The Harrowed Life of George Simpleson Junior
George Simpleson junior a rich merchant’s son seeks a flowing hand after vanity and family scorn. He borrows a handwriting course from an ad and adopts a new signature. When his wife notices a mysterious invite, she suspects an affair, prompting a comic reveal and a banky misunderstanding.
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George Simpleson
Harrow
Oxord
Mr. Simpleson
Putney
Banker
Oxford
Manvers
George
Mr. Manvers
Gorse
Annd
Cams
Forged Check Misunderstanding Ends With Laughter
George is accused after a bank clerk mistakes his handwriting for forgery, is jailed, and protests his innocence while his father and father in law intervene. The inspector and cashier relent when the truth and a handwritten note prove his identity, ending in liberty and a comic caution about improving handwriting.
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Ier
George
Alsurd
Mr. Simpleson
Simpleson
Guardian of the Peace
Mr. Manvers
Vine Street
Bees in the Bottle Spark Family Chaos at Farm House
A Cass County boy’s bee mishap leads to a stampede of stings at breakfast. Thirty bumble-bees, packed in a bottle, sting two elders and send the family into a tense scramble as police are invoked and the boy vanishes. The Detroit Free Press notes a cruelty divorce case in which a wife corrects the judge on her age.
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Broadway
Boston
State Street
Farnham Street
San Francisco
Montgomery Street
Clark Street
Marvin Hughitt
W.h.stennett
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Remarkable London detective Druskowitz and daring cases
Druskowitz, a short blond man with a Dalmatian father, speaks many languages and hunts fugitives abroad. In London he tracks foreigners who vanish after disguises and follows a culprit from the Alhambra to his hiding place. He solved Vital Douat's fraud by exposing a staged death and funeral, leading to Douat’s conviction.
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Draskowitz
Alhambra
Druskowitz
Pruskowitz
Vital Douat
Paris
Derpandi
Plaistow
Douat
Leytonstone
Vital Donat
America
Europe
Antwerp
Verdict Spelling Folly in a Rural Pig Theft Case
A Western county jury verdict on a pig theft featured misspelled wording "Wee find the prisner knot gilty" as foreman explains clerical power pressures. The tale links to judge and sheriff, with a note on jury fees and control by authorities.
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M. Waters
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1St National Bank
Second Street
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Times
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Main Street
Buffalo, WN
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Wigwam
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Water St
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