Haunting hashish tale in Frisco club scene recalled
A traveler recounts a visit to a hashish house in San Francisco with a friend. He details the opulent interior, divans, and aromatic atmosphere, then experiences a drug-fueled dream journey ending in a sobering awakening. He warns others of the peril and says he never entered such a place again.
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Gome
America
New York
Chicago
Yankees
Boston
New Oreens
Fnally
San Francisco
Edinburgh
Clarentreet
Frinco
Azure
God's Earth
Metropole
Frisco
States
Kes
Weekly Scotsman
A Spider Learns Sailor Craft in Mill Pond Tale
A naturalist recounts a large spider fleeing a mill basement by placing it on a wood shard and releasing it on a pond. The spider sails with a makeshift hawser, testing shoreward progress and maneuvering like ashipmate. Several other spiders are tried with shoreward returns.
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Mannar
East Indian Humor and the Domestication Language
The essay argues learning Hindustani is about understanding native speech and making natives hear it, not just speaking. It highlights a shared disadvantage for foreign households in India, with many servants learning Hindustani to unify communication, while Europeans remain poorer at language. It cites Phil Robinson’s humor about coolies and a quirky cow tale to illustrate cultural perceptions.
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Selborne
Charles Lamb
Coolie
India
Tndia
Earth
Japan
Italy
Batavia
Hong Kong
Egypt
Ceylon
Hindustan
Upper
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Singapore
Miss Edwards
Cairo
Hindu humor and wordplay in colonial tale cited as wit
The Baboo and Battoo exchange sly quips about farewell and way, debating pun and alliteration. The Batino’s learned nods reveal playful colonial comedy as Hindu humor and literary allusion collide in a brief scene.
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England
Batoo
Parate
Wales
Way
Diamond Pin Snatched Then Recovered in Night Walk
A man recounts a tense midnight stroll where his wife, worried by a neighbor incident, presents him with a revolver. A thief seizes a diamond pin from his necktie. the husband, catching him, forces payment in jewelry before safely returning home. The wife reveals she had already taken the pin earlier.
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John
WourninG With A Rebate McFingle Hat Band Mystery
Reading fragment shows characters McFingle and McFangle discussing a hat band and a dead uncle. The exchange hints at a funeral or mourning context and a delayed knowledge of an event. Names and full context are unclear due to damaged OCR.
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McFingle
McFangle
Will
Hireat Day For Him
A veteran captain recalls a letters of courtship that led to marriage. He describes leaving war life, the Northwest, and a series of comic misunderstandings from a failed attempt to escape a post office to meeting the bride’s family. The townspeople learn of the tale and the couple’s joyful union.
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Lttle
Reice
Fragmented Speech Fragments in Historic Note
A garbled quotation shows an apparent elderly speaker dialect and political reference. The text contains broken phrases about respectful address and a vague critique of a leader, ending with an unclear term and a White House mention. The readable content suggests a fragmented record of speech or caption from a historical page.
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