Rug buyers in Cairo lure mark with illusion and fear
A long, garbled tale depicts rich Americans enticed by Cairo rug dealers using staged religious ambience. A traveler recounts how a party paid large sums for Persian carpets, watching feigned reverence and misdirection to inflate value, with one buyer later breaking down the scam. The story highlights the dangers of ornate, misleading sales pitches in exotic locales.
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John Kimberly Musnford Tolla
America
Constantinople
Emyrna
Catto
Tiflis
Whealer
Mynolf
Toribe
New York
Alorsandsia
France
Etiquette of Letters from Eighty Years Ago
The article recounts how etiquette in letter writing differed eighty years ago surpassing the two penny post. It notes letters to Londoners were burdensome and considered vulgar when conveyed by merchant hands. It describes the slow, regionally restricted postal system and social perceptions of distant correspondence.
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Jetter
Tiven
Louisa
Packe
Urgensy
Parsons Souldingy
Samme
Foote and Garrick Rivalry and Arctic Weasel Tale
Foote ridiculed Garrick’s pretensions in a witty exchange about who should judge others first. Foote fires back with a quip about selling the Himber. The Arctic weasel shows seasonal color change, turning brown in summer to white in winter, while arctic bear and fox stay white year round in cold regions.
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Foote
Garrick
Snopes and Stories Aboard a Curious Household Tale
A jumbled Reader’s page recounts a banker’s boyhood loan tale with a pretend receipt slip and a mistaken five dollar gift. Other anecdotes follow of thrilling escapes, a mock legal line, and a playful Italian child vocabulary lesson featured in The Delineator.
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Jack
Jacke
Paps
Doline
Tit for Tat and Whimsical Barbs Across Rooms
A collage of published gibes and light quips from various period sources. An Irishman in a depôt, a protesting woman and a quick witted reply over smoking, a lawmaker amused by the idea of the House and Senate, a plea for police protection in court, a hat misfortune, a parson’s joke on drink, and a tired janitor’s joke about Mary. The tone is humorous, fragmentary, and characteristic of miscellany humor sections.
Ata Carnal Glance in a Fragmented Exchange
A clipped dialogue shows a confident young writer debating with Minn Caverno about poetry and influence, referencing Tennyson in a stylized, garbled exchange. The piece centers on literary ego and interwoven names in a perplexing, partial text.
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Tennyson
Minn Caverno
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