Marriage of Duty and Desire Across Honor and Love
The narrator General Bagot recalls a courtship and union involving his close friend Robethon, his widow wife Lucile, and a complicated web of loyalty. He recounts meeting Lucile at Pall Mall, learning Robethon’s sudden marriage, and the pair’s decision to marry out of love yet bound by respect for Robethon’s memory. The piece ends with Bagot accepting a life with Lucile, pondering fate and loyalty.
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Robethon
Robertion
England
London
St. James Street
Piccadilly
Pall Mall
Ela
A Fish Tale Between Father and Son
Brown returns with a larger fish and shares a moment with his son Johnnie. The boy asks for the exact weight to keep stories straight, whispering that he is ready to lie for his father but fears getting caught.
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Brown
Johnnie
Ventilating Bees in Tropical Hives Reported
In tropical climates hives host bees that fan the interior by rapid wing motion at the entrance. Two or three bees assume this duty while fresh bees relieve them. A patrol of bees enforces constant activity, a well authenticated fact described in contemporary accounts.
A Man of Force Verse Caricature Gag
A humorous dental scene features a bragging dentist offering gas for a dollar and painless extraction. A one armed man dodges questions about his missing arm with a grim promise to reveal details only if pressed, leaving the woman curious as she departs.
How He Came There The Black Defendant John White
A courtroom scene features defendant John White accused of stealing chickens near a hen-house. Magistrate Donnelly questions White as witnesses dispute who was present. White claims he was knocked down and carried into the premises, while jokes and misdirections surround the case.
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John White
Donnelly
White
Nevins
Edwards
Kase
The Chatham Liar and a Giant Codfish Tale
In Chatham Massachusetts, village boastful tale teller George Sanders claimed a colossal codfish he dragged through town proved his legend. The narrator recalls how liars inflate feats by parading wonders to win belief.
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George Hi. Pegram
Chatham
Mass
George Sanders
Jive
George
Harlin
Dental decay fears for English children before adulthood
The text warns that loss of chewing teeth before age thirty shortens life by two to five years. It cites London school and orphan home reports showing many teeth lost by age fifteen. Without effective measures, the poor may become edentulous well before twenty.
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London
Waiting for the Dead Chant in Scottish and Irish Mourning
The ecoronach or mourning for the dead persists in parts of Scotland and Ireland. A strange chant blends lamentation with remonstrances to the departed. In remote districts, professional keeners still exist, though less in demand than fifty years ago.
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Scotland
Ireland
Overeating, Not Over Work, Warns Doctor on Brain Health
Dr Pye Smith argues mental labor does not harm health. instead excessive eating hurts brain workers. He says fatigue is often mistaken for brain strain, and proper nutrition, rest, and a calm lifestyle enable sustained work without stimulants. He warns against continuing work when fatigued and against false capital.
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Pye Smith
Woman Healer in San Francisco Cures Headaches With Hands
A San Francisco girl reputed to cure headaches by simply laying her hand on the afflicted person's head. The narrative describes her hands as white and shapely, pleasing to look at yet described as touchable in a remarkable way.
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San Francisco
Cold Hands Healer of the City Factory Girl
A tall healthy young woman works in a downtown factory and can cure headaches by placing cold wet hands on the head. She never grows ill and elicits awe as observers witness her eerie remedy. The patient feels a chilling sensation as the pain and nervous twitching fade.
Father and stone thrower child confronts faith
A boy hurls stones at an apple while insisting a divine whisper urged him on. His mother questions his talk of God, and the child calmly explains God whispered, “Baby, don’t throw stones.” Faith and conscience guide the child more than his mother.
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Ife
Autocrat Ponders an Eighty-Eight Year Old Bride Joke
A Boston physician told Dr Holmes about an eighty eight year old acquaintance who just married a man near her age. The autocrat found the tale intensely funny and asked if they had grandchildren, after bidding the doctor good night.
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Boston
Capitol Hill Lady Nurtures Musical Cat Performer
A young Capitol Hill resident in Washington has trained a cat to sing. After a year of effort the feline reportedly sings parts of Home Sweet Home and Auld Lang Syne in a clear falsetto, without common variations. In moonlit outdoor strolls the cat sometimes leads a backyard chorus with a shrill tone echoing Auld Lang Syne or Home Sweet Home.
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Capitol Hill
Washington
A Sensible King Humbert Declines Gifts on Silver Wedding
King Humbert of Italy refused public gifts for his silver wedding and proposed using any charity as a demonstration of devotion. He wrote to Signor Giolitti explaining the family anniversary should become acts of beneficence and expressed willingness to support such charity.
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Humbert
Italy
Signor Gniolitti
Premiums Well Paid FoC Trade Incentives Exposed
A wholesale dealer denounces trade inducements offering watches, lamps, and furniture as freebies with purchases. He notes cigars, baking powder, cough drops, soap, coffee, and groceries trigger gifts like clocks, a lamp, a piano, a delivery wagon, or a world’s fair ticket. He argues the customer ultimately pays for these schemes.
After Him Too A Child Story From Harry Ohio
A quaint tale from Harry Ohio recounts a boy hiding under a bed to evade punishment. His mother cannot retrieve him, and only the father’s return from the city prompts the boy to reveal fear that his parent is pursuing him as well.
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Harry
Ohio
Scriptural Authority for Advertising Pastime
A reverend in charge of a religious weekly's advertising cites Numbers 24 14 and Ruth 4 4 as scriptural basis. He argues advertising has ancient roots and is a respectable occupation, asserting Balaam and Boaz used it in biblical times.
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Balaam
Boaz
Ruth
Peddler Pitches Clever Inventions In One Shopping Trip
A peddler demonstrates an improvised trap and novelty devices including a rat catchers tool that also holds eggs and a tiny mirror arrangement for spying through a kitchen window. The sale pitches a 75 cent price and includes a note on crow quill pens praised for delicate writing.
Against the Girls and the Boston Women’s Union Mending Bureaus
The Women’s Educational and Industrial Union of Boston opens mending bureaus where bachelors can repair frayed garments for a small fee. The move may keep eligible men single longer, but benefits those who must mend their own clothes or discard them.
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The
Women's Educational and Industrial Union of
Boston
The Columbian Ball in Vicksburg Beauty and Chivalry
A vivid reminiscence of the Columbian ball in Vicksburg describes the scene as brilliant and delicate. The ballroom glowed with velvet and jewels. musicians played soft music as elegant cavaliers mingled with fair attendees in a kaleidoscope of color.
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Vicksburg
Belgium
Phenomenal three witness marriage in South Shields
English papers report a remarkable wedding in South Shields. The groom stood six feet two inches tall, the bride three feet two and a half inches. Three witnesses included a man without arms signing with a pen held between his teeth, a 350 pound woman, and a 7 feet 6 inch man.
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South Shields
Field Crickets Sold In Lisbon Mini Cages As Pets
In Lisbon male field crickets are sold by bird fanciers in miniature cages at a penny each. They are kept by the hundred in open tea chests lined with tin and fed on lettuces. Locals enjoy the sound of a grille chirping indoors and keep them as pets.
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Lisbon
Shakespeare in words of one syllable for schools
A Philadelphia publisher considers a Shakespeare edition in single syllable words for primary schools. The piece notes many phrases rely on short words and that Shakespeare’s virility endures in concise diction. It also mocks the anti burglary devices from the last twenty years and their noisy alarms.
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Philadelphia
Shakespeare
Landseer's Dogs and a Chicago Cash Hint
Mrs. Ritchie recalls Landseer and his dog at St. John’s Wood where the animal fetches the painter’s hat at a late hour. A Chicago man saved a life by concealing a roll of hundred dollar bills inside his vest during a bullet incident, a reminder that simple precautions matter.
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Chicago
Sand art on the streets of Tokio by an elderly performer
In Tokio a curious sight shows an old man seated on smooth ground with small colored sand piles. He pinches sand from each pile in his right hand and draws a perfectly colored figure of a man or woman, the dress detailed, as sand trickles through his fingers. The act is done with swift dexterity and amazes onlookers.
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Tokio
Divorce dispute hinges on temper clash joke
A quip explains Sammerby and his wife seeking a divorce. The couple allegedly agreed they should never both be angry at once. The result is perpetual anger from one side, leaving no happy moments.
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Sammerby
Con's Financial School and Corn's Financial Update
W H Harvey writes Con's Financial School a clear tax and money primer with 150 pages and 64 illustrations in paper 50 cents cloth 1.00 Also Corn's Financial Season Continued a 200 page sequel detailing Corn the little financier with editions 25 to 1.00 It advertises combined volumes for 1.00 sent on receipt of price to Times-Post Fort Wayne.
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Con's Finaancial School
W. H. Harvey
Con
Corn
Chicago
Financial School
United States
Times-Post
Fort Wayne
Harvey-laughlin
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