A Palace-Like Nest and a Letter of Despair
A wealthy couple enjoy a luxurious life, while a widow pleads for help after losing money in a failed gold mine scheme. The husband Reginald contemplates the letter's misery, asking Rosie for tea as he wrestles with the contrast between ardent happiness and the widow's ruinous appeal.
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Aarpiee
Brea
Dean Redanp
Rynard Gold Reef Company
Reginald
Rosie
Reggie
Pater
Apollo
Heizho
Rez
Highwayman fashion in coats and furs for autumn
New York fashion notes describe heavy thick coats in a highwayman style with beaver fur trim and no tails. A cafe au lait colored garment features opalescent buttons, a left side buttoned front, and horizontal hip strap, plus mink bordering on the skirt, throat, and sleeves.
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New York
The Third Annual Handicap Road Race at B A A
The piece recounts the 1900 setback and triumph of cyclist Kellogg of West Newton in the Boston Athletic Association handicap road race, contrasting him with rivals like McDaniels. It details the social intrigue with Letty Wood, Kellogg’s jealousy, and a surprise party that failed to reveal the victor, ending with Kellogg’s departure to Cincinnati after the win.
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Boston Athletic Association
Kelley
West Newton
Windle
Lumsden
van Waconer
Campman
Syner
Osmond
America
England
Lehr
The
Wheel
Outing
Veil Page
St. Piers
Altor
Anserous
Paseo
NeDanels
McDaniels
Dar Es Anthony
Moniely
Momen
Western Park
Newton Bicycle Club
Kelleg
Athlete Club
Wang
Newton
Kellog
Joe Saltenstall
Letty Wood
Cincinnati
Joe
Joe Saltonstall
Arthur Porter
Irvington-Milbourne
Newtons
Wilmington
Miss Wood
Glory
Kelsog
B.A. A
Wellesey
Don
Rose and Reg The City Venture And A Rich Future
In Palace gardens Rosie and Reg debate marriage and money while a neighboring estate in a tropical climate is offered for sale He fends off a business offer as bells ring of gold discoveries Promises of wealth lure Reg and Rosie into plans for a city life and a joint future The couple contemplates marrying while the land yields questions of value loyalty and social ascent with hinted schemes and a looming fortune
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Reggie
Reginald
F. G
A Coffee Planting Scheme Ends In A Deal
A young coffee planter bristles at a price and plans to settle with Bellamy, while Reginald backs a third party approach. A month later the planter sails home with a plan, gold nuggets, and a gold reef offer arrives at ten thousand pounds, prompting cautious optimism.
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Bellamy
Reginald
Luck Touch in Elevator Sparks Superstition Tale
In a city newspaper office elevator a fashionable woman touched a hunchbacked man’s hump with a gloved finger. Bystanders whispered that the gesture was for luck, a favored superstition among women, and the moment drew wary amusement from the crowd.
How Genius Is Frowned Upon Poets Dead Advice
A brief dialog on becoming a good poet with a sharp editor's counsel that only great poets are remembered after death. The exchange mocks the notion of genius while offering a morbid, provocative instruction as a paradoxical path to literary esteem.
Paris gala gown worn by Mrs Yorkes attracts attention
Mrs Yorkes of Chicago wore a pale blue silk brocade dress at a recent Paris theatre gala. The empire style gown featured a short waist and enormous balloon sleeves reaching the elbows. The decollete corsage opened to reveal a chemisette with chiffon edging at the sleeves.
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Yorkes
Chicago
Paris
Picturesque dress described with diamonds and blue gloves
A vivid description notes a gown with diamond ornaments on the bust, four rows of lsand and one of diamonds round the neck, long pale blue suede gloves, and matching shoes and stockings, creating one of the most picturesque dresses often seen.
Where They Put the Poultice
A Canadian boy Eddie in Ontario resists a poultice for a sliver. His mother and grandmother insist, a switch is used at bedside, and the poultice is finally placed. Eddie yells that the wrong foot was treated, revealing the humorous note of the tale.
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Ontario
Eddie
What Not to Do with One's Feet Rules Urged
A San Francisco commentary questions why women’s feet appear awkward when seated and contrasts them with men. It notes a circle of twelve ladies with only four posture‑wise acceptable and jokes about writing rules to guide proper foot placement.
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San Francisco
Dessarte
Parlor Chat Sparks Odd Memory At Evening Party
A Hammer smith youth asks his beloved’s sister about a visit to the menagerie. She recalls the camel there twisting its eyes while she recited poetry at an evening party, noting the animal’s gaze closely echoed by her sister's reaction.
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Hammersmith
Public Be Damned: Vanderbilt on the Fast Mail Train
Henry Clews recounts William Vanderbilt’s remark during a Chicago interview about the fast mail train to Chicago. When pressed if he serves the public or stockholders, Vanderbilt declares the public be damned and asserts he works for his shareholders unless the public patronizes the service.
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Henry Clews
Vanderbilt
Chicago
Mr. Vanderbilt
The First Cigar
A narrative poem recounts two brothers and their father behind a shed at night as they share their first cigar. The speaker describes fear and nausea, then a sudden light and their dad revealing stars, ending with a memory that the first cigar will never be forgotten.
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Charles B. Shillin
Denver Republican
Steve
Dad
Sparks From a Smiths Anvil Yonkers Gazette
Succinct aphorisms and reflections on truth pride work and age from a Yonkers Gazette column. The medley of maxims touches on self made men insurance rhetoric and aging, ending with a wistful note on spring and renewal.
Indiana Favoring Cleveland over Gray for 1892 Nomination
Indiana Democrats discuss the 1892 presidential race with emphasis on Cleveland as the party favorite. Governor Gray is courted as a Western candidate if New York divisions prevent Cleveland, but Indiana’s delegation remains largely pro Cleveland and uninterested in Hill. Gray plans to stay neutral while his friends push for a Western nominee if East and Hill stalemates persist.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Gray
Cleveland
Hendricks
Gra
Thurman
St. Louis
Harrison
Ohio
Sherman
New York
Hill
Hull Machine
West
South
Moy
East
Empire State
Praiog
Foreign theater dress code tale from London's Royal
Auditor Joseph Brown recalls visiting London eight years ago to see Patti at the Royal. He and companions were barred entry because only dress suits were allowed, despite holding seat tickets. A door keeper sent him to the dressing room where attendants may fit him out. He paid half a crown for a borrowed coat.
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St. Louis Chronicle
Joseph Brown
London
England
Patti
the Royal
The Silver Ware Trust Promises Bargain Hollow Ware
An 19th century advertising item outlines a silver ware trust charging high prices for hollow ware, noting standard sets in quadruple plate on white metal and discounts of 40 percent to home trade and 50 percent to foreign trade plus cash terms. It touts a solitaire cream pitcher and sugar-bowl set, $2.50 express shipping, and a baby mug offered at 93 cents by mail.
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Express
Pyramids
Egypt
United States
Chna
Japan
London
Jonas Hanway
Cochin China
Me Kong
England
Newhall
Birmingham
South Dakota
Caloosahatchie
Florida
North Carolina
Marshall County
Kan
Mess Fund
Killian van Rensselaer
Albany
Albany Commemorative Society
Ahmos
B. C
Georgia
Dreggors
Tabitha Dreggors
Stewartsville
Lake Washington
Mercer Island
New York City
Edward III
Austria
Dooly County
Ala
Girard
Agricultural Department
Hoxie
Groor's Half-Price Silverware Offer for Subscribers
The Groor's subscribers may buy standard quadruple plated hollow ware at half price. The five-piece set includes coffee pot tea pot sugar bowl milk pitcher and slop jar with optional additions and finishes satin polished or engraved. Net prices show various pieces with engravings and trays, all export priced and shipped by registered mail from Boston.
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Tuk Goosee
Vast miscellany of curious facts and figures
A jumble of random science tidbits and world notes including pencil counting grooves, Sta Maria in Trastevere’s age, Japanese morning behavior, partnership law, Champlains of rainfall in India, altitude limits for crops, a telescope view, seed counts, giant diamonds, Moscow bell, and various statistics on languages, railways, weather, and architecture.
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Europe
Sta. Maria
Trastevere
Rome
Busines
Cherra Panjee
Khasi
Assam
China
B.y
Star of
Brazil
Regent
Kaiser
Royal of
Borneo
Kang
Moscow
Journal
Knoxville
Harney
Marion County
Kansas
United States
Humboldt
Asia
South America
North America
Africa
Australia
Alton, Sr
Checaskonish Lake
George Stanton
Hawleyville
George
London
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Vergreen
Rehoboth Sunday Herald
William Vanderbilt
Yonkers Gazette
Gray and Cleveland
Indiamian
Silver-Ware Trust
Globe
Baby
WzEx
Boston
Mass
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