The Cheap Swells Who Live on Leverage and Pride
A New York Sun piece surveys two classes of cheap swellers who pose as leisure elites yet live without real income. It follows a tall sallow man, constantly in Delmonico’s and theater lobbies, who boasts high style but owes landladies and managers large sums while rarely paying for drinks. The article notes how attire inflates trust, enabling wildcat ventures and heavy credit for ostensibly unemployed gentlemen.
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New York
Delmonico’s
Thirty-ninth Street
Broadway
Swell
Tie
Lexington Avenue
Wall Street
New York Sun
The Monkey as a Pickpocket in San Francisco Court
A San Francisco courtroom tale features a trained monkey used as a witness in the John Doe pocket-picking case. The monkey allegedly stole watches and jewelry, then clung under a suspect’s coat as police found the goods. Miss Mono the monkey is presented as the defense’s key witness, with the scene ending as the suspect faces possible imprisonment.
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San Francisco
John Doe
Post Street
Sutter Street
Stockton Street
Miss Mono
Cours
San Quentin
Indianapolis News
Reading and curiosity guide the lifelong learner
An enthusiastic advocate describes how reading expands knowledge beyond observation. Curiosity drives a reader to explore facts, emotions, history, science, poetry, philosophy, romances, and daily events, using books to answer questions that lack immediate answers and to inspire broader understanding.
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The
Daily News
B. Nicholas
New York Society in a Frenzy of Calls and Admirers
A vivid sketch of social whirl in New York with society figures darting between clubs and houses, boasting five calls, three fairs, a wedding, and a high tea in under five hours. The piece also notes Francis II of Naples in exile and the active Chicago preacher Dr. F. W. Gunsaulus, plus a brief note on Oklahoma’s vast Indian territory opening date.
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New York
Wearly Albei
New York Sun
Dress Delays and a Husband's Silent Fury
In a Detroit Free Press excerpt, Mrs. Bowser jokes about a missed dress delivery for a party. Mr. Bowser grows anxious, accuses delays on a late order, and calls the tailor in a running commentary of suspicion and sharp banter. The dress finally fails to arrive, leaving tensions and a threat of legal talk.
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Biler
Leonid
Halifax
Wailer
Drealers
Plad
Detroit
Preacher Silences Whispering Youth in western town
Sam Jones faced a disruptive young man who whispered to his girl during a sermon. He paused and challenged the interruption urging the back row to speak up. The crowd watched as the young man claimed no disturbance and urged the preacher to continue preaching.
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Sam Jones
Mr. Jones
Neapolitan Gent Offers Watch Then Reproves Manners
A Neapolitan gentleman showed a beautiful watch to a Frenchman and politely offered it. The Frenchman accepted, astonishing both men, as the donor then remarked that he should have refused the gift to demonstrate proper manners.
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London
Mystery inscription found on tablet in rural cemetery
A fragment from a country cemetery tablet records an inscription describing a long forgotten burial. The text reads there lies the body of a person who for many years conducted a highly rural burn when low went GA, but no name or clear details are available.
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Lo Low
Illustration of it. Dr Lancet out sleighing in a cutter
A fragment cites Drualey mockingly pointing to a speeding vehicle with the remark quote there’s an illustration of it and notes Dr Lancet the surgeon out sleighing in a cutter in a Boston Courier item.
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Drualey
Dr. Lancet
Boston Courier
The Forum content and Kemp's Balsam advertisement
The excerpt lists The Forum December issue topics including European governance, urban growth, French Republic, Chinese life, and evolution in sociology, with notable contributors and future plans. It also contains an extended Kemp's Balsam throat remedy advertisement urging its use and noting price points of 50 cents and 1 dollar.
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Andrew D. White
William M. Springer
Jules Simon
French Senate
C. W. Eliot
Harvard
Democratic Society
China
W. A. P. Martin
Imperial Tung Weng College
J. W. Powell
Archdeacon F. W. Farrar
John Tyndall
W. E.W. Leeky
Frederic Harrison
R Uf. Thurston
Consumption Surely Cured Proposal Advert
A reader writes promising a positive remedy for consumption and claims thousands of cures. The author, T A Slocum M C, offers two free bottles to readers who send express and postal addresses.
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P.O
T. A. Slocum
M. C
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