Marital Demands and Courtroom Cues in a Bughouse Debate
A stream of vintage quips and dialogues unfolds as characters discuss marriage conditions set by a father, a country editor’s finances, a teacher’s math joke, actors rehearsing, a mob scene, a gentleman’s etiquette, a beggar’s caution, and a barrister reflecting on a harsh court sentence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Banks
Rivers
Hanks
Johnny
George
Fish Storie
Thespis
Bluejowls
Tunderblood
Peculiarities of the French Marriage Law
A Paris theater case reveals complexities in marriage and property rules. The leading couple faced fines and forfeitures tied to a “community of goods” clause, while the court declared the union null but putative. A rival singer’s status and subsistence issue prompted further legal questions and a higher monetary assessment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ali Il
Pall Mall Gazette
Delanet Theatre
Paris
Far East
Dejaret
M. Shery
Qwine
T. M. Shery
Spaniard prisoner story ends in forced conversion and violence
A wounded Spaniard from Almeria recounts a brutal voyage after prison, torture, and near escape. He describes being forced to convert to Islam, enduring torture by mountaineers, and surviving with help from an English amateur who placed him under the protection of the British flag.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Almeria
Hal
Nan
Ils
Mohammenan
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Gondeoleon's Restaurant
Bombata
Bushman's Friend Store
Sydney
Seles
Bates
Ponce Brothers
Standardised Motor Company
Cc. T. Wilton Ishes
O'brien’e ‘Hotel
Fces
Goldberg Bros. & CO
Storskeepers
Bombala
Tenvetion
Seigel
Pitt, Son & Badgery LD
New South Wales
Sean
Pitt, Son and Badgery, Ltd
Lenin
Stocktats
W. Sage
J. Stafford
THE
Bombal
A Times
Woolls
Twendie
Bombala Wimes
General Printing Office
Maybestrest
Bou Onlay Monn
Motor Car Passenger Service
Delegata
K Tabil
Craigie
Little Plain
Shech
Craign Majlear
Vombala
Hibbentuke Bombala
Ando Bombala
Holt
LES. Kelly’s
Motor Service
Bombala, & Nimmitabel
Nimmitabel
L. Kelly
Kelly
Kelly's
J. Nicholsor
Douch
OS. Cantor
Pilt St
Australia
Paling
Victor and Belling
W. H. Paling & Co., Ltd
George Barcel
Newcastle
AL W. Walker
Chappleson
Plilstery
Miss Pertreight
Sydney Bmith
Clara
Wiley
Wr Saat
Dennis
Billen
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