Parting at the Gate Leads to a London Return
Elly Donovan endures a painful farewell as Jack Lawson leaves for India. Years later a hospital visit reveals Lawson injured from a railway collision, while Elly faces confusion over Tempest’s thwarted proposal and long-buried feelings.
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Jack Lawson
Elly Donovan
Ireland
Straits Settlement
Elly
India
Jack
Glengariff
Morrisons
Mr. Morrison
Tempest
Mrs. Morrison
Eily
London
Miss Donovan
Langham
Donovan
Morrison
Emily
Mr. Tempest
Strand
Linson
Press Agents Stir Atlantic City Band Rivalries
A tired reporter details the rivalry between two Italian band leaders at Atlantic City piers. Each press agent spins romantic intrigues from heiresses and aristocrats to boost attendance, including a staged marriage tale and a princess plot, drawing crowds and dramatic gestures from fans.
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Washington Star
Atlantic City
Mrs. Carter
Pennsylvania
Duc de Cantseratchimyerrini
Apennines
Titian Mane
Philadelphia
Leider
Sunny Mane
St. Petersburg
Siberia
Arctic Ocean
The Bracer and the Drug Habit Threatening Work Life
American Medicine condemns the Bracer secret drug drink sold at soda fountains as a growing narcotic menace. Clerks and laborers reportedly rely on four or five glasses daily, with temperance groups urging medical and legal action. The piece calls for scientific drink analyses, prosecutions of makers and sellers, and strong enforcement. It also references Congo dwarfs shown in London by Colonel Harrison as a cautionary aside.
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Nostrum
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Inquisitive Willie in phrenology joke
In the Philadelphia Ledger a curious Willie asks about a bump of destructiveness and is told it might reflect a railroad collision, humorously linking the study of the skull to a train crash.
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Willie
Philadelphia Ledger
Little Willie
Beale's Will Saga Deepens As Enigma Envelopes Hidden Vaults
In a tense scene at Clapham, Angel Esquire confronts Jimmy Beale’s legacy and the red envelope. Jimmy presses Spedding for access to Beale’s papers and a rumored secret vault, warning that the fortune belongs to Angel while guarding it from all others.
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High Holly Lodge
Spedding
Clapham
Suburbia
Mr. Spedding
Lombard Street
Poplar
Angel Esquire
Jimmy
Angel
Muriello
Barcelona
England
Connor
Mr. Beale
Oldest American vehicle in Chamber of Commerce collection
The Pueblo Indians of Tesuque near Santa Fe claim a 17th century origin for a large ox cart or carreta handed down through generations. Made of wood and rawhide with 38 inch wheels, 12 foot tongue, and a six foot body, it was purchased in 1878 from Alfonso, then 85, with no metal in its construction.
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America
Chamber of Commerce
Los Angeles
Cal
Tesuque
Santa Fe
New Mexico
Alfonso
Verse exchange at distant shore with Dr Cook and friend
In distant Chile a tale unfolds where Dr Cook and William J meet the Polar Refuge. The Peerless One greets them with joy and declares delight in being heard while the other refuses to speak.
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Dr. Cook
William J
Chile
The Furnace Tale of a Laughing Boiler
A humorous verse about a furnace that gobbles wood and coal and never starts until it is fed. The poem contrasts the furnace’s appetite with human workers who begin when hired.
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Fred
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Fly. WY
Sly
Euston
Congo
Harrison
Kathleen
Beale
Reale
James
Desperado
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