The Dead Man's Hand and a Troubled Writer's Descent
A brilliant short story writer Kelsall dies after fever and a friend Tolson West rises as Aden Hardcastie, publishing under a pen name. West grows misanthropic, isolating himself in a decayed room filled with unread tales and chaotic notes, while rumors accuse him of passing off Kelsall’s work.
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Kelsall
Aman BO
Hia Ines
Jane
West
Kelea
Pioneer
Aden
Tolson West
Jong Weat
Dave
Swift
Acarcely
Farper
The Ghostly Typewriter Haunts a Killer of Minds
West tells Bethell of a haunting by Kelsall who dies in the room and allegedly uses a typewriter to write horrors. Bethell witnesses eerie evidence as West descends into obsession while the narrator fears a supernatural plot and contemplates how to halt the dread. West dies at the end, found frozen before the active typewriter with a final page in progress.
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Kelsall
Ile
Kelsill
Hethen
West
Colm
Heaven
Kelsalla
Bethel
Ensuel
Purgatory
The Greatest Chess Player Tudor Jenks In Bt Nicholas
The article extols Tudor Jenks as a young chess prodigy who won the American championship, crossed to Europe to challenge top players, and returned triumphant before age twenty one. It recalls 1858 letters from American players inviting Howard Staunton to face the American boy in New Orleans.
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Cheax
America
Odda
Howard Staunton
Brian de Bele Gilbert
Stauniot
London
Whchh
Murphy
Europe
Oatin
Paulsen
Morpay
Louisiana
Morphys
Madrid
Paul
Lowenthal
Murphys
New York
Julius Caesar
Staunton
Binunton
Birmingham
Murphy the World Chess Champion In 19th Century Tour
The article recounts Morphy as a rising American chess talent who defeated European masters across England France and Prussia. It notes public support funding his travels and his triumphal reception in Paris and other cities, ending with a celebratory gift of a rosewood chessboard.
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England
London Chess Club
Nike
Admiral Dewey
Manila
Murphy
Paria
Amerjot
Hat of spun glass shocks New Orleans crowd
A guest at a New Orleans hotel wore a hat that looked like brown straw but proved to be spun glass. The wearer explained it is flexible and non inflammable, made years ago by a Pittsburgh artisan who tried to spin glass into fabric for curtains. The hat cost about 1200 dollars and drew astonished comments from onlookers.
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New Orleans
London bus conductor tallies steps climbed daily
A London bus conductor, famed for his skill with figures, estimates top to bottom climbs. He notes about twelve trips up and down a bus end daily and, after twenty one years on the route, about 12,700,000 steps in total.
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London
Howe
New York Telegram
Poorly Worded Comedy Amid Silly Ads
A garbled passage mixes a joking exchange about chocolates with a contrived health ad. The text mentions a boy and his betrothed’s brother, a box of chocolates, and a request for another stomach, followed by an awkward health claim for liver pills and a cosmetic note about a “clewr complexion.”
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Bethell
Weel
Dehli
Dentre
West’ PT
Tie
Kelsails
T Fest
Academy
Gorose
Cunlife
Pioneer Office
Belsall
Gwen
Thad
4Pd
Ao V
Dhat
Wert
Mrs. Harper
Mr. West
Bethe
Hood
Annie D. McCoy
Watsontown
Jonas Long
Bauer
Paul Murphy
Tudor Jenks
Nicholas
Ruby Lipr
Ani
Aanon
Matthews Brow
W. T. Clark
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