Tramp's Bun Goes Unpaid at Bowery Eatery
A weary tramp enters a Bowery restaurant at dawn and orders a lavish breakfast for a man in a nearby saloon. He offers a green bill and an illusion of money, then slides away after presenting a counterfeit advertisement as payment. Nearby notes mention Ed Russell, a Utah ranch manager and Mormon justice of the peace, and a holiday visit by C. H. Nowlin’s family to Oskaloosa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bonokolog
Bowery
N. Y. World
Ed Russell
Utah
Old Year Fades as January Shines in Snow
Poem fragment describes the arrival of January with pale moonlight and armor of frost while snow and sun-glints brighten the dawn. The verses contrast the fading year with wintry radiance and icy rain sparkling in sunrise.
Broken New Year tale of Gregory in Sutton-West
A narrator recalls years with Gregory in Iowa and Canada. The trip to Sutton-West near Lake Simcoe reveals a climate contrast, a Canadian winter, and Gregory’s arm in a sling with a carbuncle while narrating shared work, chums, and odd habits.
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Gregory
States
Iowa
Canada
Sutton-West
Sutton
Toronto
Lake Simcoe
Engaged by Maud Brings Bachelor to New Year’s Bond
A narrator recalls bracing lake wind and a love triangle as Maud Gregory accepts Simpon’s proposal though she plans to become a stenographer. Gregory, amused, becomes best man at the couple’s summer wedding after a long courtship begun in Toronto.
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Toronto
Iowa
Maud Gregory
Lake Simcoe
Gregory
The
Commerce
Maud
Sirous
Mrs. Gregory
Simpeon
Mr. Simpson
Miss Maud
Sut West
Enis Parker BurEr
Tobacco War Expands as Plantation Cigar Echoes East
Boener Bros sells Plantation cigarettes with Havana 10 cent cigars at 25 cents and 5 cent cigars at 6 for 25, plus 15 for 25. market touts own blends and wholesale tobacco. Borsex Bros Cigar Factory promotes a large pipe selection at half price.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boener Bros
Havana
Borsex Bros, Cigar Factonr
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MNG
Latman
Yer Bergman's
Loxman
Me Insnurance Co
NX. Y
Jal Bank
Nk-Willard’s
Ldridge
Oune Bik
Lawrence Iat Ricken
Eldridge House
Lawrence
Mers
Bitte
A. L. Seuk
Fornado
Sevien
FH. Glathary
R. Williams
Annis
Winters
I ‘W.sparr
Dae Moore
EE . Benson
Black Horse Harness Shop
Ce Saddies
Fabes
Geo. H. Smith
Gooninavitt
Mass
Russell & Metcalf
Merchants Bank
Real & Gooding
Vermont Street
Lawrence House
Nic Kuhn
Massachusetts Street
Wm. T. Sinclair
Mass. Street
Lawrence, Eas
A. Laurie
C. W. Smith
J. Eriksen
Agency
Stevens
U. S
E. K. Stevens
Galena
Kansas
Bolles
FWICE
Eldridge Hoe Corner
C. H. Nowlin
Etta Smith
Oskaloosa
Grandpa Smith
Royal
U.S. Gov't Report
Aera
Gazette
the Gazette Office
Dodgers
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