From Broadway to Toronto Cash Reaches Luck or Bust
E H Cash loses fortune and wakes in a strange city with no money. He meets Bessie Williams who helps him improvise a new identity and a plan to regain Broadway style fortune through quick hustles and a hotel caper.
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Cirecus
New York
Cash
Quebec
Teo
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Mr. Cash
Broadway
Miss
Bessie Williams
Belveigh
Africa
Stony
Rockaway Beach
Miss Williams
T. Wad
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Plume
Patti
Melba
Belle of Broadway
O. H. Jones
Gertrude Jones
Henry Cruse
Henry, Cruse & Co
Bankers
Grace
New Jersey
Barnum Free Buffalo Show Draws Crowds in Hoboken
From Dr. Lyman Abbott's Autobiography in the Outlook. Barnum claimed Central Park’s wilderness past and took part of Hoboken’s Elysian Fields for a day. He ferried visitors free to a buffalo hunt styled like a wild west show and profited from ferriage, despite tame animals.
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Barnum
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Elysian Fields
Hoboken
P. T. Barnum
Lyman Abbott
Sulgrave Purchase Completed for Washington Home
The British centennial committee signed the deed to Sulgrave manor in Northamptonshire, restoring the old Washington home with nine acres. Signatories included the Duke of Teck, Lord Shaw, and Lord Cowdray. A copy of Mary Ball Washington’s portrait will be housed at Sulgrave.
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Sulgrave
Washingtons
Northamptonshire
England
United States
Duke Oat Teck
Lord Shaw
Lord Cowdray
Mary Ball Washington
George Washington
Anonymous Work Drives World Good Behind the Scenes
The piece reflects on how much essential labor goes unseen and unsung, praising unnamed volunteers and workers who perform vital duties without seeking recognition. It underscores the value of humble dedication over personal fame.
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Christian Register
First Easter Evening Emphasized in Warm Gospel Message
A sermon reflects on Easter’s central fact the resurrection of Jesus Christ and the Emmaus Road encounter. It urges readers to constrain Jesus to tarry and enter their lives, noting how his presence transforms sorrow into hope and faith into daily resurrection power.
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Taul
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Peter
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Joshua
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Moses
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Belief in Equal Attention to All Creatures
A quotation expresses that God pays equal attention to every animal from insects to elephants and birds to eagles, emphasizing universal value in creation. The speaker underlines a divine regard for all life forms, large and small.
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Uean
Dunian
Cheer Up Mr Gladsome and Grampus’ Fortune Switch
The verse follows Mr Gladsome advising cheerfulness to Grampus. The next day Grampus prospers while Gladsome grows envious and sour as fortune reverses, showing a moral about luck and attitude.
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Mr. Gladsome
Grampus
Wit and Wisdom Bits From a 19th Century Column
A collection of quips notes and observations on grief money love and human nature. The author jokes that widowers delay buying tombstones to save money and that love remains old fashioned. He adds that men can’t swear properly when mad and that wealth and fame vanish after death. He mocks literary works as insufficient for a mosquito’s left hind foot.
The Bostonian grocer and the egg call
A Boston grocer in St. Louis is summoned by phone as a customer asks for the eggs her mother ordered. The grocer jokes about having no bad eggs and wonders why she rang in his ear. The light anecdote ends with his puzzled remark.
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St. Louis
Justly Condemned at Rockingham's Last Night
Dialogue recalls an awkward incident involving Mrs. Goldthwaite at the Rockingham gathering. Villagers remark on propriety and the motherly role amid social scrutiny following the event with lingering surprise.
Heiress recalls rough voyage with two counts and a duke
A beautiful American heiress recounts a voyage marked by rough weather and closed cabins. She notes two counts and a duke aboard, but they stayed in their rooms, making the trip one of her saddest experiences.
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Mother
Jimmy
Belveigh
Hard Luck Divorce Discovery Grips Local Couple
Mrs Henpeck reads that a Pittsburgh man has learned his wife obtained a divorce ten years ago. Mr Henpeck reacts with shock and pity, noting a decade of happiness erased from the man’s life.
Consolation for a Boyhood Wish in Later Years
Poem fragment reflects on unfulfilled boyhood wishes and aging. The speaker urges cheer, noting that the joys hoped for in youth yield little delight when one is elderly and tired. The verse presents a somber meditation on aging and lost pleasures.
Foundry directions lead to playful Missouri pun
In Old Missouri a polite stranger asks for a foundry and a Missouri lady replies with a humorous pun choosing between hash or fron. The exchange captures local wit and regional charm.
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Old
Missouri
Farthest Limit Preceded by Henpeck Silence and Lunch Tips
The excerpt portrays a man named Henpeck who avoids claiming personal autonomy. It notes his wife also behaves with controlling generosity, even tipping waiters during shared lunches.
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Henpeck
The Ruling Passion Bargain Sale Rush Prompted Higher Price
In a quip about consumer purchases Mrs. Dobbs paid significantly more for the same article, blaming the price difference on a bargain sale rush that she encountered.
Biscuit Recipe Mixup Delights Readers
A playful exchange jokes about mixing a cooking recipe with fashion tips found in a newspaper story. The banter centers on biscuits, a button, and a feather suggesting humorous misinterpretation of clippings and home tips.
That Fellow Smith and His Wife In The Parlor
A Cincinnati Enquirer brief quotes Mr. and Mrs. Gabb discussing a husband who has his wife well trained. They claim he can make her do almost anything she wants in their conversation.
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Mr. Gabb
Mrs. Gabb
Cincinnati
Rnquirer
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