Jake Winterbottom Returns After River Poker Scandal
In a Creole Belle style tale, Jake Winterbottom reappears in Arkansas City after a risky river poker scam. Greenhut recounts a high stakes game aboard the Creole Belle where a deck was stacked and four men mobbed the saloon. Jake survives and walks in to a tense crowd seeking answers.
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New York
Arkansas City
Jake Winterbottom
Jake
Joe Bassett
Greenhut
Bassett
Winterbottom
Winterbottom?” Kked Blaisdell
Hlaisdell
Greenhul
Sam Pearsall
Peireal
Vicksburg
New Orleans
Shorty Stivere
Shorty
Bob Mathews
Jindori
Gowidly
Sadie
Mathews Ileal
Jordan
Ospal
Ivan
Hielty
Ifien
Norriealt Mintle
Dake
Eloye
Timmerson
Gowdy
Peura Mathews
Jimmerson
Mathews
Stimmoerson
Mathewa
Persall
le Fm
Dimmerson
Rome
Bose
Hox
Tertiatiern
Frayed Journal Entry Describes Alar Woman Death and Odd Dialogue
Fragmented notes recount an alar incident with an unnamed woman dying and a confused exchange about a party. The writer mentions a newspaper, a printer, and a stray conversation about a count and quantities, with garbled lines about a dog and a car scene.
Fortune in a Birdcage Sets Stage for Love and Money
A London street tale centers on Signora Demeca a poor Italian fortune teller and a dainty girl who use talking parrots to send a secret note to a tall dashing barrister Laurence Godfrey. He struggles with family opposition and a forged fortune plot as romance and money collide.
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Signora Demeca
Tallant
Eslinora Demeca
Eignora
Loaurenes Goifrey
Inner Temple
Signora Dencon
Dax Peeting
Wien
Molly Giffard
Cammun
Molly
Anxiorily
Cupid
Laurence
Laurence Godfrey
Tantinellont
Ceorge
Elurel
Ntowland Gardens
Haluby
Ydaale
When Feb breezes spark marriage plans and May rue
A verse on choosing wedding month cautions joy or sorrow by month. The piece pivots to South Dakota divorce chatter, bishop Hare’s push for a residency law, and Midwestern lake cities. It ends with a home-bathcare note on infant bathing practices rising in warmth and nighttime preference.
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South Dakota
Bronx Falls
Fort
W. A. Hare
Sioux Falla
St. Joe
Mich
Lake Shore
Taxing Old Maids in the North American Review
A satirical proposal suggests taxing single women as a remedy for reform. The piece argues old maids contribute little to public revenue beyond property and moral influence, and asserts state action could compel them to meet their obligations through interstate commerce provisions.
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North American Review
Tlon
Chiliren
Mien
Washington
New York
Footwear Donts Warn About Proper Shoe Wear
Guidance warns against wearing the same shoes indoors and outdoors and against high heels for long walks. It cautions choosing seasonally suitable footwear, avoiding tight or ill fitting shoes, keeping shoe trees, and not letting stockings or shoe care ruin footwear.
Remedy to Drive Away Blues From Simple Kindness
A man claims a simple remedy to lift a woman’s blues by small acts of kindness. He brings flowers a book theater or cafe visits to cheer his wife and counter her nerves or monotony. The piece notes sadness from overwork and approach of indifference and urges gentle attentions.
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Willow
Minsle
Dave
Culneie
Divorced Couples Marry Across State Border
County records show numerous divorced individuals in Cheyenne engage in remarriage, with Colorado and Wyoming couples forming new unions near the border. The Cheyenne clerk’s files note several marriages that followed divorces, indicating evolving social patterns in cross state relationships.
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Colorado
Cheyenne
Greton Green
Nose Shapes And Character: Early Holistic Nonsense
A fragmented 19th century passage links nose shapes to personality traits, claiming sharp downward noses indicate keen business ability and sharp tongue, long noses show calmness, short noses hint at quarrelsome tendencies, and various indentations suggest courage or self-reliance depending on placement near the forehead and eyes.
The Top of the Dressing Table Urges Neatness
A column argues that dressing tables cluttered with cosmetics resemble barber shop shelves or doctors’ offices. It advises concealing cosmetic bottles and medicine kits, suggests affordable decorative containers, and recommends a simple hand-made medicine box to keep the vanity tidy.
Cleaning and pressing men’s clothes and proper sitting posture
The article offers household guidance on how to clean and press men’s clothing using brushes, solvents, and damp cloths, and explains proper ironing and tailoring with a coat’s shoulder block. It also discusses siting properly to avoid back strain and notes simple measures for maintaining posture during writing or sewing.
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London
Ehr
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Pluto
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Alga
Opti
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