Riverboat Poker Night Ends In Fatal Gambling Clash
Calab Mix recalls a riverboat era tale on the Mississippi aboard the City of Natchez. Dick Merrill challenges Gregory in a high stakes draw with a promised run of luck, the game escalating as Gregory wins back most of Merrill's stack before a deadly turn, leaving a tense aftermath aboard the Belle of the Bayous.
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Mississippi
Bette
Lorg
New Orleans
Memphis
Wong Dick Merrill
Hansum
Cap'n’s Office
Wes
Dick Merrill
Merrill and Gregory Play High Stakes Card Game
In a tense baccarat style scene Merrill bets with a nervous edge as Gregory watches. Merrill dumps a thousand chips again and mutters about the game not helping sleep, while his external stake thins and his mood tightens. The pair continue a tense, skillful contest with no dramatic displays as the chips shift back and forth.
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Gregory
Merrill
Merril
Gregory Fair
Vicksburg
Japanese House: Tokyo Chef Delivers Authentic Dinner in New York
Special correspondence describes a New York side street dining spot labeled Japanese House near Broadway. A Tokyo chef prepares a traditional table d hote meal with tea, sake, lacquer trays, chopsticks, and a largely sugar flavored dinner, while diners sample lobster soup, fish, omelet like roast, and a vivid cherry garnish in a setting heavy with Japanese tapestries and modest decor.
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Washington Post
New York
Broadway
Tokyo
Laziness Germ Threatens Tropics Becomes U S Medical Issue
An article argues the so called laziness germ in Porto Rico, named uncinariasis, causes fatigue and reduced work capacity. It notes the parasite enters mainly through the feet, infects field workers, drains blood, and impairs health, with up to 30 percent of island deaths linked to the disease.
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Tropics
West Indies
Porto Rico
United States
Selma
Ala
New York Post-graduate Medical School
Europe
Cuba
Panama Canal
New Orleans
Twenty Nine Languages in One School in New York
Eighteen languages were spoken in New York before the Revolution but now rise to sixty six or seven. A Syrian district school reportedly uses twenty nine languages and dialects. The city faces a challenge to naturalize this vast child population not by legal forms but by spirit, habit, and speech. How to turn this army of immigrant children into American citizens?
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Harper's Weekly
New York
United States
Europe
Loss of Appetite and Gradual Dish Rejection Noted
The text describes progressive loss of appetite with one dish discarded after another and meals eaten without relish. It mentions appetite as an early symptom and references Hood's Sarsaparilla as a tonic, noting a theme of tuning down the system.
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Hood
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