Fragments of a Prison Hospital Visit and Escape Scene
A disjointed account describes a visit to a county insane hospital and medical study of insanity by Benson, with scenes of barred wards, a visitor’s fright, a struggle, a breakout attempt, and a dramatic chase ending as Benson watches a patient named Reub flee and taunt him.
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Heusen
Duan Asn
Chicago
Althoug
Baake
Danning
Hance
Pers
Benson
Asaistacs
Man of His Wits and the New York Beguilers
A vivid portrait of fantastical schemers who live by their wits, detailing various con artists in urban life. It traces their methods from drinking tricks to hotel personas, bogus checks, and blackmail, highlighting the charm and risk posed by such rogues.
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Tom Fesse
Hafara
Mao
Moen
Star Tower
Clovar
Ful Mar
Brooklyn Bridge
Ootta
Busco
Bancontesters
Green Coodsman Forgers
Dr. Meyer
Holmes
Amateur Actors Dramatized as Frauds In Dramatic Schools
A lurid tale warns that many so called dramatic schools prey on hopeful youths especially women who idolize stage life. The piece describes symptom progression from infatuation to financial ruin with large weekly payoffs and private carriages as fantasies, ending with the warning that joining such schools often leads to fraud in every large city. It notes some legitimate schools exist but many operate on fraudulent systems designed to swindle.
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East Lynne
Camille
Cammy
Toledo
Flowers of the Forest
New York
Hogland
Theatrical School Shark Fleeces Aspiring Actresses
A former actor runs a dramatic school above a fourteenth street office. An aspiring English girl is exploited through staged contracts, false training, and staged engagements. She finally confronts the ruse, exposing a scheme that netted hundreds in fees before the offender fled to Hogland.
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Pantata
Living Torpedo Henry Demuth in Court Tale of Lightning Fluid
A Chicago era court hearing recounts Henry Demuth claiming to be charged with drunkenness while describing himself as a living torpedo full of electricity. He attributes his condition to a lightning strike in Posay county in 1502 and cites a wandering career, a stolen medical certificate, and being imprisoned as a human storage battery in a museum.
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Henry Demuth
St Louie Globe Democra
Demuth
Piano Asylum
Judge Morris
Calaboose
Posay County
Chicago
Republican debt issue heats Virginia question in Sentinel
From the Sartereburg Sentinel, a Republican victory sparks agitation over Virginia’s antebellum debt. Wall Street speculators push a debt settlement via West Virginia, lobbying legislators to shoulder payments. Gov Jackson previously ruled West Virginia owed no debt, a stance now challenged amid Elkins’ Senate prospects.
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Sartereburg Sentinel
Cla
Virginia
Jackson
West Virginia
Abso
Elkins
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Alonatio
Benson Tam
Suverai
Tim
Lawl
Jon
Matan Somnamad
Joe
Besson
Bensnn
HS Wits
Superian Byrnes Klonsell
Broadway
Good House Keeper
Reaper
Tae
Macao
The
Sat
Goleg Dows
Thas
Laear
Geo. R Taylor
Geo.r. Taylor
Capes
Market Street
Market Street Room
Gentemer
India
DR. Jaeger
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