Pirate Mystery Aboard Yacht Palmyra
Palmyra, aboard the Rainbow, suspects hidden danger after finding a damp brown cigarette wrapper and hearing stealthy sounds from a cargo area. The crew, including Van and John, explore trunks while Palmyra vows to investigate the pirate presence and return at midnight.
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Pederson
Tietjens
Van
John
Billy Bones
Admiral Benbow
Pristocracy
Thurston
Wally the Mystic and a World of Wills and Woes
A quirky readers column parodies advice and gossip in a late era style, featuring Wally the Mystic, etiquette pivots, and exchanges about love, fashion, and social missteps. It riffs on questions like marriage, finances, and social graces with playful personae and zesty quips.
The Early Diet of Our Editor
An anecdote by Dr. Walter E Traprock recalls the editor of The Fun Shop as an infant who favored scraps of printed humor over ordinary fare His appetite for jokes verses and humorous anecdotes foreshadowed his later taste for wit literature and editor’s flair The piece notes submission instructions and payment rates for humorous material to The Constitution Fun Shop in New York City.
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Walter E. Traprock
Fun Shop
Maxson
Constitution
West 40Th Street
New York City
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