Mind Reader Albert Reeves Defeated by Own Plot
Albert Reeves rose from amateur detective to a leading newspaper writer using telepathic insight to trade stocks. A dreamlike crash reveals his fortune was built on a novelist's imagined scheme, not real market moves, ending his era of wealth and mind-reading power.
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Albert Reeves
Young Reeves
Worthy
Byrnea
Vidocq
Reeves
Star
Ike
Morgan
Rockefeller
Napoleon
Wall Street
Schulz May Be Lost To Michigan Eleven
An Ann Arbor report suggests Germany Schulz, the pivot of last year’s Yost team, may miss the Pennsylvania game and perhaps the season. He faces engineering course conditions that threaten his athletic eligibility. Schulz might resolve the issues by month’s end, though few share that optimism.
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Walter Camp
Schulz
Camp
Teuton
Michigan
Grant
Phillipe
Congdon
Kicke
Rune
Ann Arbor
Mich
Germany
Yost
Pennsylvania
Capt. Schulz
Matty Mathewson Ventures Into Insurance Work
Matty Mathewson, known as Christy, has been engaged as a special agent for an insurance company. He expects to write about 200000 dollars in policies during the season and plans to return to baseball in the spring.
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Christy Mathewson
Gianta
Matty
Good Kickers Essential On Grid Could Decide Games
Walter H. Eckernall argues that kicking under new football rules shapes big games. He notes inflation of the ball, proper air, and the use of ankle braces aid accuracy. He compares modern kickers to past greats and highlights evolving place and drop kicks.
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Hke O'Day
Sweeley
Hershberger
Hare
Hammon
Capron
Bull
Brooke and
Hudson
Vane Newton
Pennsylvania State College
Notable college and league notes from baseball and football
Forest Moore leads Cubs farm share with 20 wins 7 losses for Springfield in Three I baseball this season. Adkins tops Eastern league pitchers with 26 wins in 33 appearances for Baltimore. Yale alumnus Bob Forbes coaches Oregon football this fall and Dartmouth captain Johnny Glaze leads Exeter. Michigan football eyes victory over Pennsylvania while Harvard tackle McKay draws some criticism. Carlisle Indian squad features Cries-for-Rida Goes-Back Wounded-Dye Little-Old-Man and Two Hearts Roy Atealad among notes.
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Forest Moore
Chicago Cubs
Springfield
Adkins
Baltimore
Bob Forbes
Yale
University of Oregon
Johnny Glaze
Dartmouth
Exeter
University of Michigan
Pennsylvania
McKay
Harvard
Carlisle
Just When He Planned Improvements Fate Intervened
A series of plans to insure a house pay a debt help a neighbor or visit a sick friend all ended abruptly. Each intention was halted by unforeseen consequences as misfortune swept away finances health and safety. The quips from Success Magazine frame a morose reflection on fragile plans.
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Success Magazine
A War Game On Slate Between French And German
A historical note describes a pencil warfare game on slate with dots for soldiers. The German player draws a straight or curved pencil path from a cannon spot to attack the opposing army, killing any marked men it crosses. The game ends when one side loses all its men, here the German side defeats the French in eight shots each, killing eight and nine men respectively.
A Laughing Skeleton Card Trick Demonstration
A demonstration describes making a black skeleton figure on a dead colored board and using a hidden string to animate the legs and arms. The illusion relies on chalk shading and a piano accompaniment to enhance the surprise for the audience.
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Philadelphia Ledger
Leistive
A Steady Job and the Graft Then and Now
A Lip pincott's Magazine tale illustrates graft as easy money. An expert golfer strikes a trespasser with a powerful stroke, rendering him briefly insensible, and hands him a five dollar bill with apology. The injured man responds with a wary quip about the golfer's next play.
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Lippincott’s
The Difference of a Letter at the Berlin Professor
A Berlin professor visiting the United States recounts a tale from Yale Alumni Weekly. On a sleeping car he is asked for a berth ticket, and disputes the need for a birth ticket. The porter explains the upper versus lower berth, joking about the passport stating well born.
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University of Berlin
Hadley
Yale Alumni Weekly
New York Fire Department Funding Compared to London
The article notes a cost difference between London and New York City fire departments. London spends ten cents per year for each inhabitant while New York’s department appears to be 1 75.
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New York
Coatly Fire Department
London
New York City
Department of New
Book Markers Made of Sheet Celluloid
Advertisement notes pretty and useful bookmarks cut from sheet celluloid sized two by three inches with rounded corners.
Haunted Memory of a Fatal Storm and Pittsburg Seance
A first person narrator recalls a deadly lightning strike that killed his partner Cole during a prospecting trip. Years later in Pittsburg he joins a commercial traveler to a slate writing seance, witnessing a dim setup and mysterious scratching of a slate.
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Pittsburg
Cole
Magazigan
Jack
Colebi
Colorado Hills
New York
Denver
E West
Inne
Crafting a decorative bookmark with motto and quotes
Instructions describe shaping a bookmark from a sheet by trimming three sides, rounding a flap corner, and decorating with gilt paint. Suggests a motto from a favorite author or phrases like Everything in it a place and this is your place, or When found, make a note on't.
French Lady Irving in America Tries to Settle Carpenter Charge
A French woman in America hired a carpenter for a set price. She later found he charged more than agreed. Unable to protest in English, she said in her imperfect speech that he was dearer to me.
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Irving
America
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Shen
Nole
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