Fourth Essence Ends Rivalry In Indian Ruin
In the ruined city of Gaur a former friend Pendleton confronts Phil Brayton in a temple. Pendleton offers four colorless essences to grant happiness, love, and contentment, or death as the fourth. Brayton reveals Eleanor’s clipping. Pendleton drinks all but dies fulfilled by the forbidden fourth essence.
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Pendleton
Eleanor
Constantinople
Teo
India
Dinaghpore
Gaur
Brayton
Bob Pendleton
Five Seas
Empire of India
Rob
Bob
Ibis
Phil Brayton
Eleanor Neal
Phil
Where Money Buys Life and the Chinese Death Trap
A National Geographic Magazine excerpt discusses wealth influencing moral choices among Chinese victims, noting a belief that money buys rites for peaceful ancestors. It cites a suicide on an enemy’s premises to avenge slights, and mentions drastic measures like selling property or family to fund proper rites, quoting Kenneth F. Junior, M. D.
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Kenneth F. Junior
M. D
National Geographic Magazine
Testimonial tale from Sir Henry Smith and Earl Grey
Lieutenant Colonel Sir Henry Smith recalled in reminiscences how Earl Grey praised an elaborate testimonial that Smith admitted he wrote himself. The exchange sparked Grey’s astonishment as Smith argued that self praise shows lacking intellect and energy to back a position.
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Sir Henry Smith
City of London Police
Earl Grey
Sir Henry
Warl Grey
A Pretty Busy Man and the Burden of Duty
A passage contrasts a man overwhelmed by business and affairs with the need to entrust duties to a receiver as his books do not balance. It recalls a college president who endured extreme work to lecture to women's clubs and write influential books, highlighting the era’s passion for epoch making literature.
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Dallas Love Sharp
Atlantic
Hugo's Practical Side in Advertising His Books
Victor Hugo drafted his own book advertisements, guiding the nath of his works. In letters to Belgian publishers he described Les Miserables and Notre Dame de Paris as mirrors of humanity, urging modesty in young authors and illustrating his modern advertising approach.
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London Globe
Why They Got the Freedom of the City
Extracts from old records show Canterbury honors granted for service and deeds. Alderman Mason read passages as the mayor and ex-mayor were granted the freedom of the city, citing a cook for Michaelmay feast, a man who cured a leg, and a marriage to a large family widow as reasons.
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Canterbury
Mason
Michaelmay
Nicholas Johnson
Pall Mall Garette
Many Sided Kicka of the Camel
A New York World excerpt notes a camel can strike with its hind leg reach around its body to its head chest and hump even when lying down it can kick to force a sitter's posture. It contrasts the camel with a mule calling the camel the more considerate kicker.
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New York World
What’s the matter with your parent doctor joke
A visitor asks a hospital doctor about a patient as the surgeon describes the fatal accident from a speeding motorcar and the resulting rundown feeling. The remark comes from the Baltimore American in a darkly humorous context.
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Baltimore
A Wrong Impression
A witty line from the Chicago Record-Herald questions Pittson’s dignity and public pride, joking that his elevated stance is mere show related to his wife’s hats. The remark reflects humorous social commentary on status and personal presentation.
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Pittson
Chicago Record-Herald
Pendleton Preaches About True Medical Ambitions
The article questions medical students on their two greatest wishes and argues against self-aggrandizement. It urges humility and service, noting Pendleton’s stance on not overusing titles for personal gain.
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Pendleton
Trouble Teaches Men How Much Manhood
A fragmentary column reflects on lessons learned by men through hardship and character building. It hints at personal growth, discipline, and resilience as guiding themes in masculine development. The tone evokes mid century moral instruction and self-improvement rhetoric.
How to Open a Can of Corn
A Philadelphia Times snippet recalls a West Philadelphia family ritual in which a young girl imitates her mother’s laborious can opening. She notes that the mother speaks to herself in difficulty and explains a neighbor’s method, contrasting it with her mother’s approach and the accidental slips of the opener.
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West Philadelphia
Philadelphia Times
Diamonds versus lampblack and heat value
Edgar Lucien Larkin notes in Nautitus that carbon can be bought cheaply as lampblack or as diamonds, but coal and wood provide heat and diamonds serve little purpose. He argues diamonds would vanish without loss, though vaporizing them would require immense heat and could produce graphite for pencils or stove polish.
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Edgar Lucien Larkin
Mystery of the Egg in a Hen’s Eye
A fragmentary reflection on eggs as puzzles, describing eggs as nested bags and envelopes full of mystery. The text likens eggs to ships built in intricate detail and notes that people rarely grasp the true complexity of an eye or an egg. The quote from the New York Press frames eggs as universal riddles.
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New York
Poor Pay Poor Preach in a Folk Tale Parable
Minneapolis Tribune recounts a tale of an Indian and a white man. Big Smoke says he preaches for ten dollars a year, highlighting the sting of meager wages for a preacher.
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Big Smoke
Minneapolis Tribune
Eating Crow Origin In Revolutionary Story Told
A farmer complained after a soldier shot his crow in Virginia. The colonel sentenced the man to eat the crow, then threatened the farmer to finish it, a tale cited as the origin of the saying eating crow.
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Virginia
Awe Inspires Fraternity Visitors at Library of Congress
Members of a Greek letter fraternity from a southern university toured the Library of Congress and were struck silent by the beauty of the building. A red headed youth broke the spell with a enthused remark about turning it into a fine frat house, creating a moment of lighthearted awe.
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Southern University
Library of Congress
Fellows
St. Louis Republic
The Old Problem in a Wry Lending Joke
A humorous exchange about lending a magazine to a servant on Sundays reveals a twist where the same book is read by a different servant each time. The quip plays on repetition and service dynamics with light sarcasm.
No Cause For Worry Painter Servants Exhibition
A painter asks his servants to transport a still drying picture to the exhibition gallery. They reassure themselves with an old coat as the paint remains fresh and imperfect.
Daughters Help With Housework Questioned
Excerpt from the Pittsburg Post quotes a mother and daughter exchange about domestic duties. The daughter Muriel is described as temperamental and "awain" intense, reflecting family attitudes toward chores and gender roles.
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Muriel
Pittsburg
Post
Not Acquired. Stammering exchange ends in Brooklyn Life
A brief exchange from Brooklyn Life centers on a stammering student asking about a stammering school. The respondent, J. Terry, stammers through his refusal and maintains a cautious tone, illustrating a humorous if awkward social moment in the periodical.
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J. Terry
Brooklyn Life
Life Saving Cure Promised for Coughs and Colds
A testimonial from W. R. Patterson of Wellington, Pa, credits Der King's New Discovery with restoring health after near death from lung illness. The ad touts the remedy for coughs colds laryngitis and throat troubles, with trial bottles and guaranteed results from F. Williams. It also praises Chiagaberlain's Gough Remedy for croup and urges purchase locally.
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Trever
W. R. Patterson
Wellington
Pax
Juuick
H. Walliams
Dave Chiagaberlain
Gough
So FE Williams
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American Press Association
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Adil
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Gruver, Iowa
Langren & Peterson
Tames ES
Pese
Emmet County Land and Abstract Company
Estherville, Iowa
Linus
Estherville State Bank
Nany
Chamberlain
Williams
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