Drop In Any Time Tale and Tidbits From A Busy Page
A collection of light vignettes includes a cautionary note on standing invitations and social etiquette, a London Tit-Bits anecdote about a pigeon and a boy, word origins of boulevard and esplanade, a classroom child’s deductive joke, a courtroom quip, a lawyer joke, a street scene from a Philadelphia bulletin, a joke about carpeting for children, a Balkan or biblical aside about oats, and a folds of humorous ads and notices from the era.
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London
The Man and the Mystery of Granny Gough
In a Paris cafe Gerald Granville Gough known as Granny, an amiable cosmopolitan adventurer, confesses to a betrayed friend that he is broke and has lost Myra. The narrator recalls Granny's reputation as a gentlemanly rogue who thrives on con cessions for British capital and his long, globe trotting network across European capitals.
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Gough
Garshore
Phil
Park Lane
Ralston
Myra
Granville Gough
Bogdanoff
Granny” Gough
Europe
Gerald Granville Gough
Granny
Paris
Johnnie
Stockholm
Angietree
Copenhagen
Palast
Hamburg
Hungaria
Budapest
Belgrade
Constantinople
Bucharest
London
Hotel du Boulevard
Granny Gough
Continent
The
Cecil
Ciro’s
Monte Carlo
Capsa’s
Hermitage
Moscow
Shapter II
Philip Ralston
Talbot House
St. Martin’s Lane
Charing Cross
Channel
Urals
Strand
London and Bucharest Entanglements of Granny Gough
Englishman Granny Gough, famed for lavish living and generous tips, pursues a Romanian oil concession for a New York syndicate while Myra Stapleton watches from Yorkshire. Garshore, an American power broker, secures the prize via a ministerial bribe aided by Lydia Popescu, leaving Granny ousted yet hopeful for a future tied to Myra.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Griesinger & Co
Stratfield Millinery
Main St
Eagle National Detective Agency
Naugatuck Valley Ice CO
Imoquiatonio Avenue
Fairfield Avenue
Sprague's
Spraguelee&Coal Co
Washington Ave
Pelephone
RA Gregory & CO
Stratford Avenue
Berkshire Mills
Wheeler & Howes
Main ST. Yard
East End
Congress Street
New York Tribune
Cotgrave
Houston Post
Yessir
Deir Weddin
Philadelphia Bulletin
Madame
Harper’s Bazar
William le Queux
Roumania
Romania
Transylvanian Alps
Interior
Myra Stapleton
Yorkshire
Myrai
Old Stapleton
Berlin
Kaiserhof
Soutzo
Lydia Popescu
Lydia
Castoria Acwarse
John F. Fay
New England
Mfg.co
East Main St
East Main Street
Bridgeport
State Street
California
the Farmer Publishing Co
Fairfield Ave
Coma
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