A Lover’s Chance in Mexico Before the Revolution
A young American in Mexico during Huerta’s rise recalls life in a troubled capital. He becomes entangled with Concia Garcia and her family’s decline, notes her beauty, and stumbles upon a pawnshop and a wig seller, ending with his intervention as she faces forced hair loss for hire.
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Mexico
United States
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Diaz
Concia Garcia
Tropics
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Senorita Gaorel
Manuel Garcona
Severita
Hair for a Promise in a Mexico Pawnshop
A narrator recounts buying a noticeably prized hair from a dealer to gift his fiancée during lean times. Senorita Garcia, the owner’s daughter, agrees to the sale after confirmation of trust. Months later, the narrator reveals the ruse and seeks reimbursement, ultimately returning a kept emerald brooch as part of settling the matter.
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Siti
Seenorlsta
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Senorita Garcia
Senorlta
Newsboys on Horseback in Montevideo
Fifty Montevideo newsboys ride horses to sell La Razon papers in the suburbs, racing from a central office to deliver the evening edition before five thirty. Young men, signals from customers cue the mounting horses as riders dodge city bustle.
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Sarriera
Montevideo
la Razon
Courageous Captain Survives Desperate Sea Gale
In a Pacific voyage a schooner faced a fierce gale and thick weather as Captain Hodson, a former shipmaster and customs official, clung to a rope end after a wave swept him overboard. The rope dragged him near the bulwarks and later another gust hurled him onto the deck. He seized rigging to endure, while the crew kept the vessel steady until weathering the storm and delivering cargo.
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Captain Hodson
Ellondulu
Pacific
Hodson
Belusman
Helmsmoun
Posing for Cameras in the Alps a Grisons Local Legend
In the Alps many travelers carry cameras to show realities to friends. A Grindelwald shepherd near a chalet makes a income by posing for visitors, charging francs for each pose while the famous local character remains shrewd and widely known in Grisons tales.
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Alps
Grindelwild
Grisons
Wide World Magazine
Butt and His Banknotes and a Planetary Note
Amusing anecdotes describe Isaac Butt the Irish orator famed for genius yet money carelessness. A tale from Youghal recounts Butt cashing a large check, money vanished, then reappearing via a prankish household wind. Neptune is described as a remote eighth magnitude star with a 35,000 mile diameter and a single satellite orbiting about 220,000 miles from the planet.
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Isaac Butt
Old Dublin
James Collins
Butt
Adams
Owas
Youghal
Neptune
Uranus
Kangaroo Hunts and the Peril of Sportsmen in Bush
In rugged bush, a speedful kangaroo can be overtaken by a horse within a mile. Kangaroo hunts mix quick strikes and cudgels when mounted, or close quarters when dismounted. A lumberjack recounts a near fatal hug as the animal clashes with his body, leaving scars and lingering warnings against killing for sport.
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Norman Duncann
Harper's
The Hangman's Robe and Payment in Early France and London
James Berry earned less than Antoine Deibler and his four assistants. In France the guillotine pay was set, while pre revolutionary rates covered beheading burning and hanging with related allowances. London sheriffs once gifted hangman Edward Dennis a ceremonial robe which he sold to a fortune teller known as Old Calan.
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Antoine Deibler
Sanson
France
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London
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Dennis
Calan
London Chronicle
Spoiled Scene on Stage Delights 19th Century Audience
EE Sothern flubbed his exit in The Lady of Lyons as Claude Melnotte slipping near the footlights. Virginia Darned played Pauline while Beausant pursued her. Sothern improvised Look up Pauline There is no danger, but the line clashed with Virginia’s warning, provoking uproar and laughter as Arthur Lawrence’s Beausant taunted, heightening the moment.
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Lyons
Claude Melnotte
Virginia Darned
Pauline
Beausant
Claude
Virginia
Arthur Lawrence
Notable Offer to Serve You When In Need
The note invites interest in goods and promises ready service and pleasure in waiting on customers. It emphasizes the seller’s willingness to assist and recalls the reader not to forget them when seeking the stated goods.
Marksman Myth And The Instinctive Shot
An excerpt contrasts the idea of steady aim with the claim that true accuracy comes from the necessary impulse to pull the trigger as the rifle moves toward the target. The New York Times likens the flash shot to instinct, akin to guiding a finger toward an indicated object, while dismissing the notion of perfect still aiming.
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New York Times
Rooster Says Lay Brother Means a Roosting Term
A schoolteacher explains the phrase lay brother to a class and a child answers with a humorous clue about a roosting bird. The passage reflects early 20th century language and classroom humor as printed in Youth's Companion.
Dr Bull's Cough Syrup Claims Cure in Bridgeville Ad
Frances E Loane of Bridgeville Del says a single bottle of Dr Bull's Cough Syrup cured her bad cold and cough. The regular bottle is priced at 25 cents and is advertised as safe with no morphine or chloroform.
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Bridgeville
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