Pocketbook mislaid by Pauline sparks a tangled pursuit
Pauline finds a bulky Russia leather pocketbook with 400 dollars and a clipped portrait. Many suitors describe the lost item to reclaim it. The owner is unclear until Pauline’s father reveals he also found a clipping about electricity. In the end, a moral about deceit and vanity emerges as Frank Seymour is implicated in an implied romance.
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Pauline
Taulline
Fleming
Cameron
Broadway
Jlere
West Seventy-second Street
Tauline
Paou- Hue
Jove
Mr. Lester
Pauliine
Lester
Frank Seymour
Ile
Frank
Indolent Philadelphia Artist Faces Penury in Club Show
In Philadelphia a fellow club painter keeps his finished works within a strict count while the indolent artist, though near need, resists excess work. A visiting friend admired a painting and offered a good price, but the artist mournfully declined to avoid being compelled to paint another.
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Philadelphia
Penury
Philadelphia Times
Ancient Bridge Superstition Across Tiber in Rome
A historic belief tied bridges to river gods in Rome and other regions. People offered human victims to the Tiber deity to prevent drownings as the publician bridge stood as the sole crossing until late in the republic.
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Rome
Tiber
The Only One Lacking Tilings Questioned
A fragment from a dialogue questions the existence of a tiling in the fourth dimension. The speaker, labeled Bee, responds with discouragement, suggesting uncertainty and frustration. The line hints at mathematical inquiry and the challenge of higher dimensional tilings.
Roman Cab Adventure in a Disgusted American Tale
In Mr Howells roman holiday narrative a party finds a last and shabby taxi in Rome. The worst cab clings to duty despite a failing horse and decaying harness as the driver clings to serving them. They overpay to exit and finally reach their hotel on foot, relieved yet amused.
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Mr. Howells
Rome
Church
Rip van Winkle
Via Sistina
Cross Street
Jim
Touchy Nesans and the Hotel Life
A St Louis Post-Dispatch sketch on Japanese servants, noting their habit of arranging hotel room items into artful still lifes. It contrasts the maidens’ instinct to please with the manager’s need to balance discipline with a smiling, non scolding approach to maintain comfort and prosperity.
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Tenn
Nesan
Ine
Ile
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Manyuema Cannibals and a Village Burglar Tale
A sensational chunk describes the Manyuema cannibals of Tanganyika as deadly, cunning, and bloodthirsty, noting their preference for fat victims and ritual drying of flesh. The account shifts to Squire Latham of Bridgewater who coolly exposes a burglar’s mistake, revealing his quick wit when faced with a door that slides back.
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Manyuemaa
Tanganyika
Central Africa
Squire Latham
Bridgewater
Mase
Val Tre
Not a Disease or a Gifted Duplicity in Speech
A speaker recounts a patient telling of repeatedly talking to her husband for lengthy periods, only to find he has no memory of the conversation. The doctor, noting the oddity, quips that such a talent would be unusual to possess, implying a misalignment between communication and comprehension.
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State of
Maryland
General Assembly of
Annapolis
Treasury
Austin L. Crothers
Circuit Court For
Caroline County
Equity
William H. Adkins
Circuit Court
James Rich
W. H. Adkins
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Denton Journal
Howard Melvin
Ben WH
Johnson
Melvin & Johnson, Publishers
Clarissa Mackie
American Press Association
Jou
WLU Sones
husDard
Peesuse
Mullin
Wilmington
State of Maryland
Treasury Department
WM. B. Clagett
Comptroller of the Treasury
Murray Vandiver
Harry W. Corkran
Guardian
James Paul Rich
J. Kemp Stevens
Nisi
Harvey L. Cooper
J. Frank Jones
Vermont
New England
Harry Hemmons
Ridgely, Md
L. Cooper
H.G. Cooper
Cooper, Wright & Cooper
LAW Building
Centor
GOMTE
North British and Mercantiles Insurance Company
North Americas
Farmers’ Fire An Alliance Bpdegners Fire and Marine
Girard Fire and Marine Phoenix
Hartford, Conn
Citizens
Missouri Union
WW. A. West
Denton, Maryland
Igr
Bullock's Cheap Store
Ber
WM. Bulloch
Carter
Texago
The
Texas Company
C. H. Stewart
Denton
San Jose
A. G. Gelletty
A. G. Gelletly
A.G. Gelletly
Ter
William H. Wright
Nellie Wright
New Jersey
Leat Vary
J. Ree Stevens
Cowart
J. Virgil Moore
A. J. Smith
W. H. Lord
Vass
Hobbs
Junker
Fayette ST
Nearham
Baltimore, MD
Eastern Shore
M. Lawless, Jr
Andersontown
P. O. Sparks
Che
E. T. Orme
Andersontown, Md
Frantz Bros
Ball Journal Office
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