Charlotte-russe and golf scandal in a prison tale amusements
A first-person vignette mixes a jailbreak inside a Young Ladies Visiting association prison with a golf rival named Jones Johnson Jones. The narrator recalls courtly life, a ping-pong wife, and a dramatic veranda moment that ends in an accusation of assault and a demand for his handicap book. A second piece notes China’s hunger for Western schooling and its implications for trade and power.
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Jones
John Johnson Jones
Burglars Easily Traced by Lecoq Detective
In a story from the Kaa fame City Star, detective Lecoq studies a cottage and explains that most small burglaries are by amateurs who target neighbors. He notes amateurs leave real silver, don’t break locked drawers, and carry a pocket electric lamp, revealing the culprit before luncheon.
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Lecog
Lecoq
Kaafame City Star
Good Old World and the Bishop in the Taxi
A reflective piece argues the world improves with progress and people, especially women and girls, shape society through work and sacrifice. A scene follows a bold actor leaving in a taxi, then a dramatic critic’s roast leads to a line about a bishop who insists he is not a guide.
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Weat Steenth Street
Resourceful actor tale shared by district attorney
New York district attorney Jerome praised a resourceful actor at the Union club. He recounted a late night taxi fare dilemma and how the actor engineered a quick, dramatic visit to a physician by bell ringing and feigning a baby emergency to obtain aid and a ride home.
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Jerome
New York
Union Club
Lagniappe Debate Returns in New Orient Retail Trade
Lagniappe in New Orient reappears as two hundred grocers resume giving customer bonuses after a year of restraint. Merchants threaten to boycott wholesalers serving those who broke the agreement, while customers insist lagniappe is a commission earned by patronage rather than a gift.
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Lagniappe
Orient
Saintly Guide Through Danish Town Arrival at Station
An Englishman conducting business in a Danish town reached the railway station and asked a nearby group for directions to his destination. One man offered to accompany him and guide the way, recalling past experiences as they departed together.
A Home for Spir Expands with Additions at Hale House
Andrew Hale, a recluse who died by self-inflicted death at Lebanon Oregon, kept a house with about twenty additions each dedicated to the spirit of a departed friend. The rooms held curious items including shoe strings clocks musical instruments and various articles. The collection likely cost Hale more than 2500 dollars.
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Spir
Andrew Hale
Lebanon
Ore
Hale
I Wrote Him I Was Ready to Come Home
The exchange shows a person stating readiness to return home. He replies that he would need to borrow money for the fare. When asked what to do, he says to stay longer as he would borrow enough to cover the stay.
Nervous wreck described in playful exchange
A terse exchange defines a nervous wreck as something Keung claims she is, a humorous quarrel about meanings, with Detrait noting the joke. The fragment hints at a conversation on temperament and headache metaphors in a casual setting.
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Keung
Detrait
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