General Beauregraldo at Kenyon's in a cider tale
A smoky tavern scene features General Beaurealde regaling Kenyon and locals with tales of meeting President McKinley. He riffs on Robert Root, the War Department, and a humorous war-bullet anecdote while drinking cider and riffing on old battles. The crowd laughs as he exits.
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General Beauregraldo
Keyon
General Beauregarde
Dent McKinley
Alysh
Wash
McKinley
Bill
New York
Root
Kenyon
Golf Strikes Mudville With New Game Fun and Fashion
Report from Muddyville describes a new pastime spreading through town. Players wear red painted coats and wool milk-pans for hats, use wildly coloured language like a Scotch speaker, and employ shinny sticks to hit a rubber ball into hazards. A caddie boy accompanies players as they drink up the scene and declare there’s no game like gork.
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Muddville
Jenkins
Discovery by a Woman Breathing Easier on Dr King’s Aid
A Shelby, North Carolina woman credited Dr King’s New Discovery for Consumption with breaking a seven year health decline. After three months of coughing and sleepless nights she found relief from one bottle and complete recovery with two, per W C Hamnick Co. of Shelby. Trial bottles offered at Dreier & Bro. Drug Store. 50 cents and 1.00. Every bottle guaranteed.
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Dr. King
Luther Lutz
W. C. Hamnick & Co
Shelby, N.C
Dreier & Bro
The Bargain Duke of Montmorency Ends Dark
Ed Eastlake, the elevator boy, uncovers a scheme at a Big Bargain Bazar sale. The ex-elevator boy buys the property, the Duke dies of a broken heart or drinks himself to death, and Ed marries Cora the cash girl Duchess of Montmorency amid rumors of a plotted ruse by Aubrey, the last Duke.
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Ed Eastlake
Hankypank Towers
Cora
Aubrey
Duke of
Love and Dry Goods in the Bargain Bazaar
Cora Cooganheimer a kjent beauty at Higgle and Sniggle’s Bargain Bazaar accepts a marriage proposal from a titled duke. Ed Eastlake, the elevator boy and her betrothed, remains silent as she elopes with the ducal coronet. Ed’s future hints at a rival social ascent and potential trouble for the Montmorency line.
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Cora Cooganheimer
Higgle & Sniggle
Duke of
Aubrey
Ed Eastlake
Edward ‘Eastlake
Duke of Montmorency
House of Montmorency
Duchess Demands Grand Bath In Hankyplank Towers
In CHAPTER III the frustrated Duchess laments wasted dowry and a former romance as she demands luxury at Hankyplank Towers. The Duke, eager to please, agrees and orders a plumber to install tiled bathrooms with hot and cold water on every floor.
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Hankypank Towers
Plumber Ed Eastlake Returns in Cheerful Portrait
A lively scene features Ed Eastlake, once an elevator boy, now a prosperous plumber and gasfitter, wearing diamonds and a cardigan jacket. His confident grin matches his elevated status as he cheerfully shares estimates.
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Ed Eastlake
Ended Tale Leaves Enid With Unpaid Bill
Fragmentary note reports a creditor action in Enid as a bill remains unpaid after attempts to settle. No further context or names are readable.
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Enid
Had the Advantage Aboard the Train
The stranded dramatic company trudges along tracks toward the next town. The principal tragedian critiques the sleeping leading lady Mrs Howlhard with a bitter remark about the Macbeth sleep walking scene as they march. The leading lady emits a loud snore while walking, confirming the jest.
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Howlhard
Zooks
Burning Question of the Household Worker
A poem fragment notes a man who runs the household thinking of coal at six per ton rather than praising autumn or waning sun. It frames labor, energy costs, and daily life through a quiet, practical lens with implied economic concerns.
Coal dealer and buyer clash over heavy tonnage joke
A coal dealer jokes about reducing his weight after selling a 1500 pound ton the day before. The buyer replies that the dealer has reduced it too much. The exchange heats up, leaving both men visibly irritated.
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Tam
Cavalry Plan Suggested to End Philippine War
General Funston closing his Philippines service argues Luzon resembles the Indian wars era with the United States holding an advantage in cavalry. He urges deploying American horsemen who can follow trails, traverse deserts, and chase enemies to end the war. Other officers in the Philippines echo the call, expecting national interest.
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Kansas City Star
Funston
Philippines
Luzon
United States
Electric Bitters touted as supreme blood purifier
Dr. D B Cargile of Washita I T reports four bottles of Electric Bitters cured Mrs Brewer of scrofula after years of suffering. Sores on head and face vanished, doctors gave up. Claims the remedy purifies blood, aids digestion, strengthens liver and kidneys, and expels poisons. Price 50 cents, gold by Dreier Bros.
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D. B. Cargile
Washita
I. T
Dreier& Bros
Jenkins Reformed after Grammar Obsession Ends Fun
Jenkins, once social and genial, becomes absorbed in grammar study after discovering a chapter on Summon Errors in English. He corrects others harshly, clashing with friends at a concert and receiving a beating before his reform.
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Harry
Jenkins
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Love and Dry Goods
Hankyplank Towers
Henry
Jack
Carson City
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