OAM DURKEE'S GIRL by O Henry
Sam Durkee and Ella Baynes seem devoted until a rival, Beverly Travers, arrives in Kingfisher. A feud, pursuit to Chandler, and a dining-room ambush lead Sam to kill a disguised rival who had fled with Ella, violating the code by targeting a woman in public. The tale ends with the hideout revealed and moral codes bent.
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HENRY
Sam Durkee
Ella Baynes
Miss Baynes
Kingfisher
Beverly Travers
Gilead
Sam
Simmons
Hen Tatum
Gopher Tatum
Newt
Ben Davises
Ben Tatum
Frank A Munsey Co
Semaphore, Clear as a Crystal, on an Open Track
An ex engineer recounts a 10 year old wreck caused by a semaphore at Edgarville curve. He relives the crash, loses his nerve, and now drives again only to confront the memory when the semaphore appears clear as crystal. He cannot bear that the signal was not at fault.
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GEORGE RANDOLPH CHESTE
Edgarville curve
Gordon Junction
St. Louis
Elsie
Ike
Utila afri
Billy
Jimmie Dale
aidk
Murphy
Cincinnati
Edgarville
Frank A. Munsey
Dentist's Embarrassing Moment From Poker Night
A Chicago Tribune anecdote recounts a dentist called away after a late poker game with friends. He explains leaving his wife, returns to find a pocket full of poker chips mistaken for Mr. Johnson’s teeth, leading to an awkward revelation and embarrassment.
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Mr. Johnson
Chicago Tribune
On the Sea Fog Horn Moment Sparks Sailor Jest
A quip aboard center stage as a passenger begs the captain not to let a certain man sing. The captain deflects with humor noting that the passengers would mistake the performance for a fog horn.
Warm air can be as pure as cold say editor
Dr A L Benedict editor of the Buffalo Medical Journal notes that warm air can be as pure as cold and that a window opened an inch against a 30 mph wind but with indoor temperatures far warmer exchanges air quickly, even in winter, than a wide open window on a hot summer night.
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A. L. Benedict
Buffalo Medical Journal
Behold the Bee-Yew-Teeful Long Worm Joke
A fond hen mamma gathers her brood to view a remarkable worm and celebrates. A tiny chick suggests solving the division problem with jong division, foreshadowing a playful joke about arithmetic and growth.
Thornton the steady manager who calmed a railroading age
Henry A. Thornton, chosen as general manager of the Great Eastern railroad, has impressed England with his thoroughness. A New York railroad man calls him a martinet only in name, noting his calm supervision and avoidance of pointless inquiries. He recalls a tale of a young bride shopping for chickens, warning the dealer to ensure freshness.
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Lige
Henry A. Thornton
Great Eastern
England
Long Island
Thornton
New York
Paintings and Tapestries of the Renaissance Looms
The piece notes the 15th century surge of tapestry production in Arras Lille Tournai Brussels Bruges Paris and Italy and Spain. It cites Leo X paying Raphael ten panels of the Apostles about 10000 and Brussels weaver Peter Van Aelst earning 150000 to translate the design into cloth. The Vatican’s tapestry is valued at about 1.5 million though its colors faded. Raphael painted the originals in six months while Van Aelst and assistants spent four years weaving them with costly loom materials.
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Arras
Lille
Tournai
Brussels
Bruges
Paris
Italy
Spain
Leo X
Raphael
Apostles
Peter Van Aeist
Vatican
Van Aelst
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LONG & BEALL
THE
RED CROSS
F. J. WRIGHT
BR. J. WRIGHT
Waterman’s
DURKEE
Lester
Tom
Jim
Belasco
Wash
West
feudland
Guthrie
Mr. Tenderfoot
Chandler
LLORES
FOOTER’S DYE WORKS
Cumberland, Md
HOTEL POWHATAN
WASHINGTON, D.C
Pennsylvania Ave
18th
H Streets
Washington
White House
k. C. OWEN
The Peoples National Bank
DENTON, MD
ALBERT G. TOWERS
Preat
T. FP. JOHNSON
Call Journal Office
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