A Morning Walk and a Ciphered Telegram Gone Wrong
An aging narrator recalls a morning walk and a cryptic telegram arrival from a clerk named Gamnett. A ciphered message to William Jackson reveals a planned heist, leading to a midnight chase and the capture of two burglars by authorities. Gamnett and Jackson receive a stark, prison-bound fate.
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Taylor
Gamnett
Byex
William Jackson
Coppice Street
Jackson
Parker
Mysterious Clerk and a Hidden Cipher
A bookkeeper notices a strange half sheet hidden under a desk that appears to be a cipher key. The narrator recalls a night guard request to hide £3,000 in a safe and the clerk Gamnett’s eager compliance. The tale builds toward exposing two villains and a bank-related fraud.
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Fk Lom Nso
Gamnett
Gamnet
Wilson
Mr. Parker
Disagreeable Bed-Fellow and Custer Survivor Wagner
A rattlesnake concealed under a sleeping boy’s back is slain after a cold chill alarm. Sergeant Charles C. Wagner, survivor of General Custer’s immediate command, recounts his survival and years of peril, including a leg loss from a poisoned arrow and his steadfast Western bearing.
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Colonel Dodge
Cnb
Frederick
Charles C. Wagner
Custer
Major Reno
Reno
Sergeant Wagner
Cians
Far West
Washington Letter on the Army of Office Seekers
Special correspondence describes Washington as crowded with office seekers returning in Febr uary as in past decades. The piece chronicles personal stories of failed bids for Treasury and other posts, the humiliation of repeated rejections, furloughs at government presses, and a vivid anecdote of a thirteen year old girl office-seeker at the White House.
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Washington
Legion
Galilee
Legion of Honor
Ignis
Middle States
Treasury Department
Senator Blank
Omes
White House
Lizzie Morrill
Suspension Bridge
Bright May Macauley
John Sherman
the Treasury
New Jersey
the Republic
Government Printing Office
Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
D. Frr
Watch Dogs and Terriers A Charmed Life in Guarding Homes
A New York Sun recounts dogwatching debates profiling bull terriers and Skye terriers as household guardians. It contrasts their barking, ferocity, and intelligence with practical, cautionary notes about their behavior, loyalty, and keeper risks in rural and urban settings.
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New York Sun
Westchester County
New Haven
Treatise on government confused by school reader
A Time magazine note recounts a joke about a student who finds a treatise on representative government too opaque for school use. The dialogue contrasts a scholarly work full of allusions and obsolete words with a clearer book intended for grown readers.
Browning cult subsides in the city
A Life magazine remark notes the Browning cult waning in the city. Mrs. L of Chicago says the movement has shifted, suggesting Browning is already in the soup.
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Browning
Necessary To Success Advised By Judge In Exchange
In a terse courtroom exchange a judge prompts Bagley to secure a strong financial base before pursuing literature as a livelihood. The editor adds a blunt reply about building a sizeable bank account as groundwork.
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Bagley
Euditor
Mrs Spriggins recalls kindness and a cafe au last ride
Mrs Spriggins quotes a neighbor describing a generous gesture as he sent his cafe au last around to drive them through the park. The remark implies a cabriolet style vehicle associated with the term v's Bazar.
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Mrs. Spriggins
Cafe Au Last
New Contest Tests Cigar Light Duration At Clubs
Men attempt to keep identical cigars burning the longest. Each bets a stake into a pot and lights are simultaneous. A young man held his cigar alight for two hours and forty eight minutes before dropping out when the flame went out.
Train staff must carry permits for dangerous prop items
Conductors and engineers are personally responsible for the property used by trains and must not carry dangerous items without a permit from authorities. Official notice designates THOMAS TAGGART as Superintendent and mentions hold or adjustments.
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Ewp Cahertueene
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Cornhill Magazine
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Congress
Harrison
Hotels
Felicity
Ohio
Frank Hurdle
Iiding
Moblms
Ohio House
Ellsworth
Henthen
Georgetown
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A. M. Kautz
Dick Hotel
Moscow
Havoc
W. F. Smidley
E” Q. Crane
Bantam
Clermont County
Janiott
Wee Bishop
Attorney At Law
Batavia
Main Street
Clermont House
Janlots
J. H. Clark
Goshen
DYE House
Robert Walker
E. Third St
Cincinnati
A. Detzel
East Third Street
Stn
Sittoh
John D. Park & Sons, Wholesale Agt
San Francisco
West Sixth St
Vine
West Sixth Street
Faininnati
Georgetown & Portsmouth Railroad
Stites
Thomas Taggart
A.M. P.M. A. M.lee
AIT. A.M. A.M. P.M
Columbia
Wades
Land Bank
California
Lick Run
Mt.Washgun
Brachmann’s
Cedar Point
Frost Hill
Forestville
Cherr
Mtummit
Grove
Clon H Pike
T. Carmel
Summerside
Fair Oak
Hulington
Wing's
Bet ' ‘A
Jerusalem
Yankeetown
Hameraville
Feenburg
Gillette
White Oak
Tracey's
Lye
Wade’ Pal
As Os
Lan Aon Hie
Liok
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