Wickersham scolds beef trust over past rebates in police court parable
A tongue in cheek history argues Attorney General Wickersham would not press a test case over secret railroad rebates by the beef trust. The piece mocks legal excuses of lack of intent, cites past convictions, and likens the issue to police court logic in a satirical review of crime and punishment.
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Wickersham
Wall Street
Beef Trust
Big Four
Chicago
United States Supreme Court
Zoel
Finds Happiness on Small Truck Farm Near Seattle
Race Carrigan a 40 year old university graduate owns a ten acre garden near Green Lake. He lives a simple life with two workers and a traveling sales wagon. He shared his South American military souvenirs and past Wall Street trials, saying real happiness comes from simplicity and routine rather than wealth or reckless risks.
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Race Carrigan
Green Lake
Carrigan
Equator
Tam
Patrona
South America
Doting Parents Rhyme By Don Marquis
A brief verse from Don Marquis depicts Dainty Edith Whiffletree drowning her playmate in the sea. The scene shows Mamma grave and admonishing Radia to not repeat the mischief while noting the child’s wet feet.
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Edith Whiffletree
Mamma
Radia
Moonlit warning and a sudden fire in Levy’s store
A fragmentary scene shows a mother scolding her frivolous daughter about actors, a mysterious moonlit warning by a major in the mountains, and a fourth fire in Levy's store within the year prompting questions to a clerk.
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Niee
Levy
Ato
Duége
Major Byers Intender Duplicator Hair Remedy Tale
Major Byers proclaims a new Duplicator Method to combat baldness in a humorous luncheon scene. He describes a step by step process of inserting hair to multiply strands, claiming rapid growth from a single hair through several operations. The exchange highlights comic dialogue and a playful satire of pseudo scientific cures.
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Fred Schaefer
James
Maj. Byers
Jim
Maje
Byers
O. K
Maj. Brera
Intriguing Quotation Clipped From Baltimore Journal
Fragmentary dialogue shows a man negotiating a quiet alarm for a house hold item. The garbled text references price, china tame and a request for an alarm that won t wake the hired workers or disturb a 73 family, with mentions of an architect and Baltimore American.
Deliaghtfalty Thriaite Reveals Romantic Double Idea
A fragment from an old journal hints at a romantic theme about two partners and a tension between imagination and reality. The note references living in a difficult time and a literary image, suggesting personal reflection within a fictional frame.
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Georgetown
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Yildiz Palace
Taft
Connecticut
the Star
Dodds
Harrison
Barney Dodds
Wallat
New York
Man Jones
Don Marquis
Mayme
Bon Marouis
Pri
Quts
Josh Wise
Rolling Stone
Maude
Wang
Saxo
Rene
Perh
T Weather
Boston Transcript
Georgia
Yandter
Fine Nain
Kashmir
J.a.baillargeon&co Second Av
Spring St
Seorapa
Tamate Grotto
Mate
Canaries
Newport Cafe & Grill
Madison
Orton
Brooklyn
Bartell Drug Stores
Dupont
Damascus
Pray
Dupont Sanitary
Yukon
Fairfax
Goodyear
Venus
Rock Island
Woodbury’s
Colgate
Mansfield
Antonio Ledo
Bradbury System
Eastern Outlitting Co., Inc
Union St
Reliable Credit House
Bell
Piso
Mae
Bartell
Second Avenue
Bartell Drug No. 2
Firet Ave
Pike St
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