A Thinking Job Ends in a Clever Heist
John Riggs, a factory worker, outwits his former safe maker employer by using thinking over labor. He proves a thinking job can beat manual work, then sells his secret and carves a path to wealth by picking locks with a self-made plan. The tale blends labor critique with cautionary irony about greed.
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John Riggs
John
Scalpton
Safe and Lock Company
Berg
Jim
Jon
Scalpton Safe and Lock Company
Bohemians and Wedding Rings in Custom Practice
A New York Sun report describes Bohemian women wearing their husbands’ rings after losing theirs. The jeweler notes rings are cut down and sometimes spliced to fit, with women often embarrassed by the alteration. Some wearers replace rings outright, while others stay silent on the loss.
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New York Sun
The Roulette Ball’s Sudden Journey at Monte Carlo
A roulette ball slips from a croupier in Monte Carlo and is pocketed by an Englishman who loses hundreds of pounds. The ball then travels to a German onlooker who swallows it, a remarkable chain of events noted by London Bystander.
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Monte Carlo
Chan
London
Tea In Paraguay And A Sparrowgrass Riddle
Paraguay natives drink tea in a pumpkin goblet using palm leaf tea from a local plant and claim fever and rheumatism relief. A London Notes and Queries piece notes a costermonger wrote a riddle about sparrowgrass, arguing for its use over asparagus.
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Paraguay
China
Brazil
Parr
London
Poetry as baseball news? A witty primer on art
A literary girl defines poetry as expressing intense feeling. Washington Star quips that the man who writes baseball news is a poet. A newlywed asks for honesty on ring price, prompting playful banter about secrets and money.
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Miss Cayenne
Washington Star
License to wed the best girl in the world
A playful Philadelphia Telegraph item notes a young man seeking a license to marry the best girl, the clerk’s quip, and a remark that this season’s licenses reach thirteen hundred for that girl. The piece closes with a citable aphorism from Sir Arthur Helps on happiness.
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Philadelphia Telegraph
Bargain in a Farm Near Dobray Minnesota For Sale
200 acre farm four and a half miles from Dobray Murray county Minnesota well improved cultivated land six room house new barn granary hog house chicken house machine shed fine grove good well school house 40 rods from house four miles from Lutheran church seven miles from Catholic church price 255 per acre 3500 down deed and time balance or contract 2000 down easy terms contact 238 W F Conny Avoca Minnesota Also dog warning and other classified notices follows.
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Dobray
Murray
Minnesota
Eutheran
W.F. Conny
Avoca
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