Elsie Milton Becomes Lady Beaucaster After London Burlesque Scandal
In Mudcastle a famed cathedral circle reels as Elsie Milton, famed for beauty and a risqué stage career, abandons burlesque for marriage to Charlie Beaucaster, the dean’s son. A grand bazaar and church drama ensue, ending in reconciliation and Elsie’s return as Lady Beaucaster.
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Madcastlewan
Lyceum
Ray
Tavoy
London
St. Peter
Elsie Milton
Mudcastle
Aadcastle
Asia
Jollity Theater
Lottie Leggo
Snow
Lottie
Lattie
Tome
Rodney
Timbuktu
Lottia
Elsie
Cathedral Restoration
Duchess of Manborough
Thair House
Marquis of
Beaucaster
Elsia Milton
Thora
Amurmur
Munborough
Worth
Moe
Charlie
Tio
Apples Shaped Goods and Other Oddities Sold
In Brooklyn Life a humorous exchange features a clerk offering fruit and vegetables shaped like apples including peaches lemons oranges and potatoes. The customer notes a monkey in the shape of a human and the clerk jokes about not seeking human forms, hinting at odd trade items.
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SoIseo
Brooklyn
Guess This Out. A Funny Man Meets A Friend
In a brief exchange recounted by the Philadelphia North American a humorous scene unfolds as a comedian asks his companion Bill a riddle about age and being “ronal for.” Bill replies a playful line attributing the age to Thursday but the joke’s punchline remains undisclosed.
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Bill
Ronal
Philadelphia
Curious Rivers Of The World And Their Secrets
The article surveys major rivers including the Webbe Shobouli in East Africa and the Yukon in Alaska, noting their vast flows, unusual courses, and historical roles. It compares the Mississippi, Yukon, Indus, Ganges, and others, highlighting unique features such as copper-bearing banks, poisonous waters, and massive sediment discharge.
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Webbe
Mississippi
Yukon River
Ivan Petroff
Alaska
Yukon
Norton
Gulf of Mexico
Asia
Algeria
Rio de Vinagre
Colombia
Rio de Vinagro
Orange
Africa
Natal
Orange Free State
Indus
Hindustan
Tibet
Sussi
Takot
Kohustan
Ganges
Hoang Ho
India
Philadelphia
Preas
Poison duel and hay fever cures from the era
An old column notes a sensational duel settled by a doctor with four black pellets of prussic acid, one lethal, chosen by coin toss and simultaneous ingestion. It also mentions hay fever remedies and a tale about Lord Walsingham missing a race to wait for moths and butterflies.
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Gentleman’s Magazine
Lord Walsingham
Scot
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North Carolina
Page
United States Casualty Company OF
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Acenrt
Centreville
Maryland
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W. F. Pennington
Acent
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Atlanta, GA
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General Southern
St. Paul St
Baltimore, MD
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Richmond, VA
Praphive
EPA
THE
J. ¢. Godwin Company
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Talbot
Caroline Counties
Oswald Tilghman
Cornelius W. Vander Hoogt
Prudential Land Co
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J. O. Tayler
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Reg Ovator Shell Limo
GEO A. Gecner
Boston
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F.W. Redden
FP. Muompily
Denton, Naryland
Murphy
P. H. McShane & Son
Denton, Ma
B. Stanton
Williston, Md
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Willan
Pantheon
Kentucky
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Viborg
Finland
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