Promises to Retain Attorneys in Four Suits
Brooklyn lawyers discuss a courtroom con game aimed at Standard Oil Company. A smooth operator offered to hire attorneys, signed blank retainers, and used a fake accident tale to lure 50 cents for travel before vanishing, leaving associates chasing legitimate claims.
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New York
Brooklyn
Manhattan
Standard Oil Company
Broadway
Ifo
Drreo
William Francis T'Sant
Stati
Amscion
Tomee Werle
Cer
William Keily
Testic Koockone
Delaware
Poipita
Com. S Iis
J. R. Smithy
Custom House
Korze Davis
William ‘HiNina
Davis
Myself
Marvellesottal
Tie Melare
No York
Raroina
Staten
Bertowitte
Staten Island
Grant
United States Marine Hospital
Tompkinsville
Watson
Welch
Kelly
Westmoreland Opposition Leader Calls for Open Windows
Judge Havington, former opposition chief in New Brunswick, rails against a government measure in the legislature. He declares to his gay Westmoreland constituents that they should hear him now as Mr. Blair signals to open the windows.
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Havington
New Brunswick
Westmoreland
Blair
Cured Two Men Exchange Hard Times Jokes
Two men trade quips on hardships and marriage with wry wit. A sharp punchline about a wife leaving a rich man and the speaker’s remedy closes a brief streetwise exchange. The fragment hints at jokes about grief and social vanity in a casual roadside banter.
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Corded
Hall
The C torte Struck One at Tucker Evening
A father in a quiet Tucker home reads as his eight year old son Johnny asks if the Lord can make everything and a clock that would strike less than one. The father reassures him that God can do all things while the boy wonders about the clock.
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Pate
Johnny
Neighbor Spars Offhand Bribe Talk Over Newborn
A neighbor orbits a whispered family dispute about a newborn and a potential pay off. The chatter hints at a rich uncle and a offered fifteen thousand dollars to keep details quiet.
Sun Solitary Question Sparks Patient Longevity Debate
A reporter questions a patient about longevity while discussing medical practice. The oldest son challenges the claim, noting no such complaint. The dialogue touches on homeopathic pellets versus allopathic spoonful doses and evolving medical fashions.
Dancing Master’s Candid Appeal to Earl
A lord’s ancestor studied dancing in Paris but failed due to an awkward gait. The Parisian master, polite in retirement, recalls the Earl offering aid in London. The master bows and begs that the teacher remain unnamed.
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Lord Sandwich
Paris
London
Boys and Men Mr Grumps Reading the Paper
A fragment discusses an eight year old boy who strangled a baby, with Mrs Grumps remarking that as he grows up and marries he will not repeat such acts and will only want to have children.
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Mr. Grumps
Two Points of View on a New Dress
A wife reflects on others admiring her Paris style dress and imagines they assume she shops abroad, while her husband jokes others suspect she could be a bank robber.
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Paris
Hopeful Village Elder Claims Century Milestone
A tourist meets the village's oldest resident who says he is a hundred. The traveler doubts another century, but the reply remains optimistic. The elder adds he is stronger now than at the start of his first bundert in life.
Unclear Quote From Grandchild Reflections
Fragmentary dialogue about unhappiness and desire points to a reflective exchange between a grandchild and an elder. The line hints at a moral: people fail to value what they do not want after achieving it.
The Sand Believer in a Bandsman’s Recovering Duty
A regimental doctor treats a bandsman with a swollen inflamed hand. The bandsman reports pain and is put on sick parade for a week with strict care. After the rest period he returns fully recovered and resumes duty with the side drum.
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Tommy
Lucky for Him a Turbulent Bath Rescue Echoes a Jest
An unnamed athlete dives into a Turkish bath pool to save a stranger who cannot swim. He reaches the man and drags him to the edge and helps him recover. The rescued man first words are a joke about being lucky not to be bald, saying lucky for me I wasn't bald headed.
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Standard Oil
ABC
Amos Stillman
Souier
Cold Harbor
Trivate Stillman
Herer
Mmlient
Sonny
Court House Lobby
Greencastle, Indiana
Putnem County
James L. Hamilton
Samuel R. Ralston
Thomas T. Yaggart
Carleton B. McCulloch
Charles S. Batt
Alice Foster McCullough
Indiana Women’s Democratic Committee
George Leane Tucker
San Fransico T
The
George M. Cohan
Frank L. Packard
Son Chaney
Betty Compson
W. Lawson Butt
Thomas Meighan
Elinor Fair
Wyoseph J. Dowling
George Loane Tucker
the Miracle Man
Paramount
Chinaytown
Fair
Opi
Chinatown
Grandad
First National Bank
Hurst Cultivators
Hurst & Co
Greencastle
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