Ways of an Adventuress as a Murray Hill Narrator
A first person reminiscence by a penniless adventuress living on Murray Hill. She details frugal hardship to sustain a precarious writing career, the constant threat of debt, and the social compromises of urban bohemian life, including theatre, publishing, and mating markets in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lippincott's Magazine
Murray Hill
Tenth Street
Washington Square
Hook
Crook
Murray Hall
Don
Posnett
Thatrie
Widveway
Grace Church
Mgnee
God
Minary
Ingoldsby
Owledge
Jess
Philisa
Bohemia
Igravia
Mayfair
Frightful boy raises worry for worried mother
The San Francisco Chronicle notes a troubled boy whose mother struggles to discipline him. He shows signs of breaking objects in any room and fears taking him to confinement, reflecting concerns about managing his behavior.
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San Francisco Chronicle
Fragmentary tale of revenge and a frightened child
A disjointed narrative describes a desire for revenge after every suggestion and a place with nothing to break. A boy is silent, unable to talk back, and asks his mother to lock him away, insisting he will not lay any eggs.
The Kicking Kicker from the Arizona Kicker satire
The piece recounts a social boycott of The Kicking Kicker by high society led by Mrs. Major Bazoo and Judge Cahoots, with threats and jail talk, then shifts to a reflective night scene about life, mercy, and a resolve to persevere against opponents and railroads.
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Arizona
Major Bazoo
Grizzly Heights
Tony
Ann
Typewriter's Fib and Sister Telephone Tangle
A Pittsburg Dispatch vignette by a wholesale merchant recalls a pretty typewriter operator and her sister Mary who chats on the telephone with a broker's clerk. The exchanges reveal flirtation, secrecy, and a blush redacted by the sister's watchful interference. The merchant notes the nuisance of the late conversations interrupting work and ends with a humorous question about Mary's sister’s mood.
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Pittsburg Dispatch
Strang
Mary
Charlie
Kate
Parting Weighs Heavy as Lovers Face Father's Opposition
In a scene of intense emotion a man laments impending separation, writhing in anguish and declaring dark despair. He reveals he has just spoken with the beloved's father, who will not consent until he is "looked up in Bradstreet." The young woman responds with shock and concern over parental approval.
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George
Bradstreets
Keeping Within Bounds
A patient asks a physician for medicine. The physician replies he is only connected with the bulletin portion of the case and that another doctor will arrive shortly. The exchange preserves the formal tone of a medical bulletin scene.
Weighed Baby by Butcher in Unusual Chat
A young mother asks a butcher to weigh her baby named Mr Bullwinkle, and the butcher replies with a dry quip about weighing bones, reflecting a quirky exchange from a local setting.
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Mr. Bullwinkle
Amulets and Charms Through the Ages and Beliefs
A Chicago Globe piece traces the origin and spread of amulets and charms from ancient Egypt to medieval Europe and Christianity. It lists common protections such as the horseshoe, elder and charms against evil, plus ritual practices like lustral water and superstition around first purchases and lucky gestures. It notes figures from Pericles to Caesar wearing amulets and cites relics, Saint days, and popular chalks of faith shaping daily life and fear of demons.
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fMarcus Lane
Chicago Globe
Isaiah
David
Solomon
Ephesus
Mt. Calvary
Europe
Pericles
Cicero
Pliny
Cesar
Boniface IV
Pantheon
Egypt
Judaism
Rome
Islam
Chilax
England
Peter
Anyan
Jerusalem
Ghail
Cher Absolution Rumor From A Fragmented Text
Fragmented OCR prose mentions Cher as a sovereign cure and references Petrus and Jerusalem. The passage conveys ritual phrases and mentions going to church and walking around communion, but details are unclear. No clear event or person outcome is evident.
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Cher
Jerusalem
Petre
Doles
Discovery of Dawn in Atlantic Monthly
An essay urges seeking a personal dawn beyond worn routines as the world sours into a gaslit age. The speaker envisions fresh starts, strangers to old habits, and a shared escapade to new worlds where dawn renews the self and rekindles innocent wonder.
The Gas Meter Lungs and How to Read It
A Brooklyn Citizen piece explains the gas meter as a dry instrument with bellows and diaphragms. It details how leaks affect readings, how to watch the index dial, and how three lower dials indicate gas volume with hands moving like a clock, plus steps to rectify overcharges.
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Brooklyn
Wonders of the Sea from the Rehoboth Sunday Herald
The article explains ocean depth effects on pressure and salinity, notes a mile down water pressure of a ton per square inch, and describes freezing, wave heights up to 40 feet, and Bell Rock impact at 17 tons per square yard. It uses curious ratios and coastal examples to illustrate sea behavior.
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Rehoboth Sunday Herald
Equator
Atlantic
Norway
Bell Rock
Chicago Inventor Develops Fast Folding Circulars Machine
A Chicago inventor has created a machine to fold and enclose circulars. The device uses two hoppers and conduits to pair folded circulars with envelopes, slipping each circular into its wrapper with precision and speed. The inventor guards the design while refining sizes and final details to ensure a flawless system.
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Chicago Herald
Chicago
Pblic
Great Men at Cards in Washington State Capitol Gossip
Washington hosts a culture of card playing among statesmen and officials. Supreme Court justices, Senators, and ministers are noted for whist poker and high stakes games at private rooms and in the Capitol. The piece traces historic figures and anecdotes, including Schenck nicknamed Poker Bob and Clay’s seven-up gamble for Gallatin’s artwork.
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Washington
United States
Supreme Court
Sherman
Edmunds
Justice Bradley
Miller
Gray
Thurman
Stanley Matthews
Schenck
Capitol
Wintersmith
Texas
Congress
Bodisco
Pendleton
New York
Baltimore
Humphrey Marshall
China
Henry Clay
Carl Schurz
John Quincy Adams
Ghent
Adams
Clay
Hancock's
Hancock’s
Jefferson Davis
John C. Calhoun
Webster
Senate
Kentucky
Beck
House of Lords
Joe Blackburn
Carlisle
Frank Pierce
George Washington
Cleveland
White House
Bept
Iteot
State Department
Faro
Minister Schenck
Statesman
Iit
London
England
Poker Bob
Shepherd
Chaffee
Colorado
Tom Robinson
South Carolina
Jim Nesmith
Oregon
Fernando Wood
Boyd Winchester
Pritzerland
Winchester
Switzerland
Entucky
Sam
Schenick
the Statesman
Old Stager
Ohio
Indiana
West
Lexington
Transylvania University
Albert Gallatin
Gallatin
Europe
The New First Reader Lesson Characters In Detroit
A reader segment presents dialogues from a lesson series featuring a railroad clerk, a boat, a cherry tree incident, a fast driver, a doctor, a mother and son, and a lions exhibit. Each lesson uses dialogue to discuss everyday scenes, safety, curiosity, and social behavior in a playful, instructional tone.
Seaside Manners and a Fashionable Indiscretion
A Philadelphia society girl swam half a mile from Atlantic City beach and, seen by many spectators, lifted her skirts to adjust a garter in view of onlookers. The writer contrasts public decorum, noting such acts trigger social double standards between locales and crowds.
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Philadelphia News
Philadelphia
West Walnut Street
Atlantic City
Jackson
Rescue at sea sparks tense Atlantic struggle
A dramatic scene unfolds as a man attempts to pull Penelope from dangerous waves off the coast. The pair cling to hope while a grim fate looms, words turning the moment into a vivid maritime rescue in a Boston bound tale.
No Time to Lose. Life. On Broadway Talks Friction
A brisk exchange on Broadway features two New Yorkers debating urgency and fate. The first and second New Yorker volley lines asking what their hurry is and suggesting they move on to “take something” amid rapid dialogue.
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Brown
New Yorker
Flirting For Fun In A Midsummer World
A Chicago era column discusses flirting, contrasting born flirts with casual flirts, and notes the power of an “impalpable manner” over wealth or looks. It argues women misread friendly attention as love, warns against predatory flirts, and urges moderation while preserving charm and social propriety.
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Heathcote
Miss Woolson
Daryl
Charming
Diamond Covered Boots
In a Detroit Free Press feature a chemist explains a theory of boot blacking, claiming the friction of a dry brush converts carbon in bone black into crystalline diamond on the boot surface, though other ingredients and moisture also matter. He suggests bootblacks may be turning blacking into diamonds.
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Detroit Free Press
A Sermon to Husbands
A Christian Work sermon urges husbands to love their wives and avoid faultfinding. It counsels praising her publicly, sharing burdens, and avoiding selfishness to win submission. It stresses small daily courtesies as key to happiness and equates love with a wife's wages.
How They Came to Get Their Wives
A Louisville Post item recalls a gathering of young married couples where conversations centered on how wives attracted their husbands. One woman gained a husband by challenging a perceived slight with a fateful look, prompting the suitor to seek an introduction. Another related how she made the acquaintance of her spouse.
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Louisville
Hose of fate at city home prank ends in romance
A mischievous porch prank turned into a nascent romance when a young man passing by a municipal official’s residence was playfully sprayed with water through a kitchen window. He blushed and stammered thanks, revealing a fate sealed by a warm, humorous moment with a young woman who became his future wife.
Bric a Brac and Seaside Dream Verses in 1900s Verse
A collage of light verse and lyrics from various snippets and bylines. Poems and playful pieces describe flirtation at the seaside, fashion woes, and musings on love versus friendship, with names and sources hinted but many lines fragmentary and stylized. The tone imitates early 20th century newspaper verse columns.
Echoes of a Summer Flirtation in Verse and Memory
A literary fragment recalls a summer romance blending river journeys, country churches, waltzes, and moonlit gardens. The speaker reflects on joy and doubt as a maid in New Orleans emerges, leaving uncertainty about love and longing.
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Ella Higginson
The
Courier
Branch Wilton
New Orleans Times-Democrat
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Etroit Free Press
Clixby
Clix
Carter
Mother Hubbard
Jackass Hill
Stevens
Omaha
Atlantic Monthly
Brooklyn Citizen
First Reader
Feeson
Thomas
Fen
Utica
Boston
Penelope
Laltimore American
Lucile Rutland
New Orleans
CW. H. G
Aly
Merchant Traveller
Grace H. Duffield
New York Mail
Amelia Rives
William Lyle
Home Journal
Duncan's Hill
London World
Chooge
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