Militiaman Schultz Reveals Magic Outfit Costs
In a chat with an amateur conjurer, Militiaman Schultz of the Eighth reg iment describes learning magic from masters, the value of practice before books, and the range of apparatus from $25 to $300. He outlines tricks, trade secrets, and how a magician must entertain, improvise, and manage spectators as tricks including floating wands, coins from thin air, and enchanted birdcages are demonstrated.
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Diahleri
John A. Schultz
Eighth Regiment
Rouces
Oval
Schultz
Nis
Robert ‘Heller
Uiless
Anish
Millinman Schulte
Yarriux
Herrman Vit Heller
Heller
Iurrp
Bats and a Paris forger tale in a late 19th century column
The piece blends a Paris tavern scene where a lodger coaxes a forger to copy banknotes with a potential 1000 franc note, then shifts to a note on bats in Ecuador and California. It mentions vampire bat lore in Mexico and observations by naturalist Fraser, noting ambiguous proof and curious behavior among bats.
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Paris
Lanilord
New York Graphic
Fraser
Ecuador
Leon
Liviu
Conseron
Mexico
Pasadena
Cor Allianta
Umbrella Covers Become Fashionable and Practical
A New York era piece notes that umbrella covers are a nuisance yet essential, with Fifth Avenue women tying covers into bows and avoiding pockets. It also describes the Brooklyn Bridge suspender tapes as an grand Eolian harp, whose wind tuned notes on the towers thrill visitors on storm days.
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Seram
Fifth Avenge
New York Herald
Brooklyn Bridge
Brooklyn Standard Union
Production of Cocoanut Crowers Explain Nut Harvest
The article notes that tall coconut trees yield one nut daily or yearly, but picking is hard because of height. Natives collect fallen nuts and transport them to processing where machines strip the thick shells. A sap is most often made just after the nuts drop.
Tid Bite and Hestaurant Mysteries in New York
A garbled clipping recounts Edward Harrigan remarking on dining oddities in a Bleecker Street restaurant. It depicts mismatched kitchen orders and humorous misreadings as plates and beverages pass through a wicket window in a late 19th century New York setting.
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Hestaurant
Edward Harrigan
Bleecker Street
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Kremagrant
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Parlor Shoe Store
Douglas Ave
Grand Clearing Sale
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Wichita
Lewis Massn
State
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East Third ST
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Attica
Arkansas City
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Dina
Archer Electric Manufacturing Co
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J.D. Davidson
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Nickie
Ting
Platt & Pierrepont
South Main ST
TLES
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University Endowment
Main ST
Rome
S. T. Jones
Fannie Ave
Davidson Investment Comp
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J. R. Holliday
Wichita Grocery
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Douglas
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Chicago
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Kan
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Kansas
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Vintar
Conosa
Smithson & CO
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Anglo-American Loan and Investment Company
Douglas Avenue
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New York
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York
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