The Dream Gown of the Japanese Ambassador
Cosmo Waynfiete returns to New York on Christmas morning and finds a crystal ball and a jeweled Japanese gown that send him on dream journeys through Japan Persia Spain and southern Europe. A headless rider, goblins, and a graveyard vision shadow a romance as he seeks sanctuary and a wedding. The tale ends unresolved.
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Coamo Waynfiete
New York
Cosmo
Japan
Persia
Spanish Peninsula
Wehbing
Cosmo Waynulete
The Lieutenants Nerve
The narrator recalls a leave in India with a five man party. A senior officer tests a young lieutenant by firing at his feet to reveal calmness under danger. The cobra at the lieutenant’s feet is revealed as the threat, and the senior officer declares he has killed it. The moment is hailed as the bravest display of courage.
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Cosmo Waynflete
Cosmo
Coamo
New York
India
Capt
Fry
Novemer
A Child Seeks Meaning of Birthday After Party Confusion
A Chicago Post item recounts a young girl’s quirky awakening to the concept of a birthday. Her brothers teased gifts and timing, while she puzzled over where the birthday was and clung to a doll as the present.
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Chicago Post
The Virginius Massacre and the British Delay
A detailed account of the Virginius affair in 1873 including the Cuban expedition, capture by the Spanish Torando, executions at Santiago de Cuba, and the intervention of the British ship Niobe that postponed further roving brutality. The narrative notes the international tensions and the eventual U.S. involvement without detailing subsequent diplomatic outcomes.
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Santiago de Cuba
Burriel
Santiago
Most sensible woman in Edinburgh tale of doctor and patient
A humorous Edinburgh anecdote recalls Dr Abernethy meeting a patient who presented a septic toe. The examiner records a witty exchange as the surgeon asks for treatment plans and the patient replies with terse, practical responses. The tale concludes with the patient deemed the most sensible woman the doctor ever met.
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New York
Expresa
Abernethy
Edinburgh
Poultlee
Disease Knowledge and Patient Inquiry
The speaker asks a doctor for help understanding a persistent illness. They claim twenty years of the same disease and seek guidance on treatment and prognosis. The dialogue frames a patient seeking medical advice.
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Poonae Sagusne
Hate Coeh
Vitality and disease: maintaining strength to combat illness
The piece argues that if a patient sustains strength and the body's vital centers function, disease germs are expelled from the body and sufficient vitality can reduce the fatality of the disease significantly.
Bovinine Praised As Aid For Throat Disease
Bovinine is described as a powerful raw food that builds flesh and nerve tissue, strengthens patients with little digestive effort, and acts as a germicide to counter microbes. It is especially useful when throat lesions hinder other foods, aiding recovery.
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Brander Matthews
Manhattan
Bacheller, Johnson and Bacheller
Cosmo Waymete
Perain
Europe
Raya
Emity
Cosmo Waynilete
Ant
THE
Uticura
Nis
Cuba
Cuban Revolutionary Party
Virginius
Ra'py Quezada
Revolutionary Committee
Kingston
Jamaica
Joseph Fry
Louisiana
W. A. C. Ryan
Pedro Cespedes
Carlos Manuel Cespedes
Jesns del Sol
Varona
Port-au- Prince
Haytt
Gov
Tornado
High
Virginias
Silene
Ryan
Cespedes
del Sol
Spain
Cantain
Franklin Coffin
H. M
Niobe
Bandago
Lambton Lorraine
United States
Morro Castle
Havana
Earth
Juniata
General Baldissera
Italy
Abyssinia
Chicago Times Herald
H. H. Echisanty
Bovinine
Dupont
Wapwallopen Mills
Ussme Court
Minuteau Delaware
Henry Belin, Jr
Wyoming
Wyoming Avenue
Scrantes
Third National Bank Building
Taton
Tome
MT. Pleasant
Uenivetea
Zpre National Bank
WM. T. Smith
DR. Lobb
Geome
Washburn-Crosby Co
New
Sterling
Majestic Steel
Howard Dockash
Patt
Suest
Rosas & Long
RE Agkerly
Madea
Matthews FF OS
Crezgists
Scranton
Dickson Manufacturing
Wiexes-Sarre
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