Thwarted schemes and a fatal end at Yale society
Howard Jeffries a banker's son sinks into dissipation under Robert Underwood at Yale. After marrying a gambler’s daughter and facing debt and betrayal, Underwood extorts cash and kills himself when Alicia refuses his demands. Howard is arrested after a brutal police interrogation.
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Howard Jeffries
Robert Underwood
Yale
Howard
Underwood
Annie
Astraria
Mrs. Jeffries
Alicia
Art Sealers
Oward
Aromise
Clinton
A Prisoner Confesses Under Night Interrogation
Captain Clinton boasts of a hundred convictions while Dr. Bernstein denounces harsh methods. Howard Poward is taken to the station in a daze as Annie, his wife, pleads in front of the hotel crowd, fearing a murder charge.
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Annie
Howard
Maloney
Delaney
Sant Howard
Oficer Delaney
Clinton
Howard Wa
Capt. Clinton
Underwood
Annie Jeffries Faces Captain Over Husband Murder Case
Annie confronts Capt. Clinton after learning Howard Jeffries has confessed to killing Robert Underwood. She pledges to hire the best lawyers, challenges the confession, and presses for legal help while an elevator attendant hints at a mysterious visitor named Jeffries. The drama continues.
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Robert Underwood
Annie
Howard Jeffries
Underwood
Clinton
United States
Mr. Underwood
To Be Agreeable and Keep Conversational Balance
The excerpt discusses tact in choosing when to speak and when to listen. It advises avoiding long opinions with superior or experienced people lest vanity take over and being careful not to lecture those of smaller talent. It concludes that equal minds or generous conversational partners invite the best exchanges.
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Harper’s Bazar
Why He Hurried Fire Alarm Chase
Two boys argue as the first hurries away before a fire alarm sounds. The second boy replies he is running to avoid Boss’s anger and must return from a top urgent errand within ten minutes.
Love's Recompense in Whitman Verse Note
Poetic line reflects unreturned affection and certainty of payment in love as spoken by Walt Whitman.
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Walt Whitman
Why Not Do It Themselves in Suffrage Address
Judge Ben P Lindsey spoke at Albany on women’s suffrage with a smile and warned against accusing voters of graft. He noted a tramp in Denver who claimed locals offer endless work, reflecting on perceptions of labor and society.
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Ben P.lindsey
Albany
Denver
Curious guest nose story at tea time
A man with a severed nose is invited for tea. A mother tells her daughter to say nothing about Mr Jenkins nose. The child notices and asks why the comment is forbidden, revealing the nose absent.
Icy fall on Philadelphia sidewalk shocks shoppers
A plump woman with bundles slipped on an icy sidewalk in front of the Union league in Philadelphia and toppled to her back. A club member tried to help but she clung to her packages, so he could not lift her as a laundry wagon driver shouted a warning.
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Annie
Capt. Clinton
Union League
Philadelphia
Lippincott’s
Cruelty to 8-Year-Old Adopted Son Shocks London Court
Eight year old Harry Murray, adopted by Mrs. French, endured grueling work and harsh treatment at home. A recent court session in London heard that she beat him with a poker and stretched his cheeks until the skin broke. A passerby found the boy and brought him to the police.
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London
Eng
Harry Murray
Mrs. French
Polite Customs Officers Prompt Devon Ram Tale
Sir Frank Newnes joked at a New York dinner about customs at the port. He noted officers were courteous yet asked many questions, comparing them to a Devon farmer with a two headed ram dragging him around the barnyard.
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Frank Newnes
New York
Devon Farmer
Both Coming
A playful family vignette ends with a pun. The mother asks for fly paper. Bessie replies the paper has captured them, and they are both coming. The humor hinges on a child’s misheard phrase turning into a double entendre.
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Mamma
Little Bessie
Bessie
Quote by A C Benson on life purpose and fuss
A C Benson muses on life meaning and doubt, insisting we are not here to be in a fuss. The remark frames purpose as tranquil intent rather than chaotic activity.
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A. C. Benson
Mark Twain Echoes on Age and Hills in New England
An essayist at the Franklin Inn in Philadelphia recalls Mark Twain reflecting on aging. He compares distant hills that once challenged his youth to his slow walk in old age, noting the contrast between past obstacles and present quiet.
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Franklin Inn
Philadelphia
Mark Twain
New England
Woman Contemplates Reflection Laments Reform Impression
A young woman gazes at her reflection in a glass and experiments with facial expressions. She fluffs her hair, sighs, and concludes with a weary remark about reformers, ending with a resigned departure.
American Gold Mines In Corea Largest in Asia
Consul General George H. Scidmore reports Seoul press calls the Unsan district mines the largest of their kind in Asia. For 1910 the seven mines earned 1 434 495 dollars with expenses 810 818 leaving 623 677 dollars profit. Resources total 828 520 tons valued at 3 948 475 dollars. The workforce includes 60 Americans and Europeans 150 Japanese 350 Chinese and thousands of Koreans. The company operates a 13 mile railway to fetch cord wood from Cho san mountains 3 000 feet up.
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Corea
George H. Scidmore
Seoul
Korea
Unsan
Asia
Bachelor and Housekeeper Tussle Over Ownership
A southern bachelor hires a colored man to clean and cook. The servant proclaims the tobacco is all mine. At a Sunday dinner the boss asks if a dark colored lady seen earlier is his wife. The servant replies that the lady is the boss’s wife and that nothing belongs to the servant anymore.
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Darky
Sam
One Forgiving Woman
A description of Mrs S B Armour of Chicago who recovered bonds valued at 150 600 after theft. Rather than prosecute the thief she accepted repayment and seeks late restitution. The letter urges mercy and giving the erring a chance to redeem themselves through future good deeds.
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S. B. Armour
Chicago
The Cotton Padding Makes Him Look Bigger in the Mirror
The cotton padding on the coat shoulders does not add to the man’s size but alters his perception, making him feel larger when he sees himself in the glass.
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