Monaco Justice and a Royal Pardon Tale
A fanciful portrait of Monaco portrays a virtuous, orderly king and a court steeped in ritual. A murder case tests governance when the state lacks an executioner raising a tale of borrowing a guillotine, jailer shortages, and a condemned man who outwits the system to live on his own land while the prince and court fume.
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Louis XIV
William of
Prussia
Ife
Forbidden Paradise
Monsieur
Principality
Monaco
Vic
Supreme Court
Paris
Monte Carlo
Cnsinoe
Laman
Guy de Maupassant
What Was the Matter With Him
An employee at a Philadelphia club minded patrons and used large words. He told one customer about a preceding customer who became ill and required a doctor. He described the doctor’s visit as an epidemic, remarking Mr Blank was there and had a bad turn.
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Philadelphia
Lightning Alarm During Walk Spoils Adoration Scene
Miss Jinks walked between two admirers when a storm broke with lightning. Guilin claimed fear while Brown used the moment to show courage before the beloved. Guffin boasted he would be unafraid if they were all flown together, yet admits fear of Miss Jinks’s allure. Brown remains a bachelor, Guffin is not.
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Miss Jinks
Guilin
Brown
Guffin
Sisters as charming hostesses across places and times
The author extols sisters as natural hostesses, noting two are better than one for harmony and related understanding. They share varied topics in tune, creating warm welcomes and a sense of ease from Brighton to Manchester, London to Cornwall, Cumberland, and beyond amid reflected kindness.
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Brighton
London
Manchester
Cumberland Lake
Richmond Ritchie
A Clever Swindle In London Jeweller
An American bishop visits a London jeweller and buys a £100 bracelet with a forged note. A constable detains him as the note is detected as forged. the bishop, the note, the bracelet and the police carriage vanish, never to be seen again. The incident highlights the cleverness of a forgery and the detective work involved.
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London
Bishop
Jim
St. James
Thunder Shower in Somaliland Zeriba Visit
An English lady recounts Oscar Grat and his men visiting a zeriba in Somaliland. They wore their best togas and stayed dry under a tent fly as a thunderstorm raged for nearly an hour. When light returned, everyone fled to a river turned track while supplies overflowed and animals finally drank after seven days without water.
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Somaliland
Oscar Grat
Zeriba
American envoy recalls Oxford Cambridge seulling race
Mr Choate, the United States ambassador in London, narrates a racing match between an English Oxford student and an Irish Cambridge student. The Briton won easily, paused several times to tease the Irishman, who after the defeat shrugged and joked that longer rests would have let him win.
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Mr. Choate
United States
London
Inglishman
Oxford
Cambridge
Linen marking puzzled Miss Weaver and Mr Raymore
In a conversational vignette from Cleveland, Miss Weaver worries over marking linen with her name as gifts from Mamma and Aunt Miriam arrive. Mr Raymore suggests using her name, while she muses about changing it, noting the trivial yet defining moments of daily life.
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Miss Weaver
Mr. Raymore
Mamma
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Tommy's Bad Break Pie Dinner Gaffe
A boy named Tommy Uptown teases a minister about dinner pie. The clergyman laughs at Tommy's cleverness as the boy recalls his father and mother discussing dinner, hinting at humble pie for the occasion in a lighthearted exchange.
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Tommy
Thai
Catching Red Foxes In Maine by a Veteran Trapper Secret
A Bangor Commercial feature describes a Maine trapper famed for a twenty year old secret method to catch red foxes. He digs a small canal from a brook, hides bait on a submerged trap, uses skunk musk for scent control, and places a baited island to lure foxes onto the trap.
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Maine Woods
Reynard
Maine 1
Heerhaps
Ile
Vermont
Maine
Sir Neynard
Bangor Commercial
Calf Swallowed Watch Returns After Three Years
A traveler in central Missouri tells of a watch claimed to be over a century old that vanished when the owner’s grandfather dropped it into a calf while picking apples. Three years later, the calf was killed and the watch, still running, was recovered. The watch allegedly ran an extra three seconds during its three year absence.
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Missouri
Kansas City Star
Sewing machine woes plague newlyweds laugh line
In Cincinnati humor, Mrs Newlywed laments a failing sewing machine as it breaks three cents buttons on her husband shirt, while Mrs Oldgirl defends the model. The anecdote sits beside a note on Solomon and an ant brain study praising ant instinct and reasoning.
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Solomon
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NOWY/EIaIs
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Cutter Tower CO
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Seast Baltimere Street
Baltimore, Md
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Undertaker
Delctom
Justice
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Federal Street
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