Trapper Trapped The Rogue Tricked by His Own Trickery
An autumn tale in Birmingham recounts a con artist who nets £20 from a firm, lures a drunken victim to a theater, then becomes the victim when a partner uses deceit. The victim awakens to find the room held by a thief who empties a birdcage of gold and two five pound notes. The story ends with the trapper turning the tables, recovering £52 and a moral: rogues may be tricked by their own schemes.
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Birmingham
Carlicat
Ile
Steeor
Hun
Jeth
Bank of England Nores
Tam
His Bargain In Postage Stamps
A humorous exchange unfolds as a customer asks for bulk postage stamp discounts. The druggist offers his entire two cent stamp stock at one quarter more than face value. The buyer purchases thirteen stamps, paying with a five dollar bill and noting that twenty six cents equals a quarter of a dollar.
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Funny Man
Visitor Discovers Father Land in Aging Aberfoyle Tale
A tourist near Aberfoyle in Scothaand meets an old man lamenting his fate by a hedge. The man claims his misfortune comes from his father land, and a nearby barn reveals another aging man at work, claimed as his son. The exchange ends with playful, cryptic humor about future generations and the stubborn aging line.
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Aberfoyle
Scothaand
A Village Encounter Sparks a Poetic Allure
A writer retreating to the village observes Miss Bursar, a young woman, from a fence in a sunlit meadow. Their chance meetings bloom into shared words, slips of longing, and a kiss as the mother appears, signaling a turning point in their tentative courtship.
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Menger
Miss Bursar
Oysters in Season and Pearl Folklore Said to Link
A New York paper notes pearls in oysters are rare and tend to loosen during spawning. Out of season oysters flood cheap eateries, while high end restaurants avoid listing them out of season. Corner stands sell year round, regardless of the “R” months. The bias against summer oyster dining remains strong among better customers.
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New York
Bedstaff and Bedpost in Old English Household Usage
A historical note on bedstaffs placed on bed frames to hold clothes and stir straw, used to shake bedding or beat the feather bed. It recounts Sir John Chichester’s fatal mock skirmish with a bedstaff servant, and the term twinkling of the bedstaff as a swift action noted by writers like Shadwell and Jonson.
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Edward II
John Chichester
Wright
Shadwell
Ben Jonson
Colman
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West Denton
Swinnehy & Company
West Denton Department Store
Smith & Walls Law Building
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Armour & Co
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Lecrary
C. F. Smith
J. Calvin Smith
Greensboro
John T. Stevenson
Ridgely
Armour Fertilizer Works
Chicago
Ill
Baltimore
James LT. Cooper
Undertaker
T. H. Evans & Company, Fruit and Produce Commission Merchants
Light Street
Maryland
Nuttie Hardware Co
Downes
Sis
Ake
Crossett Shoe
F. C
W.R. Wright
Trapper
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