Generosity Explained by Honor Among Thieves in City Tale
A veteran detective recounts a New York Bowery con involving an elderly hayseed duped by a staged recovery of eighty dollars. A fake plainclothes detective promises restitution, then the old man is drained again by a conspiratorial guide and fellow crooks. The scheme reveals the thieves’ self-serving code and the police’s implied complicity.
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Bowery
Metr
Mel
Hayseed
George Washington
Phen
New York Tribune
Dallas Deepo Dippo and Quick Laughs on a Summer Car
A fragment from Dallas News and other papers parodies a streetcar journey with witty banter about a deepo and daypol, while other clipped jokes touch on keeping up appearances on a Current River fishing trip and light quips from Punch style columns. The mix preserves named places like Dallas, Hutchins, and the Current river, plus mentions of The Detroit Free Press and Buffalo Commercial in a collage of humorous vignettes.
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Union Deep
Post Office
Eute
Union Deppo
Dallas
Boston
Hutchins
Ozark
Yellow Pine
Detroit Free Press
Grand Clearing Sale Promises Deep Discounts on Dry Goods
D Shears announces a two week Grand Clearing Sale from July 20 to August 1 offering deeply cut prices on prints ginghams linens and table linens. Advertises 7 1/2 cent prints and 12 cent bleached sheetings with cash-only sales and promises prices will not be repeated after the sale.
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Bausley
Sea Yard
Fashionable Applicant Seeks Graceful Walk Lesson
A humorous exchange features Henrietta Tussel lecturing on poise. An applicant explains her husband attended to learn what to avoid, while Henrietta notes men recognizing the value of her mission.
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Fair Delsarjean
Henrietta Tussel
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