Cleveland home and law offices reveal quiet public life
New York's Madison Avenue mansion at 816 is the Cleveland home. The article details Grover Cleveland and wife’s daily routines, office on Williams Street, and social rounds with Democratic leaders, contrasting Cleveland's quiet retirement with public expectations.
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United States
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Sixty-eighth Street
Henry G. Marquand
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Central Park
Robert L. Stuart
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Visit to a Bag Gallery and a Struggling Painter
A humorous city reminiscence describes Maude Aunt Jane and a sold painting claimed to be by a dead genius. The narrator mocks the tale of a starving artist and a valuable landscape while visiting the painter’s bare studio and imagining the buyer’s reaction.
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The Artist Painting a Babbling Brook
A painter notes his absence while a boy copies landscapes, using a large paint pot to fill ground and sky on a line of canvases. He reveals a contract system, paying 45 cents per piece including canvas, and ponders promoting the boy to add white clouds and mountain snow.
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Iver
Aleke
Painting by Accident and the Art for Sale Scheme
A tale of artists exploiting country buyers with faked masterworks. The narrator and an accomplice mix real and fake paintings, using names close to famous artists and a ruse about lineage to sell dubious works at auctions. Aunt Jane vows to confront the culprit if he sells more fakes.
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Summitville
Bill and the Gane
A dialogue fragment shows a father and Clara discussing a young visitor who insultingly calls him a gas company or billing issue. The exchange hints at a threat to “foot the bill” if the visitor returns, reflecting tensions over charges and pride in settling the bill.
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The Pie That Mother Made Brings a Lesson in Marriage
A Brooklyn man scorns his wife for hash and dodges a pie. His country mother sends a barrel of home produce including mince pie. The wife serves it at dessert and asks if his mother ever made such a pie, provoking a blunt denial and a climactic fall. The tale ends with him eating hash as punishment.
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Cleveland
Sepstor Gormac
W. L. Scott
Erskine Phelps
John W. A Otee
McPherson
Gordon
Frank Jones
New Hampshire
Eley Smalley
Vermont
Hearst
California
Francis
Benedict
Refused Austin Corbin A Farmer's Wife Story
A Newport woman who once refused the ten times millionaire Austin Corbin, famed Reading railway magnate, now lives as a successful farmer's wife in Sunapee New Hampshire. She recalls Corbin as smart but shy and says she does not regret rejecting him despite his wealth.
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Fishes In High Lakes Mystery Of Mountain Lakes
The article questions how fish reach isolated mountain lakes like Bearfort near Lake Hoptacong in New Jersey at 1300 feet. It argues birds spread yellow perch by eggs on their feet, while bass and pickerel require human help or upstream movement. Trout and other fish travel where water allows.
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Lincoln's Famous Stories and the Reputation of His Sayings
Lincoln’s intimate friends say he never used even a tenth of the phrases credited to him. The alleged sayings were largely manufactured by Wash Fee correspondents and story tellers, though the truth remains that a man who gains reputation may have more imagined lines than spoken.
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Omens on the Deep and Sea Serpent Tales
A concise survey of enduring sailor superstitions and marvels. It sketches beliefs about omens at sea, the sea serpent, and the famed white whale said to circle the globe in a moment, reflecting maritime folklore and awe.
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Herman Mellville
Australia
Bad Luck in Lawyers and Parsons
Sailors cling to luck and omens in old world beliefs about weather and fortune. Superstitions span sea lore from sea Buddha to flying Dutchman with ghost ships, omens from birds and cats, and numbers like Friday that shape voyage choices, while modern steam erodes these rites.
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J. T. Shubrick
Somers
Americas
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Shannon
Rhode Island
Chicago
New York
Navy
Bear
Wiggins
Ohio
Missippi
Basser
What the Blind Dream
A Missouri inmate born blind reads widely yet dreams only of sounds and daily routines. He never dreams of sight, despite poetry and history, and his nocturnal visions consist of street noises, animal sounds, and school life.
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Patriot on Michigan Avenue Tries Politicking on Transport
A man on a Michigan avenue car urges fellow riders to purify politics. He faces an ice cold passenger with a flinty eye who retorts with a scolding accusation about drinking. The tense exchange ends with the aggressor silenced by the blunt rebuke.
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Michigan Avenue
Comfort and Dress in Women and Men Through Time
A commentary on fashion shifting toward practical wear for women with shirt fronts and short skirts, arguing against heavy skirts and corsets. It contrasts women's constrained movements with men's adaptive attire and notes the influence of high status figures on style. It also touches on the trend toward knee breeches and belt use for men in sports and labor.
Social norms and fashion in debate over women’s attire
The text questions discomfort and expense of hats and skirts, comparing them to women’s fashion constraints. It casts doubt on custom that forces men to wear stove pipe hats and women to long skirts, urging a change in social dress expectations and control by Mrs Grandy.
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Foraker Asphyxiation Allegation In Ohio Politics
A Philadelphia inquiries column links Senator Foraker to a scandal over alleged ballot box forgery and compares his hospitalizing gas incident to a famous 1876 gunstroke. The note claims a private secretary cited illness from gas as the reason Foraker skipped a Senate committee appearance.
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A Snappy Old Lady Spubs Street Car Conductor
An elderly Boston woman refuses to reveal her destination remarks it is none of the conductor’s business. He punches a Chelsea transfer and collects 8 cents. Later she questions where the check will take her and he answers that it is his business.
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Pittsburr
Wicked Hub youth taunts admirer with Ibsen photo
A sharp, taunting youth in the Hub belittles an admirer of Ibsen by waving the dramatist's photo and offering a crude analogy about a monkey. The exchange centers on culture and scorn in a crowded urban scene.
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