Warning to Jealous Wives in Paris Ball Mystery
The Countess Von F learns her husband ignores her to attend a mask ball at the opera. Suspicions grow as a seductive Pasha and harlequins appear, a mysterious domino protects a woman, and a costly supper and bracelet vanish. The tale ends with jealousy blamed for the costly night and the couple’s uncertain fidelity. Charlotte discovers her husband may not be at the ball and the diamond bracelet disappears.
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Countess von F
Franz
Paris
Nermine van Dam
Termine
Charlotte
Hermine
Pasha
Vermina
Mazourka
Bneath
Opera House
Ifo
Air
Gayety
Mask Hall
Seeing the Point and Other Old Sayings
A father teaches a boy the value of reading and focus via a basket of apples and chips metaphor. The tale urges avoiding cheap dime novels to keep the mind clear, noting no dime novels seen afterward. Shorts bits reference Beethoven, a mad dog in St. Louis, Otter Tail City cold, and Timerson on art teaching manners.
Rumors and riffs on Boston Peace Jubilee folly
A New York Sunday Dispatch humor column mocks Boston Peace Jubilee plans. It jokes about firing guns with electricity, staging ships on fire, and even gathering Turks on Greenland to spectacle the crowd. The piece riffs on Gilmore era grandiose theatrics and lampoons theatrical misfires.
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London
Gilmore
Jordan
Allah
Greenland
Africa
Atlantic Ocean
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Chicago
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New Harmony
Erelapeat & Son
F.C. Iglehart
W. Slater
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Peter Heeknum
Elijah Bailey
Stewartsville
Ion
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Royal Insurance CO
John G. Young
Mount Vernon
Jeby
Felz
Owen N& CO
Fisher
Lichtenberger
Qwen & Co
Lichtenberger, Owen & CO
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Thrald& Mumford’s
New Orleans
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Laguyra
Dooley
Thrall & Mumford's
John Fh
Hugo
Rockport, Indiana
Thrall & Mumford
New Harmony and Vicinity
the Register
Co. Ww. Slater
Sae
Beethoven
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Otter Tail City
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St. Louis
Psuplescripe Vor
New York Sun
Nol
Asia
Asia Minor
Apothecaries
garThe Simperor
China
Sarsts
Miss Jay
von Schweinetz
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