Mat tie Mouses Surprise and City Mice Discovery
A children's tale follows Mattie Mouse seeking a meal while avoiding Waffles the cat and Rover the dog. She hides bread and cheese for a snack and safely returns to her mother. The City Mouse tale shows Maudie and Mr City Mouse planning travel by ferry to escape danger and find a celery-filled home.
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Mattie Mouge
Rover
Mattie
Peselt
Ethel
Maudie Mouse
Mr. Mouse
Mr. City Mouse
Olly Mouse
Maudie
Dolly
Texas child missing in sleepless night walk case
A Delineator fragment describes a anxious mother urging a child to hurry as a night walk unfolds. The terse excerpt notes the child’s aim to catch up while the mother calls for urgency amid a tense scene.
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Texas
Onan Ughter
Hunger and Pride in a Troubled American Restaurant
Alice Worthington sits in a shabby restaurant counting her remaining funds as hunger gnaws at her pride. She discovers she has no pocketbook and no money, while a tall man offers help, prompting her to admit she possesses nothing of value.
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Alice Worthington
Lttle
America
Alice
The Studio Portrait and a Forbidden Kiss
In a Mahlatick club studio a painter Morton pursues Alice Worthington with bold advances as she seeks work. Lawrence Goodwin arrives, defends Alice, exposes Morton’s coercive behavior, and vows marriage to Alice, while Goodwin denounces Morton to the club.
Easy Fix for Old Tattoo Remains on Pub Editor
A youthful tattoo on a pub editor’s arm shows the inscription True till Death Amy. The tattooist says it cannot be altered and the line ends with a quip about reading it correctly as Make It ready via Qwendoliny.
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Everwhile
Care of Old Trees by Park Official Warns Against Ivy
N F Fitton of the Clifton district park system explains aging trees need careful pruning and tonic applications. He advocates bone dust and wood ash on roots and soil, removal of dead wood, and restrained ivy growth to protect mature trees.
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N. F. Fitton
Clifton
A Fable for Travelers From Harper's Weekly
A man named Smithereens returns from Europe poorer and burdened by debts from friends abroad. He recounts how on a steamer a wind blew away unspent money slips, leaving those who trusted him empty handed and dismayed. He explains his misfortune with a moral about commitments and failed stewardship.
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Harper's Weekly
Smithereens
Europe
Sahara once densely populated in ancient Neo lithic era
The Review of Reviews notes Gautier found evidence the Sahara was once a rainless desert that desiccated from the Sudan. A later stone age shows graves on a grassy plain, rock drawings, grinding stones for grain, and early agriculture, with farmers then driven back by drought centuries ago.
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Sahara
Gautier
Sudan
Budan
Incult New York Weekly Restaurant Note
An incult fragment from a New York weekly mentions a cheap restaurant on Muttan Street where broth is described as good today while a character named Walter mutters and questions the scene. The text is incomplete and lacks clear events or proper names.
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An Incult
The
New York Weekly
Walter
Morgan as Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde in Wall Street Legend
The piece portrays J Pierpont Morgan as a dual force of industrial power and domination. It compares his influence to a universal ruler, detailing his wealth and reach across banks insurers ships railroads and telegraph networks. It notes his public image as a relentless builder and private life as a cultured, charitable family man.
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Herbert Corey
Edwin Wildman
Pierpont Morgan
Akall
Europe
Wall Street
Earth
Morgan
Mr. Hyde
Dr. Jekyl
Perkina
Davison
Money Alley
Gold Lane
Madison Avenue
Eiver
Wm.t. Stead
George III
Courtship in Portugal and the balcony romance
The piece portrays Portuguese courtship as public and romantic with a gallant suitor tracing a girl to her door and the balcony gesture becoming a ritual. It notes a restrained married life after elopements and warns of the restricted freedom for women, who rely on faith and the balcony to add meaning to life.
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London Daily Mail
Portugal
France
The Ready Letter Writer and a Street Comic Ledger
A spoof of personal letters mocks a royal invitation to Windsor and a tailor’s debt. Joshua J. Spinks writes from a thrifty household with a two inch hole in trousers while Beary’s stunt prompts cheers and a playful jab at an overdue account.
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Jenkins
Harper's Weekly
King Edward
Windsor Castle
King
Anthoman
Snip
Huskisson Bunk
Sympathy Travel Drawn Home By Will To Command
Readers seek distant comfort in motion yet miss the call of home as they search far and wide. The piece urges readiness to act locally when sorrow or need arrives at one’s own doorstep.
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Wakting
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Farmer Smith
City Mouse
Mrs. Mouse
Mrs. City Mouse
Morton
Mat
Agia
Laurie
Goodwin
Variety
Mahlatick Club
Aloe Worthington
Lawrence Goodwin
Urton
Miss Worthington
J. Pierpont Morgan AS
DR. Jeryl and
Galveston
J. Pierpont Morgan
Far East
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