Two Blanches and a Double Envelope Mix Up
Laurence Weston plots to marry Miss Sturtevant or Miss Wellington while Fred Bent notes the danger of letter mix ups. Weston’s scheme hinges on a public reception where he flirts with both Blanches. After letters are mailed by mistake, he discovers he sent notes to the wrong women, risking ruin of his plans and leaving Bent to ponder which bride he should prioritize.
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Fred Bent
Laurie
Laurence Weston
Beut
Weston
Fred
Aoman
Laune
Bent
Blanche
Blanches
Miss Sturtevant
Misa Wellington
Leonards’ Tomor- To
Fineell
Laurence W
Anand A
Sturtevant
L. Wretox
Mr. Joomney
Fair Charmers
Tandom
Drak Mg. Weston
BiLand
Mr. Weston
Sin
Blaxene Wellington
Eston
Bert
Laurence
Eawell
Culin
Calin
India
Lime Kiln Club Discusses Divorce Reform and Economy
In a Detroit Free Press style spoof, Brother Gardner opens a meeting of the Lime Kiln Club with threats of fines for missteps as Judge Circumstance Lancaster reports on divorce causes. Committee satire covers conditions for divorce, then Prof. Singletree White jokes on currency and labor, ending with plans to reconvene.
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Detroit Free Press
Brother Gardner
Dar
Michigan
Circumstance Lancaster
Dheirselves
Dakota
Comedown Carter
Singletree White
Committee On Finance
B. C
Kerridge
Rebee
Shindig Watkins
Whalebone
Givendam Jones
Ebery
Fai'ly
de Seckreary
Sudden Attack at Church Walkover in Waldonia
A Boston citizen pauses outside a drug store after church to buy a red-cedt cigar, prompting wife’s remark about Sunday cigar sales. The man explains cigars may be sold for catarrh needs, as the scene unfolds with a brief exchange and the shopkeeper’s reaction.
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Chicago Tribune
Boston
Waldonia
Jodo
Hidden Romance Anecdote From Harper s Bazaar
A fragment from a Harper s Bazaar page describes a narrator spying on Wangle with Miss Sandstone then choosing not to confront them. The speaker recalls plans to call on Miss Sandstone, but saw them together and left, while others continue singing.
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Harper's Bazar
Dashaway
Wangle
Miss Sandstone
Ad. m. Cagretton
Black Arts of the East fortune telling in India described
At a Philadelphia meeting of the Numismatical and Antiquarian Society, Carlin outlines Ramali and Ramala fortune telling in India. He details dice types sandalwood and metal, methods using Prasnamanorama and Nitidarpana, and how numbers from throws yield answers with varied, sometimes dated, predictions.
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Ruthiel
Baltimore
Numismatical and Antiquarian Society of
Philadelphia
Carlin
East
India
Divo
Azazel
Calcutta
Garga
Paracara
Bn Agy
Inquirer
Aramalia
the Inquirer
Cridhara
Ramali
Diva
Heramali
Culin
The Matinee Woman at the Box Office
A playful, observant essay in which a narrator on a three legged stool scrutinizes the matinee woman. He notes her perfume like aura, her elaborate dress, and the comic clamor of tickets and prices as she battles with a thrifty box office clerk.
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Tell
Ion
Morocco
How She Won Him and How He Skipped Out
A New York Sun vignette shows a pushcart bookseller on a corner near 27th Street hawking entertainment novels. A young woman buys "How She Won Him" for fifty cents and hints at returning for the sequel "How He Skipped Out After He Was Won" to study human nature in these tales.
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New York Sun
Office Secrets in Texas Sidings
A New York merchant invites a young man, son of a friend, into his office. The youth, not very bright, is found to be causing issues as other clerks report he claims the merchant has no sense. The merchant vows to ensure the clerks stop talking and that the youth remains quiet about the matter.
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Anmere
Blanche Wellace
Texas
New York
Uncle Sam’s Treasury Vast Fortunes and Guards
Washington letter surveys the Treasury Department’s vast funds and busy operations. Secretary Foster runs the vast payroll of 20 000 workers, with 90 million dollars in silver and gold vaults and hundreds of millions more in certificates. The reporter details vaults, security, and the massive scale of coin and currency handling in the nation’s finance hub.
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Washington
Philadelphia
Foster
Treasury Department
Potomac
Uncle Sam
Customs Service
Internal Revenue
Life Saving Service
Revenue Marine Bureau
Huston
United States
Sam
Treasury
Auarter
America
England
Potomac River
The
Reserve
Baton Rcn
National Bank
Married Courtship Makes Army of Patience and Action
Polhemus Diltz decides to court his wife by reorganizing the home with extra closets shelves and a careful plan. He amuses himself yawning while Mrs Diltz suggests improvements and the couple discusses dinner and happily reconnects, proving wedlock can resemble courting if approached with humor and tact.
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Chicago Tribune
Polhemus Diltz
Bridget
Mr. Diltz
Mrs. Ve
Mrs. Diss
Mary Jane
Polhemus
Itz
Diltz
Baeemus
The Senorases of Spain in Post Despatch View
A St Louis Post Despatch essay lauds Spanish women as highly educated in their native literature and history, devoted to country and love, and admired for beauty and wit. It portrays the Spanish woman as a muse inspiring poets, painters, and dramatists, with a practical, lively salon presence and a discreet, capable attendant role.
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St. Louis
Wallet woes expose power of money in Bowser marriage
In Detroit Free Press recounts Mr Bowser promising weekly pin money to his wife while keeping the wallet and control. After a quarrel over an allowance she tests him by hiding his cash. a missing $130 wallet leads to suspicion, a milkman accusation, and steady denial.
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Detroit Free Press
Salar
SPF
Thompson
Jones
Marrie Plank
Bowser
Mr. Bowsers
Mr. Bowser
Owser
Syfe
Detroit
A Boy Intellectualizes on Girls in a Home Queen Essay
A boy shares a playful essay on girls from Home Queen era text. He notes girls pretend, tease, and seek secrecy, claims girls influence boys, and muses on school behavior, secrets, and joggerfry lessons. The piece ends with a blunt summary that he knows little more about girls.
Too Fresh Even in iMunsey's Weekly
A playful dialogue from iMunsey's Weekly features Little Edith teasing Miss Oldgold about age. Edith notes Miss Oldgold’s paint appears fresh on her cheek, challenging the claim of being old as the hills and prompting a blush from Miss Oldgold.
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iMunsey’s
Edith
Miss Oldgold
Dreams of Love Amid Lent Dialogues in Life
A fragment from a dramatic exchange where a daughter pleads with her father to marry Jack, who is poor yet beloved. The scene hints at constraints of Lent and a hopeful consent, closing on a playful, affectionate note as plans unfold.
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Jack
Dialogue on Minds and Views Between Boston Girl and St Louis Man
A Boston girl questions harmony among varied mental natures and suggests common psychic impressions through continual effort. The St Louis man responds uncertainly and jokes about calling a doctor if his thoughts align.
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Chicago Tribune
St. Louis
Beautiful Words to a Bride from Montgomery Argus
A nostalgic letter framed as a groom’s toast to a bride reads of wedding cards and vows. The prose links pasteboard invitations to fate, destiny, and a future where friendship becomes lasting bond. The tone preserves period voice and poetic cadence.
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Montgomery Argus
Han
Love Outgrown and Ghosts in a Storehouse of Memory
A prose fragment contemplates love that outgrows the heart and death, contrasting heartbreak with hopeful reunion, then shifts to a speaker urging a lover to call a ghost if they glimpse the past. The verses juxtapose longing, time, and the living form against a soul long dead.
A Year Ago Today Love Heals Onward Onward
A dated fragmentary verse set recounting grief a year past and the brighter present with a beloved partner, followed by aside lines about wine and retirement, weather, and a Sabine farm life. The text blends sentimental romance with classical allusions and scattered ruminations on fortune and virtue.
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Sunday Globe
Acnes L. Pratt
Sourtevant
L. Weston
Sig
Max
T Department
Spain
MR. and
Mrs. Bowser
Mrs. B
Wilbur Larfore
Love
Walter Herri Pollock
Longman's Magazine
Thare
Sonnet
Upham Drake
Indianapolis
Richard E. Burton
Travelers
Marcia Bradbury Jordan
Ceaed
Mattie D. Britts
Roger
Heaven
Ove
Heaven Swan
Eugene Fied
Chicago Daily News
Rome
Mecenas
Fortune
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