The Professor at Stratford Poker Night
In Stratford on the Housatonic Tom and I host Prof Henry Jerrold a mathematician uncle who visits us with a note from mother We arrange a casual poker evening for his first night which ends with a laugh as the uncle dominates the table and hints at future plans including a picnic and Adela Clay Lydia Charters and others amid bohemian friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom
Henry Jerrold
Tob
Mother
Momeover
Bob
Stratford
Housatonic
Moston
New York
Adela Clay
Pottess
William
Williams
Jerrold
Bob Sawyer
Henry
Harry
Niles
Struthers
Lieut. Storrs
United States Navy
Lieut
Stora
San Francisco
Storrs
Sawyer
Ilana
Adela
Wwe
Tome
Lois
Thespis
Lydia Charters
Diamond in His Tooth Reveals Wealth and Downfall
A poverty case at a municipal lodging house tells of Theodore Frazer once worth eighty thousand dollars who lost his fortune to “friends” as he funded lavish living. He retained a diamond set incisor and gold crowns, and after three days of shelter he plans to work for a living, acknowledging the irony of wealth to destitution. Frazer, twenty four, registered from Memphis, Tennessee, once studied dentistry and lived in Philadelphia before his fortune vanished.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodore Fragler
Culler
Frazer
Memphis
Tenn
Philadelphia
Frazier
Lafayette Hotel
Poker Night With Professor fuels plans and laughter
Guests Fred Struthers and Jack Niles arrive and mingle with Professor Jerrold as Tom and I set up a card game in the library. Henry Jerrold jokes about age and poker skills while our group schemes a playful note for the gland picnic.
Memphis lad's trials spark a lesson in perseverance
A Memphis youth, after losing his earlier comforts, adapts with grit. He sells cheap jewelry to travelers, works in wood to survive in the capital, and vows not to squander what he earns. Superintendent Cutler notes his unusually compelling life tale among lodging house residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frazer
Cutler
Memphis
Tack making industry and varieties of tacks
The article outlines tack production from imported Swedish iron to American steel and copper variants, with sizes from half-ounce to one-ounce. It details uses from carpet tacks to ship tacks, types like gimp, upholsterers, and double pointed tacks, and notes a rise in electrical wiring use. It explains packaging, daily production rates, machine feeding, and national output about 20 000 tons annually.
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New York Sun
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Bachellor Syndicate
Part T
Leutenant
Roage
Theo
Washington Post
Fortune
Theodore
Nhalter
Fred Struthers
Jack Niles
Uncle Henry
Eace
Gland
Grandcena
Iin
Impossibrie Medical CO
Buffalo
N.Y
Geist
Three Rivers
Roma
Matthews Bros
John H. Phelps
Scranton
G. C. Bittner
Gia To
Coo
Matthews Bros. and
Scranton, Pa
Pei Chichester
Lineata
Raregatta
Godfrey
Patent Office Department
United States
Pitcher’s Castorlae
Stacet
York Crry
Jenuine
E.C. Ricker
General Dealer
Pennsylvania
New Telephone Exchange
Adama Ave
Pillsbury’s
Pillsbury
Pillsbury Washburn Flour Mills Co., Limited
sAisbuy
Ili
C. P. Matthews Sons & Co
Northeastern
Penn'a
Third National Bank
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