Deluge of Greed and Railways in a Modern Money Plot
A narrative exposes a financial conspiracy where railways and mining collapse into bankruptcy. A reformer recalls how High finance, through brigandage and stock booms, manipulated markets, split profits, and wrecked industries. He critiques Wilmot and Reebok driven schemes and the public’s gullibility.
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Wilmot
Laward
Roebuck
Paopellion
Managua
Dave
Buck
Amill
Crete
Feotanine
Goma
Ohana
The Textile Gambler and a World of Temptation
A first person memoir recounts a financier named Matthe Blacklock reflecting on gambling urges and a risky shift from textile ventures to coal stocks. He recalls Roebuck’s warnings and Langdon’s praise, detailing memory fragments of a life shaped by temptation, doubt, and a pivotal choice to pursue danger or duty.
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Gurbin
Jose
Ming Lorin
Mattiew
Manenna
Roebuck
United States Treasury
Matt
Textien
Langdon T
Blacklock
Tyo
House of
Lonely Homesteaders Enjoy Ghostmas in the Woods
A North Minnesota homesteader named Torre spars a 160 acre claim and builds a cedar cabin with crude furnishings. He shares Christmas with a wanderer named Mile, dining on improvised fare and a year old whiskey, making the first Christmas in years feel real as they plan a future together in the rugged forest.
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Sam
Minnesota Woods
Hirta
Nile
Torre
Mike
Recluse
Connor Beth
Mile
Christina
Tiasen County
Pard
Christmas Day Wanderer In The Woods Tell Of Lost Life
A host serves whiskey to Old Mike and a friend named Pulling Me on Christmas Day. Mike recalls his past as a hunter and trapper, yearning for the forest and nature away from society. The day ends with quiet reflection as night falls and the wanderer plans to keep wandering under the blue canopy.
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Mike
Old Mike
Mtule
Rubin
Waaderer
Heeven
His Choice Monces or a Gloatte Fenceview
Fragmentary dialogue suggests a rural or sporting context with characters Willie and Civaile debating choices and viewing total games from over a fence. The readable lines imply light banter about future satisfaction or bragging rights, but no concrete event, date, or clear names beyond Willie emerge.
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Willie
Concrete Manners Chronicle Snippet
A fragment from a column recalls a sharp line about a prior rival as readers note the blunt humor. The piece references a Christmas present and a fourth bill tied to a semiskin coat, dated to early fall.
Willie Gift Hiding Jackknife Tale at Home
A tense domestic scene unfolds as Mrs Brown-Willie presses Willie and Mr Brown-Jane about gifts for Wills and the missing jackknife. The dialogue hints at a concealed item and a potential parental confrontation over behavior and discipline.
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Willie
Mr. Brown
Jane
Mrs. Brown
Christmas Friendship Saves Family Bankruptcies
A confession reveals Billings rescued a person from bankruptcy by marrying the speaker’s fiancée just before Christmas, creating an unexpected family alliance and financial turnabout.
Stuffing the Turkey at Ohio State Journal
A lively, humorous piece rails against stuffing in roast turkey, arguing the stuffing embodies the turkey’s soul and should remain, resisting reform. It mocks cranks pushing notices and questions culinary tradition, praising the aromatic stuffing as essential to the meal.
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Ohio State Journal
Epicure
Guiana
Benny Boys Christmas Conversation From The Newspaper
A brief humorous exchange reveals Benny asking if his father will give him a car or a toy pistol for Christmas. Mother questions the certainty, and Benny notes his father was seen talking with the reinsurer man about him that morning.
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Benny
Papa
Mistletoe and Kissing In Seasonal Verse
A short, satirical verse on misfit tastes in seasons. The speaker notes a perverse nature that desires roses in winter and a Christmas tree in summer. A moralizing tone questions social comfort with strangers, ending with a wry remark about kissing under the mistletoe.
Mistletoe Exchange Sparks Workplace Banter
A playful exchange between colleagues turns into a light moment about mistletoe. The woman expects a kissable tradition while the man deflects with a joke about working through the moment without mistletoe.
Cause of Her Sorrow at Christmas Dinner
A little girl, Ethel, repeatedly sends back her turkey plate and is given extra goodies. She sits with an unfinished plum pudding, complains she is more than full, and Uncle John asks why she looks mournful, triggering laughter.
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Ethel
Uncle John
Egotistical wife bakes biscuits called tablets
In a terse exchange a boastful wife presents miniature biscuits as dainty tablets while her husband retorts that they are dyspepsia tablets, framing a sharp domestic clash through a jokey line.
A Confession That Failed About Santa Claus
A thoughtful citizen explains he chose to dispel the Santa Claus myth from his youngest son believing deception hurts, but the boy remains unfazed and offers pity, saying the parent was among the bad boys Santa ignores.
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Santa Claus
Christmas Mystery of the Missing Jewelry and Ring
A fragmentary humor piece recounts a tale of a Persian lamb jacket wish and a missing diamond ring found after a water incident. The chorus and narrator joke about camp police and a prank involving the missing jewelry and a clever ruse.
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Puck
Wille
Wilinesa
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