Sleight-of-Hand Tricks and Quick Riddles in a Dated Page
A fragmented page offers a garbled guide to a vanish trick using elastic and a handkerchief, plus a series of light riddles and jokes. It mentions a magician’s patter, a riddle about birds and a hunter, and quips about Australia, spring, and widows.
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Australia
Caesar
Flag designs and legends of Prussia and Denmark
The extract describes the German war flag with Prussian colors and eagle, notes the white field with black bands, and the three black white red stripes on the canton. It mentions Denmark's Dannebrog tale of Waldemar and the flag’s thirteenth century origins, then comments on crosses on field and a pictured scene.
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Prussia
Germany
Waldmar
Dinmark
Dannebreg
Denmark
Acquaintance with the Irish and Hungarian Doll Craft
The piece mentions cross Rhine humor and a Roman ball game among Romans and Romans, describing a soft air filled ball used in play. It recounts a blindfolded feeding game with spoons causing chaos and chair smashing. It also describes Hungarian girls making dolls from poppies and flowers, clothing torn from dresses for doll outfits, with mothers often wrathful at torn garments.
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Hungary
The Gray Haired Veteran
The poem laments aging veterans from wartime, noting hair turning white yet spirits still bold and loyal. It contrasts youth and experience, honoring past valor while marking transformation and continued dedication to country. The piece reflects a veteran’s pride and enduring identity beyond age.
The Prophet and Rose Escape from Elysium
In a tense scene inside Don forth’s Elysium, the Prophet pressures a mother to relinquish her daughter Rose. A bold confrontation erupts when a stranger named Harry defeats Elder Lawson and a loyalist enforcer, aiding Rose and Jim in fleeing the sect’s grounds by nine o’clock, ending in a legal ultimatum from Harry Pearson.
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Elysium
Benjamin
Rose
Jonathan
Donforth
Lawson
Despar
Harry
Fiollah
Tom
Fontortione
Lannon
Jim
Eiyelim
Rose Walker
Harry Ll. Pearson
American guest proclaims Blinks hotel as lone ideal
In a continental hotel drawing room, an American girl boasts of travel to Paris London Constantinople Egypt and more, claiming Blinks hotel surpasses all. A photo falling from a pillow reveals the magician like cashier named Blank, prompting quiet jokes from the gathering.
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London
Constantinople
Ahinger
Fia
Ponder
Blank
Elf
Two Kinds of Law in a Toronto Police Court
A Toronto Star report recalls a police court case where a young man paid 60 cents to settle a theft of boots. The piece argues that large institutions can recoup losses, while individuals face harsher penalties, illustrating a dual legal standard.
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Toronto Star
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