Texas Idyl of Teenie Drake and Johnnie Sherwood
A Dry Fork tale centers on Teenie Drake known as the duck and her rival Johnnie Sherwood. A former sweetheart drama culminates when Teenie and Alice McGowan are stranded in the hills and Johnnie arrives to rescue them as night closes in.
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Texas
Dry Fork Country
Drake
Teenie
Johnnie Sherwood
Johnnie
Three Cedars Ranch
Peacock
Alice
Escondido
Pecos
George
Escondido Arroyo
Corote
Turkey
Tennie
Oine
Urkey
Alice McGowan
In &R
Is Republic
Egyptian mummy surplus raises concerns over hoarding
A former life article notes an over issue of Egyptian mummies and suggests some individuals are hoarding the artifacts, prompting scrutiny over the collectors and the fate of the surplus items.
Redeemed by a mouse in Paris tale of a convict
A Paris poet helps an old friend, a former bookkeeper with a dark past, who reveals a mice theft trick used to steal coins from visitors. The mouse becomes central to the convict’s bond with the poet, leading to the man securing honest employment in a bank.
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E. W. Latimer
New York Herald
Paris
Rue St. Denis
Visi
Orn
Tepid Bath Remedy Highlighted In Historic Medical Notices
A historical account extols tepid warm baths for inflammation and pain. It cites cases from the Medical Record and Youth's Companion noting benefits for eye inflammation, headaches, sprains, and infant colic, with a cholera infantum example.
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Une
Cole
Morphia H Haar
Nec
Queen Pomare Loses Royal Cloak in Tahiti Card Cheat
A Tahitian royal casino scandal unfolds as Queen Pomare is outwitted by a Yankee captain using marked cards. The captain wins over 200 in royal gold and the sacred royal cloak of state, one of three feather cloaks, before disappearing with the prize. Local authorities seek return via the Magicienne.
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Pomare
Tahiti
South Pacific Ocean
Albert Edward
San Francisco
California
Papeete
Roya
Waterbury
Honolulu
United States
Ah Sin
Her Majesty
Smithsonian Institution
Washington
Jason Kapiolani
Hawaii
Pom
Magicienne
Pigs and Thistles. The Ram's Horn devotional fragment
Fragmentary devotional musings on morality and faith. It warns that backbiting and unresolved sins become masters, urges humble repentance, and asserts that true goodness comes from kneeling before God and living for the welfare of others.
Ship disappears under cover of darkness near Papeete
A vessel quietly sailed away from Papeete under a dark veil and favorable breeze. Investigations suggest the ship headed toward the California coast, while Tahitian authorities coordinate to seize and hold any potentially offered cargo until a government representative arrives. Queen Pomare has renounced all forms of card games including casino play.
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Papeete
Caliaeoneal
Pomare
Intuitive Parrot Story From Norfolk House
Mrs M T of Norfolk owned Markoe a parrot with a taste for wine. The bird caused a scene by drunkenly scolding a caller, exposing Mrs T to embarrassment before a servant delivered an apologetic note from the guest. The tale, though never told by Mrs T, spread as a curious, risky anecdote.
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St. Louis Globe-Democrat
M. T
Norfolk
Markoe
Mrs. T
Markee
Man with fly traps tries door of woman in alley
A man laden with fly traps approaches a house through an alley gate and is politely rebuffed by the resident who questions his offerings. He struggles to present a product list while the heaving traps and awkward exchanges end with him fleeing.
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Hell
Detroit Free Press
petWell
Cloudland
Psychical Society
Ower
New York Sun
Ea Mly
Lotten
Dixey
Francis Wilson
Mansfield
Delmontco’s
Willie and His Grandma Life in disguise remarks
A humorous piece notes William Hohenzollern visiting England in British admiral attire and switching to a Prussian guards costume. It compares royalty like Victoria and Wales in fanciful military dress and suggests President Harrison adopting varied uniforms would amuse the public.
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William Hohenzollern
Prussia
England
Corps Garde
Wales
Life Guards
Victoria
Germany
Harrison
The Finger Nail
Broad nails indicate a gentle timid nature while pale nails suggest melancholy. Narrow nails point to ambition and quarrel, small nails to obstinacy and conceit. Round nails belong to lovers of knowledge, red spotted nails to choleric warriors, nails growing into flesh show luxurious tastes.
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Buffalo Commercial
The Husband's Curiosity Over Baseball Pitching Diagram
A husband questions a paper his wife holds asking about a dress pattern. She reveals it is a diagram of a baseball pitcher's curves, and he asks to see it when she finishes. The exchange showcases curiosity over a technical sports chart.
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Washington Post
A Budding Financier
A Detroit Free Press snippet quotes Mr. Beckstein praising his young relative as a budding financier. He recalls planning to leave property to the boy after his death and notes the reply about offering 65 percent for spot cash though the exact meaning is unclear.
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Detroit Free Press
Mr. Beckstein
Dot
A Wise Child Edison Preference in Joke
In a Chicago Globe cartoon a proud father asks his son to choose between Shakespeare or Edison. The boy replies he would rather be Edison because he isn’t dead.
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Chicago Globe
Shakespeare
Edison
Chappie and the Tramp in a Weather Affected Scene
In a brief New York Herald vignette Dusty Rhodes asks for a lift but Chappie declines citing weak kidneys and a gloomy, beastly day. The exchange ends with a clipped, humorous tone about the weather.
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Chappie
Tramp
New York Herald
Dusty Rhodes
Temperance Orator Quips Stir Hall Attendees
Fragmentary report shows a temperance speaker lamenting liquor consumption while an audience member jests. Observations note a hall incident with a person clinging to plaster as the scene unfolds.
Optical illusions on stage with Pepper and Winston masters
The London piece surveys stage magic using optics with Pepper's ghost and related tricks. It highlights Mr. Winston’s Thauma and Ill Misterio Volante and notes Mr. Maskelyne's cage vanish illusion at the Egyptian Hall as top examples of mechanical deception in Victorian magic.
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London
Pepper
Mr. Pepper
Mr. Walker
Prof. Pepper
Niobe
Royal Aquarium
Jennings
Westminster
J. H. Winston
Crystal Palace
Lynn
Winston
Cleoatra
M. Carl Hertz
Maskelyne
Mystery
Princess of Wales in Newport Gossip and Public Opinion
New Yorkers back from Paris and London report on the Princess of Wales. Some call her beauty and virtue admirable while others condemn her lack of intellect and dull conversational skill. A courtly prompter guides her at Ascot moments.
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Paris
London
Newport
Princess of Wales
Ascot
Alexandra
The Legend of New River Water Miracle
In the 1850s emigrants crossing the desert near Cook's Well faced death from thirst. A 10 year old girl prayed for water and a miraculous spring appeared in the sand, flowing north for 20 miles before vanishing as later migrants passed. The tale recalls a divine interposition that saved many during the California trail era.
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Hartford Courant
California
Gila River
Colorado
Graham
Land of Promise
Papa
Pisces
Yuma
Left handed man can not wind stem watch and runs wrong
A Waynesboro man recounts a humorous incident where a left handed buyer returns a stem winding watch claiming it fails to run. After a quick test the watch starts working when wound by the right hand, teaching the man that left handed winding causes the issue.
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Waynesboro
Darky
The Old Man's Darling and the Baby's Grandfather Secret
Humorous exchange where a mother notes her child calls its father grandpa to remind Weston he is old enough to be her father. The dialogue hinges on a playful family misunderstanding.
Bridegroom Sets Price for Wedding Service
A humorous exchange features a bridegroom bargaining with a minister over the fee for a wedding. The groom declares a value of 20 000 dollars and plans to return in a few days to discuss the matter.
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Puck
Get a Home on the Instalment Plan
By Installments a light dialogue presents Miss Prentice asking about car signs and the instalment plan. Tom Dewitt jokes that you first get a house then a wife, and then the other instalments complete the home.
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Miss Prentice
Tom Dewitt
The Indulgent Friend
A fragment from Life magazine notes a tardy apology and a humorous claim about repaying a 100 loan plus 601 owed, with playful exchanges between Carsone and Tutb. The exchange hints at financial reminders and casual rapport.
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Bingham
Carson
Typewriter’s Memories From A New Bride's Perspective
A former typewriter recounts her years in large offices facing temptations and advances. She describes hostile and flirtatious episodes, guard against advances, and a climactic marriage that ends her “experiences.”
A Very Cheap Tenement in Vienna Park Den
An old wood-ranger finds a hollow tree den in a Vienna park housing an elderly paneer mechanic bricklayer and an elderly woman. The group explains rents are high, prompting their subterranean shelter. The scene reveals a unique urban-cheap living arrangement with a wary discovery.
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Philadelphia
Vienna
Ewald
Becky
Rae
Metempsychosis and Babylonian Love in Swinburne Verse
A literary fragment from Swinburne and Henley explores doomed longing, metamorphosis, and ancient myth. The speaker laments unfulfilled love, recalls a kingly Babylonian past, and muses on eternity, loneliness, and the lure of a distant shore with music and light.
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Ray
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Texas Idyl
San Francisco Press
Willie
Seth
Derrott Free
New River
Hetty
New York
RK. Munkittrick
Madeline
Tam
New York Commercial Advertiser
Dame
Ike
Cold Crear
Algernon Charles Swinburne
W. E. Henley
Babylon
Fedora Bell
Chambers’ Journal
Idje
Emma A. Opper
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