Jerome Clay Returns Home to Elm Mountain Love and Fortune
Jerome Clay returns to Elm Mountain after years south seeking fortune. He reunites with his old cousins the three Maids and Aurilla Haven, who offer to care for his children. He reveals he has bought White Castle, proposing Aurilla as wife and granting a stable home, while the children remain with kin in New York.
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Jerome
Mr. Sewell
Elm Mountain
Jerome Clay
Farmer Sewell
Moses Sewell
Clay
Aurilla
Clara
Bess
Kate
Undine
Queen Mab
Father Time
Bessie
Beauty
New York
Clara Neely
Roman
Cally
Bessie Neely
White Castle
Mr. Clay
Wright
Windsor Hotel
New Orleans
Hellen Forrest Graves
Thunder Storms as Narrow Track Giants of Nature
The piece describes how thunder storms travel along narrow tracks across hills and valleys and compares them to battles between fire and water. It notes the danger of lightning and that most deaths occur amid summer storms, but that observers indoors are safer and cities see fewer fatalities.
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Thomas Robinson
New York Sun
Gemstone superstitions link months to talisman stones
A Globe-Democrat article notes month specific gems worn by women born in each month, promising fortune and traits from garnet to turquoise. It recalls beliefs in amulets, divine properties, and lists famous gem names including Kohinoor, Sea of Fire, and Star of Gabriel reflecting East superstition and reverence for jewels.
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East
God
Gabriel
Allah
Globe- Democrat
A Chinese Dinner Amid Exotic Luxuries
A five guest party attends a Chinese dinner described in the Pall Mall Gazette. The procession through narrow streets ends in a lacquered dining room with silk hangings and a kaleidoscopic glass design. Twelve diners sample thirty courses served in teacups, aided by chopsticks, ending with music and an opium pipe experience. the writer notes the novelty and peculiar flavors, with champagne easing the meal.
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Pall Mal Gazette
Sidonia
Holywell Street
Wwe
China
WHY HEARTS BREAK A PHYSICIAN'S MATTER OF FACT SOLUTION
A physician argues that heartbreak is not the cause of death and that true heart failure often stems from ordinary disease. He notes cases of sudden death from embolisms and fatigue, and explains how grief-related weakening is frequently misattributed to a broken heart. He cites data on heart rupture and the link between mind and heart.
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Brooklyn
John G. Johnson
Wonwy
Bill Poole
Flint
Alta California
Taking His Father's Advice
An Arkansaw boy writing from college replies to his father and says he will write for money, citing Dr. Johnson about writers and asking for fifty dollars. Arkaman Jrevelier.
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Arkansaw
Johnson
Electric light ripening yields poor fruit quality
The piece notes fruit ripened by electric light is unpalatable. Strawberries grown under Professor Siemens last year were worthless, and some melons ripened needed strong condiments to be edible.
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Siemens
The Dude Described by The Philadelphia Press
A playful verse outlines the so called dude revealing a weak mustache cigarette thirteen-button vest curled-rim hat and two watch chains. It mocks gossip filled clubs and ballrooms with a clownish pose and empty head as defining traits.
Pungent Paragraphs on Barber, Beaux, and Banter
A collection of wry quips about barbers, lovers, hens and eggs, a stubborn father, rumors, and social foibles. It notes a doctor’s notion on sleep, a gilded five cent piece, and a joke about funerals and barbershop routines with quiet humor.
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Andes
The Thirteenth Seat at the Table Hmm
The article recounts a long standing superstition about thirteen guests at a table. It cites King Arthur and Merlin explaining the perilous thirteenth seat and its reputed misfortune, noting the spell’s persistence into the nineteenth century.
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Milwaukee Evening Wisconsin
Arthur
Britain
Merlin
Our Lord
Judas
Round Table
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Earth
Bui
Admunz Gosse
the Dude
Papa
Philadelphia Press
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