Desert drivers and a drunken misadventure in Persia
Two camel drivers Abu Ben Hadar and Mali Ibraham travel toward Shiraz through Shah desert. Abu warns Mali against wine. British officials trust Mali with secret dispatches, wine is served, Mali gets drunk, the paper is hidden in his turban, then found safe after the mess ends with both diplomats vowing abstinence.
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Abu Ben Hadar
Muli Ibraham
Shah
Shiraz
el Ghoun
Constantinople
Mali
Abu
Pleiades
Allah
Persepolis
Frank
Muli
Brett
St.Petersburgh
Sir George
Toublin
Villers
Muir
Villiers
Effendi
Muii
Gordon
Etiquette Dilemmas Over Knife and Fork Handling
A witty exploration of table manners debates the right way to manage a greasy knife and fork during meals. The piece contrasts placing versus holding the utensils while conversing on orchids music and social decorum.
Free Pass Refused by Omaha Theatre Manager
An aspiring tragedian disputes a manager over a free pass in a theatrical exchange. The applicant claims stage experience including King Henry in New York. The manager doubts his soul and acting depth, until the applicant reveals he played the corpse.
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Omaha
New York City
Parisian Beauty Turned Black by Cosmetic Bath
A famed Parisian woman, famed for white cosmetics, turns black after a medicated bath. Her doctor jokes that she is now a chemical product, a sulphide, and treats her with sulphuric acid bath to revert her complexion. The tale warns young ladies to beware cosmetics.
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Journal of Chemistry
New Way to Sell Goods by Commission Disclosed
A Philadelphia Times report describes a private residence in an ultra fashionable district arranged to display costly bric a brac bronzes and expensive rugs for sale on commission. The house borrowed goods from merchants, with the owner earning a neat commission while the public puzzled at the lavish setting.
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Philadelphia Times
A Picturesque Chinese Doctor On Mott Street
I encounter a Chinese physician aboard a Mott Street visit, with interpreter Chin Foo translating. The doctor weighs out a massive yellow prescription, then Hong Wah Hoe King & Co. prepares a bitter tea of herbs and roots, which strangely revives the narrator after a night of violent discomfort.
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Chin Foo
Mott Street
New York City
Foo
China
Cnin Foo
Canton
Hong Wah
Hoe King & Co
Gotham
John L. Sullivan
What Makes a Home
A speaker argues that true home comfort comes from domestic love over wealth and ornate furnishings. They reject prioritizing exterior elegance and material goods, stating a simple, honest life beats costly furniture and clothes.
Isaac Newton Reverence in Language Cited in Essay
A historic essay notes Sir Isaac Newton never mentioned the deity without a gesture of reverence. It argues that reverence in speech is prudent beyond moral concerns and cautions others against flippant language about the Creator.
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Isaac Newton
Newton
No Place Like Home Burdette Quote
A teacher ponders a student’s joke about Payne writing There’s No Place Like Home. The exchange ends with the student being marked perfect. Burdette.
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Payne
Burdette
End of Car Bell Sparks Conductor Exchange
A conductor angrily tells a passenger not to ring the bell at both ends of the car. The passenger insists he wants both ends to stop.
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Bedad
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Millheim, PA
B. Stover
Madisonburg, Pa
H. Reifsnyder
D. J. W. Stam
Penn Street
John F. Harter
Practical
Methodist Church
Martin
Millheim PA
Geo. L. Lee
P. Abd, M. D
O. Deininger
Journal Office
Penn St
W. Springer
Millheim Banking House
Springer
Main & North Streets
Jno
H. Orvis
C.M. Bower
Ellis L. Orvis
Bower & Orvis
Attorneys-at-Law
Bellefonte, PA
Woodings Building
D. H. Hastings
W. F. Reeder
Astings & Reeder
Allegheny Street
Yocum & Hastings
A C. Meyer
Bellefonte PA
W. C. Heinle
Centre County
J A. Beaver
W. Gephart
Es & Gephart
Alleghany Street
High Street
Rockerhoff
Allegheny ST
C. G. McMillen
Umkins
Bishop Street
Emanuel Brown
Main
Jay Streets
Lock Haven
Kansas City
W. R. Bernard
Fred
Simmons
H. G. Crenshaw
Hiram Warner
Simmons Liver Regulator
M. B. Wharton
Col. See
Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
J.h.zeilin & CO
Philadelphia
William M’arthur
The
Chicago Tribune
John the Baptist
Young
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