Foul Play Episode Ends In Forged Note Forgery Arrest
Helen and Robert Penfold expose Arthur Wardlaw as the forger of a promissory note after a tense confrontation at old Mr. Penfolds. Wardlaw confesses with witnesses, Wardlaw senior dissolves the firm Wardlaw and Son, and Penfold reconciles with Helen. Arthur is placed in a private asylum as the couple plans marriage and a new life.
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Mr. Hand
Arthur
Helen
Robert Penfold
Burt
London
Robert Wenfold
Rolleston d
Henn
Elen
Robert
Undercliff
Arthur Wardlaw
John Wardlaw
Ardlaw
E. Fenn Wardlaw
Arthur Ardlaw
Wriss
Beldes
A. W
Rolleston
Speetney
Benson
Beeman
Mr. Penfold
Newgate
Reptile
Oxford
Wyle
Proserpine
Penfold
Wylie
Shannon
Whei
White
Hiram Hudson
Robert Penfoli
Mr. Hennessy
Cooper and Welch
Nancy
Saidancy
Old Wardlaw
Wardlaw
Ichael Penfold
House of Wardlaw
Wardlaw and Son
Asteat
Unction
Val
Parson
Buster
Chili
Michael
Kert
Fin
Godsend Island
Rovert
Wearthy
Nancy Rouse
Old Penfold
Wylies
Lady and the Panther at Matheran Tent Escape
A Bombay official's wife recalls a night at Bella Vista in Matheran when a panther lurked near her tent. She, with her fox terrier Fidget, shouted, lit a fire, and fled to safety as gun-toting guests scouted the area. The animal later attacked a dog at another house. Curtains and surroundings likely saved her life.
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London
Matheran
Bombay
Bella Vista
Fidget
Who Wears the Ring Parlor Trick from The Young Wizard
A parlor trick from The Young Wizard describes an evening game where up to nine participants secretly wear a ring. A selected person places the ring on a finger, then steps out while a performer asks an assistant to carry out arithmetic operations. The process leads to a final number encoding the wearer, hand, finger, and joint, which is then decoded to reveal the hidden ring.
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Hoffman
NYE WILLIAMS HEART AND OLD SOUTH CHURCH TALES
A humorous essay compares Boston Old South Church lore with New York shopping and politics in March 1889. The narrator recalls Lady Washington slippers, Continental hats, and General Stark, Sullivan, and Greely as vivid but non graphic historical references while critiquing city life, commerce, and temperance during a politically charged period. The piece blends travel, shopping annoyances, and blunt social observations with period tone.
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Edgar W. Nye
Washington, D.C
Lady Washington
Old South Church
Boston
Faille Francaise
Sullivan
John
New York
General Greely
Emperance
Dov Hayes
Washington
Hotel Rules and Humorous Violations From a Distant Visit
A narrator recounts a chaotic procession and drunken scenes at a hotel in which a “Stranger’s Guide” inspired satirical hotel rules. The piece mocks hotel life, impractical rulings, and absurd guest behavior, naming imagined regulations about dying in rooms, dirty towels, laundry, guards, and even spousal marriage disguises as warnings. The tone is wry and observational with multiple invented hotel commandments.
Old Billy Busby dies after long boxing and glove making career
The Boston Cooking School section notes the death of John Sleith Busby known as Old Billy the clovemaker, a famed English boxing and checker player who rose from Nottingham prize rings to spar and coach in America. He trained champions, made gloves, and ran a profitable glovemaking business before illness from yellow jaundice ended his long career.
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John Sleith Busby
Billy
Boston
Bill
Great Britain
Tocester
Northamptonshire
Enc
Nottingham
Busby
Ted Law
Charley Padgett
Northampton
Tom O'Neill
Glasgow
Scotland
O'Neill
Hugh Patch
Patch
Beig
Birmingham
Stone & Shaw
Martins
Checker Layer
England
London
Wyllie
McKerram
James G
Edinburgh
Kusby
Neil Stewart
Newcastle-on-the- Tyne
Parker
Sunderland
Dundee
America
New York
Philadelphia
Priest
Pennsylvania
Wilmington
Del
Johnny Clark
Beethoven Hall
Charles Barker
Barker
Boston Checker
Providence
Joe Goss
Paddy Ryan
The Enterprising Reporter’s Capture of Sara the Kicker
Chicago Heald recounts how Sara the famous high kicker posed for a portrait after Fred Hall, then city editor, sent a reporter to secure an image. An hour later Sara pirouetted into the office, prompting Hall to order her sketched by an artist.
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Chicago Heald
Sara
Emily Soldene
Aecut
Fred Hall
Sailor At Sea Eyes Weather Beyond Signal Signals
A sailor at sea must judge wind conditions himself as signal service indications fail to reach him. He relies on personal observation to determine if winds were high over the past 44 hours, highlighting the gap between forecasts and remote crews.
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Fred
New Orleans Picayune
A New Postal Suggestion
Dr Leonard Woolsey Bacon argues for cheaper postage and real delivery. He notes newspapers and letters travel cheaply within counties but fall short over large areas, urging reform to reduce citizen time and costs and provide doorstep delivery.
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Leonard Woolsey Bacon
Christendom
Rowland Hill
Jeter
Paris Theatres Sell Applause Price List Revealed
A New York Press note discusses a Paris theatre price list for audience reactions. It names items such as ordinary reception five francs, enthusiastic reception fifteen francs, frantic recalls fifty francs, murmurs of applause fifteen francs, chuckling six francs, involuntary laughter ten francs, and exclamations like How funny. The piece suggests applause follows when deserved.
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New York Press
New York
Paris
Secret of the Whole Thing Behind Inventor’s Process
The inventor’s claim is that the method yields perfect results across multiple exposure sets. The operation’s outcome shows no detectable defect, matching the quality of a single exposure. The chiaroscuro details reveal no weaknesses likely to appear in a 20 inch or smaller photograph.
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San Francisco Chronicle
Philadelphia
The Progressive Small Boy in Chicago Herald Humor
In a humorous Chicago Herald fragment a father recalls his child’s slang and antics. The boy recalls a jape about a “big bull” and a “curled up tail” while the parent jokes about aging, vernacular, and the nerve to imitate his father. The piece satirizes evolving youth speech and parental bafflement.
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Chicago Herald
Family Prayers at the White House Observed
The New York Sun reports a possible singular White House custom of morning family prayers. President Harrison, except when ill, leads the household at 7 30 in the library with a Bible reading and the Lord's Prayer followed by a prayer, a routine believed to be observed by both the President and his wife.
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General Harrison
Washington
White House
New York
Harrison
Smart Boy Problem Stumps Greensboro Watchman
A Greensboro Alabama tale recounts a father testing his son by placing a Bible an apple and a dollar bill in a room. The boy reads the Bible is found with the pay in slot suggesting a banker path.
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Greensboro
Ala
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Lord Bacon
Alexander Pore
Lord Chesterfield
Nelson
Lord Shaftesbury
Addison
Duke of Wellington
Alwase
Helen Rolleston
the Lady and the Panther
New York World
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NYE
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Nellie Bly
Tepe
Howe
Siberia
Gabriel
Olhce
Arizona
Fitzwilliam M Nyr
Billy” Busby
Fish and Eggs
Boston Cooking School
Ida A. Maynard
Plymouth
Mrs. Eye
JOMN
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