Peruvian Torture Tale Prompts 100000 Indemnity Claim
Edward Gottfried of Wilkes Barre, serving as a U S consul at Trujillo, recounts a rebel assault on his hacienda near Huamachuco Peru. Troops looted the home, forced a ransom, tortured him by thumbs and bodies, and threatened execution before he escaped with his family to safety in the mountains. The incident supports a $100000 indemnity claim against Peru.
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Wilkesbarre
Peru
Edward Gottfried
Trujillo
State Department
Gottfried
Huamachuco
Zollner
Verastegul
Republic
Armet
Pepper and Reach of Pathos Curtain Talk
A playful exchange about audience emotion follows a theater curtain. Mr Pepper jokes there was a dry eye nowhere, while Mr Pepper notes the usual number of dry throats among viewers.
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Mr. Pepper
Cape Nome and Its Geographic Locations
Cape Nome Alaska emerges as a focal point in gold mining lore with reports of placer riches and boom towns. The Nome region lies on the southern Alaska peninsula near Bering Sea, 2 500 miles northwest of Seattle, with St Michael as the pre 1899 nearest settlement, and the Snake river area shaping the dispersed mining population along the coast.
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Kiondille
Cape Nome
Alanka
Bering Sea
Klondike
Pacific
Land of Promise
Golognin Bay
Nome
Alaska
Kotzebue Sound
Berlog Sea
Cape Prince of Wales
Snake River
Umeå
Popular Science Monthly
Kindness Cures a Bad Habit in Horses
A piece from Our Animal Friends argues shying in horses stems from instinct and fear. It warns against beating to punish fear, noting kindness can override instinct and prevent the habit.
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Steppes
Prairica
Two Apples and Two Quarts of Milk
A Detroit teacher tests a junior class with a simple addition problem. Johnny says four, but insists it means two apples. Rube, the mill man's son, explains in dialect that two quarts of milk and two quarts of water always make four quarts of milk. The teacher laughs, Rube is hurt.
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Detroit
Johnny
Rube
Reuben
Stile Rube
Detroit Free Presa
Store clerks and customers clash in tense exchange
Breeen Rebiken questions manager about how clerks handle difficult customers. A clerk admits stalling on showing ear mulla sizes, while the manager admonishes honesty with customers and insists on not revealing unpleasant truths. Chicago Tribune.
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Chicago Tribune
Tobit Turkey Buys Gunk Amid Payment Promises
A fragment reports Tobit Turkey purchasing new gunk while pledges to cover the debt are noted. The wording is unclear but points to an ongoing financial obligation and a purchase linked to funds owed.
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Tobit
Turkey
Khe Owoa
Young Bookkeeper Hires: Half of Twenty Dollars Weekly
A Philadelphia firm’s senior partner asks an assistant bookkeeper how much he earns. The reply reveals the worker gets twenty dollars weekly but only half is his. The anecdote, cited by the New York Tribune, highlights wage inequity and cash-flow humor within domestic economies.
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Philadelphia
New York Tribune
Nellie Teases A Belfiat Girl In Public Piano Request
Nellie complains about a selfish Belfiat girl who ignored others while Mr Nicefellow visited. Dora urges disclosure as Nellie recounts Tran’s brief visit and the girl’s demand that he turn the piano music so she could chat with him.
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Nellie
Clara
Dora
Tran
Mr. Nicefellow
Let Them Go On and Farmer Corn’s Comic Paper Rift
A Washington Star quote laments caricatures of farmers as naive real estate buyers and gold brick traders. The speaker argues such depictions mislead city folks and invite later predatory sales during summer board or rural property dealings.
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Corn Tessel
Dickerin
Country Real Estate
Washington Star
Whats to a Name Rector's Wife and the Parishioner
A London Tid Bits quip notes a rector’s wife asking about a christening. The granddaughter is named Gladys Jane with a playful dig at names and later-life service. The exchange features Mrs Hunks and the rector’s wife in a humorous village vignette.
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Rector
Hunks
Gladys Jane
Gladys
Jane
London
Out of Observation and a Matter of Doubt in Prose
The dialogue pairs quip about leisure and Lent in the country, with Miss De Fashion enjoying teas, parties, and private theatricals. A second exchange shows Jack debating marriage versus gold digging, and his friend Tom prompting a decision after the woman’s supposed reply.
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New York Weekly
Jack
Tom
Detroit Free Prosa
Weak back prompts talk with medicine take
A short dialogue shows Ask it questioning Tell it about seeking medicine for a week. Tell it states the medicine is for a weak back and explains the ongoing remedy.
Strangers Debate Saloon Doors In Quiet Town
A fragmentary dialogue notes a local town debate on whether saloon doors were closed Sunday. Native confirms frequent closure while Chicago signals skepticism about town customs.
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Chicago
Beecher Turned Away From Sold-Out Lecture
In a town where he was to lecture, Mr. Beecher visited a barbershop for a shave. The barber, unaware of him, asked if he would attend Beecher's talk. Beecher joked that he had no ticket and would have to stand, lamenting that he always stood to hear men speak.
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Hiseum
Mr. Beecher
Beecher
Forgetful Professor Responds With Wedding Anniversary Prank
A German professor forgets an anniversary after his wife places flowers on his desk. She asks if he knows the meaning, he replies that he will remind her when her anniversary arrives and reciprocate. The anecdote illustrates a humorous misreading of romantic gestures.
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Ehe
Coller
Richest and Poorest Reporter in the City
A dialogue depicts Extremos and editors noting a journalist on the staff who is both the millionaire's son and uniquely valued. The city editor calls him the richest and poorest reporter in the city.
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Young Bluegore
April Fool Cement Cakes Stir Henry and Ella
Ella reveals the morning prank to Henry by confessing the cakes are made of cement. Henry exclaims disbelief yet admits he did not notice the substitution.
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Ella
Henry
In Confidence Old Friend Dialogue About Wife
In Confidence a brisk exchange urges a husband to keep his wife informed. Old Friend advises sharing both gains and losses, while De Broker concedes he mainly shares losses. The exchange underlines prudent domestic communication in financial matters.
Mumbling Mike-Iuster and Mrs Goodleigh Exchange Sparse Talk
In a clipped Baltimore American snippet Mumbling Mike-Iuster claims a past as a Johnstown flood sufferer while Mrs Goodleigh probes his profession. The odd dialogue hints at local culture notes without clear action or outcome.
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Mike
Iuster
Teddy
Mrs. Goodleigh
Johnstown
Baltimore American
Florida Man questions health and migration in grim quip
A terse dialogue notes Florida residents debating health and leaving the state. One says a doctor warned of six month life if staying. The other remarks half want to sell out and move north, prompting a jab about life and health in Florida.
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Florida
Worth Keeping. Lady I Want You to Take This Dog Back
A dealer pleads with a stern owner to return a dog described as handsome but useless for training. The owner dismisses the animal’s value, while the dealer hints it could become a fine rug after death.
Debutante’s World Hovers Around Papa’s Bank
A matron asks if the debutante finds the world at her feet and she replies that most people are around her father’s bank, reflecting social climb and wealth in early society as reported by the Philadelphia North American.
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Papa's Bank
Philadelphia
North American
The Russian prince in prison named Kraptosky
An interjected question asks who the imprisoned figure is and the jailer identifies him as Kraptosky the prince of dynamiters. The exchange appears in a Philadelphia Worth American item reflecting a curious jail scene.
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Kraptosky
Prince of Dynamiters
Philadelphia
A Poor Entertainer at Her Opera Party
A Detroit Journal quip recalls an opera party where the hostess failed to engage. The remark notes the conversation lagged, with only occasional music audible, framing a witty critique of the event. The exchange highlights social norms of entertainment in a bygone era.
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Detroit Journal
Engagement Breaks Over Ring Return Questioned
Fragmentary dialogue shows a broken engagement and a question about returning a ring. The text mentions diamonds rising in price and a respondent appealing for a partial return, with unclear speakers and context.
Poem Excerpt From Alfred Tennyson Echoes Notions Of Loss
The fragment captures a nostalgic meditation on longing and memory. It contrasts the beauty of seas and ships with the ache for a vanished touch and voice, reflecting on days that cannot return.
French milliner touts hyacinth shades for hats and tone
A New York milliner discusses color choices in hats, favoring pink and white hyacinths for black hats and green and red tones for others. She warns hyacinth blue flatters few complexions, favors warmer tones, and explains a rival’s rise via debt and promotion. An actress note adds that stage makeup alters appearance more than onstage lighting.
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New York
Alde Street
Mme. Flamboyant
Mme
Flamboyant
The Color of Face in Stage Makeup
The article discusses how lighting reveals facial tones and the craft of makeup. It explains two methods: dry colored powders and grease paint mixed with grease, noting that many actresses overdo or underdo their work and that proper coloring enhances rather than disfigures appearances.
Wall Papers Embrace Colonial Style In Dignified Rooms
Old fashions return in wall coverings with severity and sober hues. Dealers report a revival of colonial primness, using primary colors, white and gold tones, and shadows to evoke past generations. Mrs Andrew Carnegie’s home displays stripes of red green yellow blue and violet. Patterns include hollyhocks morning glories honeysuckle and dahlias in a revivalist palette.
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Andrew Carnegie
Simple dietary guide for thin women ages past
The article reviews conflicting advice for women seeking to gain weight or maintain slender figures. It favors a straightforward plan: eat vegetables and butter, drink milk and sweet cider, take cod liver oil, sleep well, and laugh often. Cream can substitute cod liver oil if preferred.
Cooking Kohook Cheese Cakes and Supper Cake Instructions
Recipes describe lining pattie pans with pastry and quince jelly or strawberry preserve, topping with batter, baking until done, and frosting or whipped cream. A Supper Cake method details flour butter lard mixtures with spices yeast milk eggs currants sugar and long bake times for two hours.
Pinyin With the Boys at School Grounds
A boy told by his teacher not to attend school while his sisters have measles is spotted at recess playing with other children on the grounds. He explains he came only to play with the boys before it begins.
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