The Avenging Angels in A Study in Scarlet
Jefferson Hope seeks vengeance after Lucy Ferrier's fate unfolds in the Utah mountains. The hunter endures harrowing travel, discovers Lucy is married to Drebber, and vows retribution against the Fer riers. The Mormon city quiets as Hope plans his due.
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Jefferson Hope
Lucy
Avenging Angels
Eagle Ravine
Cowper
Lucy Ferrier
The
Holy Four
Ferriers
Miss Bright and May Jenkins Feud Warn Reader
In a curt exchange Miss Bright dismisses May Jenkins as a poor friend. May warned that visiting Mr Solman would waste time, prompting Miss Bright to remark on the value of her own time. Catholic Standard notes the sharp social tension between the characters.
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Miss Bright
Mr. Solman
May Jenkins
Move On It Campaign Manages Landslide Remark
In a Chicago Tribune quote, a campaign manager says there is no need to work, noting the opponent is licked. The popular candidate grins, saying he’ll be satisfied with a landslide in the election.
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Chicago Tribune
Courtroom Exchange Over Support For Wife
A judge questions whether Bob can support Ethel as she expects after marriage. He notes Bob cannot even support himself in the lifestyle Edith anticipated during courtship. The dialogue reflects tensions about marital financial expectations.
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Bob
Edith
Jack
The Mover's Rubaiyat Quirk in Spare Room Shortage
The Chicago Journal notes a witty filing of moving woes as the Spare Room lacks space to host guests. The speaker laments no room in the Dining Room and cannot locate the Parlor. The piece reads as light humor about crowded houses.
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Chicago Journal
Signboard Rights Across Panama Canal Proposed
In a witty exchange, Judge questions Mulberry about a new plan. Mulberry claims to secure signboard rights along both sides of the Panama Canal, indicating a bold commercial scheme.
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Mulb’ry
Mulberry Sellers
Panama Canal
Fourth of July Tale of Elves and Fireworks
Three elfin travelers meet on the Fourth of July and share a moonlit wander. A tailless squirrel a three legged toad and a crow with white tail feathers narrate a perilous ride among torpedoes crackers and rockets. An owl weighs national pride and sacrifice, the flag as the tree’s banner, while the children vow to celebrate without harming the land.
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Nook
We Almost Declared Independence On A Family Revolution
A child narrator and siblings imitate the 1776 Declaration to oppose their governess Miss Saunders. They draft their own version, sign it with flair, and plan a public reading at breakfast, but discipline interrupts their revolutionary theatrics.
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John Hancock
Paps
Mamma
Papa
Georgiana
Georgiana Saunders
George
Arthur L. Bainbridge
Marjorie Bainbridge
Hester Bainbridge
Charles W. Bainbridge
Gregory Bainbridge
Gregory
Rex
Maida
Spotty
Charley
Marjorie
Hester
Charlie
Miss Saunders
Arthur
Strong College Athlete Recalled in Harsh Dorm Incident
The narrator recalls a college basketball player who was strong and once on the team. She overpoweringly carried someone upstairs, locked them in a room, and taunted them through a keyhole, comparing the act to how George III might treat John Hancock.
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George III
John Hancock
Bald Spot Dilemma Sparks Boarding House Banter
A young woman laments a bald spot on a handsome boarder and imagines helping him with a home remedy. She weighs the idea of writing an anonymous note offering scalp care as a humane, humorous solution.
Dinner anecdote on authors and signatures at Hall Caine event
An anecdote from a dinner honoring Hall Caine recalls Thomas Nelson Page proposing to sign a menu card so he could claim he had read Caine’s work. The moment reflects literary pride and mutual admiration among authors.
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Hall Caine
Thomas Nelson Page
Mr. Page
Mr. Caine
Page
Caine
New York Times
The Offender and a Congressional Chat Anecdote
A political dispute discussion after a congressional gathering prompts Senator Charles Fairbanks to recall a church sociable. He describes an incident where a boy cries aloud claiming the chair is over his plate of ice cream, illustrating a humorous personal moment.
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Charlies Fairbanks
A Traveled Man and a Kansas City Twice Monthly
The Atchison Globe editor FE Howe recounts meeting a New Yorker on a voyage to Europe who claims to travel twice yearly while Howe remarks this is his first trip. A Kansas City resident then says he goes there twice a month, highlighting contrasting travel habits.
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FE. W. Howe
Objection to Gift Statue of Frederick the Great
The Chicago Tribune cites a debate over accepting a statue of Frederick the Great. The objection notes Frederick as a despotic monarch and a man of blood, underscoring that the nation is moral and law abiding, with a controversial Solomon reference.
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Sam
Frederick the Great
Republic
Frederick
Solomon
Chicago Tribune
Hopper Falls Into Coal Hole on Broadway
De Wolf Hopper strolled along Broadway between 44th and 45th streets when his right leg dropped into an open coal hole. He pulled it out with only his trousers and skin showing. He quipped that the lid is off to the amused crowd.
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New York
de Wolf Hopper
Broadway
Hopper
Explaining His Motive Cited In Funeral Remarks
A Cleveland Plain Dealer line notes a man was buried with the tune Bedelia played, suggesting a motive as a jest or message. The remark hints the deceased may have chosen the music to be heard at a moment when he could not hear it himself.
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Hope
Lucy
Jefferson
Carson
Jefferson Hope
Salt Lake City
No Difficulty in Wealth or Poor Line From Ledger
A clipped exchange shows Hardappe lamenting poverty while Sinnick retorts with defiance. The Philadelphia Ledger fragment captures a terse dialogue on wealth and hardship within a brief, fragmented quotation.
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Hardappe
Sinnick
X “1
Philadelphia Ledger
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