May Davis Faces a Broken Appointment and Hidden Romance
May Davis, a 29 year old artist, confronts gossip after a broken date with Edwin Wilmarth. Gertie and Katie spread rumors about a kiss with a rich widow, Cynthia Vastine, in St Paul. Wilmarth later explains he was on urgent business with his sister, Cynthia Vastine, a widow, and May forgives him as he reveals his intention to propose.
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Gertie Davis
Katie Lyons
Gertie
May
Wilmarth
Katie
May Davis
Miss Lyons
Langham
Mr. Wilmarth
Nancy Luders
Nancy
Northwestern
St. Paul
Edwin
Edwin Wilmarth
Europe
Vastine
Cynthia Vastine
Miss Luders
Wartime Warning Fades as Wilmarth Visit Looms
Disclaimed responsibility after warning May about treacherous conduct. As Mr. and Mrs. Wilmarth prepared to visit the groom's sister, the pretty St. Paul widow Mrs. Vastine, none of the three remarked that they had warned him.
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May
Red Bearded Rival Foils Fakir at New York County Fair
A street hustle ends in a pursuit as a red bearded man tackles a market fakir selling supposed medicinal mixtures. The scene unfolds on Nassau Beekman streets with a crowd watching a bold advertising stunt turn chaotic before the con man escapes toward Fulton Street pursued by the defender who recalls a prior swindle on State Street.
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Nassau Street
Beekman
New York Sun
Boston
Chariton Street
Professor White
Beekman Street
Gold Street
Fulton Street
Albany
State Street
Evidently Out of the Swim with Mrs Highup List
A witty exchange questions Mr De Style Why and Mrs Highup over social lists. The joke centers on Mrs De Style noting Mrs Highup’s daughters are receiving a thorough education and becoming school teachers, implying social reconsideration based on finances.
Spirituatistic Item, Friend
Spirit through medium answers a question about what pleased them most since passing. The epitaph on the chest both amazes and delights me, reflecting lingering sentiment from the deceased. The brief exchange appears in a Texas publication.
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Texas
The Shooting Snake and Other Far South Serpents
An illustrated essay surveys curious snakes from Brazil to Australia. It describes the blow-snake of California swallowing eggs, the hammerhead of California, the spitting snake of South Africa, and the wapti-wapti shooting snake of Queensland, detailing habits, defenses, and a vivid note on its black body and air‑pellet mechanism.
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Brazil
California
South Africa
Sacramento Valley
Temescal
G. K. Reilly
Reilly
Cummings
Queensland
Australia
Wapti-Wapti
Snakes
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Manavoid
Russia
Vistula
Caucasus
Siberia
Asia
Finland
Germany
France
New York
Mr. Corbett Saga
William I. Wilden
West Virginia
United States
Wilson
Te Seers
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