Pop Search For a Dead Son Re veals a Living One
Edith Arnold in Havana befriends an old American sailor, Perkins, who believes his missing son died at sea. A troubled gambler Evans longs for a fresh start in America. Arnold forms a bond with Perkins, while Evans contemplates returning home with a chance to reconnect with his past and possibly reunite with Arnold in New York. The encounter near the harbor and sea wall culminates in a poignant reunion between Perkins and a son-like figure from decades past.
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A Japanese and His Wife
A Pasadena woman was asked by her Japanese gardener for three days wages before he leaves for Japan with his wife and baby. His note said he did not like to say such small things, adding my wife is more small, implying a plea for mercy or wages.
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Pasadena
Japan
Success Without Bitterness Quote by Dr Cebot
A brief aphorism on success in industry art and love noting bitterness is avoided by recognizing symbolic value of achievements and the rest we rely on, attributed to Dr Richard Cebot.
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Richard
Cebot
Talk Blast You Phonograph Tale From Edison Era
Scrap Book recalls early phonograph history with J C Benton and Inechailelin. Edison tinkers over the machine as Charley Cheever struggles to get it to speak. After near an hour of silence, Edison exclaims and the phonograph finally squeaks the famous line as if answering the boast.
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J. C. Benton
Thomas A. Edison
Wilzards
Charley Cheever
Charley
Edison
Limaself
Mary
blazes
Pay Before You Eat Tale From Paris Bistro
A humorous tale from the Latin Quarter recounts two Philadelphia friends in a Paris restaurant where the rule is pay before you eat. After a dispute, they resist, but the waiter uses a syringe to return the broth, prompting the line Pay before you eat.
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Robert Wenri
New York
Philadelphia
Boul’ Mich
Twain story on a key and a better place
Mark Twain recounts telling his enslaved servant George to hide the key under a stone. After returning late, Twain finds no key, risks a search, then asks George who peeks out and jokes he found a better place for it. The anecdote centers on the servant’s wit and the era’s racial dynamics.
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Mark Twain
George
massa
Rainy Puget Sound Indians Question Flood Tale
A missionary preached of Noah and the Ark to Indigenous people in Puget Sound country where rainfall averages 12 inches yearly. The crowd left before the flood story finished, saying rain here never stopped and no flood. The tale ends with a folded punch about belief and climate.
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Puget sound
Noah
Hood
Saturday Evening Post
A Sad State of Riches and Kitchen Worries
Louisville Courier-Journal notes a paradox of wealth where happiness dims. A speaker says wealth blocks kitchen access, while servants remain careless, leading to sleepless nights over a dripping refrigerator pan.
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Louisvilla Courier-Journal
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