Nan and John Harris Endure in Love and Ambition
Nan Barnes, a hardworking printer's helper, confronts poverty and a harsh world while pursuing a writing career. Her romance with John Harris, a patient foreman, sails through misread signals, pride, and trials until a fortune and a confession change their path. Nan vows to improve her craft as love props her forward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pet
Nan
Nansie
John Har
Chick
Werof
John Harris
John
Sly John Harris
Nan Barnes
Alice
Nancy Barnes
Jess Wilson
Jess
Nat
Ian
Campaign Club Delivers Satirical Backwater Address
The Campaign Club session features Brother Gardner introducing Hon. Backwater Black and a rambling critique of past and modern gender roles. The spoof speech praises female empowerment while lampooning political figures, ending with a nod to a potential female president. A tangential piece notes Cuban sponge exports drop due to naval service, then shifts to bicycle trends in world capitals including Venice.
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Leber
Bekase
Kintucky
Venice
Backwater
Gardner
Patriots of
Cuba
Florida
Nassau
Mexico
Mediterranean
American
Diverse Anecdotes and Jokes From A Scrapbook Page
A string of clipped dialogues and light vignettes from a newspaper page. It includes a mock trial remark about breach of promise proven by a telephone girl, name drops like Brskowski, playful mishearing about Israelites, and a Kentucky friend named John Barleycorn. Also references a bicycle verse and a cartoonish notice about Dr. Abernethy in Edinburgh.
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Kentucky
John Barleycorn
Tornado Tales From a Reliable Man in Marshall County
Mr. G A Deane of Little Rock Arkansas recounts a Kansas cyclone that tore through a neighbor’s house and scattered items across states. A letter arrived from Nebraska, the check book from Missouri, and the tale is urged to be studied by tornado experts in Washington.
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Washington Post
Marshall County
Kan
G. A. Deane
Little Rock
Ark
Page
Nebraska
Missouri
Uncle Sam
Washington
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NAS
Brother Gardner Backwater Black
the New Woman
Wienen
M. Quad
Lucinda
Niagary
Watkins
Congress
New York Tribune
Siberia
Norway
Germany
London
New York
Paris
Adriatic
OUR Pleasure Club
Smart
Brskowski
Heelah
Red Sea
Nibsey
Johnny
Abernethy
New York Mail and Express
Edinburgh
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