Three Card Monte Master Lew Houck Dies Poor
The Kansas City article profiles Lew Houck inventor of three card monte who fleeced aristocrats with forged letters and clubs in major cities. He taught the trick to Canada Bill, moved across hotels trains and fairs, then shifted to the three shell game before dying poor and homeless in the United States.
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Lew Houck
Houck
Kansas City
London
Olney
Carlisle
Washington
Pailadelphia
New York
Noone
Canada Bill
Lebanon
Durango
Mexico
Ohio
Camel hair shawls from Bokhara spun from treasured undercoat
In Bokhara camels are watched as fine hair grows on their undersides. The hair is cut with care so none is wasted and stored until enough is gathered to spin. The resulting yarn is exceptionally soft and dyed in bright colors.
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Bokhara
An Election Recalled As Most Touching Incident
A sentimental question prompts Senator Sorghum to call an election the most touching moment he witnessed. The remark comes in a Washington Star style quip. In scarce times South African natives reportedly raid ants nests, taking up to five bushels of grain from a single nest.
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Sorghum
Washington Star
Mary Prim Stops Distribution of Tracts
The Cleveland Plain Dealer notes Mary Prim no longer distributes tracts. A remark about her meeting recently mentions she smelled strongly of peppermint, implying a shift away from tract distribution.
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Mary Prim
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Undersized Pike Repeats Catch After Hook Removal
A fishing tale from the Old brigade recalls an undersized pike caught and released three times in a small river pool. After repeated hook removals and rough handling, the fish was finally discarded, only to be caught again the next day by the keeper, with one eye removed.
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Old Brigade
Jones
Fishing Gazette
How Their Friendship Was Broken
A playful exchange quotes two women in contrasting outfits debating Harry’s marriage proposal. The pink wearer reports the proposal, the blue wearer seeks details for comparison, and they reference a prior meeting at the seashore last summer.
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Harry
Chicago Post
Limiting His Market
A humorous Brooklyn Life exchange shows a father questioning his son about choosing art as a career. The son affirms and the father zingers about not allowing drawing on him, highlighting parental caution toward unconventional paths.
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Brooklyn
Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People Ad Claims Cure All Ailments
The ad promotes Dr Williams Pink Pills as a cure all for locomotor ataxia partial paralysis St Vitus dance sciatica neuralgia rheumatism nervous headache grippe after effects heart palpitations pale complexions and general weakness. Sold in packages only and available at druggists or from the Schenectady New York company at 60 cents per box or six for $2.50.
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Dr. Williams
A Crisis in Guatemala and a Comical Domestic Moment
A former Guatemalan resident recalls a garrison town where soldiers starved for three months until a wealthy planter sent cash. A visitor aided by supplying $100 in small bills to revive the credit and morale. In a separate scene, a servant humorously misinterprets a call time, finding the mistress asleep at 6 instead of 5.
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Guatemala
Republic
Central America
Coffee
New Orleans Times-Democrat
Poised Subway Exchange Ends With Sharp Wit
In a BostonTranscript anecdote a middle aged, sour woman on a subway car insults a man who eats and drinks on board. She threatens poison if he were her husband, and he retorts he would take it. A second note mentions Professor Charles D. R. Roberts failing at French speech at a New York reception.
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Boston Transcript
Charles D. R. Roberts
New York
Europe
Roberts
Colorado Springs Gazette
Driven to Drink
Cartoon caption exchange shows an artist debating a new piece titled Driven to Drink. The friend cautions it may be a bold portrait of passion, while the artist reveals the subject is actually a horse approaching a water trough.
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Academy
Honest pay query and vast bank clearing totals
A Chicago Tribune anecdote questions how a shop clerk can dress so grand on a modest salary. A note then cites that monthly bank checks in London and New York surpass the value of all world coin. The fragment ends with a call to set limits on a youth’s career.
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Chiccago Tribune
London
New York
Keep on hand a bottle for throat and cough relief
A prompt question style text asks if readers suffer throat irritation and coughing and suggests keeping a bottle ready for relief, mentioning hoarseness tickling and mucus buildup. It reads like an ad prompt urging daily preparation for throat comfort.
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Natures
Pers of Ar
Pos
Age Stanp
Ur Ni Ile Green
Peste
D. R. Torrey
J. R. Torrey Razor
United States
Turer
Express
Arbuckies
Buckles
Arbuckle Bros
Notion Dept
New York City
N. Y
New Haven
New Haven Clock Co
Richard D. Creech
Second Street
Appleton
Wisconsin
Willard
Canada
Hee
Delia
Cas
Torita
J. C. Ayer
Lowell, Mass
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