Chameleon Girl Forgives Exiled Sister
In New York, Giulia Morosini, known as the chameleon girl, forgives her exiled sister Vittoria Morosini Huels-Schilling over the banker Gio vanni Morosini’s death. Vittoria, once married to a coachman, lived in Rutland Vermont after separation. Giulia hints Vittoria may share in the estate. Amela remains a secretive figure on the estate with a bear incident tied to her past.
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York
Giovanni P. Morosini
Giulia Morosini
Vittoria Morosini
Ernest Huels-Schilling
Giulia
Schillinghad
Rutland
St. Joseph's Convent
Williams
Amela
Society Woman Renounces the World for Dominican Monastery
New York society figure Violet Buel Hyde formerly Mrs George Merriam Hyde and daughter of Oliver P. Buel has become Sister Mary of the Tabernacle at Corpus Christi Monastery in Hunter's Point. She took vows of poverty chastity and obedience after years of social life and ascetic probation.
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NEW York Society
Corpus Christi
Hunter's Point
Georrge Merriam Hyde
Oliver Prince Buel
Mary of
Thomas F. Ryan
Hyde
Violet Buel
Georgetown University
Miss Buel
George Merriam Hyde
James T. Hyde
Chicago Theological Seminary
Academy
Society of American Artists
Mr. Hyde
Ice King Morse Wins Return to Power on Wall Street
Charles W. Morse, dethroned after the collapse of his allied banks, regains influence as bank central figure. The National Bank of North America, once the keystone, is reassembled with Morse taking control via a $500,000 bond and reacquiring securities sold at peak value.
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ALL Street
Charles W. Morse
National Bank of North America
Nassau Street
Murray
Morse
Wall Street
Clearing House
Elsie Vanderbilt to Wed Again Said to Be Attendant Suitor
Report says Mrs Elsie French Vanderbilt seeks a final decree of divorce from Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt. Willing Spencer son of J Thompson Spencer vice president of the Pennsylvania railroad is named as her accepted suitor after June last. Spencer a Philadelphia lawyer accompanied Mrs Vanderbilt on a European tour and is considered an eligible bachelor by social circles.
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Elsie French Vanderbilt
Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt
Justice Gerard
Supreme Court
Willing Spencer
J. Thompson Spencer
Pennsylvania Railroad
Vanderbilt
London
France
Mra. Vanderbilt
Mre
Paria
Germany
Spencer
Philadelphia
Stammering Viewed as Habit Not Defect by Prof Paryer
The St Louis Globe-Democrat reports Prof B L Paryer saying stammering is usually a nervous habit rather than a vocal defect. He notes many stammerers imitate others, that singing reduces symptoms, and cites a city section with 35 affected individuals who recall ridicule easily.
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Prof
B. L. Paryer
Geome
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Runaway electric car ends after garage rescue
John P. Julius a York piano dealer and car enthusiast drove his electric auto through streets and country roads after a mechanical failure prevented stopping. He kept control and continued the endurance run for hours until a garage mechanic jumped aboard and removed plugs to bring the runaway machine to a stop.
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John P. Julius
York
Mr. Julius
Doom of Mighty London and the fires that foretell its end
A speculative piece weighs London’s doom through invasion flood and fire. It notes fire as a likely ruin, recalling 1666 destruction and prior predictions by Lilly and Nostradamus about St Pauls and dozens of churches in that year.
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London
Macaulay
Lilly
Nostradamus
St. Paul's
Cassell
Saturday Journal
German doctor promises youth elixir to aging women
A London ad claimed a German doctor could restore youth in two days. A crowd of elderly women lined up, listed ages, and the plan backfired as their second age writes showed they had aged backward, allowing the doctor to declare his promise kept.
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London
Not Equal to Luxuries in Madison Square Park
A dapper young man sits with a silver cigarette case in Madison Square Park while a park tramp asks for a match. The tramp quips he is J Pierpont Morgan, provoking a sharp social contrast.
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Madison Square Park
New York
Landon
J. Pierpont Morgan
False Signal in Balcony Romance Ends in Bristling Joke
A boarding house story recalls a young man marked by a bandage who swore off romance after a balcony signal misread. He once bent through vines to kiss his beloved at a match light only to trigger a thrashing when the resident old man lit his pipe nearby.
How He Got a Drink on a Train
An Indiana traveler recalls a smoking car incident on a express train when a man rushed in asking for whisky after a woman in the car behind fainted. He chose the largest flask, drank, and remarked it helped him feel better to see a woman faint.
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Indiana
Hawthorne on happiness as eternal essence
The quotation emphasizes happiness as a byproduct of pursuing other aims, not a direct target. It contrasts worldly sorrow with a transcendent happiness that feels eternal, unsettling to those still living in mortal form.
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Nathaniel Hawthorne
Apples Preserved In Ice By Wallis Run Farmer
J. Braunbeck of Wallis Run Lycoming county Pennsylvania devised a unique apple preservation method last fall. He built a seven by fourteen foot by three foot bin in his orchard filled with straw and apples layered with straw, corn stalks, and a surrounding ditch to reject standing water. Water seeped in and formed ice around the fruit but did not disturb them until the ice melted. The apples remained sound crisp and wrinkle free.
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J. ©. Braunbeck
Wallis Run
Lycoming County
Pennsylvania
Real Hard Cider Guarded By Montgomeryville Resident
John Fair, a respected Montgomeryville citizen in Armstrong County, keeps at his home a small keg of cider made by himself 51 years ago. Several kegs existed but only a few quarts remain, guarded closely. The cider has turned black and is extremely potent, with less than a teaspoonful capable of causing intoxication.
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John Fair
Montgomeryville
Armstrong County
Philadelphia Record
Frugal Mason Chooses Pencil Over Cigars
In a humorous Harper's Weekly vignette a very tightfisted Mason refuses cigars at a stationery and cigar shop. He declines the offer and instead asks for a pencil, joking about his habit of avoiding costly pleasures.
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Mason
Harper's Weekly
Fat men and honesty in a wit’s quip
A tongue in cheek exchange features a deep thinker claiming fat men are honest due to their sensitivity about fat. The other speaker questions the reasoning as the quip links dishonesty with the risk of wearing stripes on convict suits.
Irish Recruit Passes Exam With Sharp Witty Answer
In a recent police examination the Irish recruit questioned why a handcuff is called a bracelet. He replied that it is intended for arrest and was appointed to the position immediately.
Faulty Statistics Prompts Household Quips
A newspaper excerpt shows a man quoting a Department of Agriculture claim that rate costs the country 100 million dollars yearly. His wife retorts that her own cost is 86 cents and suggests women make their own or wear hair flat.
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Department of Agriculture
John Henry
Read Prize Tale Sparks Marble Game Between Boys
In a playful exchange, Foxy Albert explains to a grandmother how he earned a reading prize. Albert credits George Roussin with winning but notes a later marble game at home where Roussin lost, highlighting a lighthearted, small-town moment.
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Little Urchin
Albert
George Roussin
Hopper Gets Even With Former Chorus Men in Stage Prank
De Wolf Hopper hears two former Shubert chorus men in ragged make up claim they have been starving yet boast sharp repartee. They explain their prank was to outwit Hopper who had once recited Casey at the Bat for their company.
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de Wolf Hopper
Godle
Bowery
Hopper
Iick
West
Lawrence
Shubert
Casey
Stage Notes Preview Busy Theatre Season
Harrison Grey Fiskerg will stage The Bridge with John B. Park from Mary's Lamb as lead in The Soul Kiss. Blanche Bates heads to New York after Pittsburgh for The Fighting Hope. Billee Burke to London after Love Watches. Robert Edeson may appear in The Offenders. Fred Nible to tour with Josephine Cohan. East Indian life studied by B P Temple for The Belle of Bombay. Wall Street tale The Panic and Florence Bindley In the Nick of Time. George Broadhurst’s International Marriage. Henry Miller ends big season in The Great Divide then vacations.
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Harrison Grey Fiskerg
John B. Park
Elmer B. Harris
Fred Nible
Josephine Cohan
B. P. Temple
The
Shuberts
Bombay
India
Wall Street
Florence Bindley
George Broadhurst
Henry Miller
Mansfield's Comic Tirade and Cork Escape Stall Stage Career
The article recalls Richard Mansfield in Scribner's tale where he improvised to a crowded reaction as a country squire and later performed as a waiter. His insistence on personalizing parts led to a famous cork-pulling moment that sealed his dismissal after a triumphant but costly stunt.
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Mansfield
Squire
Paul Wilstach
Scribner's
Richard Mansfield
House of Lords
The Theater as a Social Force in Anglo-Saxon Life
Richard Burton argues the theater shapes modern life yet is undervalued in Anglo-Saxon society. He contrasts it with libraries churches newspapers and schools, tracing its neglect to Puritan prejudice still lingering today while other nations support theater as an educational power.
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England
Richard Burton
Moonlit exchange on the lawn sparks playful chase tale
In a moonlit scene a coy maid questions a slow easygoing youth about running away. He answers he would catch and hold her, then she hints at a plan or outcome, with the dialogue showing flirtatious tension and teasing between the two.
The Owl and Oddities From a Mixed Paper
A collage of quirky notes and column cartoons. It riffs on social quirks, a millionaire buying opera glasses, and a humorous poem about the owl. Also includes a light essay on diet and digestion critiquing milk and honey.
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