Nora's Blue Eyes at Ellis Island Romance
In Ellis Island’s great receiving room Dr Sergius O Flanahan discovers Nora Malcahy among hundreds of immigrants. Nora and Sergius confess past feelings and an engagement, while a telegram reveals Nora invited the doctor to Newark, not Ellis O Flaherty, resolving the existing tension.
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Ellis Island
Haro
ID Carter
SéFgind O'Flanahan
Nora Malcahy
Nora
Sergius
Sergius O'Flanahan
Nora Mulcahy
Mulcahy
O'Flanahan
Nora Darlin
Doctor O'Flanahan
Terry MacBride
MacBride
Ellis O'Flaherty
Ellis
Chicago
Sersine O'Flnnahan
America
Darlin
Newark
Els O'Flaherty
Ellia
Sergius O’flanahan
Gome
Sergina
Ellis O’flaherty
W. G. Chapman
Judge's Gentle Riddle Echoes Old Style Mercy
A tale from Lord Brampton's Reminiscences shows a famed judge Bar on Martin using leniency in sentencing a petty thief. The prisoner negotiates multiple reductions with witty give and take until finally the judge settles on a two month term and warns not to offend again.
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Lord Brampton
Baron Martin
Alther
Forty and a Bittock Phrase From Byrke Sparks Debate
The novelist Byrke introduces a Scottish phrase forty and a bittock to replace terms like a woman of uncertain age or on the wrong side of forty. A bittock means a bit more or short distance and could imply five to twenty years, suggesting Madame Yale and Sarah Bernhardt may be regarded as older than forty by this measure.
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Byrke
Madame Yale
Lillian Russell
Sarah Bernhardt
Feared Nebraska May Succeed Texas as Hoodoo Ship
In Washington retired Captain L L Darbey muses that the battleship Nebraska may take the Texas San Marcos role as navy hoodoo. He recalls the Texas fights during Santiago and prior misfortunes from broken sea cocks to a bull of eels sent to Iowa. He notes the Texas later became San Marcos and laments its unlucky history.
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Santiago
Texas
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Jack Philips
Bob Evans
Iowa
Captain Evans
Phillips
Jack
Jack Phillips
Cuba
San Marcos
Nebraska
Navy
Enterprising Sam Adopts Electrical Iron for Laundry
Sam Lee of 3108 Fourteenth Street Northwest adopts an electrical iron, touted by a salesman, to save steps between stove and ironing table. The device uses a weight to press and a second string to lift the iron, reducing physical effort and time.
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Io Sam Lee
Electrical Chinese Laundry
Fourteenth Street
Mount Pleasant
Sam
Equivocal Reply From Manchester Clergyman
A nonconformist preacher in Manchester laughs over a letter from a parish vicar granting permission for a funeral in the churchyard. He notes the courteous tone hides a possibly sinister meaning quoting the line You will, both tomorrow and at any other time, be most welcome in our churchyard. London Tit Bits.
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Clergman
Manchester
London
Beloved Nell Nears Nuptial Plans Amid Savings Squeeze
In a social chat, Nell asks if Alice will wed Jack as Belle muses on resisting the loss of a dollar and a half from cheap shows, preferring ten cent moving pictures to spendings.
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Nell
Alice
Jack
Belle
Good Reason. Boasting about a husband who can take any measure
A fragment from a conversation notes Mrs Come up bragging about her husband’s prowess and a remark that he once worked as a tailor. The lines imply confidence and past trade. No other concrete details are provided.
Retiring Place and Pigeon Hole Quip in Ad Snippet
A compact collage of 19th century ad snippets and quips appears, noting a pigeon hole joke about essays on peace and a claim for Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets to cure constipation, alongside other notices and a Goethe quote. The fragment mentions Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup, fresh Bag Buckwheat from Mrs. Austin, and a general promo tone.
He wants a wife and a million-dollar incentive
August Seymore, also known as August Schaefelsky de Makkadel de Castellane, a former dentist to the Tunisian boy and his harem, seeks an American wife by January 1 to claim a $150,000 legacy from a Californian aunt. He travels Washington seeking a partner and rejects men’s control in marriage, preferring equality in money and morals.
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Aguust Seymore
August Schaefelsky de Makkadel de Castellane
Tunis
California
Oakland
Cal
Seymore
Castellano
Count Boni
Washington
Reasan
Wilson on a bicycle as president hopeful rides wheeled reform
The article speculates that President-elect Wilson may travel by bicycle during vacation, citing Adee as a cycling example. It envisions Washington officials adopting bike travel, with secret service on bikes, leading to a broad revival of bicycling among the well-to-do nationwide.
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Washington
United States
A. A. Adee
Europe
Gov. Wilson
Virgina
Secret Service
Wilson
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Goethe
Samuel Ator
Castoria
Bears
the Centaur Company
New York
A. S
Fem
the Piss Company
Bore, Warree, Pi
Carter
N. U., FT. Wayne, M
Mr. Wilson
Fertile
Northern Pacific Bay
Ievessinite
Northwest
L. J. Bricker
Gen
Northern Pacific Railway
St. Paul
Mills
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