Belle Burgoyne's Blunder in Florence Romance
Gerald Dubrasset helps a sprained girl Miss Burgoyne in Florence and becomes entangled with her. He admires her art while she keeps him at a distance then she discovers his deception in a letter from America sending him toward Bar Harbor years later they reconcile with mutual forgiveness.
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Gerald Dabrasset
Florence
Miss Burgoyne
Mr. Dubrasset
Maria
Flanders
Gerald Dubrasset
Whyppers
Diasnchas
Miss , Burson
Nion
Kir
Tshe
Lili
America
Stin- Pett
Nigde S
Shekaria
Nliaeget
Laver Mubrasset
Mara
Smeg
Bar Harbor
Arizona Kicker Impostor Scoundrel At Gulch Town
A New York World note details a bold impostor in Gulch town posing as The Kicker agricultural editor. He had 11 subscribers before being foiled, with sharp sarcasm about politics, unpaid debts, and past misdeeds. The piece lampoons bad actors, recounting a rope-neck-tie episode and a drunken blast with Hank Scott, ending with a grim wink at future mischief.
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New York World
Tarovcu
Gulchtown
Kicker
Fortunes Made and Lost at the Race Track
A New York Herald style portrait of bookmakers and gamblers who rise from near ruin to large fortunes in a single day at the track. It recounts legends like Charlie B to Old January and Frank Snyder, describes ploys, partnerships, and big wins with Orageuse and Lizzie Fonso, and showcases the volatile, risky life of turf betting through vivid anecdotes.
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Charlie B
Old January
Janary
Prn
Lozenge
Faro
Frank Snyder
Ouny
Orageuse
Frank
Jack’ McDonald
Jack
Butch’ Thompson
Thompson
Sam Emory
Butch
Jack McDonald
Emory
John Hill
Hill
Philadelphia
Lovell
New York
Fred Eshner
Fred
Jerome Park
John Hollingshead
Handsome Jack
Guttenburg
Climax
Lizzie Fonso
Lizzie Neo
Silent
Unclear excerpt from Smith Gray Co monthly satire
Dialogue excerpts show characters Simmerson Gazzam and Mrs Gazzam in a social scene. References to Europe and a honeymoon tour hint at light conversation about marriage and travel. Source appears to be Harper's Bazar style humor without a full narrative context.
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Harper's Bazar
Gazzam
Mrs. Gazzam
Truth Hotel Steps Spat Ends With Standoff
A terse exchange unfolds on hotel steps as a keeper orders a tramp away, while Fitz William insists he can sleep there, arguing a legal or moral distinction between their positions in a tense street-side confrontation.
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Fitz William
Feigned She En Lenee by 900 and Cleared Debts at Club
Fragmentary report describes a man feigning a sum of 900, returning to the city to settle debts, and losing the balance at faro bank the same evening. The scene notes a man rising to leave the club, marked as a notable moment in the incident.
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Faro Bank
Rehe
Brevet Widows and a Southland Woman’s Love and Loss
In a Virginia grounded conversation a Virginian colonel describes “widows by brevet” as women aged 40 plus whose husbands died in war. He cites Staunton, Bull Run, and Antietam, arguing these women bore untold sacrifices, with one New York case of a nurse fiancée who cared for a dying fiancé and later supported her father, seeking government pension support for brevet widows.
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Bouth
Staunton
Bull Run
Hill 2
New York State
Washington
Jack
Sharpsburg
Antietam
Boo Jump Startles Curate and Robby in Dickensian Moment
Robby leaps from a dark corner and shouts Boo to startle the agitated curate. Mr Maidenhear listens as Robby and the curate discuss a grasshopper and its creator, with Robby remarking on the jump and the odd conversation.
A Second Harvest Pack Scene and Farm Talk
A brief dialogue shows Mr. Urban admiring a weed free farm and Uncle Humstead recalling city boarders last summer who picked every bit of golden rod and other bits off the fields, illustrating rural life and humor.
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Mr. Urban
Uncle Humstead
Humorous Exchange Recounts a Rainy Day Walk
A Detroit Free Press snippet shows a wife scolding her husband for braving rain under an umbrella. He jokes that he chose to walk in the open instead of around or under the cover. The playful dialogue contrasts professions with light quips about reply back and clergy.
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Detroit Free Press
Harry
Puck Style Patchwork Trouser Tale
A brief comic exchange features Mr and Mrs Hubby debating in a playful scene. She suggests adding a pink bow and painted background to repair trousers, aiming to make them look stylish and respectable. The dialogue captures whimsical domestic humor with a touch of fashion whimsy.
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Puck
Mr. Hubby
Mrs. Hubby
Publishers Aim to Print Novels for Young Ladies
A reader suggests publishers should make a bold move by printing novels for young ladies with the last chapter following immediately after the preface. The remark imagines a streamlined format that pairs opening notes directly with the ending portion.
Western Round-Up on the Great Plains in Wyoming
A detailed portrait of the KL outfit at Horse Creek in Wyoming as dawn breaks on a cattle round-up. Cowboys rise, prepare meals, rope horses, drive cattle, and begin the day’s long process of circling, cutting out, and branding. The piece notes camp life, equipment, and the roles of foreman, night herder, and riders amid sprawling buffalo grass prairie and a multi-day operation.
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In. N. W
Washington Star
Wyoming
Horse Creek
King & Lane
Horseshoe Divide
Maye
Uncle Jerry Observes Humility and Wit in New York World
A regional voice lampoons bragging fools and the pursuit of wealth, mixing homespun philosophy with sharp humor. The narrator skewers mortgage risks, greed, and sentimentality while praising pluck, independence, and timely cunning in everyday life.
Brakeman Mistakenly Escorts Woman to Smoking Car
A Chicago Tribune account recounts a platform encounter where a brakeman politely assists a woman with her valise and guides her to a smoking car. She angrily protests the implication, threatening to report him, while he insists his choice was a mistake and meant to accommodate her comfort.
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Chicago Tribune
Judge Katherine Grosjean and the Philosophies of Independence
In a courtroom moment, Katherine Grosjean contemplates independence and restraint. The text contrasts thought and action, noting that a literary writer thrives on expectation, while suspicion can kill ideals instantly. It weighs indifference against desire and the paradoxes of power and protection.
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Katherine Grosjean
Freed Stool Chair of Peace in Yorkshire Church
The St Louis Republic notes a stone seat in Beverly Church, England called the Freed Stool or Chair of Peace. It was said to grant protection to fugitives, with a tale of Jack Rafferty who killed a jockey in 1705 and sat on the seat until his death rather than surrender.
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St. Louis Republic
Beverly
Yorkshire
Eng
Jack Rafferty
An Artist in His Line in Tokyo Bookseller Ad
A Tokyo bookseller advertises with humorous lines praising cheap prices and stylish goods. The list touts clear printing, sturdy paper, polite service, abundant stock, fast shipping, careful parceling, and social benefits for young customers.
Costly living revealed by statistics in Pittsburg Dispatch
An inquiring statistician shows that birth costs the US people 250 million dollars yearly, marriage expenses total 300 million, burial costs 75 million, and drunkenness drains 900 million annually. The piece ends with a punning admonition to seek understanding.
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Pittsburg
United States
Define the antidote joke in a pharmacy class
In a Chicago Tribune snippet a pharmacy professor defines antidote to a punning question. A student replies with a joke that if you dote on a girl and she dotes on another, her date becomes your antidote. The exchange captures lighthearted campus humor.
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Chicago Tribune
Constrained confession of past romance between Fred and partner
A quiet exchange reveals both speakers have endured past jilting. The woman confides she has been engaged before this moment, while Fred responds that he too has faced a jilting.
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Harper's Bazar
Fred
Simple Matrimony Pleases Man in Yankee Blade
A brief piece from Yankee Blade features a playful exchange over marriage. He notes that his happiness is simple, while she remarks that consenting to wed has made him very happy. The dialogue captures a light, domestic humor tone.
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Colongl
Jim Crocker
Hank Scott
Hank
Magnificent Nizam and Diamond Trader Amid Wealth and Feudal Splendor
A distinguished traveler recounts the Nizam of Hyderabad as a lavish, autocratic ruler with a court of immense wealth and 600 concubines. The piece describes his glittering jewels, the legendary Niza diamond worth about $4 million, and the dragon of fear that drives rulers to hoard gold and gems. It also traces the trader Jacobs and his link to Marion Crawford, noting Crawford’s fiction draws on Jacobs. The narrative moves to a tiger hunt where panthers pursue a black buck, ending with blood and spectacle.
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Nizam of
Hyderabad
Alexander Malcom Jacobs
Jacobs
Marion Crawford
Mr. Isaacs
Nizam
India
Queen Victoria
Elepdant
Dabobie
Earth
Poriyal
Gwalior
Eir
Constantinople
St. Sophia
England
Lord Salisbury
Russia
Ovary
Byman
Buddhisn
Crawford
Simla
Sam Ward
BRIC A BRAC in verse and prose from late 19th century periodicals
A compilation of short verse and prose items including Lilla Cabot Perry impersonations, Aldrich’s poetry, Henderson lyrics, a reflective Salutation piece on modern reading, a Judge vignette by Willett, and a humorous misadventure about a missing pocket.
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Lilla Cabot Perry
Spring and Autumn Fae in the English Illustrated view
Poetic lines depict the cycle of seasons from spring’s bloom to winter’s chill. A chorus of nature and emotion contrasts fleeting earthly pleasures with mournful longing. A New York Home Journal note credits J W Prichard, echoing a lyric plea for love to rekindle life and brightness.
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J. W. Prichard
New York Home Journal
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Belle Burgoyne
Frank MW. Stauffer
Arizona
Far West
Boston
Torun
Judge Wakefield
Missouri
New York Herald
iShe
C'New York Times
Robby
Great Plains
Wyoming Plains
Jerry
Quad
Allus
Canada
Chair of
Tokio
Yankee Blade
San Francisco Chronicle
Reeve Aldrich
Scripner
Hope
W. J. Henderson
New York Times
Bru
Ares
Eleanor Kirk
Tavelers’ Recon
James Bh. Wiggin
Seal “Babery
Cudder
Mick
Willett
Lewis Morris
English Illustrated Magazine
Atelier
Philome
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