A Doctor's Double at the Bohemia Club
In a Friday night symposium at the Quamos club the group recalls Dr J H Whiting and Davis, two Southern doctors. Whiting is stalked by a mysterious rival who mimics his handwriting and taunts him with forged letters. Whiting vanishes and Davis dies suddenly, leaving Whiting missing and the tale unresolved.
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Quamos club
Merton
geological survey
Herting
fish commission
Long
agricultural bureau
De Forrest
army medical museum
Washington
New York
Dr. De Forrest
Paris
Paria
Vienna
Bohemia club
the Bohemia
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cirate
M. D
Whiting
sons of honor
Davis
Louisiana
wong
Davin
dramies
Jekyll and Hyde
Stevenson
Robinson
Davia
ing’s
hank
bia
Miss Wiley
hee
lhelaurely
society
J. H. Davin
New Orleans
Isabelle Wiley
The Deaf Guest and the Talking Lady Prank
Lord Seaforth, born deaf and dumb, was to dine with Lord Melville. A visiting talker spoke with her fingers to greet him, while Lord Guilforth mimicked, leading to a ten minute silent exchange. Lady Melville enters and the ruse is revealed as the guest jokes about the dumb man.
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Lord Seaforth
Lord Melville
Joy street boy’s church outing ends with wit
A young Joy Street boy, taken to church for the first time, sits still as asked but marvelously disrupts the offering moment by showing the collection to the officiating collector. The reply, witty and kind, notes he is paying for all three, yielding a humorous moment cited by the Detroit Free Press.
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Detroit Free Press
Iowa
Confusing pronouns in old Hampshire dialect quoted
A fragment notes a London Chronicle remark on rural speech from Hampshire about subject pronouns and verb agreement. The quotation illustrates outdated rural usage and stylistic oddities in 18th or early modern English dialogue.
Lunatics Legacies The Bequests Of Insane Minds
A Pearson's Magazine feature surveys odd wills and bequests left by asylum inmates in Britain and France. Examples include gifts to a Japanese emperor, a charity, or to a favored nurse, often with bizarre conditions and motives. The piece notes the sadness behind mental illness and the legal fragility of such documents.
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London
tia
Japan
Brotherly Love and Bounty society
Paria
Midlands
durance
Rome
Pearson's Magazine
Audacious Englishman in mutiny narrative amid moonlit camp
The writer recounts John Power and two companions crossing near the camp on the Indian mutiny tale. Power defies fear, while the father and minister temper caution. a brief, tense scene contrasts with agricultural advice on spring grain drilling and oat seeding.
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J. W. Scherer
John Power
Power
Scherer
Gregson
Hoe
avery
The Carving Knife Edge and Sharpness Rules
A New York Tribune summary notes carving knives dull from hot roast beef and gravy. Experts Curley and others advise using a steel after every few cuts, keep knives rested, and hold at 20 to 25 degrees on the steel to maintain a sharp edge.
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Curley
New York Tribune
Uncle Jabe Dodd’s store and the queen’s health joke
A village wager over finding ordinary items in Uncle Jabe Dodd’s country store ends with him producing a set of false teeth, offering them half price. The tale contrasts a funny shopper scam with a historical note about wine allowances for officers, including a Crimean War anachronism, and a brief quip about colors and white.
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Hines
United States
Canada
Benema
Cuba
orto Rico
Australia
alrbay
talogues
Julius Hines & Son
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Jabez Dodd
Uncle Jabs
Uncle Jabe
Jake
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mesa
Chambern
Jonenil
vane
Indianapolis Journal
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BALTIMORE, MD
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