A Grifting Plot Turns on a Boonton County Purchase
A young farmer is duped by Dobson and Cram into buying 800 acres of swamp and hill land in Boonton county at $100 an acre. The buyer later reveals coal potential worth $250,000, echoing the scheme’s payoff. Dobson’s deliverance of a windfall to the farmer ends in the duped partners’ exposure.
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Boonton County
Dobson
Dobson & Cram
Mr. Cram
Gardner
Cram
Yorther
FP Divide
Edward B. Kimball
Boyesen’s Son Questions God Above the Clouds
A reminiscence from Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen about his son Hjnhvar TH. Boyesen II as they crossed Brooklyn Bridge prompts the child’s inquiry on God. The father’s weary answer contrasts with the boy’s provocative final line about knowing more on the bridge than God. Also quoted is The Decay of a People by William Gilmore Simms warning that national decline comes from stagnation and waste.
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Boyesen
Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen
Hjnhvar TH. Boyesen
Brooklyn Bridge
Papa
Para
God
William Glimore Simms
Odd Anecdotes and Reflections From Harper’s Weekly
A collection of humor and social observations. It includes a tale of Sir Leopold McLintock and his dogs failing in the Arctic, a lively scene with Daniel O’Connell and Tipp erary crowds, a moral about a saint in Italy, and a meditation on miscommunication and speech in Stevenson.
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Leopold McLintock
Sir Leopald
Daniel O'Connell
Tipperary
O'Connell
It Worked Both Ways Between Two Young Merchants
Two young merchants, John Bruce and Clint Pease, shared adjoining stores and were close friends. When business lagged they visited each other often and traded jokes. On a cold blustery day with few customers, Clint sat behind the stove in John’s store as a minor scene unfolded.
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John Bruce
Clint Pease
Clint
John
Beguiling charity appeals and clever ironies in town
A sequence of vignettes shows a merchant's clever rebuff to a charity solicitor, a physician's humor with letters of introduction, and quick quips about kindness and identity. Anecdotes include a sheriff misidentifying a famed outlaw, a Scottish minister's accidental tumble, and a novice curate's awkward classroom introduction.
Woman Wins Mayoral Office After Disguising as Man
Katherine Gile, a dynamic young woman, disguises as a man to win the mayoral race in Starkville after her stenographer, Trudy Middlebrook, exposes the sex bias in politics. Merriam, the rival and employer, concedes the outcome as Katherine reveals her true identity and retracts. The entry ends with Katharine becoming mayor, while Middlebrook withdraws.
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Katherine Gile
Katherine
Trudy Middlebrook
Starkville
Francis Merriam
Middlebrook
Gex
Middebrook
Merriam
Mr.Merriam
McGinty
Mr. Merriam
Rosalid Whiting
Fooling His Wife and Other Wit in a Dinner Tale
A joke about brandy peaches ends in a misdirection as a friend is urged to sample a wife's dessert. The piece blends a humorous dinner talk with a quip about a proposed marriage, followed by a note on jest and language. It references a Kansas City Independent item and a playful exchange about betrothal.
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Glen Miller
Utah
Salt Lake City
Thigs
Glen
Kansas
Pete Curry
Willie
Wilie
Kansas City
Finnegan
Maggie
Cassidy
Marguerite
Mr. Finnegan
Charlevoix
Mexico
South America
Time table for Tabor and Northern service advertised
The Tribune lists a R. R. time table for the Tabor and Northern line detailing train arrivals and departures. The notice outlines schedule expectations and travel opportunities on the line serving regional communities.
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Harper’s Weekly
Stevenson
Fresh Air Fund
Clutterbuck
Chante
George ‘Fickner
Rufus Choate
Manuel the Great
Portugal
Gonsalvo de Cordova
Henry van Dyke
Scotland
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Kleans
England
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Uely
Addlehead
Silliman
Hussey
Trash
Gallows
London Answers
Bob
the Tribune
Dr. Price
Grocere—280
Tone Bros
Des Moines
Lows
R. R
Burlington and
Tabor
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Glenwood
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Emerson
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Hrstinga
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Thy
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Howth
Sidney Yeeee Ee
Randolph
Rive
Henderson
Omaha
Mineola
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Ner
Ron Sundeys
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