Portrait of the Aristo merchant sparks a run on art
The story follows Mr. Barnickel who commissions a portrait from Arnold Elliott. Barnickel objects to the likeness and the artist later portrays him behind prison bars under the title A Prisoner For Debt. Public reaction drives demand for Elliott, who finally sells a revised version with a moneyed twist. The tale ends with Barnickel forced to buy back the altered portrait.
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Mr. Barnickel
Barnickel
AK Koon AB
Rifott
Httle
Bannicket
Mr. Eliott
Mr. Barnicket
Scrooge
Baytig Bides
Whlett
DeWitts Little Early Risers Promoted By Druggist
Wim F Jungkunz of 85 Steyhen pon Street endorses DeWitts Little Early Risers as the best pills known and promotes their use as a reliable remedy.
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DeWitt
Wim
F. Jungkunz
Steyhenpon St
Escape Attempt Ends in Stage Death at Provincial Theatre
A noted actor in a provincial drama about escaping a convict prison dies on stage after failing to fire his rifle during the escape scene. The warder’s rifle clicks twice, causing jeers from the audience as the actor collapses into view. The incident ends with the actor declaring that all is up and falling to the floor amid laughter.
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Pearson's Weekly
Bachelor Seal Skin and the Lonely Seal Bachelor
A furrier describes a coat from a young seal bachelor noting its rare velvet pile. He explains bachelor seals live isolated lives until age fourteen or fifteen, when a bull seal defeats rivals to gain a mate, otherwise they remain celibate and end up in fine coats.
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Gentlelands
Tolen
Cincinnati Enquirer
Moody the actor recalled by sea tale at Drury Lane
A famed eighteenth century Irish actor John Moody is said to have sailed as a sailor in youth. During a Drury Lane performance of The Tempest a heckler cried out and Moody responded with a seafaring quip. He invited the man to finish the evening over punch after the show, as the tale recounts in Cornhill Magazine.
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Dack Tad
John Moody
Jamaica
Drury Lane
Sleplano
Jack Moody
Cather
Moody
Fom Hullett
Tom
Aloody
Ais
Cornhill Magazine
Exchanging Amenities in a Streetcar Scene
A noisy passenger asks the conductor if the bus goes to Oxford Street and all the way. The conductor replies politely that it will go as far as the route allows and urges the passenger to remember the stop without giving a pin or knot reminder. The exchange illustrates social propriety on public transport.
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Oxford Street
Loudon
The Sins of Hatters and a Faded Trade Question
A fragmented, cryptic note questions fashion, truth and belief, hinting at a novelist’s work and a trade name. It mentions Persian powers, a alleged tale of a misled mind, and a whispered title “Prey’s Magualie” as a possible clue.
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Tata
Prey
Becoming Threadbare and Philosophic Dialogue
A fragmentary dialogue mixes humorous and satirical lines about aging society and a nun remarking on becoming threadbare. Critics discuss using a character as a villain in a novel while noting the brutality of literary punishment.
Why They Fly in the Streets of Heaven
Fragmentary dialogue hints at a poetic meditation on heaven and wings. The exchange touches faith obedience and literary references, though concrete events or persons are not established. The tone suggests a reflective, symbolic verse rather than a news item.
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Bobby
Mamma
Heaven
Daily Journal Delivers All City Areas Each Week
The Daily Journal announces delivery to every city sector for a full week, offering comprehensive newspaper access across the metropolis.
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Daily Journal
The Women Detective Solves a Honeymoon Case
In a dialogue heavy tale a female detective shadows a couple the Gradys and uses behavioral clues to deduce they are newly married. The chief praises her observational edge and later arrests the Gradys, with her elusive reasoning deemed sufficient.
DeWitt Salve Recommended for Ties by Druggist
DeWitt's Carbalized Witch Hazel Salve is especially recommended for ties. Sold by Wm. F. Jungkunz, druggist, 85 Stephenson Bt.
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DeWitt
Wm. F. Jungkunz
Stephenson Bt
Knotty Question Solved by Mountain Blacksmith Preacher
In a Tennessee mountain county a renowned blacksmith and Sunday exhorter is challenged by Tom Bradley, a skeptic. During a camp meeting he recounts a Biblical riddle about Noah and the ravens, recalling the moment he answered the question by discovering a dove and raven explanation, claiming the raven was lost and the female raven sat on five eggs.
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Tennessee
Tom Bradley
Tom
Billy Tite
Kiver
Noah
Ark
Jonah
Satan
The Opera Origins and Early Florentine Roots
A study of opera history tracing its birth to 1600 in Florence with Peri and the Medici marriage celebration. It notes primitive musical devices, the lift of Greek tragedy, and later evolution toward speechlike singing through Monteverde Gluck and Wagner, concluding with a comparison to later modern composers.
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Italy
Streatfelld
Florence
Perl
Maria de Medici
Henry IV
France
Monteverde
A Fool and Barbers Prank Turns Night Into Misadventure
A traveler trio the barber a baldheaded man and a fool slept under open sky agreeing to watch by turns. The barber, in mischief, struck the sleeping fool waking the others and provoking a clumsy quarrel. The old headed man complains of the misdirected wake up.
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Mim
Getting Closer Price Change Sparks Conversation
An observant writer notes a price shift as one man remarks about a previous dollar tip. another responds that a nickel now seems fair. The exchange highlights changing perceptions of value and generosity.
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Dulladelphia Press
Model Cookbook Surfaces Amid Odd Scribbles and Puns
Fragmented OCR-like passage shows a playful exchange about a cookbook for a wife. It includes jumbled phrases and misread names such as a restaurant and a gas meter joke, with scattered quotations and nonsensical lines.
Burkes Supper and Monastic Panther Legend
A fragment recounts Burke hosting guests including Fox and Whig politicians for an informal supper with beef and mutton, the guests jokingly praised by Burke as “the most skillful of waiters.” It also notes a Bible Legend of the panther and a miscellaneous collection of brief notices on weight, temptation, officials’ pay, and early hotel prices in China.
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Burke
Try
Hone
Fox
Mra
Sind Ofis
Leoparda
London Spectator
Scare Night in the Larder and Odd Ends
Brother Bill returns to his room as Jim asks about downstairs. Maria markets true hair from famous figures with steep prices. An ad touts Kodol for dyspepsia from Wm F Jungkunz at 85 Stephenson St, plus city delivery service for 60 cents a week.
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Bill
Jim
Maria
Napoleon
Time Tables Arrive and Depart at Regional Rail
Railroad timetable data shows east and west bound trains with numerous numbers, stations including Omaha, Dubuque, St Paul, Madison, Freeport, Rock Island, Milwaukee, and Janesville. Schedules note daily patterns, connections, and parlor or buffet car services for select trains.
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Omaha Lim
St. PaulLin
Dubuanne
Ft. Dodges
Sioux City
Omaha
West Bound
Fast Mall
Dodge
Dubuque
Paul Lint
Decatur
Southern
Rom Souti
An. W. RR
Ly.Freep't
Chic
Freep't
Rockford
Re Jolt
Janesville
Milwaukee
Land
Belvidere Sycamore
DeKalb
Nea
Beloit
Janeaville
Harvard
Madison
Belvidere
Sycamate DeKalb
Sprite Elviders
Sycamore Valley
Pointe Wwack
Coca Juhy F
Daly
Rock Island
Davenport
Paanenger
Feimenger
Milwauker
East Road
Chicago
St Paul
Minneapolia
Waterloo
Marshalltown
Des Moines
Kansas City
Paul
Minneapolis
Waterlac
Des Moinea
St Joaeee City
Dubuque Paaseages
Datiz
Tealne
Nwithe
WM. Neesm
J.P. Elmer
Paul, Mion
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Keight's
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Heal
New York
A. B. Davidson
Washington Star
China
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New York Press
Wm. Fenblain
Stephenson
Bradfield
Musriend
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Business Directory
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Houston
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