How He Happened to Get Rich
An old Californian storyteller recalls frontier greed and gambling in Frisco days, detailing a hustling scheme using a glass eye as a bluff. The narrative follows a plan to win from Ting Ling and other players, financing ventures and forming the Glass Pro company after a tense poker confrontation.
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Annioelation
Golden State
Yac
Ting Ling
Tiny Live
Rascal
Flo
Hla
Bla Relie
Bla
Jim Rogers
Jim
Ello
Tom
Calaveras County
Tan
Willarey
Glass Pro
Chloaman
Edmund
Spinney
Spearing a Bear in Finnish Marsh Fight
Count Erle yor Rosen recounts a bear encounter in Marella Finland where a spear kept at the entrance of a den became the hunter’s weapon. He describes a 2-yard ash shaft with a copper‑capped blade, the bear’s forceful attack, and the five‑minute struggle before the beast finally fell.
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Erle Yor Rosen
Marella
Finland
Lonria
Glaghjorn
King Hearts
Boo
Quirky Taxes Across History And Places
The Philadelphia Ledger notes curious levies from 1695 a two shilling tax on each fiddle stranger birth in Migland to be avoided by alms recipients to a beards tax debated in New Jersey and a German Reuss measure. It recalls Queen Elizabeth beard taxes and Peter the Great fines for nobles with beards, plus Pitt’s income tax and window tax driving homeowners to wall up windows.
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Migland
Reuss
New Jersey
Elizabeth
Peter the Great
Pitt
Gitt
Piri
Philadelphia Ledger
Buddhist Ceremonies and Christian Rites Compared
An oll missionary notes striking parallels between Buddhist and Christian practices. He cites titles like goddess of mercy holy mother and queen of heaven as echoes that Catholic missionaries faced when confronting Chinese worship during conversions in China and London.
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Oll
Chris- London Standard
Oddities in Trade and Labor Terms From a Historic Page
The clipping lists quirky observations across trades and professions. It notes that grocers skimp on sugar, architects meet original estimates, coal dealers add overweight, telephone operators are courteous, and salesladies interact with Washington officials, reflecting dated job norms and phrased in a humorous, fragmentary style.
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Washington Herald
A Recommendation from the Loutshiire Courier Journal
A quoted exchange asks if the speaker has been in jal and responds that many times it’s no det riment to his business. He identifies as a chauffeur, underscoring his trade and resilience in the face of mockery.
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Jal
9 Tau
Loutshiire Courier Journal
Was his auto going en very fast
Fragmentary line from a Houston poet about a fast car, a dog on the seat beside a speaker, and a bulldog reflection. The snippet hints at a playful, rapid scene without clear events or names.
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Mike & Dachshund
Houston
One Hundred Dollars In Gold Mystery
A farmer loses ten gold dollars he wrapped in a handkerchief after a sale. He searches the barn floor and then the widow Bailey’s pasture, only to learn the old white horse swallowed the money. After weeks of worry, the widow buys the horse for a hundred dollars, and the missing money is finally found in the horse when the farmer discovers the staple clue and regains the winded funds.
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C. McCture
Palmer Henderson
Bailey
Wade
Henderson
Ienderson
Kalley
Prore
Worth
South Dakota
South
The Dry Sand Trick Revealed in India
A historical note describes a clever illusion called the dry sand trek. The faker uses greasy, dried sand to fake dryness under water, showing dry handfuls while the sand actually holds a thin fat coating. The method involves washing sand, drying, and oiling to keep particles dry when dropped into water.
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India
Seientife American
Lute Man Earns Compliment as Birthday Draws Near
A fragment from the Philadelphia Bulletin shows a woman addressing the lute man with a compliment about his growing handsomeness as his birthday nears. The quirky exchange captures a light, personal moment amid a newspaper page.
Nervine Heals Nervous System Says Viola Baker
A Texas reader, Viola Baker of Orange, reports quick improvement after using Dr Miles Nervine for headaches and nervous distress. The ad claims the nervous system powers all organs and promises energy restoration with a money back guarantee if the first bottle does not help.
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Miles
Nervine
Viola Baker
Orange
Texas
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Ashfield
Lafollette’s
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la Follette
Frmer
Danderine
California
Roche
Nice
Lampe
Compania
Bor Calle Age Main
Lonmate
Tsert
Janet Peerr
Theo
Standard-Gillett Light CO
N. Halsted
Citicaze
Colonist
Minneapolis and
ST. Paul
Alabama
Arizona
Colorado
Florida
Georgia
Kansas
Louisiana
Mexico
Mississippi
Missouri
Nebraska
New Mexico
North Carolina
Oklahoma
Utah
Virginia
Wyoming
R. Chapman
St. Pant, Minn
T. W. Teasdale
St Paul, Inn
E. Strouts
Marshfield, Wis
the Marshfield Times
Wisconsin
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