Soliloquy of Humphrey Grey Bachelor Poem Fragment
A fragmented dramatic monologue about a lone bachelor Humphrey Grey reflecting on love, memory, and a bustling room with Punch the dog. The piece weaves quotes from Ada Burne Effie Brown and Carrie Foss Bremer, mixing past romances with present idle musings and comic interruptions as the narrator contemplates marriage and aging.
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Humphrey
Coures
Ptante
Tievold
Buck
Oparley
Felicity
Egueee
Ladie
Ada Burne
Ada
Aesh
Efle Brown
Effie
Paurmanbond
Grainger County Letter from Akotiepak 1884
From Grainger County Tesx Akotiepak writes of two months without sun, farmers behind on crops, wheat and fruit prospects poor with no peaches. He notes a comet sighting causing town excitement and a political shift among colored voters toward independence. He mentions Sheriff Jerre Jarnagin, plans for a local club, and upcoming circuit court week with AD Paylor and KR Butler expected in town.
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Akotiepak
Tesx
Enrroxs Comer
Grainger
Rads
Pettibone
Butler
Taylor
Td County
Jerre Jarnagin
Titt Coser
Aime
Ong Circuit Court
Teste AD v. Paylor
KR. R. Butler
Aedtion
Governor Intervenes as Enterprising Old Man Crashes Door
An elderly African American man storms into the governor's room demanding political favors and drinks. The exchange reveals party loyalties with the old man boasting Democratic support before the governor reveals he is now a Republican. The scene ends with a bluff of further trouble and a curt farewell.
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Agatinat Elin
Adriantin
Mvurden
Teryer
Nobber
Dean
Huster
Walt
Texas
Postoffice Corner Politician With Hands In Pockets
Jones points out a lounging man near the Postoffice corner, a politician who funds the machine and controls big jobs. The exchange notes nothing remarkable except the man has his hands in his own pockets, highlighting local political graft humor.
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Jones
A Madge of Mourning Towels on Printing Shop Door
In a short exchange the proprietor laments Brown as a good printer and contemplates a mourning badge for his place. The editor proposes attaching a composing-room towel to the door as a symbolic sign of mourning.
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Brown
Colored man asks for church funds in Woodward district
A man in a Woodward avenue area pleads for a twenty five cent cash donation to build a new colored church. He engages a grocer and milkman in a dialog filled with racial stereotypes and evasive replies as he proposes alternate payments and questions about leadership.
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Woodward Avenue
Dun
Eavny
Prentice Wit and Odd Encounters At The Journal Office
A reminiscence recalls George D. Prentice and Will Hayes in Prentice's office with a witty exchange about a song. A jewelry shop anecdote follows, featuring a woman seeking spectacles and a combative test of vision and age. A closing note mentions a theater manager reply to a boastful amateur.
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George D. Prentice
Journal
Les
Will
Hayes
Mr. Prentice
Madison Square Theatre
R. HB. Dixon
Victor Doriot
RS & Rho
Curious legend ties ear rings to Hagar mother of Ishmael
The piece recounts a Turkish legend claiming Hagar bore earrings to honor a vow after Abraham could not disfigure her, a tale used to explain Muslim women wearing ear ornaments from childhood. It then cites J Buchanan criticizing Blaine and shares a fable about a dove and hawk, urging steadfastness against worldly temptations.
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Batihy
Abraham
Hagar
Sho
Ishn
Blaine
J. Buchanan
Buchanan
South Carolina
Judge Black
Cash's Hiding Place in Peedee Swamp Mystery
March 21 report places outlaw Bogan Cash fifteen miles from Choraw in an inaccessible Peedee Swamp zone. Authorities deem capture impractical without a large expedition. Pinkerton detectives have made little progress. Public debate cooled after Col. EB B C Cash’s bail, while Colone R G Inguzmall reportedly lost about 100,000 in New Mexican mines.
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Cash
Corumata
Bogan Cash
Peedee
Choraw
New York
Pinkerton
Cheraw
Col. EB. B.C. Cash
Colone
R. G. Inguzmall
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Obepdig
Aero
Humphrey Grey
Carrie
Sun Lee
Walgie
Mrs. Jones
Aly Dean MacGrey
Frank
Dia
Alxy Nia Wito
Julia
Deak
Hashanil
Ashley Street
Carrie Foss Bremer
Carrie Foss
Grainger County
Mr. Brinton
Bakey
Austin
Baxter
Sukey
Twintater
Chile
Prentice
Jefferson Avenue
Ises
Qld
Eeee
Bat
Ania
Hamburg
Berlin
Upper
E. Tenn
Hick’s Building
Main & Fifth Sts
Bristol
Abingdon
Roanoke
A. Picken
Old Dominion
Oliver
Hunt & Side
R. H. Dixon
Mainst
Thomas Bouse
J. W.morty
Eldredge
Eran Era
Vd Lin Roly
Amaya
Sail
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