How the Private Fooled the Captain at Peekskill Camp
A transported tale from the Spanish War era recounts a private who courted the daughter of a Larchmont resident despite a captain’s warnings. He secretly sails, swims, and bicycles to reach the club at Larchmont, slips past guards, waltzes with the belle at the yacht club dance, and flees back to the fort before dawn, revealing the private’s audacious ruse and the captain’s astonishment. The pair do not end together, as the belle marries another man later.
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National Guard
Peekskif
Twenty-second
Fort Slocum
Davids Island
Sound
New York Main Shore
New Rochelle
Travers Island
Cuntry
New York Athletic Club
Larchmont
New York
Bella
Geyly
Roleal
Flere
Supeior
Isabel
Margie
Lord Massingham
Gearest
Hombure
Windsor
Mr. Merton
Dr. Wallace
Hendley
Gossip and Intrigue At High Society Parties
Lady Isabel and Marjorie discuss the London social scene with Lady Massingham angered by a gossip sheet, People and Things. Isabel reveals club gossip about Lord Massingham’s circle while Massingham frets over possible legal action for mischief. Isabel calm confirms satire and money from editor for gossip notes.
Woman Outwits Persistent Book Agent in Comic Tale
A mild woman at a mothers meeting politely resists a pushy book salesman who forces an encyclopedia pitch. He reads from A to W with eroding patience while she sighs and finally refuses, then reluctantly writes a testimonial praising the work but condemning the agent as a nuisance.
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London
Isabel
Jack
Lady Glassingham
Lord Massingham
Elsie
Chicago Record-Herald
Placea
Campus Martius
Rome
Epictetus
Phrygia
Fiera
His Pa’s Romance Earthquake Verse Fragment
James Whitcomb Riley’s poem fragment departs into rustic humor measuring fear of earthquakes. The speaker vows calmness through storms and a stable home, while contemplating mortgage pressure and the urge to flee to open ground. The passage captures rural vernacular and tense undertones amid natural upheaval.
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Creditere
James Whitcomb Riley
The Merton Mystery
Herbert Hendley a young guest at the Merton home confesses love to Geraldine Merton while a jewel robbery unsettles the household. A cuff link found at the scene points toward Hendley as a suspect, prompting private detective Dr. Wallace to stay on to unravel the truth as tensions rise among the guests and family.
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Georgi
George
Geraldine Merton
Mr. Merton
Geraldine
Merton
Bert
Man
Wallace
Richmond
Mr. Wallace
Mrs. Merton
Herbert
Mr. Hendley
Dream Tales Of Doyle And Hall Caine On Treacherous Sleep
A Punch compilation mocks imitative dream reports by Conan Doyle Henry James Hall Caine and others. It recounts sleeplike adventures with telepathy dog mysteries and nocturnal visions, set against literary figures and a staged chain of testimonies from various correspondents.
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Haslemere
Henry DI Wet
M. RC. v
Surrey
Sir Conan Doyle
William Potts
Arthur Conan Doyle
Hall Caine
Hald
London
Methuen
Corelis
Hall
A.B. Watt
No clear headline from fragmentary narration
In a terse romantic exchange a man and Ger aldine discuss a jewelry theft accusation and a vow to have a son as they sit in a shaded arbor. The dialogue implies family doubt and a dramatic betrothal scene without a full event arc.
Sunset on the Western plains by Laura P Callahan
Poem describes a wagon train at dusk on the plains with vivid sunset light, stars appearing, and the coyote’s cry as night falls. The verse evokes a magical Western landscape and the beauty of shifting light over the plains. Included is an ad claim for Hall’s Catarrh Cure with a money-back promise and physician endorsements.
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Western Plains
Laura P. Callahan
Pittsburg
Hall
Cheney & CO
Toledo
Hal
Vampires in New England A Curious Colonial Debate
A London commentator reviews Stetson’s American vampire notes, tracing belief in vampirism to New England, debating its origins among Puritans and Puritan descendants, and contrasting it with European myths. He cites cases in Rhode Island and Connecticut, questions evidence, and urges cautious cremation of the dead to ease fear.
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England
New England
Rhode Island
Connecticut
George FR. Stetson
Exeter
Foster
Greenwich
Richard Calmady
Old England
William of
Berlinopols-super-Mare
Newport
Stetson
New
Buckle
Scotland
Tweed
Highlands
Lowlands
New Engsland
the Mathers
Sheridan le Fanu
Theophile Gautiers
Hawthorne
Mississippi
Mark Twat
British Museum
Dr. Budge
German Dreams World War Visionary Novel Explored
A London Mail excerpt reviews August Niemann’s German Dreams a politico military romance arguing for a Germany France and Russia alliance to defeat England. It details a fictional scenario with invasions of Scotland and London and predicts vast German strategic gains.
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London Mail
Russia
France
England
Oma
Germany
Dorking
Chesney
Moore
Kaiser
Kruger
India
Scotland
Afghanistan
Lahore
Sir Bindon
Delhi
Kiel
Campatgn
Geetus
Leith
Flushing
Prince Henry
London
Hastings
Kaisser
Egypt
Antwerp
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Mr Blount
Ephraim Banks
Mr. Banks
Marjorie
Lady Masaingham
Lady Massingham
People
Banks
Blount
Henry
Lady Isabel
Garny
Somerville Journal
Fall Crick
Tattler
Merton & Co
Herbert Hendley
Lfe
Mertons
Miss Merton
Mortimer
Lancaster Terrace
West Kensington
Georges Wallace
Hendrey
Toba
Tlove
Haggard
Punch
Rider Haggard
A. Conan Doyle
Joe
Mr. Rider Haggard
Times
Frensham Ponds
Sherlock Holmins
Henry James
Tomb House
Rye
Lamb House
Mr. James
Mary Liittle
James
Howells
Marmaid Street
W.D. Howell
Nievera
S —Iage
R. Bram Stoker
Dom Calmet
Mor
August Niemann
Saxony
Rose
Shimonoseki
Japan
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