Wall Street Dreams and City of Utopia in a Dreamer’s Memoir
A narrator chronicles rapid stock gains and losses on Wall Street following a surge in St. Paul and Pacific Mail trades. He plans a utopian city named Utopia and reflects on family, travel, and the lure of wealth. The piece blends financial fever with a personal longing for a peaceful hometown and a hopeful future.
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Ingivs
Wall Streets’ Wiring Ag
Wall
Reed Prado
Onda Ley
England
Iepow
Alli
Seriment
Fone Ltda
Sibaab
Tupas
Pasioto
Ehlariy
Ant
Iapg
Eby
Wal
Shp Singh
Vimerics
Wis
Haad
Gine
West Sea
R Utwan
Utopia
Wall Street
St. Paul
Pacific Mail
Ian
Forest Wilda
Oregon
Preacher
Atlantic
Pacific
St. P
Pacifico Mail
Ind
Sant Margay
Eshuiderm
Free and Easy Prison in Schwytz Exposes Lax System
A Geneva correspondent reports that Schwytz keeps a single old farmhouse jail with minimal oversight. Prisoners roam freely, a nun aids a reforming inmate, and a brutal murderer Macchler eludes capture after gaining the jailer’s trust. The Freie Schweizer details repeated escapes and lax discipline.
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Geneva
Canton
Schwytz
Freie Schweizer
Seowen
Macchler
Bolt and Bar
Seewenen
Maechler
Unlucky Cyclist Fails in Noiseless Steed Prank
An Auburn New York Advertiser account recalls a Boston bicycle sales pitch gone wrong. A man spent 1100 on a bicycle that proved hard to handle as it careened through streets and a hall. After failed attempts to pose with a fashionable lady, the rider crashed into a shale tree, becoming momentarily stuck and losing his boot before collapsing to the ground.
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Bator Getty
London
Gibraltar
Drokwater
Cawnpore
Mowbray Thomson
McGuire
Sebastopol
Larry
Guthrie
Barlingall
Boston
Auburn
Test of Pronunciation Sparks Prize Challenge at Institute
A spelling pronunciation contest offered a Webster's Diction prize for reading every word. Twelve pronunciation mistakes stopped the winner as a bizarre tale of a suitor, a carbine, and a bowie knife ends with a coroner removing debris. Joseph Hopkinson's 1798 Hail Columbia history is noted alongside wartime alliances.
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Belial
Rhutland
Herald
Joseph Hopkinson
Columbia
England
France
United States
U Armas. Co
Philadelphia
Hopkinson
Nothce
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