Wrong Bank, Wrong Credentials in Wall Street Tale
A writer recounts attempting to deposit $350 in a Wall Street bank using a note from a magazine editor. The teller and cashier question the balance, revealing the bank’s limited deposits and high total, leaving the man with only $62 and no account. The incident ends with him vowing to save instead of banking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wall Street
Mr. Penphist
Gray Hatred
Peuphist
Penphist
New York Sun
Ghostly Rider Haunts Wycollar Hall Legend
A correspondent recalls Wycollar Hall near Colne once home to the Cunliffe family. The annual specter horseman, in Stuart era gear, visits the ruined hall on wild nights. Screams and fire foaming nostrils mark his passage as the ghost of a murdered wife’s killer.
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Wycollar
Colne
Cunliffes
Billington
Wreollar
Specter
Wyeodar Tall
The Critics at the Philadelphia Art Club
A Philadelphia art club editor notes the clash between critical restraint and personal taste. Patrons at the Academy of Fine Arts exhibit overheard remarks praising gowns, fur coats, and imagined connections to Carniegie prizes, Raphael like painters, and a Daub titled The Gladiator, amid a crowd debating merits and popularity.
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Philadelphia
Academy of Fine Arts
Paquin
Raphael
Mole Superstitions and Wealth Predictions
Old beliefs link moles to fortunes and traits. A chin mole foresees wealth while one under the arm also hints at wealth and honor. Ankle moles signal courage and either temple placements promise social reach or distress. Knee or neck moles portend marriage or health and wealth. Nose moles suggest travel. Throat moles indicate overall health and wealth.
Silent Winners List of Presidents With No Stump Speeches
The list reviews presidential candidates and shows many leaders delivered no stump speeches. Washington, Jefferson, Adams, Madison, Monroe and others are noted as making none. Historical commentary from Jeffersonian perspective highlights absent oratorical acts by several early figures.
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George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
John Adams
John Quiner Adams
James Madison
James Monroe
Andrew Jackson
Martin van Buren
General Harrison
James Ex. Polk
Franklin Pierce
James Buchanan
A Fortunate Man
A young matron visits the market to buy an oyster plant and sets it to grow with plans for winter use. The excerpt hints at hopes of producing produce for the colder season.
Saving it will be with not a cent to pay
A Chicago News quip on a saving woman and her husband, noting his luck and fate in life with a playful line about a saving wife.
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Chicago News
Eight oclock yawns at the hotel
A guest at a hotel groans about waking at eight o'clock and asks the waiter to bring the bill. The exchange captures a sleepy morning moment in a hotel lobby or dining area.
The Norman Farmer and French Agricultural Prowess
An old New York Press quote extols French farmers as supreme stewards of top soil saying they farm efficiently on small plots. The piece compares French soil mastery to a prima donna’s voice and notes they move with their topsoil intact when ending leases.
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New York Press
The Modern Hat and Health Claims
A Berliner Umschau writer notes hats dominate men's and women's fashion and time use. An experiment with a healthy man under sun exposure records heat in various crowns, listing thermometer readings for panama, straw sailor, silk, felt, black hat, and yacht cap.
Modern London dwarfs ancient marvels in scale and myth
A Pear sons Weekly piece mocks exaggerated ancient wonders by comparing city enclosures and monumental structures to London. It notes Babylon’s ruins reveal a small city and a wall far shorter than legends claim, and it contrasts Herodotus myths with actual heights of the Colossus, Liberty statue, Nelson column, and other icons.
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German Oriental Society
London
Herodotus
Rhodes
New York Harbor
Pomper
Nelson
Hyde Park
Queen Victoria
Prince Consort
Artemisia
Halicarnassus
Mausolus
Cyrus
War Office
Parliament Street
Pearson’s Weekly
A Bath a Month in Persia
The article notes Persians bathe only monthly at public baths to atone for infrequent cleansing. On bath day they are washed shaved and trimmed then spend the day eating buns and sherbet. Men and women have fixed bath days and a man shouts out the bath day in the streets. Ladies have their hair plaited in many thin braids until the next bath day.
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Persia
Thought Only of the Dynamite and a Punjab Tragedy
A young subaltern supervising works in the Punjab loses native workers to a dynamite accident. He telegraphs to the commander in chief reporting twelve laborers killed. The reply is a terse, ominous inquiry asking if more dynamite is needed.
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Lord Witchener
United States
Gagzette
Witchener
Punjab
Englishmen in Paris Clash Over Language at Dinner
Two English tourists in Paris share a meal with one man ordering in broken French while the other offers critical explanations. Tensions rise when Mr Smith snaps that his companion should not interfere with his use of French, prompting a sharp retort about confusing a staircase with a spoon.
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France
Paris
Mr. Smith
Mr. Cross
Mr Smith
London Mail
New York Claims Unique Global City Status
The New York World proclaims New York as the first Irish city of the world and cites its vast Jewish, German, Austrian, Swedish, Norwegian, Italian, and Russian populations. It contrasts Belfast and Warsaw populations and ranks New York among major European and world cities in various nationalities.
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New York
Belfast
Ireland
Warsaw
Berlin
Hamburg
New York World
Village Brancaster Receives Golf Club Share
Brancaster village has an agreement with Royal West Norfolk Golf Club to take 4 percent of gross income with a minimum guarantee of 250 a year for land converted to links. This year the club paid 315, up 42 from last year, enough to give each eligible householder 1.25 and leave a balance.
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Brancaster
Royal West Norfolk Golf Club
London Standard
Electric Campaign Cane Novelty From Popular Mechanics
A novelty electric campaign cane features a glass headed handle that lights at night. The illuminated head, connected by a leather neck, swings with the cane while a hidden battery powers the bulb inside the head.
Francis Curtis Heads Permanent Republican Literary Bureau
Leshie’s Weekly praises Francis Curtis formerly of Springfield now directing the Republican literary bureau in Washington. The piece credits Curtis with two decades of experience and the bureau’s success in supporting campaign propaganda across presidential campaigns.
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Leshie
Weely
Francis Curtis
Springfield
Washington
Sherman
Loudenslager
Curtis
Bureau
Mrs Spurmiug Husband to Suffer Humanity Hereafter
A Houston Post quote notes Mrs Spurmiug believed she cared for suffering humanity but her husband will now share that burden. The remark asks if she still fulfills her mission after marriage.
The Pursuit of Pleasure and Impatient Desires
A reflective line notes that those who seek quick pleasure injure themselves. It contrasts savages cutting a tree for fruit with everyday people who rush to gratification, warning against hasty pursuit of satisfaction.
Man's Dull Attire Reflects Moroseness in British Dress
A Chambers' Journal observation notes that British people are growing duller and more careless in clothing, with wearers displaying a seeming affectation rather than practicality. The critique targets fashion as a sign of mood.
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Chambers’ Journal
Yale Slang: Glories and Glooms Among Student Vernacular
Yale students coin terms for women in slang. A glory denotes unusually attractive young woman while a gloom marks a woman of lesser attractiveness. A ball of fire describes a beauty irresistible at college parties. The column cites terms such as peach pippin corker.
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Yale University
Yale
Corker
New York Times
Objection in Mrs Binks Affected Church Visit
Dialogue shows Mrs Binks inviting to church with Mrs Jinks replying her hat isn’t trimmed for that side of the church. Judge scenes follow with formal social propriety and seating etiquette.
The Cocked Hat and the Lords Reform Idea
The piece contrasts Viscount Morley with a cocked hat noting the odd fit for his austere brow and argues any reform of the house of lords should aim at abolition.
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Viscount
Morley
House of Lords
Manchester Courier
Paris Finery Seizure Ends With Publicity Gain
Mrs Graverey fears customs seized finery from Paris but Mrs Park says not loss, she gained recognition as her name appears in the papers. The exchange highlights intrigue over imported goods and media attention in a humorous Puck cartoon style.
Silence and Blushing Eloquence Says Chinese Proverb
A Chinese saying notes that silence and blushing reveal a woman's feelings. The remark reflects cultural views on female demeanor and restraint.
Southward journey through Indiana to Mississippi fields and cites
Travels with Rev W L Thompson from Indianapolis to Louisville and on to Fulton Kentucky and Jackson Tennessee describe wet soils and crop prospects. Observations include fruit potential, cabbage abundance, grass persistence, and the need for crop rotation to avoid unproductive land. Roads, topography, and changes since 34 years ago noted.
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May
W. L. Thompson
Fairmount
Ind
Southland
Indianapolis
Louisville
Indiana
Toursville
Brother Thompson
Paduka
Fulton
Fulton Twent
Jackson
Tenn
McNairy County
Corinth
Miss
Birmingham
Ala
Atlanta
Missippi
South
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the Critics
Norman Farmer
Cosmopolitan New York
Franinis
Lina Rans uTis
VY Opin
Republican Literary Bureau
Albert J. Beveridge
Chicago
Teter
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