Joe Barry confronts a risky pact and a surprise visit
In a hazy half hour Joe Barry weighs a secret contract that trades his freedom for a circus job. He plans to repay nearly seventy five dollars, face his employer, and escape with Sue Dayton's cautious support. A menacing knock then announces a group in the hall. four men in suits enter, flashing a shield as they seize him.
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Joe Barry
Uncle Dan
Sue Dayton
Dan
A.t
Miss Dayton
Martin
Joe
Dan Dayton
Thiat
Waverly
Birthday Longing Sparks Romance In McClure Tale
On the eve of Griffith Vail's birthday a sentimental letter from his mother inspires him to seek a day of personal choice. He spends time with Edith Lee, a skilled draftsman, inviting her to church visits, lunch, a country drive, dinner, and a theater outing, and confesses love with a marriage proposal.
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Griffith Vail
France
George
Edith Lee
Edith
Joe Barry’s Dilemma in a Circus Bootleg Plot
In New York a country youth called Joe Barry ekes by as a rooming house resident and Bertolini restaurant accordionist. Lured by escape, he contemplates impersonating a bootlegger for a $10,000 risk, accepts $1,000 on account, deposits $800 under an alias Joseph Bradley, and encounters a circus where Sue Dayton, the owner’s niece, persuades him to join the troupe.
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Martin
Joe
Joe Barry
Biartin
Jersey
New York
Joethhaad
Poe
Louie E Bertolini
Bertolini
Joseph Bradley
Sue Dayton
Glendale man recalls a boy’s church experience
L Edmunds of Glendale recounts a tale of a young boy pressured by his mother to attend church. The boy, unfamiliar with the worship, is overwhelmed by the solemnity of the service after they returned home.
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L. Edmunds
Glendale
America Might Profit by Academy of Humor
A reflection on the idea of an American Academy of Humor and its potential impact. The author notes past ages of poetry and humor and questions whether modern humor is underused, citing figures like Mark Twain and Artemus Ward and quoting F H Collier’s critique.
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America
Academy of Humor
American Academy of Humor
Mark Twain
Bob Burdette
Bill Nye
Shakespeare
Dante
Charles XII
Napoleon
Shelley
Keats
Tennyson
Bryant
Longfellow
Artemus
Ward
Twain
Nye
Burdette
George Ade
George Fitch
F.h.collier
St Louis Globe-Democrat
Har monicas production in Germany dominates output
A fragmented report notes that more than two thirds of the harmonicas in the area are produced in Germany. The brief highlights the regional share and manufacturing balance without detailing names or dates.
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Germany
Fourth Grade Mine Joke Sparks Classroom Debate
Definiti A fourth grade teacher questions Samuel about a mine. Samuel jokes that a mine is what’s inside our heads. Gert-Gee quips about the boss’s wife house cleaning and Myrtle comments on the humor.
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Samuel
Gert
Myrtle
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