Four Pennsylvanian ends life amid moral critique
A commentary derides office power and plagiarism in academia. It cites a man who hanged himself after failure, then praises a seduced bachelor who married twenty six women, including a Buffalo woman, with a digression on plagiarism in collegiate orations and calls for blacklisting literary thieves to curb dishonesty.
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James William Brown
Brown
Michigan
Buffalo
Fredonia
Ohio
Tiesuit Against Sage Over Dynamite Accident
A clerk injured in a dynamite blast sues Sage alleging the millionaire protected himself by ducking. The columnist condemns Sage for lack of generosity toward the harmed worker, suggesting moral failure despite wealth. The piece questions Sage’s conscience and possible motives.
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Hassell Sage
Wallace ambition to undermine dead literary heroes
Lew Gex argues Wallace seeks to destroy the fame of Dickens and threatens Thackeray and Shakespeare with Howells and a cadre of ambitious allies. He compares their efforts to dim the fame of demi-gods, noting such schemes usually backfire on the attackers as lightning bugs multiply.
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Gex
Lew
Wallace
Dickens
Howells
Thackeray
Shakespeare
Wedding gift exchange turns into neighborhood trade
A wedding gift exchange has become common in parts of the area. An local broker scans published gift lists from marriages and then visits the bride to propose buying duplicates or exchanging them for more useful items. He then sells the bargains cheaply to others planning weddings.
The Nose That Changed a Murderer’s Fate
A Paris to Dresden tale follows a dermatologist who aids an eccentric patient in a nose alteration to escape relatives. Months later the same man is linked to a London murder, leading to a lax pursuit across two nations and a dramatic finale on a Dresden terrace.
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George Griffith
Texas
George Griffiths
Griffiths
Dresden
Gowerbelinus
London
Scotland Yard
Mr. Hanway
Wit and Humor Versus a Piano Sale
A humorous dialogue from the New York Weekly depicts a wife and husband trading a piano. The wife boasts selling the piano for five hundred more than paid, but the husband reveals no real money remains as the dealer offers a new piano for a thousand and a five hundred credit. The punchline notes the impractical math of earning two hundred dollars daily.
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New York Weekly
Snowshoe Club Debugs and Puck Dashes Home
A fragment from a lively scene shows Steinbach of the Old Dominion Snowshoe Club urging haste with the line Hurry up there or you’ll be left. Puck complains of ill-fitting attire and laments being not built to wear those things, then hints at going home.
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Rome
San Francisco
Steinbach
Old Dominion Snowshoe Club
Puck
Ignorance Not Bliss First Office Boy
A dialogue depicts an office boy dealing with a recurring toothache and a suspicious boss. The boy explains that whenever he tried to take time off he pointed to a different tooth, prompting the boss to grow wary.
Little Daughter Misses United States in Geography Lesson
A brief exchange shows a mother correcting a daughter who cannot locate the United States on a map. The daughter complains the country is obvious but written in letters too large to miss, highlighting a humorous misperception about geography.
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United States
Zem
Jinks Predicts Early Spring After Snowy Winter
In a brief local chat, Mrs. Jinks notes signs of an early spring as Jinks jokes about melting hearts and coal stock. A society belle reportedly bows to a dry goods clerk she flirted with last summer, prompting playful commentary.
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Jinks
How English Is Spreading Excerpt
A friend asks if English will be the universal language and a philosopher answers unquestionably. He states English already has about 250000 words drawn from many languages and predicts soon all remaining words will be added.
Hard On Fathers Winks in New Baby Riddle
A playful exchange hints at sleepless nights over a daughter grown enough to receive callers. The witticism centers on parental pride and social watchfulness without revealing personal details.
Drawbacks of Composition Writing from Little Dot
A playful exchange shows Little Dot disliking compositions while Mamma asks about letter writing. Dot loves writing but dislikes blotting errors and avoiding drawing around mistakes, revealing a child’s struggle with composition tasks and parental guidance.
Tales of Travelers And jokes reveal cruelty and whimsy in old humor
Comic scraps tell of harsh myths toward American wives and exotic travelers. A hostess gauges a traveler on cruelty while other vignettes mock slippers, soup economics, balloon folly, weak-mindedness, lawfulness of citizens, and light verse.
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America
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