Cinderella Schemes For Two Suitors In Village Tale
Ella, posing as Cinderella, engineers a staged romance with Colonel Ashby and Sir George Courtenay to win both men. Her deception unravels when Laura returns with Dot alive, revealing Ella's plot and leaving Ashby and Courtenay to reconcile. A double wedding follows.
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Cinderella
Miss Reade
Father
Colonel Ashby
George Courtenay
Ernest Ashby
Willa
George Courtnay
Dot
Miss Reader
Courtenay
Ashby
Laura
Miss Ella
Theo
Bertie
Nursie
Elia
Ashley
Ernest
Sir George Courtenay
Superintendent's Bones Notions Spark Classroom Quip
A New York City school superintendent surveys girls' nature study with a basket of bones. He praises vertebrate work, then discovers another basket in a different room. A teacher retorts that the bones are her own.
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New York City
It's Easy to Laugh at Misfortune When It Visits Others
The saying reflects a human tendency to mock others' hardships while avoiding personal vulnerability. It highlights social judgment and the instinct to distance self from negative outcomes.
Hen the game rooster slays a rat in Caldwell barn
North Caldwell farmer William Johnson's rooster Hen killed a large rat that attacked the chickens. Hen fought with beak and spur until the rat was dead, then crowed triumphantly. In Port Jervis Martin Flaherty won a goose, barbecued a fox, and served the poultry at Christmas.
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Port Jervis
N. Y
Martin Flaherty
Matamoras
Flaherty
Fox
Little Girl Reminds Mamma to Trust the Lord
A Sunday school lesson about trusting the Lord contrasts with a kitchen mishap. A mother frustration over fruit and jelly is gently corrected by a child who recalls the biblical message to place trust in the Lord rather than princes. The exchange ends with a lesson on faith over worldly worth.
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Mamma
Holbrook
Puzzle for the Patient from Harper's Weekly
A humorous exchange where Cassity complains about a foolish doctor whose pill directions tell a patient to take one half hour before pain begins. The gag hinges on misreading instructions and the comic confusion of medical advice.
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Harper's Weekly
Cassity
Denver to seat 11500 at 1932 Democratic Convention
Denver's auditorium will host the Democratic National Convention by June 1. It measures 168 feet by 260 feet, with walls 92 feet high and a flexible main hall to seat 11,500 including aisle space. normal capacity is 9,000. The $425000 venue includes many committee rooms and advanced acoustics.
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Denver
Robert Willison
America
Audi- Denver
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