Gontran’s Paris Departure And Genoa Letters Adventure
Gontran tells friends he will depart and moves to Cometa street Paris for a summer. He begins a flood of letters to Guido de Rheteuil from Genoa and elsewhere, detailing sea voyages, Italian sights, and a romantic intrigue with Miss Arabella. The letters end with a reunion in Paris as Guido asks for rent.
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Paris
Gontran
Siste
Italy
Gros Caillon
Cometa Street
Guido de Rheteuil
Guipo de Rheteuvil
Possipent
Rue Tour de Dames
Generale
Garibaldi
Guido
Generale Garibaldi
Genoa
Civita Vecchia
Naples
Parfill
Pp. S
Gallia Cisalpina
Liege
Charles the Great
Baedeker
Cambridge
Juve
Arabella
Venice
Como
Vatican
Vesuvius
Bois de Boulogne
Sorrento
Making a Name for Himself In a Small Town Tale
A man returns after five years and learns Henry Bilker left with others. Henry proclaimed he would make a name for himself. He allegedly signed a check under another name, for $50, and is now in his third year in the penitentiary.
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Henry Bilker
Henry
Where He Drew the Line
A playful exchange unfolds as a woman asks if he would endure danger for her and he questions if such need would ever arise. She coyly suggests it might, prompting him to grab his hat and remark that she should marry a fireman.
Doctors Differing Butcher Cured Ham Sparks Banter
A witty exchange features a butcher defending his ham as cured by himself, while others scoff calling it not truly convalescent. The light repartee spotlights contrasting opinions on quality and process in a small town setting.
American dowries and fortunes abroad in British society
A New York Advertiser piece lists American dowries and fortunes that funded marriages abroad. Notable cases include Eva Mackay, Dolan-Mackay family, and long tallying sums for brides wedded to dukes, lords, and nobles. the list cites Miss Mackay, Mrs Stevens, Miss Davis, Miss Homan, Miss Murphy, Mrs Livingstone, Lady Butler, Mme de Barrios, the Lorillard widow, Mrs Livermore, Miss Huntington, Miss Minnie Stevens, Miss Edith Fish, Lady Vernon, Isabella von Linden, Mra Hamersley, Miss Riggs, Lady Harcourt, Jennie Jerome, Consuela Yanaga del Valle, Natica Yanaga del Valle, and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Britain
New York
Craven- Bradley-Martin
United States
Eva Julia Bryant Mackay
John Mackay
San Francisco
Galatia Colonna
Stigiano
Frederick Stevens
Maurice
Edith Fish
Stafford Northcote
Vernon
England
Isabella von Linden
Count von Linden
Mra Hamersley
Duke of Marlborough
Cecilia Riggs
Henry Howard
Lady Harcourt
J. L. Motley
Jennie Jerome
Lord Randolph Churchill
Consuela Yanaga del Valle
Viscount Mandeville
Duke of Manchester
Natica Yanaga del Valle
Lister-Kaye
Returned Traveler Meets Miss Antique-Why in Conversation
A humorous dialogue excerpt from the Boston Globe features a Returned Traveler, puzzled by memory in a playful exchange with Miss Antique-Why. The traveler awkwardly tries to reference family members, insisting he never had a husband, brother, or mother, as the conversation spirals in comic misrecognition.
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Boston Globe
Where He Wanted Mim
A Chicago attorney known for sharp practice sent his client to watch a case. The docket moved, the attorney rushed in to find no client present and asked for delay. In the jury box, he found the client had mistaken his name for a call and entered with others, prompting the opposing counsel to concede and the attorney to withdraw objections.
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Mim
Chicago
Argonaut
Missionary Tells of Chief and Two Wives Admitting?
An Africa missionary recounts a chiefs bid to join his church with two wives. He is refused for polygamy. the chief returns with the young wife saying he is now joined. When asked about the old wife, the chief calmly says he has eaten her. The narrator postpones admission to a later season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Africa
Union Pacific in Trouble Receivers Appointed
In Omaha this week the Union Pacific road company named receivers H H Clark O W Mink and others after a court filing by executors of the Patrick L Ames estate The president of the road spoke of unexpected receivership due to sharp declines in gross earnings and growing risk of default The court action aims to protect the property and duties of the company amid investor concerns Nearby reports place William Waldorf Astor in London pursuing a massive new hotel project amid speculation of American capital backing the effort.
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MH. Clark
Ellery Anderson
Oliver W. Mink
Ay Reveivers
Ona Ples
Equity
States Court
Omaha
Iin
Dundy
HH. Ork
Egg Anderson
New York
Gilverty
Boston
Union Pacis Road Company
Perick L. Ames
Oliver Ames Samuel Carr
Edwin F. Atkinson
P. B. Wyckof
H.H. Clark
O. W. Mink
Land
Clark
William Waldorf Astor
London
Astor
Fragmentary scribbles hint at a world fair tale
Readable fragments describe a distant world fair with scattered references to caravels off Salvador and a mix of speculative lines. The passage hints at truth versus illusion and mentions dentists and bitters as curiosities in a largely disrupted, stylized reflection.
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Colambar
Salvador
Sleeping Car Route to Seattle Boosts Pacific Travel
Message announces a new sleeping car service from Chicago to Seattle via Milwaukee and Northern railways with daily first class service from Carriage 10 30 pm, reaching Seattle the fourth day. It promotes travel time, routes to the Pacific coast, and advises contacting agents or George H. Hea for timetables and maps. A stray note mentions a seven foot deaf and dumb man and discusses routes to the world with Pacific routes and marriage remark.
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Chicago
Seattle
Milwaukee & St Paul and
Northern Railways
Sian
Pacific Coast
George H. Hea
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