The Cavern in the Carpathians Tale and Tramps in Toronto
A Hungarian man named Bliss recounts a tale of a secret gold cache in a Carpathian cavern. He seeks help to claim the gold, describing a bucket and submerged bed of gold dust after others ransacked the lake. The narrative shifts to the Army of Tramps, describing destitute wanderers moving across roads with burned barns and various professions among them.
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Merald
Giresi
Lord’s Court
William Street
Dires
Leame
Eiros
Buda-Pesth
Carpathian Mountains
Hulgary
Biros
Ant
Toronto Mail
Maine
Cal Uing
Florida
Cain
Nearly a Collision on the Lapwing in fog
A June night voyage aboard the Lapwing from London to Sordeaux in fog nearly led to a collision with another large sailing vessel. The crew woke to danger, pumps sounded, lifeboats stood by, and a glancing blow damaged the Lapwing while the other ship disappeared in the mist.
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Cor
London Times
London
Sordeaux
Lapwing
General Steam Navigation Company
Indus
Passeng
Leing
Sounier
Unnatural Crimes in Austria at Czernowitz
Two cases of murder were tried at Czernowitz. A gypsy named Onairi killed his brother for professional jealousy and was sentenced to hang. In the other case, sisters Iwona Berliak and Anna Berliak strangled their 84 year old father after scheming over a dowry. Both trials ended with convictions and death sentences.
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Austria
Czernowitz
Onairi
Baimmer
Iwona Berliak
Anna
Andris Semko
Semko
Berlink
Iwona
Ube
The Veteran Barber Speaks of Life and Customers
An aging barber with a vast travels past shares decades of encounters with distinguished patrons. He describes the mental strain of boardroom clients, the steady hand needed, and the fate of barbers who lose their shops, observing how loyalty and memory shape their last days.
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Pages of
Humanity
Indies
Her
Romeo Barbers
Board of Trade
Shearm
Stocks Should Advance Amid Wide Market Decline
A long, unpunctuated stock market forecast argues prices will rise after a harvest aided by large wheat crops. It cites Wheat at Chicago around eighty-three cents per bushel and sugar at sixty-five cents per barrel, while noting trains and rails selling under thirty dollars.
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India
Europe
Chicago
Pennsylvania Steel Company
New York
Iss
Wall Street
Daily Dispatches
One Chignon in a Southern Official Office
Charleston News and Courier recounts an ex-officer of South Carolina who used a dummy woman in his office to deter interruptions. The device, created from calico and buttons, allowed him to save time by feigning conversation with the figure. The piece notes other pests removed by Rough on Hats.
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Paris
Princess der Metternieh
Athussas
Austria
Mime de Metternich
Aid
Theresa
Compiegne
Napoleon II
Talleyrand
Club Des Laidesa
Charleston
Leslie
Hia
Lamdh
Wild Duck Perplexed and Rail Passes Story Told
A quirky excerpt recounts a railway pass joke involving Colonel Nutt and the Union Pacific Transfer Company. It compares old back-page conditions on passes to modern travel, then switches to a Manitoba tale of a bachelor replacing duck eggs with hens to mislead a wild duck into mothering a flock of mixed hatchlings. Hood's Sarsaparilla is praised.
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Joe Cushing
U.P. T
Nutt
bin Shanty
Manitoba
Worthy Cultivating Miss Wolfe Richest Lady in America
A New York society portrait extols Catherine Wolfe as the wealthiest woman in America. Daughter of Peter Wolfe of Wolfe & Bishop, she inherited substantial NYC and Newport properties and an income long projected to grow toward a million yearly. She is praised for charity, prudence, and unostentatious manners.
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Vanderbilt
Gould
Astors
Stuyvesants
Catherine Wolfe
Miss Wolfe
Peter Wolfe
Wolfe
Cherry Street
A. T. Stewart
Sissy Wolfe
Chikken
Almerica
New York
Newport
Atlantic
Madison Avenue
Twenty-fourth Street
John Taylor Johnston
Dleath
Misa Catharial
Indy
Roger
Carpet dealer's fishy tale ends with moral twist
A New York carpet dealer fails to catch fish all day. He buys a basketful from a nearby fisherman then claims to have caught every fish himself to preserve his moral standards. He returns home to an amused household amid a parade of pests.
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New York
Parrot's Fate: Tillie of Elm Avenue Implicated in Cruelty Case
In Philadelphia, Mrs. Glory Chamberlain of the New York Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals leads a Band of Mercy among youths. Till Babre, thirteen, target of the band, allegedly vivisected flies and decapitated spiders. Tillie is accused after a parrot bought for $300 was doused with snoif, then died after cursing in pain. Tillie’s father paid a bond. magistrate warned of future action.
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Phikiielpola Times
Glory Chamberlin
Philadelphia
Henry Bergh
New York Society For the Prevention of
Elihe
Band of Mercy
Chamberlain
Babre
Elm Avenue
Tilia
Girard Avenue
Bess Hoskins
Liverpool
Brazil
Mr. Chamberlain
Tillie
Eody
Mrs. Chamberlain
South Wold
What 0 Kentucky burgoo is in old Washington column
The Washington Cor newspaper's account explains burgoo as a grand all day wood picnic with barbecue elements. It describes cornbread, poultry, and vegetables stewing in a pot, served by waiters in black faces and white jackets, amid tobacco in a grove with darkies and camp meetings mentioned later.
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Kentucky
Washington
Philadelphia
Virginia
Arkies
The Half Me Story on a Deed Sign Refusal
An old couple attempts to sign over a small estate while the wife Bridget demands half the money before her mark. The real estate agent faces a stubborn standoff as Bridget exits swiftly with the funds, leaving the husband frustrated and the scene chaotic.
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San Francisco Post
Bridget
Biddy
Tapid
T. Old Man
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Charles Biresi
Monte Christa
Do Kiss
Albany Times
Massachusetts
Boston
Evexnte Oremmosa
Newsraver
Montreal
Canady
Hood
Worthp
Cannarrlied
Cleara
Lic
Philadelphia Madden
Ma. Chamberlain
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