Too Much Bush Snares Bill Fiddler at Sugar Swamp Frolic
In a dialect tale from Sugar Swamp, the Old Settler recalls Bill Fiddler missing the Ringmaster’s stun frolic years ago. He attributes the absence to “too much bush” and recounts how the Sugar Swamp Indians faded as settlers cleared land and civilization advanced.
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Ed Mart
New York Sun
Bill Fiddler
Ringmaster
Sugar Swamp
Teomin
Kent
Ignor
Billy Hatterson
Squire
Deestrie
Kentry
Emellin
Childurn
Riz
Hoopers
Jenney
Sean
Jenutty
Bingmanster
Ben
Fashion and Implications of Bank Checks in New York
A New York Sun analysis contrasts flashy engraved checks with plain prints, noting how a bank account often correlates with simpler checks. It cites Astors and Vanderbilts, praising plain type and pink paper, while describing trends among businesspeople, brokers, and wealthy financiers in check design and usage.
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Astors
Astor
Hanks
Philadelphia
Jay Gould
A Question of Legs from Lincoln Narrative
The piece recounts a humorous exchange among Stephen A. Douglas Owen Lovejoy and Abraham Lincoln about leg length. Lincoln replies that a man's legs should be long enough to reach from his body to the ground.
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New York Graphic
Colonel Hay
Lincoln
Stephen A. Douglas
Stout
Owen Lovejoy
Lovejoy
Abe
Douglas
Mr. Lincoln
Colorado Healthful Hurry for Heirless New Yorker
A well-to-do New Yorker and his wife moved to Longmont Colorado seeking an heir and better luck after twelve years of marriage. A year in Colorado produced twins, but the wife declared Colorado too healthful by at least 50 percent and sought to return home.
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Colorado
Longmont
Too Late. scene from New York Weekly satire
A short dialogue spoof shows a confidence man lamenting his tardy exit as a hotel clerk directs him to the cashier to settle his bill. The sketch pivots on missed chance and urban humor.
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New York Weekly
Hayseed
Hayseedville
Waiter Ponders Fish Request Amid City Sportsman Note
A fragment from a New York Weekly item shows a waiter at a club restaurant responding to a request with a casual line about fish. A city sportsman returns from a week of fishing and muses on other matters while seeking sustenance.
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New York Weekly
Agany
Romance Across Presidents Courting the Nation’s Elite
The piece recounts marriages of prominent men and their wives from Whitney to Lincoln, detailing courtship tales. It covers Leander Chamberlain and Miss Payne, August Belmont and Miss Perry, George Gould and Edith Kingdon, and others including Fremont Cleveland Garfield and Lincoln, with vivid anecdotes and period tone.
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Whitney
Gould
Garfield
Cleveland
Lincoln
William C. Whitney
Young Chamberlain
Miss Payne
Corporation Counsel
Oliver Payne
Fifty-seventh Street
Fifth Avenue
Washington
Miss Perry
Belmont
George Gould
Edith Kingdon
Young
Miss Kingdon
Daly’s Theatre
Chick
Pas
Edith
John C. Fremont
Fremont
Far West
Senator Benton
Orgetown
Fainsett
Geanga Seminary
Chester
James A. Garfield
Lucretia Rudolph
Hiram College
Grover Cleveland
Bechelor
Buffalo
Oscar Woe
Oscar Folsom
Ely Grant
Whiteouse
White House
Mr. Cleveland
Harrison
Miami University
Acton
Abraham Lincoln
Mary Todd
United States
Kentucky
Stone Superstitions and Gemstone Beliefs Across Cultures
A historical note catalogs beliefs about gems and talismans. It links amethyst, emerald, opal, ruby, sapphire, topaz, and other stones to health, protection, love, and fate, noting their dedications to months, zodiac signs, Christian art, and metals.
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T. Paibaurn Scott
Detroit Free Press
Agate
Themelves
Meleager
Meleagrides
Matthew
Jupiter
Phobus
Jon
Mars
Jacinth
Loadstone
Onyx
Cupid
Indus
Leo
St. Andrew
Taurus
St. James the Less
Royal beds and royal fuss over crease free sheets
A humorous look at how Princesses and empresses favor flawless bedding. Clarence House and British royals like the Duchess of Edinburgh and Empress Eugenie are noted for extremely fine linen, tight sheet fit, and beds drawn close to the floor in old French palaces.
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Clarence House
Duchess of Edinburgh
London
Alexander II
Russia
Paris
Eugenie
C Rsar
St. Cloud
Compiegne
Tuileries
Stop Gum Chewing in School Says CK L 8
The teacher offers a method to curb gum chewing by mixing soap with the gum and forcing a group chewing session. After a warning, punish all offenders equally and maintain steady enforcement. Effectiveness depends on teacher discipline and older students resisting authority.
Betrayed Her Confidence by a Rowdy Young Guest
Kingston Freeman reports a 7-year-old guest at a tea party publicly mocked his mother and admitted borrowing napkins, prompting a mortified reaction from the host. The incident highlights a child's mischievous behavior during a social visit.
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Kingston Freeman
John Henry Augustus
Summer Hotel Clerk Demands Cash in Advance
The exchange shows a hotel clerk insisting on cash in advance from a summer correspondent in a quoted dialogue. The tone implies a formal, brisk interaction about payment terms. The setting hints at a newspaper or hospitality context.
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Golucky
New York Daily Blowhard
Fragmentary dialogue hints at a marriage prior to departure
A clipped exchange shows Towne noting someone named Dingley is not dead but married, Browne asking for clarification as Towne reveals joining the silent majority.
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Towne
Dingley
Browne
Superstitions in Daily Life Spark Laughs and Lore
A New York Sun page surveys common beliefs from lucky signs to wedding rites. It notes left leg yellow garter luck for love, fork or knife omens at meals, and tea leaf visions, with cautions about candles, nails, stairs, and the first moon.
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New York Sun
Coney Island
Marrie
Dame Fortune
Washington
Artane
Eiffel Tower
Twige
A Morning Letter Sparks Domestic Banter Over Baby News
A humorous domestic scene unfolds at breakfast as Morris Waite reads a letter from a friend about Annie, a nine pound five ounce newborn girl. The couple banter over the tea, butter, names like Mildred, and the joy of the new arrival as George hopes to return home early.
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Morris Waite
Puck
George
Annie
Mildred
Edwin
Fabeala
Coprie
Unclear fragment on weddings and beliefs
A fragment discusses wedding superstitions and universal customs, noting beliefs about jewels colors and happiness in roses. It mentions gratitude amid beliefs and hints at mortality, suggesting the world continues despite these hopes and fears.
Red hair prejudice in European lore through history
The article surveys long standing bias against red hair across Europe, noting sayings from Germany Italy and France. It cites Cyrano de Bergerac praising red hair while warning against harsh judgment and quotes his lines on sunlike vitality and virtue linked to redheads.
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Europe
Henry Bebel
Germany
Cyrano de Bergerac
Bolly
The Difference San Francisco Chronicle spoof on a dime tale
A playful scene shows two boys recounting a street encounter where a man drops a dime and the boys return it. A passing woman’s purse opens, another dime is found and returned, and the woman thanks the youths, leaving the boys with a ten cent gain.
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San Francisco Chronicle
Missis
Detective Tracks Drifter on Train to Seize Embezzler
The Chicago detective boarded the train at a way station and questioned the conductor about a traveling man suspected of embezzling a large sum from a St. Louis employer. A black derby hat marked the last sighting, but authorities zero in on a man in the third car with no baggage occupying four seats, likely the suspect.
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Chicago Tribune
Tom
St. Louis
Heaven Question From a Child in Texas
A brief exchange shows Bobby-Ma asking if they will all go to Heaven. Mother answers if they are good, and Bobby wonders about having fun, pa included, before finally accepting the idea.
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Texas Siftings
Bobby
An Unselfish Offer. Munsey's Weekly
Ethel arrives unexpectedly and urges Mr. Leslie to ride the tricycle. Leslie declines, busy with work, while Ethel offers to hold Sylvia's hand and wait.
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Munsey’s Weekly
Ethel
Leslie
Sylvia
Prisoner Corrects Name During Court Question
In Somerville Journal text, a judge asks the prisoner for his Christian name. The prisoner replies Solomon Isaacs Griefenstein with a respectful tone, prompting a brief moment in the courtroom narrative.
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Somerville Journal
Solomon Isaacs Griefenstein
Old Gentleman Questions Nighttime Hue on Stair
Fragmentary dialogue shows an elderly man asking if it is late while a younger speaker named Fannie notes it is not yet light. The tone suggests a late hour in a domestic setting.
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Fannie
A Sensitive Soul
A fragment from Flelgende Blatter presents a nervy narrator at a dining scene. The speaker requests a beefsteak of ample size while confessing heightened nerves and sensitivity to minor disturbances.
Girls Learn to Swim in New York Bathing School
A feature on women learning to swim at a New York pool with a German instructor guiding beginners. The piece depicts outfits, anxiety, and progress from initial fear to mastering kicks and strokes, including diving and underwater work, amid gym class style drills and buoyant camaraderie.
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Narragansett Pier
Momma
Liberty
Sue
Fraulein
BRIC A BRAC Fairy Mirrors and Town Topics Verse
A compact catalog of verse and prose fragments including Fairy Mirrors by William H Hayne and Town Topics notes. The items reference fairy reflections, money, music, a Newport trip, and a Cupid mythic tale with ornate 19th century diction and social satire.
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William H. Hayne
St. Nicholas
Grasa
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Old Settler
New York Press
Lexington
Springfield
Ill
Miss Todd
Romney
Mary
Congress
New York
My Lady
Jack
Newport
de Trillion
Killarney
Alfred Perceval Graves
the Spectator
Clara Proctor Clarke
New York Home Journal
Dan Cupid
Samuel Mintura
Milos
Rehoboth
Vulcan
Alucent
Zephyr
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