Night Bank Cabmen Swindle and Harrowing Escape
A wealthy banker’s son recounts a night masquerade with a cab con man who overcharged him. The tale ends with the joker fleeing after a staged search for a five dollar coin, leaving the bachelor with a costly memory and a sharp lesson in street scams. The second anecdote features a barkeeper and a counterfeit $10 bill caper, where a slick stranger and a willing bartender share the loot before the proprietor discovers the ruse.
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Egypt
Jahu
Reiling
Bar-Keep
Aly
Barkeep
New York Tribune
Vanderbilts deny engagement rumors in society
George Vanderbilt denies engagement to a southern girl once deemed dowerless. The piece notes Vanderbilts fading social standing in New York and comments that money now buys status. William K Vanderbilt plans another European tour and will sail with his family aboard the yacht Alva from Beaufort on February 1, visiting the Azores en route to the Mediterranean.
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George Vanderbilt
Vanderbilts
New York
William K. Vanderbilt
Alva
Beaufort
D.C
Azores
Weather Mood Shifts From Cool To Warm Rising Frost Warning
A fragment from the Washington Star blends whimsy with a weather mood poem about cool and warm spells. A joking line contrasts calm and bluster as readers ponder what to wear, followed by a vague rhyme about frost and microbes and a playful misquote.
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Washington Star
Women fashion and health notes from a scattered column
A collection of social observations notes Mrs Parnell surviving on 25 cents weekly and avoiding luxuries while praising frugality. It describes Parisian underwear trends, Lady Lonnonderry’s extreme in bed rest for youth, and Mrs Cole challenging architectural rules over bay windows. It also includes quips from Life Puck and Munsey’s Weekly on plays fashion and footwear.
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Lonnonderry
James
Morton
Wanatog
Cole
Washington
Reading the Inter Ocean on Bly Bisland and a London debt
The Inter Ocean questions Bly and Bisland’s return from the race with a New Yorker’s perspective. Dramatic News editor Leander Richardson seeks a frank apology and retraction from Nicoll for linking Mrs James Blaine Jr to Delaney Nicol. Kyrie Bellew left New York in debt to the Lambs club, was expelled for unpaid bills, and Hood's Sarsaparilla is pitched as blood purifier.
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Chicago Inter-Ocean
Bly and Bisland
Leander Richardon
The
Dramatic News
Delaney Nicol
New York
Nicoll
James Blaine, Jr
Kyrie Bellew
Lambs Club
London
Itill
Lambe Club
Now Flossie Says Her Prayers in Family Quarrel Tale
A Chicago youngster asks about a blot on a copy as a mother and daughter discuss prayers. The fashionable mother guides Flossie to name loved ones including papa, the baby, and Fido, then pauses to decide whether to pray for the dog or the infant.
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Papa
Fido
Mamma
Firat
Witty Edits and Wedding Wishes from a Kanases Reporter
A Kanases reporter sent a wedding blessing urging the couple to find a rosy path together. An American editor later signed a testimonial praising his own typewriter. The editor, initially dismissive, came to believe the praise was apt for the instrument and its user.
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Kanases
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