Honest Tramp Returns a Lost Thousand Dollar Bill
A hungry elevator boy narrates his encounters with two lecherous floor managers and a bold new typist. After a staged plan to exploit them fails, he longs for steadier work and a real chance, but when he finds a $1,000 bill he faces a moral test and returns it, earning $60 and a newspaper headline.
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Mr. Hendricks
Sammis
Mr. Wassoon
Mr. Basher
Mr. Blank
Davey
Sammits
Absalom Up a Hill and the Grasshopper on the Road
A wandering speaker meets a stranger seeking a lost brother. He recounts Absolom Johnson’s death after horse theft charges as bystanders mock and threaten. The tale ends with the speaker reflecting on judgment, mercy, and human nature.
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Moses
Absolom
Tramp Describes Money Myth and Hard Times
A homeless man recalls sleeping under a shed in freezing weather and starving for days, saying that once he found a $1,000 bill on the sidewalk after leaving a Chicago workhouse and mistaking it for a mere dollar. The account highlights a view that wealth did not bring happiness.
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Dridewell
Ini
Chicago
No Time to Spare in Chicago Swindle Tale
A traveler recalls a brisk Chicago scam where a quick sale of a fake diamond ring nets $50 in under a minute. He praises the fast, no-nonsense approach, claiming swindles in Chicago are done in a hurry and you either pay up or telegraph for more money.
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Chicago
Tragic tale at Bald Eagle saloon ends with pacified suspect
A report claimed a man was shot at the Bald Eagle saloon on Wednesday evening but the incident proved unfounded. A stranger demanded a Bowery cocktail, argued with the bartender, drew a gun but was seized and expelled. He later paid for whiskey and apologized. Owner James Stebbins enforces no impulsive shootings.
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Bald Eagle
James Stebbins
Africa Salve advertised as all-purpose heal all sores
Unclear text promotes Bucklen’s Africa Salve for eruptions ulcers boils felons warts cuts burns and other skin woes. Claims rapid relief and fever sores with a 25 cent per box price. Distributed by Dili & Bro druggists.
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Buccklen
Africa
Dili & Bro
Arizona Kicklets Report From a Chicago Visit
The narrator recalls a brief trip to Chicago a source of disappointment, noting crowds and commerce but lacking western freedom. A later encounter leads to a pistol misfire injuring Mr Schrooner and a judge, with Schrooner planning a rematch and readers offered sympathy for the wound and folly.
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Judge Little
Schrooner
Mr. Schrooner
Ohio citizen weighs chicken farm with poker rink venture
A letter from an Ohio resident asks if moving to start a chicken farm is profitable. The writer imagines combining poultry with a poker room, roller skating rink, and ice cream parlour, noting danger from gambling related shootings but potential profits after initial resistance.
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Ohio
Buckeye
A Painful Accident Reported Sunday Morning
A PAINFUL ACCIDENT occurred Sunday morning involving Mr. at an unspecified location. The brief item notes injuries suffered and mentions authorities investigating, with no further names or details provided in readable text.
Pass Privilege Sparks a Frontier Scuffle
A town’s annual deadhead stage pass prompts a comic clash with Colonel Gode who mistakes the bearer for a rival. The narrator recounts the rapid renewal, a tense meeting, and the promise to press the case if the pass fails to appear.
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Gode
Colonel Gilders to Lead Great Western F achance Stores Block
The Kicker declares Colonel Gilders, head of the Great Western Fachment, will start a major new block of stores this December. The exclusive town scoop notes his rise from poverty and his controversial past, including a postmaster altercation and other violent incidents, framed as local intrigue.
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Gilders
Great Western Fa
Colonel Gilders
Scott
Wr. MccUoy
Nothi
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