The House of the Black Ends in a Valley Mystery
In a rural valley, Lona warns of danger as Jim and Karl court Rose Hartaswick amid a tense village chorus. Rose's dilemma deepens with secret notes, whispered rumors, and looming June decisions affecting love and status.
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Roaring Run
Lana
Lona
Peo
Play and Chorus after the Fire
In the days after a fire, a young woman grows sober and withdrawn. Her father suspects a shock from youth’s brink and urges medical help, while she rejects Karl Reichminer’s company despite family urging and her own lingering longing for cheer.
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Dr. Kuack
Karl Reichminer
Sheantes
Rose
Karl
When a Man Lies In The Bank Lobby Tale
A bank teller argues with friends that eye contact betrays liars and that a truthful speaker will have a firm voice. He explains tellers judge honesty by a speaker's feet or knees while avoiding eye contact, noting liars tremble and clear throats.
Berpollet Returns From England After Hefty Hotel Bill
A Philadelphia maneler recounts M. Berpollet finishing a holiday in England and paying an exorbitant hotel bill with native courtesy. He welcomes the proprietor warmly, asking for a kiss as he jokes about the bill and its bold cost.
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M. Berpollet
England
Berpollet
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Bristow Emerges As Kansas Cyclone Orator
Washington dispatch profiles the Hon. Joseph L. Bristow as he trains for the title Cyclone Orator of Kansas. Once editor turned candidate, Bristow gains confidence through two debates with Senator Long and wins the 1908 election for the Senate.
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Revelations of spies recall royal police tale
A Philadelphia Record piece recalls a tale about Louis XVIII and Fouche during Napoleon's era. Fouche admits spies watched him and names the Comte de Blacas as the informer. The king asks how much he received, and Fouche says two hundred thousand francs a year, implying Blacas was paid.
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Azeff
Louis XVIII
France
Fouche
Napoleon
Empire
Comte de Blacas
Louis
Language of Clothes and a Paris Victor Hugo House
A Cleveland Plain Dealer piece mocks pompous shoppers via a cloakroom tale about a woman insisting on a plain calico wrapper. It also recounts the Parisian Victor Hugo House disappearing and Hugo’s quip about not affording a dwelling once inhabited by the author.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
A Lover of Humanity from the London Globe
A Dickensian vignette finds a tramp defending a dog from a bully as an aggrieved woman confronts him. The dignified vagrant explains he sought food but now seeks humane feeding for the canine in question.
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The
London Globe
Wall
Burials of Soldiers and Naval Forces Across States
The text notes cemeteries in various parts of the country for the burial of men who died in the military and naval services. It mentions 81 burials and the Gettysburg Cemetery, a site famous for a dedication by the President. It references about 3,600 soldiers of the 1872 unit passed to U.S. government.
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Rean
Gettysburg
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Iin
United States
Incomplete excerpt on ships and costs from New York study
The fragment notes Japan's 1 618 steamships and 1 588 total ships with various tonnages. It cites Brooklyn Bridge operating costs as high as 960000 dollars yearly, from a 1895 onward controller study. It also mentions a man’s typical weight at age forty.
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Brooklyn Bridge
New York City
Pettit's Eye Salve and a Patchwork Advert
Notice offers coal for sale at 15 cents a gallon and a mix of services and goods including broom corn, corn crushing, turkey offering, horse shoeing, watch repair, shoeing, umbrella repairs, music lessons, enlarged pictures, tamales, haircuts on Saturdays, and various items with cash-first terms. Rafe Langston is named as attorney.
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Owensboro Inquirer
L .Shadrach H. Armstron
Tollgate
Walt
Jones
Tom McElreth
Foot's Medical Advertiser
Rafe Langston
Father and son debate college expenses in tax estimate
A Chicago Tribune passage shows a father and college student son discussing a taxed expense sheet. The elder revises the projected costs downward, striking a cautious note on educational spending. A separate note mentions New York sign height regulation efforts and a remark about Japanese following family trades.
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Ways and Means
The
Chicago Tribune
John
New York
Neighbor’s fence chats yield diet health tale and Postum plug
An old Baird resident recounts quitting coffee after a neighbor’s advice and drinking Postum. He reports rapid relief from dyspepsia kidney and bowel troubles, improved bowels, and renewed strength. His son also benefited and the family prefers Postum over coffee.
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Dexas
Pontum
Theo
Postum
Wellville
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