Land Dreams and Melon Patches on the Georgia Frontier
In a Depression era tale, Looky the daughter toils on a struggling sharecropper family farm. After her father is injured, she shifts to field work, earns respect, and leads a late harvest of melons. A boy from Augusta offers love and schooling as the family saves enough to buy land and education.
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R. John Satterfield
Pp. Covny
Mechowin
Louizy
Betty
Molly
Jub Slo
Duddy
Detty
Looky
Loolzy
Tin Pluink
Solly
Locly
Long Pond
Louise
Loojzy
Augusta
Andy
Toolzy
Lizy
Gabe
Breach of Promise Across Countries Compared
England is favored for breach of promise suits from the plaintiff’s view while France Holland and Austria lean against recovery due to pecuniary loss requirements. Germany uses a public betrothal process with possible solatium, Italy requires a written promise, and a notable English case against a sultan was ruled inadmissible. A matrimonial paper editor and an actress linked to 10,000 pound verdicts.
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England
France
Holland
Austria
Germany
Italy
Jenny Mighell
Johore
London
Big Tips For Little Favors In A Sleeper Car
A veteran Pullman porter explains how a large tip often follows small considerate acts. He recalls a passenger who rewarded him for not leaving shoestrings inside shoes, noting the tip motivated better service. The porter credits the tip with shaping his careful habits.
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Hat
Les- Ne’ay
Witty Exchange Over East Versus West In Reminiscences
In a volume from Lady Dorothy Nevill, Bishop Blomfield is cited for wit during a controversy with a learned man over eastern versus western mental superiority. The rival ends with a jab about “theestise men” from the east, to which Blomfield quips that that was the wisest remark they could make.
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Bishop Blomfield
Dorothy Nevill
Blomfeld
Frederick the Great and the gifted flutist gift tale
Frederick the Great rewarded all musicians except dute players. A famed flutist asked to perform for the king who listened closely. After praising the musician, the king departed and returned with his own flute to play the same piece, gifting the “proof of satisfaction” by letting the visitor hear him.
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Frederick the Great
Tie
Frederick
Telephone company call ends in marriage irony
A wife-to-be calls to cancel service saying she is dissatisfied with foam and single blessedness. The polite clerk apologizes and notes they are past their aid after learning she will be married tomorrow, in a humorous New York Sun exchange.
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New York Sun
An Original Oath of Allegiance to Aragon King
A historical oath from Aragon shows freeborn inhabitants electing a king with condition to preserve their rights and privileges. It vows to depose the king if he fails, signaling early constitutional restraint and royal accountability in the ancient kingdom. The form underscores collective sovereignty and the conditional monarchy practiced in medieval Aragon.
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Aragon
Kingdom of
Philip
Red Ferns Quip About Ferns in Washington Herald
A humorous Washington Herald item features a chauffeur and a boss arguing over red ferns seen by a driver. The line implies the ferns resemble the constable’s whiskers, injecting local color into a brief, witty exchange.
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Washington Herald
The Open Window and Air Outside in the Home
A short note from Good Health urges keeping windows open day and night to ensure indoor air approaches outdoor air as closely as possible, describing it as the first business of the housekeeper.
Every man builds his own fortune, says a wise guy
In the Philadelphia Record an unnamed speaker quotes a maxim about self-made fortune while noting the need to stay on good terms with building inspectors. The register captures a witty exchange illustrating streetwise irony.
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Philadelphia Record
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