Corrupt Politics and Shifting Loyalties at the Ball
In a city hall style ballroom, Boss Horrigan pressures Alderman Roberts to back a Borough Street railway bill in exchange for park funding and secrecy about his mounting debt. Roberts wrestles with ends, while Perry Wainwright and Dallas Bennett face loyalty, romance, and a widening scheme against opponents.
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Horrigan
Roberts
Renate
Ron
Ian
Dick Horrigan
Secret Service
Jimmy Phelan
Alliences
Alwyn
Cynthia
Alderman
Phelan
Dallas
Europe
Borough Street Railway
Perry
Borough
Wainwright
Dajius
Supreme Court
Bennett
Sturtevant Trust Company
FISHES FACES A Quiet Portrait of Sea Life
A column reflects on fish as steady companions, praising their calm faces and philosophical mood. The author contrasts fish with monkeys and dogs, noting their regular mouthings, lack of chat, simple tastes, and dignified bearing as ideal for grown men. The Atlantic Monthly piece emphasizes restraint and quiet virtue.
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Naples Aquarium
Zoo
Atlantic Monthly
Hairs In the Watch Spotted by East Side Barber
A barber reports send his watch downtown monthly for cleaning because it fills with fine hairs. He claims the hairs enter the mechanism despite never opening the back and storing the watch in his pocket while cutting hair, prompting repeated repairs.
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East Side
Columbus Dispatch
A Clever Student Reinterprets Grammar Lesson
A teacher asks for a word meaning full of, using dangerous and hazardous as examples. A student volunteering in front then offers a humorous answer, stating that the word pious would mean full of pie, prompting the class to laugh at the playful misdirection.
Lion tamer needed for family says intelligence office
A manager of an intelligence office notes that a governess is unnecessary for a family. The reply suggests the requested staff would be better described as a lion taming task force, highlighting the humor of the exchange in a playful society item.
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Intelligence Office
No Questions Asked Ad Leads Tough Town Scoop
In a London Pick Me Up excerpt a dog is claimed by a man who says he saw the owner’s ad in the paper. The lady questions the ad’s gender clue while the tough character asserts return of the dog to its owner.
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Dallas
Perry
Mrs. Bennett
Cynthia
Gibbs
Miss Garrison
Miss Wainwright
Alwyn
Mr. Wainwright
Horrigane
Ellis
Wil“Ellis
Wainwright
Williams
Horrigan
Sorcaer
Pye
Borough
London
The Reverend Smiley's Cigar Scheme Fails
A joke report notes the Rev. Mr. Smiley tried to pass cigars during service for the men to smoke but the plan failed after his wife exposed the cigars' distribution. The Cleveland Plain Dealer comments on the mishap.
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Thompson
Wiliams
Oes Wainwright
Newman
Chase
Welther
Judge Newman
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