Ten of Hearts Drives Night’s Sneak Journey to a Masquerade
A nameless narrator recalls a late night in New York, chasing a mystery around a ten of hearts card. A western stranger and a masked companion at a curio shop raise suspicions of crime, while the narrator plans a midnight masquerade and wonders about a beautiful model at Mouquin's. He longs to learn the model’s name and whether her uncle is involved in the intrigue, setting the stage for a suspenseful continuation.
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Shade
Riverside
Mouquin
Blackwood
Twenty-third Street
Rome
Paris
London
New York
Teddy Hamilton
Friard’s
Jersey City
Blankshire
Far East
China
Pééen
Haggerty
Fester
Jim
Mouquin's
Non barking dogs and laws on night barking
The article notes a three year effort to train a dog not to bark and cites three types of non barking dogs the lion headed dog of Thibet the shepherd dog of Egypt and the Australian dog. It mentions strict night barking laws in Japan with penalties including a year’s work and suggests many arrests could occur if similar rules were enforced locally.
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Thibet
Egypt
Japan
N. Y
The View of Experience
A constituency member longs for an easy position while Senator Sorghum warns that many chase such posts. He notes that securing an easy job requires constant effort, with people fighting ten hours a day to keep it.
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Sorghum
Lake steamship carries freight like four powerful locomotives
One of the largest lake steamships can carry about as much freight as four of the most powerful locomotives can pull in four trains on a level railroad of the best construction.
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Pest
Attempt on Sage life mirrors Philadelphia plot by Norcross
Historical report recalls an 1891 Boston hate broker Henry L Norcross who built a bomb to threaten Russell Sage in his Broadway office. The device killed Norcross and a clerk, injuring Sage and two others, as a staged ruse to extort ransom or money.
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Philadelphia
Henry
L. Norcross
Russell Sage
New York
Norcross
Péarl’;street
Boston
Sage
The Old World Versus The Weary One A Tale Of Change
A reflective verse influenced scene contrasts a merry world with a busy harsh world and a later weary era as time shifts roles and fortunes. The passage ends noting Sarah Palmer Byrnes and a Boston Transcipt reference in a sprawling scene. It then recounts a dynamite ransom note incident with Mr Sage, a bomb, and Norcross. A reporter uncovers Brooks of Boston as the bomber and a long fraud suit tied to Sage follows.
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Sarah Palmer Byrnes
Boston
Peruna Brand Promoted As Household Remedy
An advertisement proclaims Peruna as a household friend in over a million homes and growing. It touts Peruna as an old proven remedy for catarrhal diseases of the head throat lungs stomach kidneys bladder and female organs and urges asking a druggist for the 1907 Peruna Almanac.
Youthful Astronomer Joins Allegheny Observatory
Robert H. Baker aged 23 joins the Allegheny Observatory as assistant astronomer after leaving Amherst faculty. He is noted as a young talent in the field.
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Robert H. Baker
Amherst
Allegheny Observatory
Judges on Their Dignity at Daily Supreme Court Procession
Visitors at the capitol watch the daily procession as supreme court judges move from the robing room to the bench. Justice Moody, the youngest member, followed behind with a brief smile that quickly faded, leaving him grave among the black-robed figures.
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United States Supreme Court
Capitol
Moody
Pink Pills Advertised as Cure for Grip Related Decline
In West Bay City Michigan a woman describes severe grip illness and recovery after using Dr Williams Pink Pills. The advertisement claims the pills restore blood, boost health, and cure anemia rheumatism neuralgia and other disorders. Sold by druggists or by mail at 50 cents a box or 2 50 for six.
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Willams
Dr.Williams Medicine Company
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Harold Macgrath
Man On the Box
Harrison Fisher
Bobbs-Merrill Co
West
Blue Domino
Hawthorne
Mr. Sage
Mr. Wilson
Rockefeller
Laidlaw
James
Peruna
William
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