Dooley Satirizes European Royal Troubles and a Fledgling Romance
In a comic riff Dooley lampoons European monarchs wives eloping and palace intrigues. He riffs on Sophia of Habsburg and Ludwig of Saxony while Hennessy challenges the tale, then shifts to a rural anecdote of a pig and a farmer's club as the speaker recalls a late night misadventure.
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Sophia Maria Victorine Lindes Jejabers
Regaza
Arebella Deliria Maud
IV Weisenbrod
Dimmyerat
Saxony
Manny
Hapsburg
Europe
Sophy J
Ludwig
Manny la
Absence Makes the Heart Grow Foolish in a Fable of Love
A witty dialogue follows a two step and a voyage through flirtations and letters between a young man Harry and a distant admirer. They exchange photos and long epistles, hire a photographer to improve likenesses, and dream of marriage as the courtship plays out with a mix of romance and irony. The tale ends with a cliffhanger and a moral about absence intensifying desire.
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NCE
Ethel Barrymore
Harry
Mister
Herbert Buttinsky
U. S
Butte
Connell
Stationary Charley Rejects Farming Tale of Woes
Stationary Charley declares he will not embrace farm life and recalls a Nebraska stay where gold turned to misfortune. In Norfolk he hires a farmer, digs a cold house bank, and endures nightly pig noises from a burrow beneath his room as he contemplates leaving town.
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Dhey
Harvard Receives Historic Six Oared Shell Race Boat
The six oared shell used by President Eliot, Alexander Agassiz, and the Crowninshields for Harvard has been donated to the university by U S Watson. Built in 1857, the boat represents a venerable piece of college rowing history.
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Eliot
Alexander Agassiz
Harvard
University
U. 8
Local Color Stories From Butte Teachers and Avid Suitors
Two humor pieces from Butte recount a clever absent-minded Butte teacher who scolds a late pupil only to be corrected by the student with a note. A mislaid principle over a $1.50 book bill prompts a quick coin flip and an unexpected escape. A local bachelor’s matinee attempt ends with a late box office scramble and a costly lesson in chivalry.
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Washington
Butte
Henry Ross
Board of Trustees
Miss D
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Th’ Childher
Sivin
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Lorenz
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Sies
Ade
P. S
Harry J
Daily Papers
Prize Bank of the Universe
Charlie
Cys
Nebraska
American Embalmers’ Association
Norfolk
Porkerino
Kansas City
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