When Wild Plums Blossom
A Louisiana plantation tale follows Johnsie Ralston, heir to a crumbling name, whose cowardice and pride crush his romance with Katie Vernon. After a duel of honor ends in tragedy, Black Prince laments the light lost, while Katie honors the grave with wild plum blossoms each spring.
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Johnsle Ralston
John C. Calhoun Ralston
bluff Bruce Ralston
Ile
Daniel Ralston
Louisian
ufe
pegatluno
Martha
Jane
Ralston
teddy
cane ton pines
Jess
ange
Cross Bayou
Kattle
Titania
Katie
Johnsie Ralston
John Ralston
Dave Sturms
John
Black Prince
Johnsie
Cross Bayou place
Prince
Ann
Marie Johnsle
Marie Johnsie
Katie Vernon
Mae
Vernon
marc
epayasty
Marie Dave Sturms
Johnale
Mr. Sturms
David Sturms
Miss Martha
Scrap Book Laughs From a Last Year Seed List
A Philadelphia woman to plant a flower garden uses a seed list from last year's catalogue. Her husband jokes that the blooms won’t appear until next summer, but she insists the list is current. A humorous pair of quick desertions and misread lessons follow in a light collage.
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Philadelphia
seedman’s
music hall
Bridid brides and Abyssinian skin change customs
The Cape Colony Argus reports Abyssinian brides undergo a three month confinement with wool covering and burning of fragrant branches to shed dark skin for a lighter dew skin. Elders provide nutritive balls while elders guide the rite. A humor vignette from the San Francisco Chronicle follows about a druggist clerk and a porous plaster gag.
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cafe au init
Cape Colony
Argus
Mr. Wipedunks
San Franccisco Chronicle
The Lesser Evil duel debate in limpetuous community
The Washington Star quotes a resident defending dueling as a cheaper risk than shooting from concealment. The exchange notes that the duel is seen by some as barbaric yet cheap in danger, while others challenge its ethics and necessity.
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Washington Star
Witty Remarks At Law In Dark Humor Style
The dialogue shows Lord Cramworth and Bethell with caustic wit about court behavior. Bethell jokes on being left alone in the dark and about finishing an address as the court adjourns. The exchange highlights brisk satire of legal follies and court temperament.
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Lord Cramworth
Richard Bethell
Bethell
Junel
Sincerity and the path to honor in virtue
Quote attributed to Socrates on sincerity as the shortest sure way to live with honor. It states that to be what we seem and to observe leads to growth of virtue through practice and experience.
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Baltimore
Socrates
The Judge's Advice to Farmers and a Lawyer
An older legal anecdote recalls farmers suing the Missouri Kansas and Texas railroad. Judge Gantt dismissed many suits as improperly brought. Lawyer Brown challenged the court asking how to obtain justice against a railroad. The judge suggested the farmer hire a lawyer, and Brown wilted.
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Missouri, Kansas and Texas railroad
Brown
Gantt
No Use Trying Darky and Church Admission Tale
A preacher tells a darky to pray about joining a fashionable city church. The man returns after days of prayer and reports the Lord advised him to stop trying, confessing twenty years of effort with no success and a blunt, humorous blunt ending.
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darky
Christian Register
Start Your Day With A Cheerful Smile Card
Fragmentary quotation urges greeting the dawn with a bright smile. It emphasizes a hopeful mood despite troubled feelings and suggests inner warmth grows from a cheerful outset. The source appears as a dated epigraph or attributed line.
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