Night Errand of a Knight Errant at Panda Daltons
A comic tale from Panola reveals five sisters of the Dalton family defending their home from a scheming storekeeper and a would‑be villain. A bookkeeper, smitten with the youngest, hatches a plan to guard them, while a drummer fiancé arrives with a ring mislaid, leading to misdirection, wit, and frontier manners.
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Bixby
St. John Daltons
Panola
Maude
St. John Dalton
Miss Dalton
Trousseau
Tixby
Panoa
Widow in White Sparks Atelier Romance in Little Compton
In Pasquale's studio a white auto and a widow in white incite competition among art students. Jules Le Breton vies with Little Compton from Delaware as Parma violets fly during a dramatic window-side showdown. Compton wins by delivering a note from Mrs. Germaine, widow four years, directing Le Breton to tea.
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Little Compton
Pasquale
Fryad
Jules le Breton
Boulevard Des Anges
le Breton
Littl Mountain
Compton
Delaware
Pasquale’s
le Hreton
Hotel Lombard
Mme
Germaine
la Belle Germaine
the Lombard
Jules
Fn Alpgarn
Compton Iron Delaware
Io Breton
Atelier
Parma
Bayard
Compton Fron Delaware
Starvard
Henry VB. Germaine
le Violets
A Bunch of Roses and Symbolic Meanings At Lake Lucerne
An account notes a regnatia on Lake Lucerne where the lake surface was strewn with roses. It surveys the rose as a symbol of purity, charm, and silence, citing ancient references and Persian fable, and mentions rose production in Bulgaria and Roumania with damask roses harvested at dawn for distillation.
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Lucerne
Clirrha
Iran
Bulgaria
Roumania
The Biter Bit
An old Lowlander visits London and returns to tell how the most impressive thing was his own insignificance. A pompous host sought amusement at the visitor’s expense, but the tale ends with the man advising that going would do him a vast deal of good.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Dealton
Steuben
London
Dundee ‘Advertiser
Brevity and Wit in Proverbs From Ancient Times
This fragment discusses brevity as the soul of wit in proverbs. It notes sayings with sense and salt, cites phrases like forewarned forearmed, Extremes meet, and a Greek example from Laconians. It ends with the famed Spartan reply to Philip of Macedon about invading Laconia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howell
Greece
Philip of
Macedon
Laconia
Resting by a lecture and wood shed calm
The narrator recalls a Alaska lecture that felt restful to some and wearing to others. Mr Dodd says the talk was good but tiring, as one neighbor listens two hours with no chance to speak, while the speaker splits kindling afterward and feels peaceful.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alaska
Ebi
Mr. Dodd
Dieting Diagnosis and Diet Dispute Tale
A Chicago Tribune excerpt portrays Miss Kitty told by a new doctor that her issue is indigestion and fixable. She complains the previous doctor made her eat foods she hates, while the new doctor notes she is indeed dieting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Kitty
Chicago Tribune
Cromer’s reforms in Egypt cited by Cleveland Leader
The Cleveland Leader quotes Lord Cromer as transforming Egypt with reforms and leaving it contented. A Salisbury era critic recalls Cromer telling a minister to go to the devil, prompting Salisbury’s quip that Cromer says the same to him in London.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord Cromer
Egypt
Lord Salisbury
Salisbury
London
Cleveland
Unknown quantity symbol X sparks playful quip from Baltimore American
In a quick quip from the Baltimore American a boy jokes that X stands for an unknown quantity because sending an X can bring back surprises. A separate line notes a humorous saying about genius and preaching, ending with a sly remark on a live man.
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Little Aleck
Baltimore American
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Order
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Atlantic City
Cape May
Wildwood
Ocean City
Asbury Park
Williams & Jones
Hillsboro, MD
Bolgiano’s
Fic. J. Bolgia‘no & Son
Estaoishcu Lus Oy
Ruming Pratt and Light Bts
Baltimore, Md
Maryland
Virginia
Southern Timber Lands
Barrow Real Estate Agency
Preston, Md
Town OF
Ridgely, Caroline
County, Maryland
Ridgely
Caroline County
Kranz Hotel
First Avenue
Third Street
Willam E. Temple
James Pranklin Temple
Roberts P. C
Queen Anne's Co
Mantsox Crown
Centreville
James Temple
Denton National Bank
Orphans’ Court
Talbot County
Denton
Denton National Bank of Maryland
John F. Dawson
Katharine V. Massey
Albert G. Towers
F. P. Covey
Nisi
Harvey L. Sas
Ptrs
Frank Barrett
Sarah A. Barrett
Harvey L. Cooper
Carolla County
Thomas L. Day
I. Baynard
F. Baynard
Tie
Miss Daltons
Brent's
Knights of the Road
Panda
Syuch
Bess
Jonas
Panela Laudies
Miss Maude
Bisby
Brent’s
Teddy Jonas
Widow Im White
Near Depot
Denton, Maryland
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