Gotham Freight Traction dispute unsettles Gotham mansion
A snowbound Long Island country estate hosts a dramatic arrival as Eleanor Haldane and family meet George Gormly, owner of Gormly store, whose public stand against the Gotham Freight Traction company has stirred political heat. The snowstorm disrupts lines and wires while social tensions unfold around power, wealth, and reform.
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Casa
Gotham Freight Traction Company
Pleven
Les
Tate
Gotham Freight Traction
Fmbung
Wilainn
Milch
Ita
Sachem Society
Gortely
Ike
Gotham Freight Tracion Company
Landers of
Outs
Gortaly
Instituton
New York
Miss Waldane
Miss Haldane
Gormly
Haldane
Country Place
Long Island
Chaioner
George Gormly
Goodrich
Halda
Louise
Pertaking
Hakdane
Chalomer
Isét
Misa Haldane
Pacemaker at civic banquets sets pace for meals
A city salesman describes a man dubbed pacemaker among the town's artistic eaters. He earns no direct pay yet funds many meals by chewing at a precise tempo. Diners imitate his jaw rhythm to speed or slow the course, while staff watch to maintain pace.
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Walters
Why re Carried the Lantern in Khoota Village
A blind man from Khoota returns from the river with a pitcher of water and a lit lantern. A passerby questions why a blind man carries a light. The man replies the lantern is not to light him but to keep others from colliding with him and breaking his pitcher.
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Khoota
Usually the Way You Made Elaborate Preparations
A Kansas City Journal fragment notes a dialogue about plans and fishing. One speaker recalls Subing for about twenty minutes while the other confirms elaborate preparations were made. The item reads as a clipped, conversational tease from a local column.
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Kansas City
Win and Katherine’s Quiet Clash by the River
Win returns to see Katherine in the city but feels eclipsed by her world. She recalls their past and probes why he never visited, revealing old love versus new paths. He admits love and laments the distance between their lives as she urges honesty about their future.
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Tandwrtnot
Stein
Pina
Bening
Amton Drift
George Poly
Ee Medit-Ratittonaire
New
Haldane Famiy
Gormly
Haldanes
Haldane
Long Island
Chaloner
Beals
Win
Katherine
Bourne
Sher Atending
Abe
Tne
Kathie
America’s Baptism and the St Die Honor Claim
The world watches as the United States official recognition of St Die France’s claim to naming America is framed as a baptism. The fete with the American ambassador and the French minister of the colonies highlighted renewed Franco American cordiality and the long romance of St Die as the site of the new world’s baptism.
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America
United States
France
St. Dies
Giesta
St Die
Vaudeville in Ancient Rome and the violin claim
Arbuc the coffee man told Spreckels Jr that Havemeyer was a misunderstood patriot. Spreckels retorted that Nero played the violin. The exchange highlights cautions against blundering and the lasting taint of ancient celebrity myths.
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Rome
Arbuc
Spreckels, Jr
Havemeyer
Nero
Spreckels
Power of Pantomime Praise by Henry B Dixey
The comedian Henry B Dixey extols Nijinsky the Russian dancer for his pantomime skill. He claims Nijinsky can evoke laughter tears or rage without words. He mentions a 5 ruble bet proving pantomime prowess and notes Nijinsky’s younger brother Platr staying at a boarding house near Weraw.
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Henry B. Dixey
Nijinsky
Nijinaky
Nifinsky
Platr
Moscow
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Bia
Mrs. Hal
Opyright
Wil
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