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Anecdotes and Tales in a Busy News Moment
A collection of humorous and moral anecdotes. John Sharp Williams recalls an old Charleston encounter in a railroad station. John B. Lennon speaks in Bloomington on strikes. Cardinal Manning tells a wit filled tale about Bishop Bramstone and a suitor seeking a wife. A Richmond minister begins his first morning after ordination.
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John Sharp Williams
Darkey
Charleston
Mr. Williams
John B. Lennon
American Federation of Labor
Bloomington
Lennon
Cardinal Manning
Bramstone
Brimstone