My Favorite Stories by Irvin S Cobb to Start Soon
Irvin S Cobb presents a new series titled My Favorite Stories to run in this paper. He notes short humorous tales have long been part of daily life across American groups and eras, citing Lincoln and others, and aims to share selections that most appealed to him.
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Irvin S. Cobb
Mr. Cobb
Moses
Adam
Calu
Noah
Shem
Ham
Japhet
Pat
Mike
Fabers
Abraham Lincoln
Cecilia name origins and Saint Cecilia legend
The article traces Cecilia origins from Etruscan names to Italian, French, Irish forms and its spread in Venice Naples Ireland England and France. It notes Saint Cecilia as Rome martyr in 230, muse of sacred music, and describes moss agate talisman said to grant a steadfast heart and freedom from danger with London Italy and Wheeler Syndicate cited.
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Ecilia
Coefes
Vivenna
Cella
Celia
Venice
Zilla
Zilfola
Naples
Lillola
Site
Ceile
France
England
Leaven
Caelum
Cecilia
Rome
Loudiun
Wheeler Syndicate
Lac
Bobby's Watch Delivers Four O'Clock Confusion
A six year old named Bobby proudly parades a loud real watch along Whishfire boulevard. He stops to show the time to strangers, including actress Betty Compson who asks for the hour. Bobby answers with surprising dignity that it is “we Indies to four.”
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Bobbie
Whishfire Boulevard
Bobby
Betty Compson
Los Angeles Times
Actress Lotta-Crabttree’s witty marriage remark
Boston reporter questioned why Lotta-Charlotte Crabttree never married. She joked that wealth and prudence guide romance, quipping that “he who takes a wife takes care, but he who takes care doesn’t take a wife” with a twinkling eye.
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Lotta
Charlotte Crabttree
Boston
Man pauses at bridge parapet to rest his face
A man leaning over a bridge parapet is stopped by a passerby who learns the mood is not suicidal. He explains he visits the spot to rest his face after hours of forced smiles at work and believes he should not be grouchy at home.
Lost chapel of St Patrick uncovered at St David’s
The old chapel of St Patrick is unearthed at St David’s in Pembrokeshire England. It lies ten feet above the highest tide and was buried under wind blown sand with turf. Walls measure upper end sixteen feet eight inches, lower end fifteen feet three inches, side walls thirty five feet each. An altar of about four by three feet stood at the east end. St David sent Patrick to Ireland. the chapel sits near St David’s head about half a mile from the Isle of Ireland.
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St. Patrick
St. David's
Pembrokeshire
England
St. David
Ireland
St. David's Head
Isle of
Erln
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