Dick Hargrave’s Rowing, Nellie Gray Sparks Romance
In Meadville in August, editor Dick Hargrave is teased by Rob Gray and Nellie Gray about aging boating plans. A clumsy sail-boat trip ends with Dick capsizing, rescued by Rob, and mischief turning to romance as he later shares a pledged courtship with Nellie while rowing and social mishaps fuel their attraction.
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Richard Hargrave
Meadville Station
Robert Gray
Sle
Mr. Hargrave
Chinese carte de visite a curious folded card
A description of a bright scarlet Chinese carte de visite notes its size, elaborate folded form, and humiliating prefixes used in inscriptions. It mentions etiquette forcing return to visitors due to expense. The piece then reports Baron Ostenencken, the Russian Consul General in New York, as the defendant in a $300,000 libel suit pending in court.
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Baron Ostenencken
New York
Toombs of Georgia and his famed oratory capacity
Anecdote of Robert Toombs of Georgia describes him as an erratic genius and natural born orator. It recalls a Georgia trial in which he spoke strongly for his client after realizing he had argued the wrong side. He recovered with a powerful, persuasive closing that won the case. Kentucky Yeoman.
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Robert Toomsbs
Toombs
Georgia
America
Tom Marshall
William Haskell
Clay
Desocrates
Gaig
Kentucky
Yeoman
Lunching with Great Men at Washington and London
A Treasury clerk who syndicated abroad recalls meeting the Marquis of Ripon and the Prince of Wales in London. He rushed into the prince’s arms and spoke of guiding him through the Treasury in Washington. The Prince invited lunch and the clerk joined the heir to the throne and Ripon at a fashionable spot.
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Washington
Treasury
Prince of Wales
London
Marquis of
Ripon
Karl de, Grey
Onge
Prince
Marquis
Wales
High Art in Hair Cutting in Paris Lounge
A traveler in Paris seeks a haircut. A man arrives as a connoisseur and surveys the client, then declares the actual operator is a barber who enters dressed like Virgil. The scene ends with the barber preparing, while a quip about art and appearance lingers.
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David Waller
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Stewartaville
Ion
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Rockport, Indiana
Thrall & Mumford
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the Register
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Miss Nelly
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