Artabanus Biffle and the Ghost in Betzville
In Betzville Esme Biffle frets over a nosy ghost of great-grandfather haunting the Hill road home. Uncle Ashdod Clute devises a plan using Tripler Liquid Air to boil and shrink the apparition, then Artabanus accidentally drinks a bottle of the condensed ghost, inflating into a balloon and blowing off the house. The town whispers if Artabanus survived while the ghost of Bigie vanishes.
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Bytabanus Esme
Betzville
Ashdod Clute
Artabanus
Artabanus Biffle
Uncle Ashdod
Artapanugs
Ashdod
Rahlorlura Betz
Greater
Father
Bifia
Eas
Bifle
Tim
Biffie
Bile
Biffle
Artabama
Bigie
Rascal
éCanyrishlik Kx
W. G& Chaamee
Artabanne
One Way of Love by Richard Derring on Greek study and city life
Richard Derring returns from winter woods to his mother’s farm and learns his sweetheart Emily Hutton is to marry a merchant. Under hermit Seth Kinney’s guidance he studies Greek, passes entrance exams, gains college approval, and later moves to Chicago to start journalism meeting Helen Gordon.
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Richard Derring
Jerushius
Emily Hutton
Richard
Edwards
Derring
Seth Kinney
Kinney
Dering
Tom Bishop
Emily
Terasha
Emly
Chicago
Helen Gordon
Ur‘ie
Chapter X Continued On Wabash Aventure Through Visual Scene
Derring hurries along Wabash avenue as grassy filaments and partridge-berry frame a moving artist. The figure remains unseen by him though she seems part of the scene. A loud warning from a policeman snaps him back to the dangerous Madison and State street crossing and he proceeds carefully.
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Wabash Avenue
Derring
Madison and
State Street
Love Blooms From Quiet Studio to Sharing Life
Richard Derring climbs from idealized love to a real future with Helen Gordon as he learns she carries a quiet passion. After three months of professional success and a growing bond, he sends violets and finds in her blue, patient gaze a doorway to honest affection. The story traces desire, restraint, and a fragile vow.
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John Dalton
Helen Gordon
Helen
Derring
Amy
Richard
Europe
Ammdel
England
Billionaire Artist Dreams Of Free Arts Institute
An artist on West Sixty-seventh Street recounts dreaming of starting with 106 dollars and pyramiding to two billion, wanting to fund a worldwide arts institute free of money worries to elevate beauty, while even his attorney begs for the two dollars borrowed.
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West Sixty-seventh Street
New York Press
Why England Has No Flies Fact or Folklore
The piece cites McClure's claiming England is free of flies because of cleanliness. It notes fifty years ago flies troubled England less than the United States and asserts that sanitation has starved flies, leaving England with few if any. The argument blends humorous logic with observation on cleanliness and nuisance.
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England
United States
American
Such a Mean Trick Dinners and a False Promise
A wry social tease unfolds as a speaker lures Gormley home for dinner then pianolessly reveals no youngest daughter nor piano. The exchange exposes a comic deception about a non existent family and engagement. The line ends with Gormley admitting the ruse.
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Gormley
Jove
Development of Central Canada and Grain Prospects
A description of Central Canada land opportunities in Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta. It notes high yields from 20 to 60 bushels per acre, railroad expansion with Grand Trunk Pacific, and growing towns, schools, churches, and wealth tied to fertile soil. The piece urges readers to consider immigration and investing, highlighting government aid and economic growth. It ends with a vignette from a late-night scene titled When the Sleeper Wakes.
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States
Canada
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Grand Trunk Pacific
Winnipeg
Edmonton
United States
Pittsburg City Editor touts novelty of runaway romance
A Pittsburg young man runs away with a chorus girl in a story hailed as an absolute novelty. The editors debate its freshness, noting the man is neither a millionaire nor a local.
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Pittsburg
Evidence of Inebriety Dinner Result at Bell's Party
In the Philadelphia Record a lighthearted dialogue attributes Mr. Guzzler's condition to overindulgence at a dinner last night. Neli recalls the frothy charlotte russe as a clue during the humorous exchange ending with a wry note on excess.
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Neli
Her Last Word And The Proved Error In Debate
A Cleveland Leader snippet captures a tense exchange where a man asserts dominance in a verbal dispute and a woman counters with confident reproach. The brief dialogue showcases gendered posturing and sharp retort in a city newspaper voice.
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Cleveland
Odd Tales and Elixirs Mention Honest Advice
A fragment recalls a marriage rumor and a quip about changing habits. An apparent medicinal nostrum from Hamlins Wisard Oil promises relief for throat infections and sore throats, touting dramatic cures. The passage winds with a blunt aphorism on money and experience.
Break Up That Coto with Allen's Lung Balm
A fragmentary note references a Tamil comedy. It hints at crowd reactions and performer names but the text is incomplete. No clear event date or full cast is available. The remaining words suggest a lighthearted stage act with interruptions or mispronunciations during a fete.
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Coto
Allen
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