Geisha’s Lotus Love and the English Visitor’s Farewell
Zahina Ko Hana san watches a handsome Englishman, Paul Verulam, from her Tokyo window as he sketches and buys her freedom, then asks her to stay. He later learns she cannot join him, and their tale ends with her choosing sorrow and a tragic quiet in her room after he leaves.
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Jamison
Zahina-san
Takouara
Rohana Ran
Aguick
Fo-hana-san
Paul Verulam
Ko-hana-san
Renee
Rohanaran
Apa
Kohano-son
Tokyo
Paradise
Jewel
Shu
Paul
Providence
Guy
Miles
Belonga
Tom Mora
Thia
Footatepa
Ko-hana-ean
The Dizzy Tale of Hank Thompson and a Lisping Youth
A Chicago News piece recounts Hank Thompson being shot six times by a young man who lisped and resembled a girl, then survived. It also shares a clergyman anecdote about a minister mistaken for a cobbler and a brief humane-woman street scene on Broadway with cab cars.
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Hank Thompson
Cheyenne
Bank
Boyn
Hank
Scott
bin Baud
New York Ledger
Fragmented dialogue and sightings mixed with stray quotes
A collage of short exchanges and stray remarks from various papers describes a tense scene with young people peering into a store window and a ragged figure nearby. A policeman, a car, and a remark about reporting someone for not stopping appear in the mix, reflecting fragmented public notices and brief literary quips.
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Hora 9
Micah
Kansas City
Marjorie
Bertus
Boston Herald
Shipboard Names and Terms From Jacks Vocabular
A catalog of nautical jargon tracing common English phrases to shipboard origins. The piece explains terms such as brace up two sheets in the wind and jackassea, detailing gear names, rigging, deck layouts, and the lore behind names like Charley Noble and Paddy's hurricane. It connects sailor speech to ships and to broader maritime culture.
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Jock
Cnught
Charley Noble
Alyaya
Charley
Ehipa
Love
Deol
Jack
England
Holy Joe
Saratoga Hop Observations by Howells in The Century
William D Howells notes at a Saratoga hop described by The Century as outdoor dancing on a plank stage in a hotel court with lanterns and saratogan trees. He recalls youth patience and the chaperon burden while watching young couples circle the crowded hotel interiors and court.
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Hiley Smith
Bnt
W. D. Howells
Novaletts
Saratoga
Cara
Alyaya
Miss Gage
Kendricks
Gage
Inez
Mrs. Morph
Miss Gaga
Parliaments Bristles With Jokes and Bugbears
A London style column recalls Westminster debates where a speaker’s exuberant method mocks his own argument. Irish Ireland misgovernment jokes provoke laughter as MPs tease, while a bored orator faces a deaf, amused house. Par n ell and other figures noted for crude delivery earn respectful, candid remarks from peers.
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Westminster
Commons
Ireland
Major O'Gorman
House of Commons
Aboose
Parnell
French and English Stories Raise Moral Bar in Tales
A critique notes French children’s literature aims for art while English language works preserve imagination. French parents favor tales with moral lessons and sugarcoated edges, avoiding harsher plots found in English and American writers. The piece cites translations expurgated and discussions of risk to virtue, contrasting with authors like Jules Verne and the Brontë era. A second item recounts a Virginia judge refusing Saturday court due to systemic quirks, highlighting civic friction.
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Perault
Mme, d'Aulnoy
Bouilly
Mme, da Genlis
Jules Verne
Curren
Dicken
Laurie
New England
B. Aldrich
America
Ara
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