The Tadmouth Tailor and the Elopement Tale
Roderick McStivers, a Tadmouth bootmaker, recalls twenty years of love sorrow and comic turnabout. His daughter Julia loves Tom Bunsby, while his former flame Mary re-enters his life with her own son. A late night note sparks a wild chase to a hotel room, a mistaken rescue, and a double wedding that unites all. The tale ends with renewed happiness and a sly moral.
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Roderick McStivers
Tadmouth
Mary Black
belle
Mary
Ife
Bunsby
New York
Thomas Bunsby
Sam
Julia
Tom
Tom Bunsby
old McStivers
Mrs. McStivers
McStivers
No-o
tia
JOE KEtz
McStivernes
Tadmouth hotel
ArcFarland
Hal
Roderick
presnt
Adeau
Runaway marriage excites New York society over Katherine Kernochen and Herbert Pell
New York society is abuzz over the runaway marriage of Katherine Kernochen and Herbert Pell both of the town. The episode dominates columns and clubs as parents lament their daughter's elopement after years of opposition, recalling tales of stubborn guardians and desperate suitors.
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New York society
Katherine Kernochen
Herbert C. Pell
Katherine
Miss Kernochen
Freight engineer recalls piano ride that ends in disaster
Jim Nelson, an elderly locomotive engineer, recounts a dramatic night in New Orleans. A slick French pianist, likened to an engine, improvises on the keyboard as if gauges and throttles governed the keys. The runaway train narrative ends with a crash and the pianist bowing to the crowd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Nelson
New Orleans
Jerusalem
Franchman
Faithful shipowner drops insurance as Lord safeguards vessels
In a Philadelphia Quaker tale a shipowner renounces vessel insurance to rely on the Lord for safety. After months with no losses, fires and wrecks strike, and he admits to an agent that he still trusts God but wants to spare the Lord the trouble of tracking his sailing property by seeking insurance on a ship and cargo.
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Philadelphia
Thompson
Stover
Liverpool
How to Spot an Editor in a Comic Exchange
A witty dialogue contrasts English and American views on marriage and money. An American quips creditors vanish after marriage, while a British observer notes a wife’s settle after vows. The piece ends with a jab about a woman in a rubber waterproof suit.
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Denton
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JOURNAL
CHAFFINIE & CONZEY’S
SASTOMW
CHAFFICH & CONEY
CHAFFINCH & CONEY
ENOS JAMES & CO
James
Colt
Parker, Harrington ,& Richardson
Isworth
H. & D. FOLSOM
Murray St
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SIN RY DOTEL
MaANurac Touren
NORTH BROAD STREET
R. J. Baker
R. J. HOLLINGSWorTH
CHARLES STREET
BALTIMORE, MD
SRE
H. BLACKINSTON & SON
BALTIMORE
EXCELSIOR
S. W. Co
BALTImOre & Light Sts
MARYLAND
WILLIAM GEARHART
TOUSE AND SIGN PAINTER
RIDGELY, MD
MARBLING
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CHARLES A. MILLER
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DAVIS & MILLER
HOWARD
PGR
J.C. SMITH & BRO
KENT COUNTY
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W. Balto
Pearl, St. Baltimore, Md
OLA&S
I. Albertson
FROOMS
N. W. Cor
St. Paul and Fayette Streets
Greensborough
GREENSBORO
W. H. GOHEE
Willis
Carrollton Hotel
Baltimore, Light and German Sts
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F. W COLEMAN
Clarendon
J. F. DARROW
OCCIDENTAL HOTEL
NEW YORK CITY
THAWLEY
BUTCH ARS DENTON
Brick hotel
Diana
Aphrodite
Maury
Bunsley
Amercan
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