Vendetta in the Naples carnival and a doomed escape
A nameless narrator recalls a tense pursuit through Naples during carnival nights. He plots an escape plan for Carmelo Neri with aid from Andrea Luainani, the Sicilian captain, arranging passage to Civita Vecchia aboard a brig under secrecy. The tale interweaves scenes of street life, a vengeful mood, and the uneasy marriage of a nobleman with a rumored scandalous duchess.
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Palermo
Teresa
Andrea Luainani
Carmelo
Carmel
Carmelo Neri
Jena
Laura Sui
Arid Sie
Ran
Yan Frien
Civita Vecchia
Tas
Tim
Civita Veestla
Andrea
Andre
Civita Wecchia
Carmuelo Neriz Recalled Amid Warlike Chat On The Street
The narrator recalls Carmuelo Neriz, a bold brigand, and remarks on his fate as Ackire laments, while the duo discuss past exploits and a captured brigand seen in the square. The dialogue hints at a broader conflict and moral judgments about justice.
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Molo
Carmuelo Neriz
Ackire
Isuy
Carmelo
Tims Square
Wanted Much for Nothing Ad Leads to Cat Admission
A London notice seeks a useful companion for a delicate lady with strict traits. A tabby cat and a letter arrive promising a doming, vocal companion with a rich past, bachelor habits omitted, and no salary offered in return for a comfortable home.
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London
The Wrong Shop Lottery Plot in Chicago
A chaotic scene unfolds in a Chicago building housing Justice of the Peace and a lottery office. A reticent rural youth and a giggling damsel enter seeking a marriage lottery, draw certificates, and flee before police. The agent feigns decorum as the couple escapes toward a train, miswiring a scheme and leaving chaos in their wake.
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Thorn
Chicago
Justice of the Paace
Lottery Company
Lottery Bngines
G. A
J. A
Sue
Ted
Kelpin
Hnll
C. A
Youshyi Swam
Sequitur
Keating
Algar
Ante
Rey
Man May Marry Many Wives Under Tenuous Laws
A Benton's study of Alabama and English statutes, plus the Edmunds Act, argues polygamy is not clearly prohibited in Alabama or England. He says U.S. law only targets territories, creating a loophole if Alabama law is strictly construed. The piece discusses potential legal challenges to polygamous marriages.
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Mentos
Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Mr. Benton
Ita
Congress
United States
England
Benton
Vegetarian Diets and Beauty in Old World Diet Beliefs
An odd feature links diet to appearance, noting Italian peasantry’s beauty and blaming a macaroni diet. It claims vegetables supply more iron than meat, improve blood and complexion, and suggests farm to table choices like fruit, celery, cardoons, and fig bread enhance nerves and brightness. A London vegetarian club is mentioned.
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America
London
Italy
Boston Dialect Row Amid New York Hotel Crowd
Anxious to oblige, several Heston women in a New York hotel lobby clash with western visitors over pronunciation. A Boston-like insistence on saying geneas prompts a tester to request speech, while a darkey at the door weighs who should champion the effort, revealing cross regional etiquette and social tension.
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New York
Heston
West
Robert
Darkey
Boston
Imports Water as ICH in Rostov Case
An importer in this city faces a questionable plan to ship water with duties so high the venture would lose money. A customs attorney advised returning the water, freezing it abroad, then reimporting as ice, a scheme reported by the Boston Traveler.
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Rostov
Jce
Boston
Praveler
Bruin the terrier collects charity funds at Ware
Benjamin Squire's terrier Bruin, famed for soliciting donations by barking until a coin drops, gathered large sums for crippled children’s dinners in London, the prince of Wales hospital fund, and a Ware hospital fund. He then ferried coins to a shop to exchange for biscuits in a quirky, world famous routine.
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Benjamin Squire
Buin
Ware
Bruin
Vordon
Prince of Wales
Recumbent Posture Gossip Causes Confusion
An elderly woman seeks a recumbent posture to take medicine for ailing husband. She mishears a doctor’s recumbent advice as a request for a physical posture loan. She consults neighbor Mrs Smith, who jokes she has one but with caveats, highlighting humorous misreadings in Pearson's Weekly.
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Smith
Thad
Pearson's Weekly
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Nina
Teledo
Marltia
Guido Nervar
Randanng
Mansolin
Castle Nuov
Luke Fides
Actreis
Mills
Naples
Andrea Luain
Enr
Hell
Lim
Jim
Prisky
Padua
Big Quehess
Scandal
Toledo
Nofscu
Signor
Flere
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