The President and the Policy of Malice
A New York Epoch tale reveals Mr Hazeldt head of a life insurance company who contemplates funding a defendant brother's defense to save $40,000. Anthony Roberts advocates a scheme leveraging a guilty client and a forged alibi aided by servant clock tampering. The plan collapses as courts reveal the ruse and the president faces moral ruin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerald Hazeldt
Comny
Anthony Roberts
David Roberts
Hazeldt
Mr. Roberts
Mr. Hazeldt
Roberts
Verden
Breckenridge
Bartel
Hazecldt
New York
Commonwealth
Torney
Becmine
David
Mr. Breckenridge
Orange
Joker's Budget and Whales in a Boston Parlor Laughs
A collection of quips and short exchanges from journals like New York Weekly. The jokes feature a speaker comparing quarrels to whales and a child clarifying a sister’s piano practice as scales. A witty vignette ends with a motto about not delaying today.
Elevator Sickness And Peru Gold Fields Report
Elevator sickness results from the staggered halt of body parts when a car stops. Head against the frame is said to prevent it. A Pall Mall Gazette report notes Peru’s vast gold deposits, especially Arequipa and Union, with recent mining revival plans and British capital backing a new company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scientific American
Peru
Pancartambo
Department of
Arequipa
Province of
Union
Montesclaros
Lima
Foreign Office
Pall Mal Gazette
The Czar and His Titles A Patchwork Of Satire
A stream of satirical snippets mocks imperial pomp listing Alexander II s many titles. The fragment blends mock dialogue from Belford s Magazine and other periodicals with snippets about poets, poets clubs, and humorous exchanges, revealing a caricatured panorama of late 19th century culture and politics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russias
Alexander II
God
Novgorodian
Czar
Kasan
Astrachan
Chersonesus
Zar Gosudov
Pskoff
Fragmented Scribbles and Odd Snippets From a Turbulent Morning
A jumble of dialog and stray phrases recounts a morning scene with a disagreement over shopping and gifts. The text flits between weather exclamations, casual banter, and derailed narrative threads, mentioning watches, clothes, thunder, and unrelated odds and ends.
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James Whit
Umal Riley
MR. Wazeldes
The
MEN OF Thee Press
Boston
Johnny
Charlie
Ethel
the Czar
Belford’s Magazine
Eminent Author
Puck
Bliffers
Whiffers
Miffers
Fleecy
Downy
Sally
Clara
Epoch
Chicago Evening Post
Ohana
Fes
Haute Express
Grumpington
Pesomali
Belford
Society For
Walt
England
Rts
Modern Merchants
Hannah
Tronzaio
Ws & Jouer
Ind
Oie
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