Uncle Peter and Billy Brune In New York Camp
Uncle Peter and his nephew Billy Brune settle in a worn hotel in New York after leaving Montana. Billy explores the city, learns its dangers, and endures mishaps including a watch theft and a night in a saloon. Uncle Peter warns him about dangers while Billy clings to the glitz of the Hightower and cafe life.
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Fay Billy Brue
Broadway
Billy Blue
Percival
von Herslich
Twentyninth Street
Montana City
Silver Bow Way
Peter
Billy
Pike Fur
New York
Wardner
Hell
Brus
Hightower
the Tate
Beverly van Arsdel
van Arsdel
Eddie Arledge
Judie Arnedge
Bines
Montana
Uncle Peter Bines Dreams of High Society Quietly in New York
In a midnight hotel scene, Uncle Peter and Billy Brue discuss the New York game of chance. Buckling into formal wear, they reflect on wealth, luck, and the city’s social pretenders while rumors swirl about vintages, trouserings, and a gaslit room.
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Uncle Peter
Billy Brue
Hightower
New York
Percival
Peter
Billy Brune
Billy
Billy Blue
United States of America
Blue
van Arsdel
Ness
Jimmy
Huis
Raritan River
Mr. Bruce
Fourteenth Street
Fragments Hint at Experiments and Irritation
A fragment describes testing a barrel by injecting three drops into a jack rabbit and a race against time to observe licking a bulldog or adjust geods. Uncle Pater is referenced as irritable before mellowing later, with Percival noting the irritation should have been brief.
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Uncle Pater
Percival
Arledge income dispute shocks small town readers
In a letter fragment and newspaper excerpt, E Wadsworth Arledge, son of James Townsend Arledge, fights a court bid to reduce his $6,000 yearly income from a family estate to cover a $380.22 debt. The case, involving executors Union Fidelity Trust and Judge Manderson, notes Arledge’s claimed lack of business skill and reliance on inherited wealth, with a continuance awaited.
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Wadsworth Arledge
James Townsend Arledge
Arledge & Jackson
Justice Dutcher
Supreme Court
Henry T. Gorleib
Henley P. Manderson
Union Fidelity Trust Company
Arledge
Gotleib
James T. Arledge
Flora Florenza
E. Wadsworth Arledge
Pig Death Brings Inkling of Local Charity
Maj Currie, recently back from India, is surprised when a laborer's wife asks for help after her pig dies. In a kindly village custom the wealthy contribute to losses, but Currie refuses to collect or wreath a funeral, sparking a sharp, pungent reply.
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Maj. Currie
India
Backing Dilemma on Narrow Road Ends With Quote
A large touring car with a man and wife meets a fully loaded hay wagon on a narrow road. The woman refuses to move or back out, claiming the other driver should have seen them. The farmer on the hay wagon breaks the stalemate with a pointed remark about a wife at home.
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Philadelphia Ledger
When Her Money Paid For All He Built
A tale from the Atchison Globe about a wife who inherited 3500. her husband built a store and a home with her money, while neighbors credited him for his work. After her death she funded a monument with life insurance, and purchases including a 350 piano and 160 diamond ring, the latter lost, prompting regret over losing the piano.
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Lfe Life
Wax
Atchison Globe
Acclimating of Rev Joseph Strong By AMMA V KNOBEL
Rev Joseph Strong entering a literary and debating society in Oklahoma is drawn into a comic tale of mistaken justice. A disguised elder Nic Jackson plans lynching after a horse theft, but a midnight ride with a stranger leads to a conversion of views and the minister awakens to a plot against him. The story blends church life with frontier justice and a twist of fate.
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Rev
Joseph Strong
Amma V. Knobel
Nic Jackson
Nick Lam
Mr. Strong
Oklahoma
Nic
Joseph
Nick Jackson l
Chicago Record-Herald
Attorney General Moood sues railroads over safety laws
Attorney General Moody directs suits against numerous railroad companies to recover penalties for violations of the safety appliance law. The Atlantic Coast Line Railroad faces the highest tally with 62 violations recorded against it.
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Moody
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company
Oddities of Religion and a Miscellaneous Ad Copy
A garbled item mixes hints of religious critique with commercial blurbs. It mentions two women and rivalries, Lewis' Single Binder cigars from Peoria, Miss Alice de Rothschild and her varied cattle and horses, and ends with Defiance Starch collar and cuff stiffeners offered in 16 oz for 10 cents.
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Alice de Rothschild
Baron Ferdinand de Hothschild
First Striking Clock Arrives in Europe in 800 A.D.
Historians record the first striking clock entering Europe around 800 AD, sent as a gift to Charlemagne by Abdella, Persia's king, delivered via two monks from Jerusalem.
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Europe
Charlemagne
Abdella
Persia
Jerusalem
How to Put On Gloves in Gentle Finishing Steps
A practical guide describes the proper method to wear gloves. It explains turning back the glove for the thumb and powdering lightly. Fingers are placed carefully, then the glove is drawn over the hand without pinching the leather. The thumb is aligned, and the first button is fastened with light pressure.
Immense Palm Leaves Describe Giant Tropical Foliage
The palm family shows extraordinary leaf sizes with the Inaga palm from the Amazon reaching 35 to 60 feet in length and 10 to 12 feet in breadth. Talepot palms from Ceylon measure up to 20 feet long and 18 feet broad, used by natives for rain shelters. Umbrella tree leaves in Ceylon can cover 15 to 20 men and serve as canopies for boats or tents.
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Amazon
Ceylon
Australia
England
Grape-Nuts Promotes Sleep and Nourishes Nerves
An advertisement-style testimony claims Grape-Nuts improves sleep and daytime alertness. A woman reports indigestion relief, vomit cessation, and better digestion after switching to Grape-Nuts, noting her mother also improved and calling it a brain restorer and nerve builder. Portums Co. of Battle Creek, Mich. is cited.
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Portum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
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Pasco
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