The World as Weary Yet Grasped by Love
A mixed set of prose and poems explores love, loss, temptation, and redemption. It follows a wife Verne Doremus confronting her husband Paul Doremus’s gambling downfall, his prison sentence, and a government pardon linked by a bank manager, culminating in ten years of hard reform and renewed family happiness. It contrasts maternal and familial duties with male responsibility, emphasizing son’s role in supporting mothers and the noble clarity of virtue.
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Joe Sanders
Paul Doremus
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Doremus
Venie
Venie Vane Doremus
Edward Colby
Colby
Mothers’ Journal
Verne Vane and Paul Doremus’s Wedding Downfall
Verne Vane, a pretty, youthful beauty, marries Paul Doremus, a bank cashier, after a vow to abstain from alcohol. As autumn arrives, Paul's friends mock his loyal marriage, pressing him to join a club and drink, testing Verne’s trust and their fragile happiness.
Capital and Labor clash over tariff and eight hour reform
A large discussion on labor versus capital notes how tariffs have harmed workers and farmers while benefiting manufacturers and banks. It mentions the Socialistic Labor Party in Chicago opposing the system and supports eight hours as a workers' goal. The piece also muses on planning vacations to avoid overwork and promote well being.
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Socialistic Labor Party
Chicago
National party
How Tombstone Arizona Got Its Queer Name
Tale explains Tombstone derived from prospectors finding a rich ledge and exclaiming they had found their tombstones. The story notes the town’s original name origin amid a mining boom and mentions the Lombstone district’s early find nicknamed The Tough Nut. Quips about restraint and character close the piece.
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Tombstone
Arizona
Tucson
Dragoon mountains
Sonora
goodby
Schiefelin brothers
Boston
Philadelphia
Witty Aphorisms and Social Snippets from an Early 20th Century Page
A collage of quips on manners, gender roles, work, and daily life. Observations range from a young speaker at a women’s rights gathering to jokes about spelling, fashion, will writing, smoking, and child guidance. The humor centers on human foibles, contrasts between classes, and reflections on truth and happiness.
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St Louis
Atlanta
Life spans and growth stages across species and man
The text outlines a theory where human life spans about 100 years, with growth to twenty and total life divided into growth and decline. It compares animals, citing camels to rabbits with varying maturation ages, and details life phases: infancy to twenty, youth to fifty, virility to seventy-five, followed by old age.
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Farady
A Lawyer’s Witty Advice: Pocketbook Opens the Case
A Philadelphia bar figure, Sampson Levy, is recalled for a practical quip. When a client asked what to do, Levy advised going home to fetch a ten dollar note and consult a lawyer friend, a response that instantly revealed the client’s funds and priorities.
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Sampson Levy
Philadelphia
Levy
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