The Girl and the Graft by C Henry
In a New York interlude Ferguson Pogue, a broker of odd schemes, narrates a tale of Artemisia Blue a Kansas penny-pinched beauty and a Wall Street hustler named Waitcross. The trio plots a breach of promise scam through staged letters and high living, ending with a fake marriage and payoffs, but the scheme unravels as extraneous details and false pranks reveal the graft’s fragility.
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Ferguson Pogue
Vogue
Itis
western hemisphere
Great Staked plains
Connecticut
Pogue
New York
Coney
Taft
Manhattan
metropolis
Fourth avenue
eighteenth street
Henry James
Madame Eve's Daughters’ Amalgamated association
Sle
reservea
Fifth avenue walllonairs
ocarina high
George
Artemisia Blue
Kansas
Vancross
Vandly
Broadway
Count Tolstoy
Waucross
Oisie
Brooklyn
Waitcross
walters
Lie
Carnegie
flrece
Red Leary
Vaucress
Quaker City squad
Artemisia Blye
necolumn
Artemisian Salina
Fouth Presbyterian
Topeka
Yaucross
Wancross
Miss Blue
cornucopia
Brie
Afammi
Waycross
Mr. Waycross
Archbishop Cranmer
Brooklyn bridge
Fifth avenue
Reading Habits of Dutch Households in Holland
A Chicago News piece notes how Dutch families often share single newspapers and avoid full subscriptions. Many read bulletins from cigar shops or bookshops, while clubs and coffee houses provide abundant reading material. Reading societies circulate English German and Dutch periodicals, letting readers access a world-wide library at low cost.
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Holland
England
America
W. J. TL
Kiebl
Chicago News
The Point of View and Life's Meaning
A reflection on how a person’s outlook shapes reality. Schopenhauer notes that events gain significance only through inner mental aptitude, making experiences seem dull to some and vivid to others based on perception.
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Schopenhauer
A Tinge of Suspicion in Local Talk
A Washington Star quote features Farmer Corntessel critiquing a speaker who begins by stating what the country needs. He argues that such assertions reflect the speaker's own goods and motives rather than universal truth.
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Farmer Corntessel
Washington Star
Hard Work and Money Talk Sparks in Express Quote
A fragmented Buffalo Express item cites a sharp exchange about work and college, featuring a jibe that one’s effort is simply “petting money from dad.” The snippet hints at a broader debate over self‑support and ambition, framed in a terse street‑level note.
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Buffalo Express
Her Weekly Allowance Mystery in Early Dialogues
In a fleeting dialogue, Freda confirms a weekly allowance from her father. Hilda reveals the arrangement includes permission for a gentleman caller two nights a week, a detail noted in Lippincott's style.
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Freda
Hilda
The Right Flavor and Elard aground Scene
The oxen once owned by an old sea captain foil a difficult street maneuver. The captain arrives, commands with a boat steerer's cry, and the team backs the weighty load into place, aided by the yolee and ox gond amid a calm, practiced urgency.
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yolee
Success Magazine
The Practical Man Delighted by Tiny Cigar Glved Gift
The Dallas News quotes a quip on practicality noting a practical man would more value a ten cent cigar glued to him than a five cent cigar named for him.
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Dallas News
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CAROLINE COUNTY
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JAMES T. SYLVESTER
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HARRY B. MASON
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