Caliph offers riches to scholar in New Bagdad tale
Night in Bagdad-on-the-Subway brings Old Tom Crowley a $40,000,000 wealth fantasy and a plan to fund a young hat cleaner James Turner. A clash erupts over assumed fortunes, crime, and a jail cell twist as the tale spins through mystery and urban fantasy.
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Bagdad-on the
Arabia
Occidental
Romance
H. A. Rashhid
H. A
Bagdad
Tom Crowley
Tom
Old Tom
Cardiff
Madison Avenue Palace
Tate
James Turner
Sixth Avenue
James
Clark Russell
Hankipoo
N. J
Caliph
Aunt Patty
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Mike
Trust Company
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James Purner
Jupiter Rotation Rates Show Nonuniform Surface Motion
Studies of Jupiter reveal varying rotation rates over years. The equatorial region can accelerate by 200 to 300 miles per hour relative to the planet's surface, with notable shifts about thirty degrees north or south, while overall equatorial speed remains near 28,000 miles per hour.
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Jupiter
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Hindu Weddings and Burials Drain Hindu Families
Hindu wedding costs fall on the bride’s father, risking ruin for years. Burial services are the next major expense, with the eldest son often facing financial ruin when his father dies.
Florence Marryat Seen With Manly Mannerisms In Anecdote
A tale about Florence Marryat daughter of Captain Marryat known for recent novel requests and a blunt office encounter. An editor recounted how she spoke and behaved in conversation claiming to be Miss Marryat while asking for a meeting.
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Florence Marryat
Captain Marryat
William Downey
Mr. Tinsley
Miss Marryat
Bill
Jill
Dell
Cickens
A Word and a Smile Poem Fragment
A short reflective verse about choosing kindness and gentle speech to avoid hurting a loved one. The speaker muses that kind words and a simple smile can leave a lasting positive trace, inspiring restraint in harshness and a desire to brighten another's day.
Pay Day Confusion Hits Trolley Crew Veteran
A Boston Record piece recalls Tommy Deagen a rugged trolley conductor who questions pay day. He reflects on the old days when pay and duty mixed, while colleagues gather for payday and the company’s recognition of their labor.
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Tommy Deagen
Boston Record
Breaking the Chain in Massachusetts Senate
In 1881 a Massachusetts senate bill proposed a $5 bounty for killing a lynx or wildcat. Senator Rice asked if lynx and wildcat denoted separate species or the same animal by different names. Senator Rockwell fired a joke about a chain of wildcats roaming the Berkshire hills and the bill aiming to break links.
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Massachusetts Senate
Rice
Essex
Rockwell
Pittsfield
Berkshire Hills
Nominee Nominated as “All That's Left of Poor John Smith”
John Sharp Williams recalls Private John Allen praising an ex Confederate veteran with severe injuries in a nominating speech. Allen’s brief line electrified the gathering as he urged nominating “all that’s left of poor John Smith” for the ticket.
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John Sharp Williams
John Allen
Mississippi
Allen
John Smith
Philadelphia Ledger
Irresistible Money Raisers Tale About Morse
A New York broker praised Charles W. Morse as a money raiser. He recounted Morse asking for three million for a new deal, but the financier only had two million ready. Morse replied to owe him the missing million, highlighting his audacious business style.
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New York
Charles W. Morse
Morse
Burnaby Novel Manuscript Supposedly Unreadable
Sir H. W. Lucy notes in Cornhill that Colonel Burnaby left a bulky manuscript for a novel with publishers eager to publish. The handwriting was so illegible that only scattered words could be read, with blanks filling pages, making publication impossible.
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Burnaby
Colonel Burnaby
Dean Stanley
Khiva
Asia Minor
H. W. Lucy
Cornhill Magazine
Quieting Title in Northwest Quarter Property, Iowa
Original notice in September Term 1012 from Jones County Iowa involves plaintiff A Bort seeking to quiet title to the W 1/8 of the NW quarter and the N E 1/4 of Section 4 Township 86 North Range 4 West, alleging adverse claims by numerous defendants and unknown heirs and claimants over more than ten years. The petition traces titular chain to George Gates and earlier deeds and requests court action to confirm ownership and extinguish all defendant claims.
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Notich
W. A. Bort
David Farbush
David Arbush
Joseph Worley
Electa Worley
Franklin Dalby
Catherine
A. Dalby
J. A.ields
Abs
J. A. Fields
John A. Fields
Mary Z. Fields
James Hamilton
James Iamilton
John A. Squires
Laura Squires
S. H. Smith
H. Smith
Sarah Dy Wield
Iield
Silas H. Smith
Silas L. Smith
North Range
District Court
Jones County
Iowa
LB. Doe
George Gates
United States
Is. J. Doe
BH. R. Doe
George Cates
Isot
Worley
George M. Gates
North Tange
Catherine Va. Dalby
Towa
Catherine A. Dalby
Ranwe
M. FH. Smith
Fr. Smith
M. H. Smith
Notice of Decree and Default Judgment in Property Case
The defendants and unknown claimants of described premises are barred by the statute of limitations and estopped from asserting any right. A default will be entered if defense is not filed by noon on the second day of the September term 1912 in Jones County Iowa. J W Doxser attorney for plaintiff and W On Treichler judge.
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Jones County
Iowa
J. W. Doxser
Monticello I Express
W. ON
Treichler
Eighteenth Judicial District of
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