Mendover scheme tests Vin Harris in political maneuvering
Lord Musselburgh plots to coach Vin Harris for Mendover race while Mrs Ellison weighs aiding her nephew and dodging cautious rivals. On the river scene Vin consorts with Maishe Bethune and the Drexels as Aunt Ellison moves to secure her role in Vin's political future.
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Monty
Mendover Liberal Association
Ellison
Mendover
Vin
House of Commons
Delilah
Mra Ellison
Lord Musselburgh
America
Scotland
Western Scotsman
Scot
North
Lord Margh
Gray
Nana
Harland Harris
Lord Musselburch
Ja. Ellison
Ana
Drexel
Great Marlow
Vin Harris
Mr. Harris
Maishe
Vincent Harris
Mrs. Ellison
Villeggintura
Lawrences
Musssiburgh
Yilleggiatura
Claire Fontaine
Family intrigue over wealth power and romance in Scotland
In a vivid social drama, Mrs. Ellison flirts with old George Bethune as Maishe Bethune prepares for a social showcase. Vincent Murdoch watches, torn by desire and class, while Balloray lore and poverty versus luxury shape tensions at a dinner where singing reveals hidden affections and future plans.
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Re Nanahe
Hom
Msishe
Scotland
Ellison
Craig Royston
Maishe Bethune
Mra Ellison
George Bethune
Lord Musselburgh
Henley Regatta
Setter
Vin
Grosvenor Place
Despond
Maisrie
Pawe
Balloray
Fife
Bethunes
Balray
Vincent
Maishie
Harris
Dauphin
France
Maximilien de Bethune
Duc de Sully
Fifeshire
Manitou and Colorado Springs in a Season of Growth
A visitor extols Manitou and Colorado Springs as thriving mountain resort towns near Pike's Peak. He notes electric rail expansion, tourism boom, rising real estate, and grand Caverns nearby, while recounting a comical tumble and an ambitious cogwheel railway project toward Pike's Peak.
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Colorado Springs
Manitou
Colorado
Wagon Wheel Gap
Pike's Peak
Denver
Mark Twain
New England
Cheyenne Canyon
TAKING IN THE BEITONS AT HOME AND ABROAD
A narrator recalls an English visitor’s opinions on American sights and real estate with humor and irony. The piece contrasts the visitor’s pretensions and quirks with local landscapes such as the Garden of the Gods, while noting American optimism and ventures in mining. The closing line attributes the vignette to James Newtox Baskett.
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Orses
bin Hamerica
James Newtox Baskett
Extravagance in Cards Costs Majestic Social Dinners
Mrs Leland Stanford paid 885 for fifty cards used as menus for a grand dinner. Washington engravers produce hundreds of thousands of visiting cards at one cent each after plate costs. Dinner invitations fetch up to ten dollars a dozen with silver and gold raised lettering. General Breckinridge and Justice Blatchford’s cards demonstrate luxury, with hand engraving costing hundreds per dozen.
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Washington
Anya
Paper World
Leland Stanford
United States
Capitol
White House
Unfaithful Wife’s Poison Plot Ends With Comic Hang Joke
In Gilbertsville Montgomery county a wife threatens her husband and plans a fatal plot using poison and a rope hoist. The husband feigns illness, ties a rope to a bedpost and stove, and the wife’s prank collapses as neighbors learn he’s safe on a smoked pipe rest.
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Gilbertsville
Montgomery County
Pottstown
Aepecgee
Readings and rumors in Washington gossip pages
A long dispatch from Washington reports on Tolstoi's works among society ladies, Mrs Cleveland letters fetching high prices, Stanford University plans and delays, Korean Queen Dowager mourning, Dinsmoor's return and diplomatic rowdies, and rising Washington rents and living costs. It notes a $500 offer for an autograph letter and describes social scenes in the capital.
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Washington
Tolstoi
Capitol
Senate
Daniel Deronda
Geo Elliot
Berkley
Legation
Iowa Circle
Korea
Cantonue
Dye
The Honeymoon at Sea
A London Hospital humorous vignette about sea sickness on a honeymoon voyage. A couple quarreles over doctors and the misery of seasickness, with a dentist noting many travelers end toothless and doctors joking about physiological sins and ill health at sea.
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Dutton
Barometer Bamboo Screen Warns of Weather Changes
A Japanese bamboo screen finished with leather paper has proven to be an accurate barometer in a New York Tribune report. The panels tighten in dry weather and wrinkle with moisture signaling rain or storms, offering a simple weather forecasting method.
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New York Tribune
When Gesers Sheridan Was Seen in Washington
A humorous tale from the Military Department of the North west at Chicago recounts an Irish corporal guarding Sheridan’s office. A visitor asks to see the General. the corporal replies that the General is to be seen in Washington, causing a delay as the visitor waits in the anteroom.
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Dinsmoor
Kores
Washington
Korea
Denny
America
White House
National Hotel
Drivair
Gesers Sheridan
Military Department of the Northwest
Chicago
Faix
Sheridan
Sid
Artemus Ward Tale of Death and Friendship
In Joseph Jefferson's forthcoming Century memoir, a last scene depicts Artemus Ward declining doctor’s medicine while friend Tom Robertson presses him to drink. Ward feebly agrees, then dies within hours as Robertson consoles him. An accompanying World item adds a humor caption about an elevator joke with a tired Kentuck hotel guest.
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Joseph Jefferson
Artemus Ward
Southampton
Tom” Robertson
Jefferson
Ward
Mr. Jefferson
Robertson
Tom
Madame A Ruppert Complexion Specialiss Face Bleach
A. Ruppert markets a world renowned face bleach claimed to remove freckles birthmarks and eczema and to improve skin tone. Testimonials are available at offices in New York city and Hamilton Building with option for mail delivery on receipt of price.
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Mme. A. Ruppert
Pischburg
Fifth Avenue
Hamilton Building
Peice
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Eagle River
Glenwood Springs
Grand River
Hogback Canyon
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Pacific Coast
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Maniton
St. Louis
Jane
Grand Caverns
Stanfords
THE
Stanfords’ University
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Europe
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Long Branch
Cape May
Inite
Midas
Shoreham
Miss Gruwpy, Jr
London Hospital
Joseph Jeferson
New York World
Madame A. Ruppert
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