Desperate bidding and a love twist in a family offer
Dr Robert Buchanan learns his uncle will pay $25000 to secure his marriage to Enid Humphrey and another $10000 for a prior match. A ruse unwinds as Enid confronts the plot, revealing Annie Bennett as the better option and prompting a reconciled engagement amid comic misjudgments.
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Robert Buchanan
Enid Humphrey
Robert
Tom
Dr. Buchanan
Pr. Buchanan
Buce Chiat
Crete
Uncle Tom
Enid
Humphrey
Annie Bennett
Buffalo News
Various science notes on bubbles salts and insects
The excerpt surveys diverse topics from whale weight estimates and tiny incandescent filaments to the color of soap bubbles and the behavior of soap films. It also covers experiments with air pipes, potash salt composition, Sioux ghost dance interpretations, and notes on bees with an anecdote about a polar expedition encounter.
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H. Schwab
Congo
M. Leon Frederick
Bunge
Smithsonian Institution
James Mooney
Psikt
Oliver Wendell Iolmes
Hales
Alaska
Prevor Kincaid
W. H. Dall
Fremont
Rocky Mountains
Peary
Greenland
Heria
Heidelberg Duels Spark Student Hallucination Debate
An old piece describes dueling at Heidelberg University with padded bodies except faces and notes the German Emperor opposes the practice. Senators urge eight corps students accused of challenging duels to stay away from the university for four feria. A stray moral aside questions the dangers of ill behaved guardians.
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Heidelberg University
Heidelberg
Wisdom in Looking After Scattered Photographs
A New York Sun piece recalls a girl’s plan to reclaim her sister’s and her own photographs after Mia Blank’s death. It warns of privacy risks when images circulate publicly and notes a photographer’s large cabinet portraits can tempt families, with ads and moral reflections on consent and danger.
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Nicaragua Canal
Liverpool
San Francisco
Cape Horn
New York
Golden Gate
New Orleans
England
America
Frank Leslie
Mia Blank
Mrs. Blank
Lkenese
Audiy
Sei
New York Sun
Sinner's Funeral and Death in the Blizzard Wake
A colored deacon recalls Sinner's death amid a blizzard and cold weather as a preacher laments the gone departed. The obituary segment blends religious rhetoric with comic frontier humor and social commentary on death and sympathy.
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Simon
Tim
Endurin
Wien
Lowell
Bier Williams
Atlanta Constitution
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Missis
Chicago
Oman
Individus
Dhei
Nilson
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