The Curse of Gold by Carl Sargent Chase
An elderly narrator recalls a vanished world and her drift from nihilist schemes in Russia to wealth and exile in America. She recounts inheriting $100,000 in gold, hiding it in a heavy trunk, fearing discovery, and living a precarious life while fearing betrayal. After years, she seeks ordinary work, later marrying and settling to raise a family.
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Tam O Fuseinn
Nitilinta
Russia
Bellate
America
Heyven
The
Nibiliste
Sii
Large Contract Promises Cure for Digestive Ailments
A large contract outlines a venture by Dr. F. Vevis, an enterprising medical figure from Howard’s region, claiming a remedy for indigestion and related ailments. Drawing on experience with remedies for diseases, the proposal suggests a half-price return and emphasizes a cure, noting prior patients with dizziness and headaches. The article mentions widespread belief in the treatment and its availability today.
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DT. F. Vevis
Howard
Cursed gold inheritance worries a wary uncle heir
A narrator laments a cursed fortune left by an uncle, noting no living beneficiaries yet aware of the wealth. The speaker fears passing any share to children until they reach maturity and can understand turning the gold into a benefit rather than a curse.
Women in Wall Street Losing Tears and Fearful Bets
A Strand Magazine piece depicts women as emotional investors on Wall Street, facing discrimination from firms reluctant to open or continue accounts. It portrays brokers as patronizing and notes that women are seen as good writers but bad losers, often driven to tears by losses.
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Stock Exchange
Wall Street
Well Street
Mangaaine
A Story of Longfellow and a Sermon on Progress
Longfellow notes attending a church where the minister preached on Progress and quoted half of the Psalm of Life. The minister says Longfellow could not read the poem without inspiration. A later exchange at Prescott's reveals the sermon’s verses were not linked to their author.
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Longfellow
Prescott’s
Holland and Hollandie: curiosities of Dutch life observed
George KR Bimis notes striking contrasts in Holland and The Netherlands. He observes canal edge tightrope activity, a six year old smoking a clay pipe, dotel cheese and penny boy at breakfasts, and a culture where public companies are Maatschappl and many eateries serve Tap pers Siltterly and Stemp, illustrating vivid local customs.
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Holland
Hollandie
Europe
George KR. Bimis
Aindee
Oath of the Turkish Doctor Credos in Medical Pledge
The oath sworn by Turkish doctors before the medical examining board pledges to aid the poor without regard to money offered. It commits to answer both rich and poor in need, day or night, during epidemics and ordinary illness, and to treat despite financial incentives.
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Turkey
In For itt Firet Small Boy Wed better be good
Second Small Boy Why First Small Boy 1 beard doctor tell mother We take plenty of exercise Woman's Home Companion Electric Light Globes electric light globes may be cheaply frosted or colored by dipping in a thin solution of white atellac and skobol to which may be added any desired age.
Honor to Gibbons at Baltimore ceremony
A public event in Baltimore featured Cardinal Gibbons as he walked with notable figures including President Taft, ex-president Roosevelt, Ambassador Bryce, Senator Root, and Speaker Clark. Officials and dignitaries gathered at the temporary armory stage to honor the cardinal amid a city-wide procession.
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Taft
Roosevelt
Bryce
Root
Clark
Baltimore
James—sTames Cardinalibbon
Fi Regiment
Tutt
Sherman
Dhatier White
Troosevelt
Great Britwin
Rout
New York
Crathers
Marys
Taft and officials laud Catholic primate on anniversary
The article recounts a broad display of cordial remarks at a ceremony honoring the archbishop on his anniversary. Taft, the cardinal, Speaker Clark, and Governor Crothers are noted for praising the church leader’s service to country and faith. They emphasize unity among faiths, law, order, and patriotism across denominations.
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Maltimore
Taft
Hoosewelt
Clark
Crothers
Siatory
Worl
Cannon
Muddled Testimony Fails to Strengthen Bath Tub Suspect Case
New York on June 7 reports little new evidence in the murder case of wife victim Behiel. A Florentine witness and Prof John Larkin of Mile University offered uncertain testimony that any trace of homicide in the bath tub remains elusive. The defense argues the case hinges on vague internal organ findings and questions the prosecution’s theory.
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New York
Steney
Behiel
Floren
Schieb
Marie
John Larkin
Mile University
Tima
Legless and Armless Daredevil Politician Kavanaugh
London Tit-Bits profiles Arthur Kavanaugh, MP for Carlow from 1809 to 1830s, a remarkable figure born without limbs. He rode expertly on a fitted saddle, led expeditions to Albania, authored a travel book, fished, felled trees, and undertook a perilous Norway to India journey. Carlow-born, father of four, he carried parliament on an attendant's back and left a storied legacy.
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Kavanaugh
Ireland
Satan
Girat
M. P's
Albania
Norway
India
Rusa
Caxpian
Astrakhan
Astrabad
Persia
Purnaby
House of Commons
London
Siren Tale From Siren Land Recounted In Fragments
Jacobin Nolerng notes a siren captured in Zulder Zea described by Norman Douglas in Siren Land. The creature was brought to Haoriem and clothed, could weave and spin, enjoyed maidenly tasks, and lived long, yet remained mute, with merchants unable to teach her sea language.
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Siren
Jacobin Nolerng
Norman Douglas
Haoriem
That fellow Gotrua is a multimil lonaire
A brief quip notes Gotrua as a multimillionaire with more money than brains. The line questions what use money has without brains, reflecting a snappy critic’s take from the Times and Record-Herald.
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Gotrua
Braina
New York Times
Priest's Advice Led to Their Recovery
Fragmented clipping reports two cases where advice from a priest led to recovery from tuberculosis and chronic conditions. One patient described as frail underwent an operation for tubercular peritonitis in June 1907 and was reportedly cured. Another patient from Savannah reported asthma and bronchitis improving after various remedies.
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Hochenter
Savannah
Rochester
Barre
Entertained Beyond Inn but Found a Private Home
A traveler describes lodging in a remote house posing as a hotel. He joins a wine dinner with a kind host family, departs after breakfast, and learns he was treated as a guest in a private home rather than a public inn. A local tale about Bryan Thompson mirrors the incident, illustrating hospitality and social suspicion.
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Mme
Bryan ‘Thompson
Evan
Bho
Rome
Thompson
Evan Thompson
Rae
Eden
Name Stuck: A Town's Corner Named for a Prank
A man recalls how a place got its name Howard's Corner after a prank when he was young. He notes pride in family ties and a later owner’s reaction, while a friend explains the origin is tied to a boarders’ nickname from a buggy accident.
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Tim
Howard's Corner
Prevented Toothache and Ancient Rome Remedies
A nostalgic note surveys ancient Roman dental remedies and a London Hospital tip to eat two rats a month for prevention. It recounts magical treatments such as using dog heads and snake vertebrae, and contrasts them with medical lore from historical sources, then adds a humorous anecdote about Eugene Meld and Richard Henry Stoddard on breakfast eggs.
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Cyprus
London Hospital
Field
Eugene Meld
Richard Henry Stoddard
New York
Stoddard
Old Time Schools No Lickin No Larnin Remembered
A brisk reminiscence of 50s classroom rules and harsh discipline from Bradford Schooldays. Horace Walton climbs a tree, slips, and is flogged as the bell rings for order. The memory notes how routine finally reestablished control and the chant of the three bells on arrival.
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A. B H. Hall
Bradford
Horace Walton
Tustan
Walton
Ek Walton
Ships That Kick and Sailors’ Fears at the Wheel
Sailors fear kick when the stern buckles over waves and wrenches the wheel. Steersmen may be precipitated or struck by spokes, sometimes falling overboard. In harsh ships kickers the problem leads some to refuse assignment aboard known kickers.
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London
Quotable Quaints and Quips Across Era Headlines
A compact paste of dated witticisms from the Washington Hernd, Ladies' Home Journal, Cleveland Plain Dealer, and Chesterfield quotes. It surveys remarks on love nerves, gendered minds, salaries, and manners with a period voice and sharp editor’s tone.
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Women IN Wall Street
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Cardinal Gibbons
Chiba
Mother Gray
Chicago
Hoe
Kidder, Peabody & CO
Devonshire Street
Boston
Boas
Washington Hernd
Ladies’ Home Journal
Mabel
Herseif
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Chesterfield
Bordens
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