Land of Broken Promises in Old Fortuna Tale
In a border mining tale Bud Hooker and De Lancey press for a Mexican title to the Eagle Tail mine near Fortuna Vieja. They court locals including Don Juan de Dios and Cruz Mendez while navigating Mexican law, a wary Aragon family, and a scheme to jump a claim under the Eagle Tail Mining Company, with plans to secure title through a cooperative Mexican proxy.
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Bob Wooker
Phil de Tancey
Mexico
United States
Gadsden
Henry Kruger
Kruger
Aragon
Taxen Hooker
de Lancey Mart
Fortuna
Bud
de Lantey
Agua Negra
Old Mexico
Phil
Hooker
de Lancey
Copper Bottom
Chestnut Mount
Patsanos
Cavalier de Lancey
Burgos
Castile
Plaza
Juan de Dios Brachamonte Y Escalon
Don Juan
Byron
Don Joo-ant' Hab
Philip de Lancey
Mr. Hooker
Eagle Tail
Arizona
The
Republic
Gadaden
Eagle Tall Mining Company
Republic of Mexico
de Lancay
Cipriano Aragon Y Tres Palacios
Cruz Mendez
Senor Aragon Y Trea
Palacios
Sierras
Mendez
Jose Maria Mendez
Ricardo
Pancho
Cruz
Old Fortuna
Mitad
Madrid
Villanueva
Iriah
Senora Aragon
Dox Juan
Benor Aragon
la Fortuna
Senor Aragon
Tropics
Don Cipriano
Mr. Mendez
Liie
Don Jopan
Lfe
Drummer’s Maine Inn Dinner Ends In Humble Pie
A New York drummer on a Maine tour stays at a rustic inn in the Aroostook region. He is served fish with meat and pie on the same plate and, after a costly dispute, pays $2.50 for the day and subsides rather than argue.
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New York
Maine
Aroostook
The White Slavers and Theatre Critics Clash
The late George W. Vanderbilt, a scholar, criticized the white slave movement as hypocritical and urged theater managers to abandon social reform theatrics and focus on simply producing plays. A Washington reporter quoted him after a rare theater visit, noting public demand for less reforming and more entertainment. Carlyle and his wife are also noted for their wedding anxieties and benignant humor in a separate letter reply.
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George W. Vanderbilt Wan
Vanderbilt
Washington
Carlyle
Thomas Carlyle
Train Delay Sparks Millionaire Panic on A One Limited
In a Pittsburgh Chronicles Telegraph item, the A One Limited from Zingville to New York stalls mid journey, provoking alarm among rich passengers who fear missed offices and large losses. Conductor explains the engine paused for the new tango, while brokers fret over millions.
Magicians Dinner Leaves London Guests Spellbound
The Magicians club, a gathering of leading English stage conjurers, held its first annual dinner at the Hotel Cecil in London. The evening featured uncanny magic, from potatoes turning into forks to a talk by Mr. S. C. Maurice, a kaleidoscopic card turn, and illusions by Houdini that left guests with a sense of a changed world.
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Magicians’ Club
Ita
Ceefl
London
S. C. Maurice
Mr. Houdini
Scaly Psoriasis on Limbs Treated by Cuticura Ointment
Walter Mahony of Camp McCoy Sparta Wisconsin describes a two year battle with psoriasis on arms and legs. After trying other remedies with only short-lived relief he used Cuticura Soap and Ointment, buying two boxes and finally achieving a complete cure in three months.
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A. S. Cavalry
Camp McCoy
Sparta
Wis
Walter Mahony
Cuticura
Dept. L
Boston
Mexican Jests Cited By Denver Engineer In Remarks
Yngve Langetrom, a noted Denver railway engineer, derides Mexican politeness as a joke and compares it unfavorably to a New York subway guard. He recounts a comic exchange between cabbies in Mexico City about beards and appearances, noting the humor in self-deprecating phrases.
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Mexco
New York
Hin
Yngve Langetrom
Denver
City of
Mexico
Santa Maria
Well Posted Pilgrim’s Progress Shelf Conundrum
A busy scene in a domestic farce shows a young bride arranging a library when Pilgrim’s Progress is debated as a travel section addition. The betrothed couple discuss parental objection to marriage and authority, humorously noting the stenographer’s role ends dictation after marriage.
Anecdotes of Bryan and Sargent in a Paris note
An undated clipping recounts a young William Jennings Bryan in a small Ohio setting resisting alcohol during a political moment. It also tells of a Paris painter anecdote where John Singer Sargent is mistaken for a benefactor offering recognition.
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Sargent
Pariesan
Venice
Grand Canal
Paris
Artistes Francais
John Singer Sargant
Training German Soldiers with Electric Mannequins
The article describes targets mounted on tracks and pulled by cables for gun practice. Imitations of infantry and cavalry move under electric control, with silhouettes performing marches, charges, and sudden trenches, exposing only heads during runs.
Why She Was Interested
John D. Wells of the Bufalo News delivered platform remarks in Sherman New York. An elderly woman met him afterward saying she was interested not by the talk but by wondering if he was related to the Wellses in Jamestown.
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Pittsburgh Chronicls-Telegraph
John D. Wells
The
Bufalo News
Sherman
N. Y
Wellses
Jamestown
Wright-But Parasol Astonishes Newport Crowd
Mrs Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt appeared at Newport with a parasol painted with car panels. The remark compares automobile costs to wives, noting one could trade an old auto for a new model every two or three years.
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Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt
Newport
Danger Signals to Women Warned by Physician
A physician calls backache, headache, nervousness, and the blucha danger signals in women. He warns these may indicate a female derangement or inflammatory ulcerative condition. Adia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound is recommended, with thousands of American women testifying to its virtue.
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Adia E. Pinkham
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