Le Roi folly ties a rector daughter to stock
Madge Heywood, daughter of a poor rector, is drawn into a high risk stock bet on Le Roi shares after a flirtation with Paul Edmonds, a clever stockjobber. A misdirected letter, mounting debts, and brokered excuses drive a tense clash of pride, debt, and deception through a country manor and a London exchange.
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Stock Exchange
Madge Heywood
Paul Edmonds
Throgmorton Street
London
le Rois
Copthall Court
Launcelot Heywood
Madge
Paul Edmond
Copthall-court
le Roi Mining
le Roi
Jobber
Papa
Miss Heywood
Paul Eadmonds
Parsor
Mudge
Oliver Goldsmith
Summer Palace
Cartwright
Rector
Paul
Jobstock
Midland Express
Throgmerton Street
Mr. Heywood
When a Boy Looks for Work
New York Evening Sun notes how boys seek jobs via ads under Boy Wanted and recalls the hopeful letters and interviews. It profiles varied applicants from earnest teens to precocious youths with claims of bookkeeping skill and “absolute knowledge of men and affairs,” including a Pine Street lawyer who saves a standout reply.
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New York Evening Sun
Pine Street
Sphinx Lore: Enigmatic Knots for the Leisure Hour
In Lewiston Maine E K Chadbourn is urged to address the department with curious knots and oddities fit for the Leisure Hour column. The note hints at a column on puzzling lore and clever knotwork.
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E K. Chadbourn
Lewiston
Maine
Anagram Race and Odd Riddles From The Old Page
A jumble of verses and puzzles including a mock America’s Cup taunt about Sir Thomas, a tale of a hero with an empty sleeve, a classic riddle about virtue and gravity, and a Hawkeye clue inviting readers to find nineteen animal body parts in a quirky story fragment.
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Sir Thomas
England
Hart
Leves
Otnea
Miserly Wight In Skinflint Tight
A brief verse portrays a stingy man whose reluctance to give even a cent shows his greed. The speaker notes that parting with money causes him visible distress, highlighting a miserly character bound by accumulation and reluctance to aid others.
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Tranza
Letters of Application Reveal Quiet Courage and Humor
The piece reflects on job application letters, noting earnestness and humor in phrasing from applicants. It contrasts careful spelling with occasional oddities and shows how recruiters recall their own past when choosing a candidate, ending with a poem about work and integrity.
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McDuffy
Christy
She Judge Knox Proposes to Edith in Sixty Day Delay
The judge made an awful break when proposing to Edith. She asked for time to consider the offer and he granted her sixty days to decide.
Evil Land of Illinois The Prize Solving Mystery
A long verse puzzle lists world famous places and ends with Illinois branded as Evil Land. It announces a weekly prize for best animal-part list answering No. 6% and names Edwin A. Cobb of Columbus Indiana as prize winner. Several readers acknowledged with many names and numbers.
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Edwin A. Cobb
Columbus
Ind
J. W. Siders
A. M. Lowell
M. H. Marshall
Susan Carter
J. H. Watson
E. F. Powell
T. A. Fegan
Lindon Scott
J. C. Roberta
Howard F. Stewart
Orren L. Lewis
M. A. Wage
Alice Netmell
Etta Morey
C. J. Hatch
Highbinders in San Francisco Chinese Quarters War Professions
A San Francisco letter describes Chinese Highbinder societies as professional assassins bound by oaths. Their ranks include a chief, secretary, introducer, and eight swordsmen. Initiation involves kneeling under eight swords and sharing blood to prove allegiance. They extort merchants, terrorize owners of women, and fund wars between rival bands, with a strict code and funeral rites for members.
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San Francisco
Corbonari
Italy
Dra
China
Indiana Novelists Declared Remarkably Small In State
A Kansas City Journal note critiques Indiana writers, calling the pool of historical novelists in the state remarkably small and suggesting many cannot write.
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Kansas City Journal
Indiana
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Mader Heywood
Lombard Street
Cartwrights
Paul Schmonds
C Ursine Fraternity
Wix
Millar
le Ross
Edmonds
Kaffir
Ethel
Kedith
Geographical
Robert
Enigma
Earth
Heaven
Venus
Louis the Fourteenth
Versailles
Notlih
Hawkeye
Theodosia Garrison
The
Independent
T. A
Kentucky
Dakota
Illinois
Ashtoreth
Amherst
Bowdoin
Wesleyan
Brown
Williams
Dartmouth
Ripon
Oberlin
Bates
Cornell
Tufts
Ohio
Chisaman
Institntion Methoda
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