The Toy Jumper and the Whirring Inventions
A vivid narrative follows a windup toy on a Newark street stand, detailing how a shabby man and Miss Ellen cross paths with inventor Jem and a budding artist. The tale threads through a charity of labor, family struggles, a budding romance, and the toy’s role in inspiring a patent venture while highlighting the era’s social warmth and technical curiosity.
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Jamie
Doleiby
Tren Eich
Poe Lex
Alice
Jo'g
Litaak
Burt
Newark
New York
Mitlee
Vwell
Indy
Jem
Miss Ellen
Ellen
Jera
Misa Denny
Onidaie
Misa Ellen
Nan
Jim
Nat
Sant
Orton
de Houge
Devon
Jack
Manter Jos
Areca
Jay
Elion
Fea
Barris
Harris
Eva
Miss Elen
Hacherd
Weil
Guy Lee
Boston
Catry
Massachusetts
Tris
Pope & Billau
Fragments of Humorous Tidbits and Local Color
A garbled collection of quips and cultural notes from various papers. Entries touch on boots, mosquitoes, church attendance, wages, and social manners with knockabout humor and regional slang, including lines about a Boston fragment and a Galveston anecdote.
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Adour
Hanvard
Boston
Lou
Oswego
Daxscay
Ager &Itan
Scotland
Galveston
Iscics
Herald
Journal of Commerce
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