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Athens Weekly Banner in Athens, Georgia

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Athens Weekly Banner

Location

Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Date

Jun 02, 1891

Page

8

Ghostly rickshaw haunts a narrator in Simla confession

The narrator recounts haunting scenes in Simla after killing Mrs. Wessington by neglect, detailing nightly rickshaw apparitions, social life, and a looming death as punishment. He debates dying with English propriety or condemned by phantom, while questioning faith and fate.

Kitty Simla Mrs. Wessington Heatheriegh Phantom England Heatherlegh Seayasain Simls Agnes

The Jealous Wife Ruse Ends in Comic Death Trap

A humorous prose piece recounts a jealous wife who believes her husband unfaithful. She contemplates dramatic acts to prove his guilt but ultimately exposes the ruse when the coat turns out to belong to a partner. The twisting ending reveals the wife’s plot collapses as the druggist taunts her with fake poison.

John

Witty snippets and quips from old papers and jokes

A collage of humorous exchanges and quips from various periodicals. The bits poke fun at editors, wives, debts, and social routines with brisk, comic ironies characteristic of early 20th century humor. The snippets include exchanges about money, ads, and domestic life with quick punch lines.

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