A Secret Skeleton and a Vow to Amy Hepburn
In a drawing room drama, Tom Fairleigh confesses love to Amy Hepburn, but she declines him. Gordon faces a rival triangle with Nell Forthdyke and Amy, while a talking skeleton from the Gordon family skeleton reveals how wealth and inheritance shaped the conflict and hints at a possible reconciliation as Amy and Gordon marry.
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Tom Fairleigh
Amy Hepburn
Gordon
Amy
Couse
Farleigh
Nell Forthdyke
Tom
Nell
Hepburns
Harry Gordon
Mme
Marke Gordon
Frankenstein
Board of Trade
Hepburn
Inerems
Harry
Chicago Herald
Parson Receives Four Ninety From Frontier Believer
In a frontier town after a service, a man told the parson he valued the service at five dollars and then, after a challenge about the collection, quietly handed over four dollars and ninety cents. Rev Cyrus Townsend Brady quotes the incident in Ladies' Home Journal.
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Qalek Wit
Rev
Cyrus Townsend Brady
Ladiea’ Tome Journal
Modern meaning of gun in up to date etymology
A comment from newspaper men reported by the New Orleans Times-Democrat traces the evolution of the word gun from a general term for fowling pieces and ordnance to a modern label for long slender firearms. The piece notes how crowd language shifted from cannon to gun, with imagery of past battles and antique scenes.
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New Orleans Times
Light Brigade
No Limit to Cocktails Says Bartender in Story
A New York Sun tale quotes a bartender who, after ten years in the business, claims cocktails are endless. He recalls bets from Frisco days about making a different cocktail for 40 mornings and adding eight more as a flourish, noting many slight variations exist and predicting a master mixologist could reach a hundred varieties.
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New York Sun
Hyde Park Row Parading Rules Spark Visitor Confusion
Americans in London face strict enforcement at Hyde Park entrance as a six foot lawman bans tips pleas and demands cabby livery rather than private carriage. Tourists warned to wear boots and breeches to glimpse the show or be barred from entry with no admittance.
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London
Says
New York Exchange
Hyde Park
Bably
Bie
Hyde Park Show
Warring in the Choir and Australia’s Gold Output
Rumors of quarrels in church choirs are likened to a war among Irish patriots as tensions flare over parts and choirmaster corrections. Some celebrate such crises for artistic stimulus, while others sulk or resign. Australia’s gold production in the past fifty years totals more than £40,000,000.
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Ina Maclaren
Omc Journal
Australia
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