Squan Creek Liar Club Ends Whaling Hoax Era
Squan Creek residents recount a winter of tall tales led by Amos Schofield a shipboard commodore who spurred a whale lie that drew crowds to a church gathering. A shipwreck salvage later exposed the deception ending Schofield's lies and reshaping the town's bluffing rivalry for years.
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Thar
Jersey
Squan Creek
America
Amos Schofield
Board of Trustees
Amos
Liars’ Club
Jan
Peter Justyn
Squaw Creek
Pine Cove
J Boy
Salathiel Yates
Cesar Winfield Thomas
Keyport
Plain Sailing Noted In Miss Skimp Album Lines
A Cleveland Plain Dealer quip notes a line in Miss Skimp's album about a smile on her face, calling it easy navigation and plain sailing as a witty metaphor.
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Miss Skimp
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Bisstal Supposition and City Gossip
A playful exchange cites Miss Miami Brown asking Mistah Pinkley about a bird of Paradise. Pinkley jokes that when he reaches the next world he would not be surprised if it is a spring chicken. A Boomly lovesick moment unfolds with Miss Birdly as consent is sought from her father.
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Mistah Pinkley
Miami Brown
Washington Star
Boomly
Miss Birdly
Detroit Free Press
Ambition Defined and Name Change Sought in Chicago
A man in Chicago seeks a legal name change to Cummings. The fragment notes his surname ending in ski and the preceding syllables being hard to pronounce for outsiders. The text ends with the word muere indicating death.
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Chicago
Cummings
Muere
Crozierville Swindler Reveals Historic Grift on Board
A passenger recounts his two year scam in Crozierville, claiming he ran a bank, vanished with $20,000 and hoped to steal $75,000 more. He describes the townspeople as confiding and forgiving, while fellow travelers react with icy silence and disbelief.
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Crozierville
Coughing Stranger Reels In Tricky Magic Trick
In a depot scene an old man with a stubborn cough suspects a traveling entertainer. The showman claims to pull a foreign object from the throat as a trick and produces a ten dollar piece, promising more. The old man vows to keep his cough private until he gets home.
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Daug
Yaas
William Henry Wallace
Whose Blame in the Gloucester Pate Case
A fragmented exchange places the blamed hour and a Gloucester event scene. Wiggs says arrival was on schedule, with a trifle late, while Waggs asserts punctual timing amid a murky sales scene in Gloucester.
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Wiggs
Waggs
Alcohol is not a food says Dr John Madden
Dr John Madden argues that alcohol does not act as a carbohydrate or nourish tissue. He cites Atwater’s findings as insufficient for classing alcohol as food, noting nitrogen absence and lack of tissue-building potential. He cites Frey and Kraepelin studies showing decreased muscular work and impaired mental function after small doses, and explains alcohol increases heat loss despite higher oxidation.
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W. O. Atwater
Wesleyan College
Prof
Atwater
Prof. Atwater
Miura
Schmidt
Hemeyn
Stammreich
Herman Frey
Sahli
Berne
Switzerland
Mosse
Frey
Kraeplin
John Madden
N. Y
Scene at Tombs Court Highlights Family Plea
In a Tombs police court scene a young husband pleads for six months and to discharge his wife who was arrested with him after a drinking spree. The wife, flaxen haired and pregnant with remorse, joins in the plea stating the fault lies with them both and begging mercy.
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Leawi
Jennie
Obolin
Ennie
White Fruit House Adopts Fresh Roasted Rio Coffee Appeal
Local advertiser highlights a prosperous year and abundant stock of goods at low cash prices. The copy details roasts of Rio Coffee, various sugars, teas, dried fruits, canned goods, oils, syrups, wines for medical use, tobacco, cigars, candies, and a 20 percent discount offer on above goods.
Fragmented Narrative About a Late Return and Loss
A fragment describes a man returning home late after a Saturday night out and meeting a woman. He arrives around six, but it is implied he is too late for something and faces disappointment or a setback. The text is unclear and lacks full context.
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Jep Jones
Salathiel
Pete Joslyn
Zadoc Tallman
Widder James
Jim Wheatly
Jim
Cusar
Widder
Pete Jaslyn
Gorry
Silas ‘Tompkins
Dan White
Silas
Bilin
Barnagat
Brigantine
Nuit
Harlem
Salesi’ Skeepers
Gloucester
New York
John Haray
Baby
White Fruit House
Java
Rio
Thera
Chang
Good
Qoupe Hyson
Young
Hyson
Best
Janan Tes
California
Chester
Arly
Georgia Bank
New Orleans
Kelley Js
Kelley
Cuba
Hiawavas
Cigare
Bos
Ingengain Spartans
Simms
Uae
USA
Grain O
Sud
DR. Bulson
West Wayne G&t
Bours
Robert Spice
W. Main &T
Pennsylvania Station
Pennsyylvania Lines
Central Time
Wayny TG Uwa Ek
Valparaiso
P'smouth
Ntoxage
Lwnert
Seve
Waahtuest
Stae
Band Rapids
Grard Rapids
North
Bichmant
tRor Hichmond
Cincinnati
Tee
Grand Rarpide
van Buren Street Union
FT. Wayne
Standard Express
Eastern Express
FT. Wayse
Cleveland
Erie
Buffalo
Boston
C. A. Asterlin
Ind
L. Shore & Michigan Leathers Railway
Fort Wayne Branch
ROUTH
Wally
Wis
Janeard
New England
South Atlantic
Cas.ee
Toledo
Indianapolis Express
Nalasi
Leuis Express
Levis Limited
Peru
Indlay, Fort Wayne and Western Railway
Krobison Park
San
Robison Park
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