Ambition Drives Paris Duel Dream to Bold Deception
Symphorien Baliveau, a 25 year old Parisian, seeks fame through a duel with the famed duelist Martial Roque. He hires Roque’s tailor and bootmaker to fake a rival’s wardrobe and plans to face Roque with pistols in a Bois de Boulogne duel, risking payment to suppliers if he falls.
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Paris
Symphorien Baliveau
Tortoni
Baliveau
Monsieur
Symphorien
Balivennas
Martial Roque
Bois de Boulogne
MM. Roque
Roque
MM. Staub and Sakosky
Martin Roque
Staub
Sakosky
Rogue
Stunb
Stanb
Mouslewr
Sn P
Duel schemes and a provincial’s quest for fame in Paris
In a Paris set piece, a young provincial seeks seconds for a duel and borrows from three men, Roque and a pair of creditors. The plan collapses as public attention shifts from Baliveau’s notoriety to market fortunes, ending with his return to the provinces.
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Paris
Monsieur
Stanb
M. Sakoky
Monsieura
Symphorien
Roque
Sakosky
M. Roque
Staub
Balivoan
Baliveau
Cincinnati
Genius Vermonter Applies for Reporter Position
A young Vermonter boasting genius applies to a city newspaper for a reporting post. He recounts extensive coverage of Widow Flanders Henhouse fire with five columns of description notes remarks and two woodcuts of hens tracks. The editor locally skeptical is left to process the extraordinary boast.
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Stockon
Creektown
Flanders
Kodak
Glasgow minister and a parishioner over eyes during prayer
A Glasgow minister notes a congregant who gazes about during prayers. The man retorts that scripture bids watchers as well as prayer and refuses to keep his eyes shut, declaring he will stare and glare as he always has.
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London
Glasgow
Boston
Knot Trick With Hair Heats Tarot Loose
A short note describes tying a knot in hair, covering it with a fist, and applying heat to loosen the knot. The process supposedly makes the hair unwind and the knot disappear after a few minutes.
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St. Lonig
Failure and perseverance in a calling to strength
A reflective verse recalling that failure reveals greater aims and continuous effort. The speaker argues success does not erase loss and that persistence leads to ongoing fruition. Even amid a world in turmoil, honest striving yields a quiet satisfaction.
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Bias
Esther
Helen Wilmans
The Casuist and the Marsden Conspiracy
A London office robbery case centers on Ernest Marsden who confesses to stealing £40 from Mr Henderson after a gold payment vanished from a safe. Marsden had courted Henderson’s daughter Lucy, and the narrator grapples with moral judgment, friendship, and whether Marsden’s actions were a sacrifice to protect pride or a crime.
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Mix Henderson
Torhin
Lucy Henderson
Dobbin
Miss Henderson
Henderson
Marsden
Ernest Marsden
Creation
London
Elephantine manners teach memory and politeness at the zoo
A London Times report recounts a visitor teaching an elephant to say please with a salaam as a polite gesture for a bun. The elephant recalled the cue after 17 years, demonstrating memory and learned etiquette in a historic species interaction.
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India
Agra
the Prince of Wales
London Times
Curiosities of Courage Across Fear and Forte
A note on moral and physical bravery citing Marshal Saxe who feared assassination and kept two guards at Chambord, the Duke of Alva nervous at dogs and ordering patrols to shoot unmuzzled dogs, plus cases of men immune to public scorn yet fearing newspaper attention and others fearless at edges yet afraid of spiders.
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Marshal Saxe
Phillipsburg
Fontenoy
Chambord
Duke of
Alva
Ghent
Lippincott’s
Failed to Live Up to It at Destitute Children Home
A Chicago Record report recounts a manager's visit to a home for destitute colored children. A boy, described as very dark, is found tied to a post with hands behind, claimed by staff to be tied for lying. The attendant calls him the worst liar seen, and identifies him as George Washington.
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George Washington
Chicago Record
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MLW
York USA
Bristol Gas-Light Company
Bradford Street
J. Howard Manchester
John
JA Miller & Son
Dealers
Westminster ‘Strait Providence, A
James M. Kimball
Albert L. Calder
Hezekiah
P. Colt
P. Campbell
Henry R. Barker
Bengy B. Winseir
William R. Dupee
R.A. Robertson
William T
Samuel P. Colt
Joshua M. Addeman
Cyrus P. Brown
Geo. L. Littlefield
Steuns Hutchina
George T. Bliss
Horack
OM. Barns
Leander RB. Peck
Olney T. Inman
Xo. P. Wetmore
Warren O. Arnold
J. Maaddeman
3. Wardwell
Bristol Rose Houses
New York
NEW Haven and Hartford Railroad
OLD Colony System
Bristol
Warren
Drownville
Providence
Fall River
Newport
Allen
A. C. Kenpate
Union Mutual Fire Insurance Company
AeMoe
Weybosset Treat
Providence, R. I
Edwin Barrows
Joseph T. A. Eddy
P. Skinner
Pawtucket Mutual Fire Insurance Company
Main' Street
Pawtucket, R. 1
A. A.mann
Edward A. Geeene
George A. Mumford
James L. Jenks
Edmuend
Makun
Philo FE. Thayak
Benjamin F. Smith
J. Milion Payar
George W. Newell
Feelebhicho
Aston
Robbery Sherman
Gouas
P. Moojes
Ws Isaac Shove
Pr. Shinner, Jr
City Savings Bank
Weybosset Streef
Post Office
Providengh
Vronident
JUIN
Palmem Ville
Jhnky
Cransion
Jad
Ckeansy
Russell Browd
Wate
Lippitt
Vatey Wilcox
W. Brooker
Jefrey Davin
Wigs
Georgee
Joseph A.sharkwerthe
dJohult
Guay
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Gillidi
Anestar
Bank Clos
Knoreby
Dorchester Mutual Fire Ins. Co
Oston
Edward
Fabbitt
State Equitable
Post Office Rovidence HK
Teleuphony No
Robertsan
Walnut Street
Philadelphia
Frank Z. Remieres
Corp G of
Hope and
Bradford Streeta
J. M. Norris, & CO
W. Fred Fish
Hope Street
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