Fortune, Love, and a Mistaken Malignant Tumor
A man named Forbes believes a harmless growth will kill him and spends his fortune onpleasure with three women. After doctors confirm the tumor is harmless, he reshapes his life, earns a fortune once more, and thanks the physician who misdiagnosed him, handing a large fee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forbes
Margaret
Mildred St. Clair
Mildred
Agnes
Tony
Sc Talust
Anthony Forbes
Margaret Walton
Edwin C. Larned
Various World Facts From A Century Ago
A broad survey of statistics and curiosities includes population and labor figures for the United States and farming yields in Manitoba and North Dakota, notes on Chinese workers in Johannesburg, a 1802 Vigilant ship fact, chamois protection in Swiss Alps, and early science notes on diseases, weights for children at age two, and advances in carborundum and graphite production. The piece also mentions King Edward’s bracelet, Italian royalty, New Zealand meat shipments, and imperial science topics in a collage of historical miscellany.
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Bixteen
United States
Inet
London
Fiae
Nashville
Enn
Martin
England
Wreay
Uist
Seoth
Great Britain
Rome
Athens
Asia
Africa
Crass
GOC
Johannesburg
Manitoba
North Dakota
Edward
Maximilian
Mexico
St. Croix
French West Indies
Catamount Hill
Colerain
Mass
Italy
Montenegro
Spitzbergen
Seddon
New Zealand
United Kingdom
Marburg
Germany
Quotations on Virtue and Justice From Classic Authors
A collection of aphorisms and observations from Bulwer, Cowper, Dibbes, Young, Plutarch, Loecke, Steele, and Sydney Smith. The notes touch on joy, conscience, gratitude, kindness, and the effects of injustice. Each line presents a compact moral reflection attributed to a renowned writer or thinker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plutarch
Loecke
Steele
Sydney Smith
The Young Writer and the Veteran Masters
A meditation on youthful aspiration facing seasoned rivals. The piece contrasts bold early artists with veterans who began unseen, noting their mastery before public triumphs. It retells a South Sea trader tale where locals refused branded meat, mistaking a red dragon for devil meat, forcing the trader to eat his own stock.
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Nile
Starper’s
Exchange of Compliments in a Pennsylvania Village
A village sexton who also works as a stonecutter, carpenter, and furniture mover helps a traveling doctor move house goods. Settlement disputes arise over an old debt and furniture removal charges, prompting quips about gravedigging and steady work. A humor snippet follows about Buddhism and a seaside chat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia Ledger
Seaside Romance Rebounds In Summer Exchange
In a New York Times note, a seaside luncheon encounter between a romantic suitor and Miss Gertie Ross reveals misread letters and social pretension. The man learns she lives elsewhere than the address given, prompting a wistful retreat and reflection on the sunlit affair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gertice
Sconset
Wil Street
New York Times
Assistant to a great teacher cited in Ledger dialogue
A stranger asks about the title professor and the man explains he is an assistant to a great teacher. He says he gains insight from experience and helps others learn that it is impossible to beat the fare game. Philadelphia Ledger
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P-hiladelphia Ledger
Innocence Abroad and Husking Bees Question
Short item contrasts rural charm and city life with a country girl asking about husking bees. In another note a New York jeweler laments watch spring quality, saying new springs fail quickly and tempering remains unreliable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Petoskey Mich
Lyre
New York
Fortune In Ambergris Seized In Seattle Heist
A hundred pounds of ambergris, valued at $48,000, was seized in Seattle as stolen property. The article notes ambergris rarity versus gold, its extraction from whales, and the scarcity due to declining sperm whale numbers, along with a humorous aside about a widow and her child.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ambergris
Seattle
Eames
Johnny
Frogs and Birds of Reverence in India and Odd Tales
A fragmented collection notes reverence for aged beasts in Indian asylums near Calcutta and in Bombay a Vintrapole shelter. It recounts why frogs are cold to the touch and a moral about compassion, plus brief verses and an 1712 witchcraft case where Jane Wenham was found guilty but later freed.
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India
Calcutta
Bombay
Jane Wenham
Hertfordshire
Ann Thorn
Justice Powell
Wenham
Flummer
Night-Ward Laughs Ripples Through Hearing Tube
A humorous Chicago Tribune snippet shows a doctor half awake asking to speak up while a street end figure vociferously answers through a night speaking tube. The exchange captures a wry city moment.
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Chicago Tribune
Paine's Celery Compound Promised For Farm Health
After harvest and early autumn labor many farmers and families face health strains. Paine's Celery Compound is advertised as restoring strength, aiding digestion, purifying blood, calming nerves, and defending against rheumatism and winter fatigue.
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Paine
Jaine
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Ludge
Willie
Diamond
Burlington, Vt
Akosh Ting
Heidelberg
Medical Institute
Fifth and Robert Sts
St. Paul, Ming
L. OO. Gale
Foley
Bright
G. A. Stillson
Tampico
Edward Huss
Salisbury
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