Odds and humor mix in quirky catalog of quotes
In a collage of jokes and tidbits readers glimpse witty exchanges about inheritance watches and mustaches, a Berlin birth tally, a London exhibition gadget, and a fossilized elephant tusk weighing 440 pounds with a 17 pound tooth.
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France
Speaking of Fifth Wheels By George Brinton Beal
A collection of aphorisms and humorous quips on everyday life. The piece urges appreciating others, notes fifth wheels usefulness, and offers brief jokes about relationships, work, and language. It mixes light humor with social observations.
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George Brinton Beal
Enigmatic Verse Echoes of Truth and Death
A fragmentary poem passage speaks of a goat of Truth and Light guiding beyond earthly flaws toward divinity. It contrasts celestial brilliance with forgetfulness of earthly sorrows and contemplates a final union with God after death.
Return to Last Year’s Nest Without Rent Hike
A distressed speaker laments remaining in the same cramped quarters rather than facing higher rent. The narrator’s tone is rueful and self deprecating as they plead for stability, referencing a familiar domestic setting and a mood of economic strain.
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Berlin
London
Duckie
Bill
Curigs
South Africa
Ooep
Willie
Laura
Cupid
Flight
Clifford Epstein
Earth
Mars
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