Women as Poker Players in High Society Circles
A survey of women in poker shows they dominate social gaming scenes from Philadelphia to New York. Lillian Russell and Miss Ava Willing mark early fame, Mrs Amy Gillig owns the costliest set of ivory and pearl chips, while Mrs John Astor and Miss Nina Farrington prove women excel at bluffing, reading rivals, and winning large sums.
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Lillian Russell
Philadelphia
Lillian
Miss Russell
General Schenk
England
London
Para'n Stevens
Schenk
John Jack Astor
Ava Willing
Quakertown
New York
Amy Gillig
Henry E. Abbbey
Mme. Modjeska
Col. Linn
Cora Tanner
St. Louis
Cairoon & Mississippi Steamboat
Nina Farrington
Joseph Leiter
Not Founded by Mills Opinion on Women Lodging Plan
A Women West Side club sought D. O. Mills help to create a cheap lodging house for worthy women in New York but Mills rejected the plan. He explains his lodging houses profit through strict checks, low wages, and a 25 percent return, not charity. If the club proves a profitable model for poor women Mills might back it, otherwise he remains business driven.
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New York
West Side Club
D. O. Mills
West Side
West End
Mr. Mills
D. C. Mills
Mill
Mills
Talking about people wasting money on Broadway car
A tall slim man on a Broadway car notes his business puts him in a position to see people burn money daily. A passerby asks his line, and the clerk replies he works in a cigar store.
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Tam
Bird and Man The early bird versus the midday worker
A Chicago Times-Herald quip notes the man who starts at midmorning, around half past ten, often brings home the most of what dazzles men. The verse contrasts diligence with luck and ponders productivity.
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Chicago Times-Herald
Wife and husband exchange simple society banter
Dialogue from a feature in The Smart Set where a wife tells her husband he will never be a society man and he laments his self conscious reception. The exchange highlights social pretensions and clever humor in a domestic setting.
Domestic Repartee Exchange Cited by Chicago Times-Herald
A brief exchange illustrates a sharp domestic repartee with one speaker insisting others speak up only when they have something to say. The companion quips back that the issue lies in the speaker's habit of talking without restraint.
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Chicago Times-Herald
Kept on the Jump at the Establishment
A dialogue notes a tall man acting as the busiest figure, tasked with ensuring others are working. The exchange questions his role and duty in supervising labor.
Logic in a kitchen dispute over permission
A mother confronts her son about touching the preserves without permission. The boy admits he did it because he wanted some, highlighting a simple domestic conflict.
Long in Chicago Love and a Reluctant Suitor
In a humorous exchange a Chicago woman notes she has been married only since yesterday while a hopeful suitor pressures her. The tale, echoed in Harper’s Bazaar and New York Press, dwells on stalled romance as a young woman weeps over unconsented devotion.
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Chicago
One Way The Jay I Understand You Took the Faith Cure
The Jay and The Josh discuss belief and doubt in an exchange rooted in 19th century prophetic faith. Kansas City Independent records their dialogue on religious certainty and secular critique in a concise, opinionated column.
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Jay
Josh
Ingersoll
Kansas City
New York Dramatic Critics See Little Change
Answers to correspondents note that with one exception there has been no change in New York dramatic critics. The War Cry recently moved its horse reporter to the theatrical department.
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N. Y
Difficulties with the 'smart' set and thin voice noted
The remark notes no method to fix issues with the smart set and attributes a thin voice to misfortune. It discusses challenges in adjusting performance and suggests there may be no available remedy.
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Harry Lehr
Card players, potter field, and prison schemes cited in quotes
The record compiles various quotations including Card player-Yes from Utah who was beaten with three queens, a note that no athletic games occur in Potter's field, Miller praising a practicable scheme usable in Sing Sing with 520 weeks offered, and Rockefeller Bros. suggesting avoiding duels in a church and settling in France.
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Yes
Roberts
Utah
Old Plays and Ice Prices Mentioned in Exchange
The correspondence notes Emmett Corrigan on resisting ice price hikes and a suggestion to abolish ice use at home. William A. Brady buys old plays, David Warfield discusses cow hide price increases, and news travels to Charles Bigelow and Dan Daly.
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Emmett Corrigan
David Warfield
Leather Trust
Charles Bigelow
Dan Daly
Acqueduct Race Track Grandstand Damage Incident
A cyclone did not strike the Acqueduct race track grandstand. The incident occurred when Doc Hedges slipped during rubbing and fell. The stand was totally wrecked.
The Prince of Wales Wife Transfer and Other Short Notes
A collage of brief items notes the Prince of Wales presenting his wife to Mrs. Leslie Carter, with no stated transfer price. Waitress No. 4 dislikes wheat cakes. Billy Van and the Stewart Sisters resume cordial relations. Lyman J. Gage rumored not to be NY National City Bank president. Otis Harlan may buy Morris Park. a comedian may acquire property as he invests. a Broad Street broker quips dynamite wrecking elevated roads. a downtown clerk remarks soprano performers do not receive extra cut for meals.
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Prince of Wales
Leslie
Zara” Carter
Rialto
Otis Harlan
Morris Park
Traveler barred from criticism on paid rail journey
A remark notes that a passenger paying for a ticket has no right to complain about railway service while rail officials only hear grievances from holders of free passes. The statement casts a skeptical view on traveler feedback and official receptiveness.
Pittsburg Clarkes Deny Having Children
Midwife presumes the Clarkes of Pittsburg have no children in a terse exchange that dismisses expectation of offspring.
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Clarkes
Pittsburg
Hugged an Ostrich: Keeper Delivers Himself From Death
Trenton newspaper reports George Wilson a keeper at Kadwalder Park zoo confronted the enraged ostrich William McKinley. The bird attacked with kicks and bucks after a feeding attempt. Wilson hugged the bird’s neck to survive until other keepers arrived with tools to subdue the animal.
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Wilson
McKinley
Absent minded tale in Indianapolis Press humor
Absurd anecdote features a narrator bragging of a long ride to a stillhouse for whisky only to discover a pint in his pocket. The dialect and voice hint at his nativity and current humorous fiction setting, inviting readers to infer origin and social context.
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Indianapolis Press
Bleck-Balled Poem Sparks Detroit Prep Debate
Detroit Prep Press reports a poem reading was barred after the reader wanted to skip the work Rock Me to Sleep, Mother, Rock Me to Sleep. The committee deemed rocking infants to be herbariously unhealthy.
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Detroit Prep Press
Daily Light promises value every day of the week
An advertisement touts reliable daily value, claiming readers get good value every day in the week from the Daily Light.
Strange case of Aaron Wolfsohn and the double life
A Chicago San Francisco and St. Louis man named Aaron Wolfsohn reportedly died by own action in Los Angeles in 1899, with his fiancée and landlady identifying the body. Insurance paid, then a living man claiming to be Wolfsohn emerged, denying the death and provoking a complex reversal. Experts found matching handwriting across aliases, and new identifications blurred truth, as lawyers pursued the $10,000 recovery while relatives questioned the alive claimant. The mystery centers on who died and who appeared living, with multiple locations, names, and defied proofs.
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Aaron Wolfsohn
Chicago
San Francisco
St. Louis
New York Telegraph
Wolfsohn
Dr. Jekyl
Mr. Hyde
L. Reuter
Arthur Wolfson
A. Wolfson
Los Angeles
Cal
New York Life Insurance Company
Cavil
Europe
Sale & Sale
New York
James
Karl Kurtz
O Bryan
Edward O'Bryan
Lane
Kurtz
Leon Moss
Insurance Company
A. Wolffson
Arthur Wolfsohn
Pittsburg
Margaret O’neil
East
Kansas City
Barrows
Edward O’bryan
New York Life
London
O'Bryan
O’neil
Australia
South Africa
Russia
Miracle visitor mocks editor with health food claim
A Detroit Journal item reports a visitor claiming to be 119 years old and citing health foods as the secret, but the editor dismisses the miracle, noting that miracles are in the past as the visitor reads fine print without glasses and admits liquor and smoking.
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Detroit Journal
Speaking of Lawyers Pettifogger Light Weight Quip
Dimling asked what sort of legal light a petti fogger is and Warkin of the Detroit Free Press answered that a pettifogger is a legal lightweight in a brisk exchange about lawyers and lawy ers.
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Dimling
Warkin
Detroit Free Press
Lesson From United States Slang Sparks School Debate
The passage questions youth slang heard at school and contrasts it with adult expectations. It references a boy named Willieboy-Pop and his father, framing a classroom scene where slang and discipline are debated in a parent teacher style. The dialogue hints at tension between generations and social groups.
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Willieboy
Pop
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Agi
Alama Plaza
ICE
Boulder Colp
Memphis
New Orleans
Louisville & Nashville
R.R
H. Kingsley
Dallas, Texas
Max Baumgarten
Memphis, Tenn
Hamilton Brown
E. Brown
BOS East
Houston Street
People’s Money
Michigan
Stager
Potter’s Field
Rockefeller Bros
France
William A. Brady
Billy van
Stewart Sisters
Lyman J. Gage
National City Bank of New York
Broad Street
Aron Wolfsohn
Eral
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