An Escape From a Tomb and a Telephone Prank
A man awakens in a tomb and, after finding his epitaph, drinks from a brandy flask. He plans to wreck a rival by vowing revenge on Pilbolus, rips a coffin plate for evidence, and escapes via a telephone to signal his release. He eavesdrops on a conversation with Deacon Sliderback and his widow, then returns home in a haunted mood after a night of morbid humor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sexton
Central
Josiah Bodfish
Josiah
Solomon
Deacon Sliderback
Bodfish
Regnier
Alphonse
Texas Sistings
Back From the Grave Uncle Bodfish Returns in Legal Row
Uncle Josiah Bodfish unexpectedly reappears after being thought dead and explains his odd legal situation. He confronts family tensions as he discusses a lawsuit with his relatives who wished him deceased. The scene unfolds in a lawyer's office with a wary stranger sensing something uncanny.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josiah Bodfish
Josiah
I Escaped a Coffin and a Peculiar Night Tale
A man recounts a burial scare after waking in a coffin in his vault. He describes legal trouble, nutty spells, and a plan to patent a coffin business with his undertaker. He jokes about Pilbolus the quack and his family’s spiritual frictions with Deacon Sliderback.
Circus of Contention In Courtroom Laced With Snakes
A courtroom scene erupts as a deacon reads a coffin plate amid a tainted burial plan and a divorce suit. The speaker vows to fight Pilbolus, seeks a patent on a premature burial outfit, and hints at new legal entanglements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pilbolus
Chicago Herald
An Hour in the Famous Police Gallery at Washington
A Cleveland Leader report describes a visit to the treasury’s rogues gallery in Washington with a blue-eyed guard recounting counterfeiters. It details knives, dies, and molds used to fake coins, the methods to age bills, and the range of offenders from youths to 70-year-olds, including Chinese and women counterfeiters and family involvement.
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Washington
Frank G. Carpenter
Cleveland
Treasury
Billy
Rogues
Witch of
Endor
Venus
Col. Brooks
Secret Service
Smith
New York
Notable Fire on Island Displays Inlaid Table and Loot
A richly inlaid roulette table valued at 200 Thalers and related gaming paraphernalia were burned on a rough stone pedestal before numerous island visitors, ordered by the Court of Sessions by government action. The scene, described in Fremdenblatt, highlights a dramatic display of confiscation and punishment by burning.
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Trate
Court of Sessions
Ladke
Fremdenblatt
Witty Telephone Mix Up Over Dinner Meats
A socialite Mrs Snugpurse calls the central office about missing meat for dinner. The butcher jokes on the line and misidentifies the caller as the cook. When she reveals herself the mood shifts as bets are off and humor follows. The excerpt ends with a reflective line on sorrow enriching life.
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Daisy
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