Susie Clime's Pout Turns Comic Creek-side Encounter
In 1909 tale, Aliss Susie Clime fumes over engagement rumors and a lost jewelry accusation. A planned visit backfires when she climbs a country gate and is doused by a torrent from a caretaker’s hose, then laughs off the mishap after a wary introduction by the reclusive Mr Wayne Ashley.
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Susie
Deborah
Norway
Susie Cline
Wayne Ashley
Mr. Ashley
Scott
Ashley
Auntie
Ashley Fing
Bats Found in Bamboo Hollows at Singapore Gardens
A cutting of bamboo in Singapore’s Royal Botanic Gardens revealed hollow stems housing bats. Three bats emerged from a split joint, and a later check found twenty three bats inside the hollow, including four adult females and nineteen young. Other bamboo joints contained additional bats. The species identified is Vesperago pachypus.
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Royal Botanical Gardens
Singapore
London
Man with glassy eye demands a station at Charing Cross
A solemn man at the booking office in Charing Cross places a sovereign on the desk and demands a Uckef. The clerk asks which station and the man, steady and quiet, asks in return which stations are available. The vignette from the London Globe captures a tense moment of ambiguity and restraint.
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London Globe
London Court
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Boozyman
A Criticism The Skirt as a Perfect Symphony
A remark calls a skirt a perfect symphony while a critic retorts it is not well conducted. The exchange ends with a puzzled question about meaning and a streetwise punch line.
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Cleveland Leader
What We Want Is a Square Deal Says Journal
A jumble of quoted lines from newspapers contrasts calls for a square deal with jokes about compromise and romance. A Louisville Courier-Journal line endorses fairness, while a Boston Post quip imagines a couple planning a getaway with wry humor.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
The Scrap Book And Its Hazy Afterworlds
A humorous slice from The Scrap Book blending fantasy and social wit. A modern woman in the afterlife negotiates status and services with the gatekeeper, while other vignettes ride from examinations in New York to a London court caper and a naval plane finisher joke. The piece mixs satire, poetry, and light anecdotes.
The Way to Happiness and Nature's Call
The text speaks of facing life with courage and acceptance of natural laws. It urges inner peace and confidence as foundations of happiness, addressed to readers who seek strength in confronting hard questions and embracing nature's order.
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Moeeterliack
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