The Fall and Rise of Miss Merriam’s Beauty
Miss Merriam, famed for beauty, faces infamy when a car accident scars her face. A suitor, Lloyd Hollister, loves her for more than looks, and she learns to seek love for herself rather than her complexion. The scar fades in time, but she becomes Mrs Hollister.
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Mise M Merriam
Miss Merriam
Mely
Lloyd Hollister
Jess
Hollisters
Merriam
Wim Merriass
Hollister
Sean
Abe
Mr. Iter
Mrs. Hollister
Dell
Norrow
Miss Ashton
Margaret
Miss Harding
Foggy Night Telegram Turns to Funeral Prank Tale
A San Francisco newspaper receives a telegram from an interior town about a prominent official killed while hunting. A late watchman, seeking details, hires a carriage with an inebriated driver, only to discover they are headed to a cemetery as the horses and cabs appear to be at a funeral.
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San Francisco
Confused diner’s mix up at New York restaurant
Michael, visiting the country briefly, struggles with the table d hote dinner at a Sixth Avenue eatery. A sour, hungry patron arrives soon after, and Michael’s request to “the same” leads to a comic exchange about a bootblack and wine. The scene ends with a humorous misunderstanding amid dinner orders.
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Michael
Jim
Walter
Michae
New York Times
House of the Loving Heart in New York park talk
In a park conversation a young woman sketches a plan for a symbolic House of the Loving Heart to aid the poor and discouraged. Hazard admires her idea while a nearby old man, Sam Jasper Clark, hints at dinner invitations and future ties to a quiet Fifty-eighth Street doorway. Serendipity is explored with a lecture on accidental discoveries.
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New York
Hazard
Guying
Victoria
Tazard
Hazards
Pittright Street
Miss Sherwin
Bedes
Sam Jasper Clark
Millionaires’ Club
Fifty-eighth Street
House of the Loving Heart
Horace Walpole
Bianca Capello
Chute
Tence
Serendip
Lord Shaftesbury
Clarencon
Duke of York
Hyde
Train Stoppage Prompts Quiet Town Reverie
Margaret Ashton endures a delayed freight train stop amid a picturesque village and church scene. She recalls childhood longing, notes gossiping neighbors, and returns to New York to face rising insurance duties while confronting a sudden death. A promotion follows as she becomes superintendent, inviting a congratulatory moment with a rising young man.
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Ben Mise Ashton
Margaret
Terial
St. Paul's
Miss Ashton
Marsden
Miss Demure
Congresson
Hnd
New York
Pittsburg Dispatch Tale Of A Japanese Ambition
A Pittsburg storyteller recalls a Harrison era episode where a local man sought a U S consulship in Yokohama. He claimed fluency in Japanese, pressed the president with humor, and despite the joke, did not secure the first class post. The anecdote survives in local memory.
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Yokohama
Uncle Sam
Harrison
Pittsburg
Pittsburg Dispatch
Pina Ganse Fabric Weaving by Philippine Women
The article describes Pina Ganse or Pina gauze, made by Philippine women from pineapple spikes. Leaves are tied in bundles under stones in a stream, sun treated, sometimes twice, then fibers separated from sap and gummy substances, beaten with a grooved mallet, kept moist, and blended into a unified fabric. Variations in color range from cream to light brown with hand embroidery noted by Chicago News.
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Philippines
Chicago News
Clever Lad Starves Self to Death After Truant Threat
A boy, facing hunger and truancy, tells his mother he will die and asks the doctor to cut him open to view his stomach. The mother pleads, but the boy remains defiant, and later returns to bed in a state of extreme fullness, illustrating a tragic end from starvation.
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Europe
Margaret Albion
Broadway
Ray
Folka
Margaret Ashton
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