What Was In A Name Randy Gunn And The Two Suitors
Randy Gunn faces a nickname dilemma as her given name Maurandia shrinks to Randy. Her mother longs for traditional choices while suitors Johnny Gunp and Peter Legian present Texas bound ambitions. Family, romance, and identity clash in this namely charged tale.
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Mullivandia
Randy
Maurandia
Ufe
Jerusha
Jemina
Abitha
Mary
Martha
Jane
Cllen
Johnny Gunp
Peter Legian
Sandy
Johnny
Nfe
Randy Gunn
Peter
Texas
Maurandia Logan
Nurmes
Coquette
Bill
Randy Chooses Love In Turbulent Church Wedding
Randy, after three years of courting, must choose between Peter and Johnny as wedding plans unfold. A near-disaster at the church porch follows a runaway carriage wreck, leaving Randy pale and shaken just before the ceremony. Johnny arrives late, best man duties in disarray, as the bridal party gathers for a church wedding with family watching closely.
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Randy
Peter
Johnny
Shakespeare
Standy
Ehurel
Fle
Bandy
Duty and Resolve Shape a Texas Wedding Twist
In a tense, rural moment Peter reveals Randy is engaged to him after she regains consciousness. Facing heartache and social pressure, Peter decides to uphold duty, postponing the wedding and guiding Johnny to take Randy home. Johnny later marries Randy’s sister Melinda, while Peter and the couple plan a second wedding.
Bearer or mourner: an old village riddle
An inn in northern England town is the scene for a humorous tale about a villager asked if her husband will attend a funeral. He plans to go as a bearer for half a crown, or as a mourner for nothing, exposing the local custom and sly practicality.
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England
Miram
St. James Gazette
Nature
Liewenns Beard Tale and Other Ancient Figures
Loni Beards recounts Liewenn famed for the longest beard on record, yellow and sweeping to a horse’s knees, with Welsh ancestry noted. Proverbial mountain people later used humor about Bowland’s beard and yellow whiskers. George Killingworth, sent by Queen Mary to Russia in 1555, had a beard five feet three inches long, while Count Ruloff in 1697 boasted a mustache whose ends could not be reached.
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Howell
Liewenn
Bowland
George Killingworth
Mary
Russia
Ivan the Terrible
Count Ruloff
Poland
Sulphur a volatile nonmetallic mineral
Sulphur is a hard yellow brittle nonmetal familiar since ancient times. It occurs in veins near volcanic activity and is imported mainly from Sicily and from copper and iron pyrites. Heating releases fumes captured to condense into flour of sulphur or rolled into bars called roll sulphur.
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Sicily
A Pithy Sermon Excerpt On Life And Ingress Into Ife
An old sermon fragment notes life as a brief ingress and egress with mortal trouble and care. The speaker asserts that living well now yields well later, and warns ingratitude as a single fault among many. A quote from Young emphasizes moral judgment and virtue.
A Homemade Creamer For Butter From One Cow
A Rural New Yorker correspondent shares a low cost method to make butter using two one gallon creamers with a 1/2 to 3/4 inch tube insert. Set milk in cool water at 45 degrees to form cream in about twelve hours. Use well water, vented caps, and careful skimming to yield good butter with minimal equipment. Also notes cloth instead of glass for poultry house windows to improve air flow.
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New Yorker
Jersey
Interesting Team In Prospect Affects Poultry Storage
Dr. Wiley of the agriculture department begins cold storage tests this winter and spring to July 1 next. Chickens ducks eggs vegetables and other products will be stored, with rabbits venison grouse quail and other game planned. Notes will track appearance and keeping qualities of foods throughout the trial.
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Wiley
Department of Agriculture
Fragmentary Milwaukee Sentinel Quote Sparks Romantic Dispute
A literary fragment from the Milwaukee Sentinel shows a fair girl chiding Lerchum and remarking on men in rapture. She questions who has been courting him, highlighting a playful confrontation over romantic affection.
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Lerchum
Milwaukee Sentinel
Under New Management Restaurant for Ladies Gentelmen
A city dining room changes hands with a notice of new management. The establishment markets itself to a discerning clientele and invites patrons to experience its updated service and offerings.
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