and invigorate the stomach, and leave the bowels natural, unlike pills which are harsh and can cause constipation. Orr-Gray Drug Co. offers them for sale.
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Chamberlain
Orr-Gray Drug Co
Banknote Threads Defeat Counterfeiters Says Treasury Expert
An official connected with the secret service division of the treasury discusses counterfeit methods. He notes genuine notes have two blue silk threads running lengthwise, embedded at manufacture, making imitation hard. A single thread on a two dollar bill is cited as the only counterfeit with such a flaw.
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Treasury Department
Brent
Treasury
Enotgl
Miea RenHe
Waa
Secret Service
Tven
New York Herald
A Study of Eyce and Sir George Airy Courtship
A tale recounts the late astronomer Sir George Airy who, famed for his quiet bachelor life, is drawn into marriage through a curious courtship sparked by remarks on Miss eyes showing double refraction. Bold scientific curiosity leads to a life study and a happy marriage.
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Eyce
George Airy
Matsimony
Miss
Turning the Sheet as a Jest by Two Lords
A comic anecdote recalls Lord Chancellor Eldon and Sir John Sinclair using a sheet of paper to stage jokes about livings and testimonials. Eldon writes a plea on one side, then a polite reversal on the other. Erskine replies with a mock subscription, ending with formal valedictions.
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England
Eldon
Dent Wisher
Esterday
John Sinclair
Scotland
Erskine
Sir John
Dunne
Adys
Englith From the Dictionary Story of a French Teacher in New York
A former French teacher in New York recalls learning English and the humorous blunders from her early vocabulary. She grows tired of common foods and seeks a Braine of calf dish using a dictionary to find an equivalent term and ends up asking for Sarva of za intelligence nf za ealf.
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New York
Columbus School Board Bans Dancing at High School Events
The Columbus School Board ordered that dancing be forbidden at all social events for high school pupils, enforcing a ban likely affecting student activities and school culture.
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Columbus (Ohio
Notion of a President and a Porter in a Duck Trip
An Atlanta Journal excerpt recalls Col. A B Andrews, first vice president of the Southern Railway, joining his private car with President Cleveland for a duck-hunting trip. The porter was coached to address him as Mr President and displayed mock servitude, sparking Cleveland’s question of who Andrews was and a humorous, revealing ending.
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Col
A. B. Andrews
The
Southern Railway
Rover
Cleveland
Col. Andrews
Andrews
Vroni- Jovt
Wlereland
Andrewat
Col. Amfrews
Atlanta Journal
Learned professor tests pupils on blood circulation
A professor asked pupils to explain blood flow when standing. After a pause, a sharp student replied that the feet are not empty because "your fruit are not ouip ty, air."
Thoughtful Child Exchange Reveals Quiet Self-Reflection
A fragment from a conversation shows two young girls speaking with limited restraint as one defends her silence and contemplates consequences. An observer notes the exchange and reflects on virtue and self worth, quoting the idea that true reward lies in honest effort despite future judgment.
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Wallach
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