The Simpleton auction plot and its dramatic showdown
In Easleton Harry Wentworth bets on a horse named The Simpleton reputed for a fearless hunt ride. The bid spirals into a daylight robbery plan led by Tom Lawford and Daft Sammy. The mare bolts the gate, Lawford collapses, Wentworth escapes but is later found dead. The plot unravels as police arrive and The Simpleton becomes famed for thwarting the scam.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Garworth
Faimier
Bromford
Easleton
Harry Wentworth
Harry
Toway
Fairy
Abe
Emara
Aleays
Phillimore
Wentworth
Sammy
Bommy
Lawford
Tother Gate
Tom
Bauleton
Bammy Barrett
Tom Lawford
Birmingham
Emma
Half-an-hoor
Roderick Cho
Scarfa
Osa
Matas
Deapsir
Beiletun High Road
Mr. Wentworth
Daft Sammy
Herry
Operatic Squalor Behind Italy's Provincial Theatre
A young Italian debutante in Treviglio endures a chaotic opening night in a dilapidated theatre. Dressing-room doors jam, the orchestra director steals her comb, and a missing stocking crisis forces a chorus girl to swap stockings so the tenor can perform. The crowd grows restless as the curtain finally rises with a misfitting costumes improvisation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Italy
Treviglio
Bern
Fernando
Jeane
What Cured Him Auctioneer Resting Tale
A fragmentary report describes Thorn by the auctioneer and a reporter’s exchange about a cure or relief, with garbled dialogue mentioning a “great American” and a person named Jooh Billings. The snippet hints at past experience and an odd remark about a block and future actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billings
Bank of Tommy and Family Stockholders Tale
An elderly man tells his grandson Tommy about running a pretend family bank with his sisters as stockholders. The bank quickly busts after a $10 bill is discovered missing, leading Tommy to conclude the president or cashier cannot stay ahead. The story ends with a warning that Tommy may become a Wall Street broker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Hydenseke
Dymock
Epee
Eich
Abe
Paul Dymock
Doctor Miller
Frim Mhot Har
Domger
Charles Crowdin
Naphaw
Minna Jacks
Aises
Mia Quilter
England
Grasa
Mesers, Dibbs, Peddy, & Co
Mia. Quilter
Charles Crowdie
Minna James
Miller
Miona James
Mra Quilier
Dr. Miller
Quilter
Langusg
Cass
Mr. Hydeoseke
Minos James
Mr. Quilter
Hydemeke
S Lang
Tommy
Sinters
Tie
Tall Men and Giants Across Eras in Coast Tales
A storage of garbled historic notes claims Turner the naturalist saw giants on Brazil's coast. It references a Paris sighting in 1575 and a skeleton length of 1 1 feet 5 inches. It mentions Chinese claims of 9 feet 9 inches and a series of unclear biographical fragments about Jobo Middleton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Turner
Brazil
Paris
Claudies
Jobo Middleton
Ob Hale
Semele
Eee
Petes
Earth is a molten globe with thin air crust says Fisher
The Interion of the Globe reports Oster Fisher argues the earth hides a molten interior beneath an 18 mile air crust. He notes temperature rises with depth, cites Siberian ground depths, and suggests the heat might someday be tapped for human use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. R. Wallace
Oster Fisher
Mr. Wallace
Wallace
Siberis
Debates on Proposing Marriages and Art Market Oddities
A column mixes social schemes with art gossip and court intrigue. It notes a Vienna maidens club seeking equal rights to propose, reports on Christie’s Gilbert drawing sales, and hints at ownership questions around the Pall Mall Gazette and its proprietorship. It touches on royal memorials, customs tests, and a judge’s dispute with a newspaper editor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienns
Tavallirs
Christie's
Gilbert
Navar Vale
Morland
Pall Mall Gazette
Loewenfell
Yates Thompeen
Krighlew
National Liberal Club
Aput
Aeeve
Loewenfeld
Thompeen
Thompson
Swenfeld
Keithley
Finperor
Baron Hirsch
Sol Tar
Lord Beaconstied
Charles I
Nero
Dinard Club
Southampton
Bia
Abdy
Jardge Niky
Chelmsford
Ehal
Choleatord
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Ereny
Ders
Simpleton
Farmer Wentwirth
Theo
Essleton
Bobbies
Jack Smith
Micky
Brommagem
Sir’ Oat Hremford
Time
S Fm
Lacy Tom
Samuel Barrett
Ilis Coupiulou
Daft Sannoy
Farmer Wentworth
Hammy
Dolly
Chambry
Mr. Hydensuke
Mr. Hydenacke
Apy
Coseo
Losemorsia
Wydenseke
Mra
Bruton-street
Mra. Quilter
Regent's Park
Hydenske
Hydensetes
Mr. Aydemreke
Jonathan Moss
Jonathan Mow
Hatton-parden
Stright
Jonathan More
Jnathan Mow
Hattoo-garden
Moss
Kyle Agme
Shire
Murphy
O'Brien
Trinity College
Dublin
Charles Bryne
Museum of the Colleges of Surgeons
London
Chang-ti-Sing
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