Love and danger duel in Dmitri’s shadowed works
In a tense chapter, Dmitri’s passion for Christabel grows while a strike and revolutionary rumors loom. Katia jealously resents Christabel as Mary’s health fluctuates and Dmitri escorts the party to a dangerous secret chamber, where a masked man’s desire clashes with peril.
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Mary
Christabel
Dmitri
Dmitri Anatovitch
Hans Square
Sulja
Katia
Odessa
Katin
Mr Flimmingtolter and the Lazy Summer Cure
Mr Flimmingtolter laments a lack of will amid perfect summer weather. His friend Krowbill attributes it to heat and laziness, advising a brisk run in the woods or a visit to the seashore to restore energy and return to form.
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Krowbill
Mr. Krowbill
Plimmingtoler
Educating Parents Seen as Key to New York's Child Problem
A city speaker argues the child delinquency crisis stems from uneducated parents and calls for expanding the children's court space. He notes the need for better parental discipline, warns against too-soft approaches, and outlines a plan to relocate to a larger building near the old College of the City of New York.
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New York
Eleventh Street
College of the City of
Children’s Court
Deuel
New York City
Court of Special Sessions
Manhattan
Bronx
America
United States
Youngest Sons Among Famous Figures
The passage notes that many renowned individuals were the youngest or last-born in their families. It cites Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman Coleridge Washington Irving Franklin Bach Wagner Mozart Rubens Webster Rembrandt Schumann George Eliot Charles Lamb and others as examples across different family sizes.
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Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman
Coleridge
Washington Irving
Benjamin Franklin
Johann Christian
Johann Sebastian Bach
Wagner
Mozart
Rubens
Daniel Webster
Rembrandt
Schumann
George Eliot
Charles Lamb
Indians Delight at Mme Kasebier Reception in New York
The photographer Mme Kasebier hosted a reception for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Indians during a city engagement. A hundred guests admired the Indians in full feathered regalia, including a small girl who asked her mother if Indians lay eggs.
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Mme. Kasebier
New York
Buffalo Bill
In Sight of Old Age Pensions
In towns and villages hundreds of thousands of elderly people near seventy anticipate January as a new era with the old age pensions bill. The fear of the workhouse is fading as support grows for passage, warranting reduced criticism and focused effort.
His Serious Interruptions
A spring wagon scene centers on two women speaking of John and his life habits. One remarks John takes life easy, while the other notes his two regrets are waking to eat and stopping eating to sleep.
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John
Not So Much Needed
A Delineator quotation notes a minister's family lacking worldly goods. The youngest daughter contemplates a late baby sister. she accepts the situation but suggests other needs were more pressing. The humor centers on frugality and priorities within a modest household.
Matrimonial Seas Rumor Sparks Parlor Quip
A wry exchange about a troubled marriage hints at social impropriety. The remark compares relationships to a voyage where a storm threatens the couple. The dialogue suggests public curiosity and domestic discord.
Here lies the dead and here the living lie inscription
A minister in a village churchyard notes the indiscriminate praise of the dead and writes on the gatepost a stark epitaph proclaiming that both the dead and living lie. The line captures a dissenting, ironic view in Tit-Bits style.
Up Against It Sparked by Housemaids Obsolescence
A satirical exchange about vacuum cleaners threatening playwriting reveals a humorous concern over automation. The dialogue toys with a future where domestic workers vanish, leaving writers to confront new creative challenges.
Little Bobby Pleads for Katie to Pack Lunch
One morning before school the six year old asks his mother to let Katie pack his noon lunch. He reasons Katie has a better appetite and packs more well than his mother, urging a change in who prepares his meal.
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Bobby
Katie
Confiscation of the Shanghai Sling in Melbourne
A Melbourne police report explains the sling or shanghai as an illegal weapon. Officers confiscate all seen, even from boys. A five year old named Bobby asks a blue uniformed Bobby if police take shanghais from little boys and is told yes, please give me one.
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Shanghai
Melbourne
Bobby
Bobby Seni
Youth
California by whom wanufacture red product ad
An old advertisement fragment promotes California laxative for men women and children. It urges buying the genuine item with the fill line and lists leading chemists as sellers. The text highlights one size and intended beneficial effects despite garbled typography.
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California
Wanufacture
ChUcsists
Regul
The Test of Strength in a Snooty Sales Clash
A Life Insurance Agent boasts his company is the strongest as their rival counters with plans for a much taller sixty three story building. The exchange highlights competition and bravado in the industry.
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Puck
Tramp Ends Plea for Charity With Witty Reply
A weary wanderer receives 10 cents from a philanthropic woman who explains she gives out of personal pleasure. The tramp replies humorously asking for a quarter to enjoy it fully.
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Willie
Eczema Endured 55 Years Ends in Cure
Hale Bordwell of Tipton Iowa describes a lifelong battle with eczema. After eight months using Cuticura Soap Ointment Resolvent and Pills his condition cured. Nelson R Burnett of Tipton Iowa verifies the testimony and notes his acquaintance with Bordwell.
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Hale Bordwell
Tipton
Bordwell
Nelson R. Burnett
Casting Bronze Statuary and Its Costs
Artist Fred H. Knapp notes only seven U S foundries handle bronze casting and stresses the scarce skilled workforce. He explains the sculptor oversees the model while casters enlarge it, often without the artist’s direct knowledge, and cites life size statues costing from 700 up to 1200 dollars depending on design complexity.
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Fred H. Knapp
United States
Letter praises Grape-Nuts and Postum for recovery
A New York woman recalls years of illness after peritonitis and indigestion. She credits relief to Grape-Nuts and Postum, noting improved sleep appetite and strength, and continues using both products with her husband. The ad claims authenticity and invites readers to believe the letters are genuine.
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AN. Y
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
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