The Peril of the Mail by Ethel Turner
In Bundarabee two siblings Burgo and Jan steal a train to save the mail run from a sabotaged viaduct. Jan urges the stunt while Burgo confronts danger, they cross the viaduct and bring the engine safely to Bendooley as the mail train approaches. The story ends with community praise, a government reward, and a family reckoning.
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Ethel Turner
Burgo
Jan
Bendooley
Bundarabee
Bendon
Duct
Heaven
Burgos
Brown
The
Where Young Housekeepers Lack
A brief note from the New York Evening Post discusses a young Matron teaching thrift in knowledge and housekeeping. It remarks on the observed gaps in practical skills and the humor found in her strict orders.
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New York Evening Post
Market talk and the demand for better market cuts
The speaker notes shoppers trust butchers to choose quality cuts, but warns this drives up prices and yields poorer value for ignorant buyers. He laments the slow adoption of domestic science in women’s schools and colleges, urging better consumer education.
The Trunk Man's Finish in American Railways
The Philadelphia Record recalls Dickens and notes Western railways issuing etiquette rules for conductors and brakemen. Trunks must be treated like glass ware, with no violent ejects or end-of-line handling. The baggage smasher era ends as rules demand gentle loading and new roles emerge.
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Philadelphia
Dickens
America
Western Railway
Chicago
Brotherhood of Railway Baggage Masters
Moab Valley Funeral Odes and Oddities in Out of the Ordinary
A long poetic meditation on Nephilim era graves and brave warriors ends with reflections on reverent burial in Moab by Cecil Frances Alexander. The piece is followed by a column of miscellaneous curios from the era noting global trivia, such as Venice’s perpetual cafe, wood alcohol dangers, and postal box density in London.
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Moab's Land
United States
Venice
Ohio
Nile
Bombay
London
Liverpool
Bohemia
Waterford
Ireland
Suir
Siberian
Shanghai
Globe
Philippine Islands
Rocky Mountains
Belgium
Europe
Nippur
Christ
University of Pennsylvania
Sphinx Lore Enigmatic Knots for the Leisure Hour
Short pieces of odd lore appear in the Leisure Hour under SPHINX LORE. The repeated note directs readers to address any communications to ER Chadbourn in Lewiston Maine.
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Chadbourn
Lewiston
Maine
Rebus Curiosities of Language and Light in Letters
A fragmented rebus puzzle tailed by a poetical miscellany ties colors trees and flowers to months and symbols. It blends scenes of gardens in bloom with seafaring imagery and moral maxims from Grandpa Lee, inviting readers to decode numbered clues and moral lessons amid a lyrical collage of 19th century prose.
SOME NEWER AUTHORS AND A KINGDOM HEIR TO LANDS
Sir Newell Feversham returns to England after long travels to a northern European kingdom and a European coast country to learn he has inherited vast lands from his uncle. An unmarried man, he visits his home with a friend as a crowd gathers at the inn. They pass through birch thickets and blue and yellow forests, see a dull brown deer, and are greeted by a colorfully described butler before the scene ends. PENFIELD.
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Bundarabee
Burgo Robinson
Jan
Burgeo
Burgo
Brown
Burge
Uncle Brown
Sissie
Mrs. Brown
Burg
Nuis
Father
Roger
Boondi
Woona
Bendooley
Janet
Ted
Bendon
John Peters
Sir Newell Feversham
Europe
England
Penfield
Tangled Biography and A Patchwork Inquiry
A jumble of puzzles and notes outlines a father's many birthdays and children, a riddle about a master and servant, canned lists of novels and authors, and scattered statistics on census figures, education, emigration, and travel. The piece blends light verse, reader challenges, and brief social facts from the era.
The Woman in Tights
The manager of a burlesque show notes tights vary by wearer saying a performer’s ambition and modesty shape audience perception. He praises shy wearers whose hesitation conveys genuineness and believes restraint enhances a woman in tights.
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Philadelphia
Butelesque
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Grandpa Lee
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Lea
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Tights
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