A Reconstructed Drama in The Knickerbocker Bank
The Sturgis Wager features Sturgis and Dunlap analyzing a bank fraud. Arbogast and Chatham alter a safe combination, leaving a torn letter and footprints as clues. They clash in a tense pursuit through the Knickerbocker Bank as a mysterious “X” figure looms and the chase unfolds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dunlap
Sturgis
Panker
Arbogast
Chatham
Thomas Chatham
Soln
Wall
T.W. Arbogast
Wall Street
Quinlan
Donlap
South
Wall Streets
Exchange Place
Buck
Knickerbocker Bank
Betwee
Jack
Les
Dunlop
Sturgie
Arbogists
British Consul Brenan in China After 34 Years of Service
A look at Byron Brenan the English consul at Shanghai and his 34 years in China, noting an early start as a student interpreter in 1566 and his long career in Asiatic affairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Byron Brenan
Shanghai
China
Tower of London
Mansion House
Lombroso
Nordau
Maurice de Fleury
New York
Hoffman House
Iowa
Seacoast
Tubec
Smell of the onion explains sulfur’s role in odor and medicine
The onion’s odor comes from sulfur forming sulphuretted hydrogen with hydrogen in water. Sulfurette of allyl gives its strong scent, linked to alliums and other volatile oils formed by the same carbon hydrogen ratios, altered by oxygen or sulfur in different arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chambers’ Journal
Cigarette vs Cigar Talk Sparks Class Debate
In a trolley car exchange a cigar smoker and a cigarette smoker clash over taste and class. They argue that cigarette brands from different tobaccos have distinct odors and that domestic two for five cigarettes can be as distasteful as certain cigars. The conversation highlights bias among smokers and the preference for imported tobacco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Exchange
Virginia Tobacco
Chittenden Memoir Reveals Prankkept Laughing at Dinner Joke
Michigan politician M E Chittenden known as Matt loved humor. A tale from his Chicago Chronicle years recounts a Hillsdale dinner prank where hosts tested his hearing. He finally replied in his amused deafness, prompting a roar and a playful revelation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M.E. Chittenden
Michigan
Method Spiscopal Church
Matt
Standard Oil Company
Hillsdale
Chittenden
Mr. Chittenden
Deviliah Foud
Presence of Mind and a Wallack's Seaty Tale
A fragment from a prose anecdote recounts a Wallack's theater incident where two men claimed the seats. It notes the quick wit of the narrator and includes a turn supporting the idea of presence of mind. The piece also promotes Howoter's Stomach Bitters and a proverb about folly and age.
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Tesprit Wesealiers
John Paul
Harper's Magazine
J. R. Osgood
Wallack
Osgood
Fragmentary Atchison Globe Item on Domestic Scenes
Fragmented OCR text mentions seasickness remedies and a poison bottle. A woman’s actions are described in a domestic scene with references to tremula atops and tears, suggesting a melodramatic or lurid note without clear events or names.
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Atchison Globe
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Edgar Morette
Frederick A. Stokes
Arbogasta
Senate
Philadelphia Press
Whem
Philippines
Chicago Daily News
Chicago
Daaly News
Ayer
J.C. Ayer Company
Practical Chemists
Lowell
Mam
Aya
Dei
Burnham
President Tyler
White House
Washington
D.C
Semple
Tyler
National
Social
Louise
Washington, D. C
Peruon Mediving Co
Columbus
Ohio
Porting
Peruna Medicine Co
Wabash
Miss Olive
Misa Olive
St. Louis
Lye
Neva
Kogeeta
Spin x
Chicago Dailyews
Alfred
Aly
Geome
Ellas
Castoria
Will
S. E. Olson CO
Minneapolis
Sterling Remedy Cocopany
Woodward & Co., Grain
Oulute
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