Carter Harrison and the Mushroom Umbrella Misadventure
The Chicago Inter Ocean recounts Carter Harrison dining at Cafe Francais after a Grand Opera House visit. Lacking French, he uses a drawing of a mushroom to request champignons, eliciting the waiter’s misinterpretation and delivering Harrison an umbrella instead.
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Walter
Cafe Francais
Grand Opera House
Tafe
Carter Harrison
Carter
Bownie
Mules For Judging Rubber Tests At St Petersburg Institute
Lieutenant L Vladimiroff leads experiments at the St Petersburg Technical Institute to set physical tests for unlacquered india rubber A 125 C air bath five hour exposure test bent 180 degrees requires no cracking test pieces 6 cm thick rubber with less than half metal oxides must stretch five times height ash content indicates softness vulcanized rubber should not harden in cold. pieces 8-12 mm long 8 cm wide 6 mm thick.
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L. Vladimiroff
St. Petersburg Technical Institute
India
Cash girl wanted sign inspires street observation
A fragment recalls a window sign reading cash girl wanted as a trigger for a character’s reflection. The dialogue hints at a broader scene with names and odd phrasing suggesting a quirky conversation in a local setting.
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Jinks
Fragmented Local Opinion notes on morals and weathered remnants
A collage of aphorisms and stray observations on money, friendship, widows, and the Nevada future. It critiques a temperance display and recalls a winter of bottles and cans along the road, with quips about a coyote and a drunk neighbor.
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Caesars
Tne
Monarchy in France condemned as burden on people
A historical tirade decries the Count of Paris and monarchy, arguing 1800 years of rulership failed France, citing taxation oppression and repeated revolts. It recalls Paria’s manifesto and notes counts of Paris and ancient figures arranged to mock royal power.
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Prenac Republic
Paria
French Republic
Paris
Clovis
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