Detroit Drummer Recalls Put Up Job On Hayseed Visitor
A Detroit hotel scene describes a con game where a drummer bets 820 that John Smith will return with a fraudster losing. the confrontation ends with the check returned and the drummer humiliated. The piece then digresses into studies of coronations, literacy in the United States, and Washington government staffing, ending with St. Louis smoke abatement plans ahead of a world’s fair.
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John
Detroit
Chicago
Turnip Fields
John Smith
Lim
Poiceman
Hayseed
United States
Detroit Ff
William Rufus
Elizabeth
Washington
City of
St. Louis
Admiration for Grandfather Cited in Conversation
A Washington Star excerpt shows a youth praising his grandfather's unique abilities and recalling how he disciplined the speaker's father. The dialogue highlights family respect and intergenerational memory.
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Father
Washington Star
Saved by a Wild Cry on the Tortuga Night
Travers meets Bishopston in a tropical garden at Bishopstow after recalling Oxford days. A chorus of memories surfaces as a yellow fever epidemic looms, with the bishop downplaying danger while Travers fears its reach across Barbados.
Parisian Fancy Embroidered Velvet Hat Designs
A Parisian fancy shown in Le Moniteur de la Mode features a crown and feather brim on a white velvet hat. A Lovely Blouse in white chiffon with pale pink lining and a feather lace yoke highlights floral lace applique trims and a waist belt of tucked chiffon with feather stitching. Edged elbow sleeves display pleated chiffon frills.
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le Moniteur de la Mode
Humor of the Hour on rewards for lost money
A thoughtful man muses on rewards for lost money. A Detroit Free Press tale recalls an old man who finally offered a one dollar reward to a finder and received a dollar back with the note that the rest was for the returner. The cheery citizen quips he would be out of work if time stood still as he is a watchmaker.
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Travers
Oxford
Mitchell
Verduda
Tortuga
Bishopstow
Tropics
John Travers
Tulaieo
Mitchel
Randolph
Polly
Briasenose
Bal- Hol
Holmes
Christelveh
Oriel
Fasots
Quad
Detroit Free Press
Washington Star
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Tribune Printing Company, Limited
Lephone
Freeland
Tribune
England
Islands
Barbado
Barbados
What Is
Castoria
U’s
Ren
Ee Raegomy
Shicayo
Paris
Humor OF the Hour
McMenamin’s
South Centre Street
Tere Tee Akers
The
Wilkes-Barre
Pennsylvania
Phe Record
Wm. Wehrman
Watchmailker
NeuBurger’s
Ehigh Valley Railroad
Paseknger
Feerland
Mauch Chunk
Bethlehem
Euston
Philand New York
Sandy Run
White Haven
Pittston
Scranton
Hazleton
Weatherly
Allentown
Wt. Carmel
Westherly
Pildelphia
New York
Delano
Paheney
City
Shenandoah
West
Taston
Philadelpe
Tahunoy City
Mt. Carmel
Potteville
Dandy Run
Pottsville
Hazent
Elphin
Bas B
Mahonoy Oty
Mahanoy City
Philadelphia
Easton
Drifton
Oneida Junction
Harwood Road
Humboldt Road
Oneida
Shoppton
Sunans
Hazleton Junction
Harwood
Cranberry
Tombickon
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Sheppton
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