Aunt Susan Baker Will Read in Comfortless Pasadena
Five heirs confront a missing will as Mr Pardee reads Aunt Susan Baker's last wish to bury her ashes near the old rose apple tree. Finley kin balk at expenses while Don Barlow covers funeral costs. Deacon Milbury voices poverty and duty, and the case ends unresolved amid family tension.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Susan Baker
Simouf
Aunt Sussan
Pardee
Air
Pardee Stinty
Younan
Susan
Hite Tna City
Don Barlow
Lfe
Edith
Finley Bakers
Don
Mr. Pardee
Menes
Deacon Pillsbury Haas
Fernellive
Deacon
Winley Baker
Mr Pardee
Burial Under Apple Tree Brings Family Trials
In a tense family saga a will reading reveals Miss Susan Baker’s last wish. Don Barlow and Edith Dale oversee a private burial of Susan under the old apple tree, with a hidden vault containing her fortune to the custodian who fulfills her wishes. Mr Pardee and others uncover the deed amid expert assurances and a final testament.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Barlow
Vernelife
Edith Dale
Edith
Fiat
Stan
Susan Kiew
Don
Editi
Mar Pandee
Susan Baker
Toom
Ressons
Mr Pardee
Don Thad
Miss Shey
Tia
Baker
Eis
Susaan
Reuben
Susan
Amid Boston Night Walks is a Fractured Wedding Delay
A garbled account depicts a postponed wedding amid mournful talk of burying Aunt Susan and aging houses near John Quincy Adams era. A colorfully misheard street scene in Boston shows a weary exchange about a dream beyond the era’s effort and a cemented house’s decay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
John
Wasp Preys on Spiders in South Africa
A narrative describes a wasp that hunts spiders by paralyzing them with a sting and burying them with eggs to feed its larvae. The creature stalks web builders, centers on ground prey, and is feared by spiders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lentroca
Iis
The Laundry of Hamlet and a Cat Stole the Show
A Collier's Weekly excerpt imagines an eccentric audience of legendary figures and modern thinkers alike. The scene centers on a Shakespeare lecture interrupted by a prowling shell cat, drawing Homer and others’ attention away from the speaker in a vivid, humorous vignette.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Socrates
Homer
Sophocles
Demosthenes
Praxiteles
Cheero
Hortee
Daunte
Mollere
Milton
Goethe
Washington Irving
Ben Jonson
Coleridge
Thackeray
Bernard Shaw
Natenile
Wilain Shahkespeare
Hamlet
Sean
Victor Murdock
Collier's Weekly
Wisdom and Silence in the Tuning of Modern Goods
An acquaintance jokes about a flood of substitutes replacing common items like butter and tea, noting that many substitutes race ahead of the original while acknowledging one enduring truth. The speaker concludes that, to date, there is no truly good substitute for wisdom, while silence remains the best discovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Padent
Wye Mills
Wye Station
Wye
Talbot County
Presege Ont
Farmo
Wye River
Queenstown
Chester River
Queenstown Creek
Centrevile
Richard E. Bryan
Centreville
Bristow
J. Harry Larrimore
Tanyard Vranch
Tanyard
Church Hill
Music in the Balkans Horror and Hymns Amid Storms
An eyewitness fragment describes Balkan camp life with a violinist boy and wild weather. Horses tremble as a ghostly mood shifts to awe and fear, while elders chant to thunder and claim medicine wards off the storm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Balkans
Fiese
Brother
Telef
Abelis
GuUsie
Masoas
Tao
The Word Calico Origin Story Fragment
A fragmented excerpt traces the origin of calico with a late monarch of Malabar and a temple ritual. It mentions Cadicut, Pagbrul bearing colors, and a cryptic tale of providence tied to a servant and ritual hours, ending with a New York context fragment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Malabar
Ohis
Cadicut
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Denton Journal
Noward Melvin Ben
Johnson Melvin & Johnson, Publishers
By Clarissa Mackie
Amd
Mir Pardee
Miss Baker
Leuben
Cuelererben
Iris
Sanihead
Sadia
Baber Wien
Reuben Amd
Paneer
Orate
Aunt Susans
Benes
Sivth Pret Dentoef
United States
Iris Stadt
Fiat Mtercant de Estaldisianen
Florida
Mount Hermie
Cemetery
Eam T
Cadillac
Easton
Warner
Standard Motor Company
West Street Easton
Conny SE White
Uh Nie
Elere
Enduetey
National Defense and Internatatal
Naval Consulting Board
ITHE
Cid Dagineess
Amencan Society of
Mehankal
Amencan
Egineera Phe
American Davatate
Betel Igi
Ae An
Turpis Nd
Enie
J. WT. Simmith Co
Optometrists and Jewelers
Carter Block
Denton, MD
Murderkill River
Philadelphia
Prhderica
Aathan H. Maxson
Wilieae Erederica
Webt
Eliprisra
Nianay
Phufl
Frica
Iy Pam
Tipo
Ivan Ws. V.spm
Pierle
Noth Whites
Rane Streeb
Comsutiers Tee Cas
Chester
Deavins Phebe
Eprederica
Drl
New York
Kutlery Shop
HG Path
Dvc
Baltimore
Waryland
C. Er. Brown
Bridgeville, del
Roman Auto Co
Phot Delphin
Omiya Tiimitec Mundet
Qinck
Grant Rosser
Cleandler
Dodge Toring Mtoe
Roman Auto Co., Inc
North Broad St
Phila
Maryland
Queen Anne’s County
Davis
MY Lord
White House
Circuit Court
William McKenney
John McK. Mitchell
Court House
Davis Farm
Chapel District
Wilton Farm
Jack
Rose Cottage Farm
Hiram G. Dudley
MY Lord's Gift Farm
Kent Island
Chester Rivers
White House Farm
Cacy Farm
Thomas J. Keating
J. Prank Harper
William L. Holton
Arractive
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