Faquir Curse Visits Omaha House Party
Mrs Richardson hosts a lively evening at Hanscom Park with her three guests Gertrude Louis Idalia Reed and Genevieve Percy. A visiting fakir enthralls the group at the Musee while Frank jokes about changing appearances and a prank ends with a real scare when Gertrude’s note and a dollar lure a vagabond trickster into the house. The twist reveals the fakir’s curse was a staged ruse and the joke backfires on Frank.
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Mrs. Richardson
Gertrude
Gertrude Louis
Frank
Genevieve Percy
Edna
Rank
Dhere
Simonpore
India
Musee
Esture
Omaha
Curio Hall
Jenevieve
Dilit
Prank
Genevieve
Coe
Inotherkin
Hanscom Park
Virginia
Richardsons
Idalia Reed
Idalia
Bruce
Louis
the Bruce
Dylan Hollow
Dog Leaves New Home for Old Master After Divorce
A London Spectator note tells of a dog loyal to his former master after the man marries and moves away. The animal sulks at the new wife, drags his bed across the street, and refuses reconciliation, returning to his old home and keeping to himself.
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Jack
Autocrat Holmes Lectures on English Poets in Nineteenth Century
1852 doctor Oliver Wendell Holmes toured the country delivering lectures on English Poets of the Nineteenth Century. He stated touring terms including 15 dollars per lecture with expenses for an overnight stay, a fire, a bed, and no feather-bed. His landlady recalled his reluctance to travel, preferring home life and joking about the toll of lecturing.
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Oliver Wendell Holmes
Holmes
Esquimaux Trade At Annual Kotzebue Fair
The Esquimaux wear reindeer skins and buy them from Siberian Chuckbees arriving for a summer international fair on Kotzebue Sound near Behring Strait. Pelts are exchanged for seal and walrus oil by barter with no money in circulation. The event features dancing, feasting, trading and frequent buying of wives, often for ten dollars, with occasional consultation by the women. Colton quotes on self-approval.
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Esquimaux
Kotzebue Sound
Behring Strait
Colton
The Lord My Shepherd psalm study for April
A Sunday school lesson on Psalm 23 1 6 Introductory notes explain the psalm as the shepherds crook between cross and crown with David's authorship. It details meaning of phrases like he restoreth my soul green pastures still waters and Thou art with me and applies the lesson to personal faith and daily life. The piece urges readers to make the words personal and asks if God is their shepherd and provider. Next lesson The Prayer of the Penitent Ps 51 1 13.
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David
Absalom
Douay
Israel
Christ
Grains of Gold Deliberation on Virtue and Discovery
A short aphoristic piece urging prudent deliberation, contentment, and cheerfulness as guiding traits. It links daily virtue to scientific progress, framing every discovery as evidence of divine wisdom and strength.
How Some Men Propose
A club man shares humorous anecdotes of men proposing in love. Several tales show persistence and clever refusals overcome by marriage, ending with couples wed or plans formed. The piece also notes a Russian nobility system and a charity tale where a poor boy lends a dime to General Swayne, leaving a lasting impact after the boy’s death.
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Boston Transcript
General Swayne
New York
Fourth Avenue
Cruches
Cure for Laziness in Amsterdam Well
A traveler encounters a strong man lowered into a well as water fills it. An old man explains the man, lazy and refusing work, will be saved only by using his arms. After being freed, the worker gains a temporary resolve to change and pursue labor rather than begging.
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Amsterdam
Having Fun With a Chinaman Tale of a bold prank on a Chinese man aboard a steamer
Captain Lease recounts a San Francisco Examiner encounter on the El Capitan where a witty young man teased a Chinaman with pantomime. The Chinaman responds in perfect English, upstaging the prank and leaving the braggart embarrassed. The narrator notes the humor in the incident and the Chinaman’s restraint.
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Capt. Lease
The
el Capitan
San Francisco Examiner
A Family Experience on Illness and Acceptance
The piece reflects on households shocked by sickness after long health, noting irritability and resistance to change. It argues for shared responsibility and resilience, urging cheerful acceptance of the inevitable and highlighting the value of viewing hardship as a chance for growth, with a Seneca quote on sorrow.
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Seneca
Polite manners in Japan described in travel recollection
The narrator notes excessive politeness in Japan with men bowing and clasping hands, two old ladies repeatedly obeisance and hissing greetings of Ohayo for minutes, and young Moosmmais described as charming while the elderly ladies are ornate in their address.
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Japan
Last Sensible Speech Reflects on Doctors and Delirium
A physician visits a patient who has been delirious for hours. The brother reports the patient quipped that his doctor is "an old woman," then ceased making rational remarks, highlighting humor and fear in illness.
Dance floor exchange ends in sharp wit exchange
A playful flirtation at a dance erupts into a sharp retort as a man tries to tease a clever woman. She cuts him off with a brisk line about eavesdroppers, leaving the crowd amused by the quick, witty exchange.
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Fannie
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Ritchie
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Sam
Charley
Iike
New York Tribune
Senate
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