Doctor Bemerton Evening Turmoil Ends With Flowers
Dr Bemerton dodges a night of work and lovers’ reminiscences with pals at the club. A mistaken telephone message to his wife sparks a mock crisis then a costly flowers gesture. Back home, his wife rebukes him gently, prompting a public capitulation that his next day visit to the florist confirms.
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Joe
Dr. Bemerton
Steply
Jim
druy
haad
Dr. Remerton
bis club
Drs. Nichols
Gilson
Remerton
Nichols
bat
Peter
au greenhorn
anid Beierton
Gillan
Dr. Gilson
Dr. Nichols
Jove
Gason
Billy
Jemillie
tomorreow
Three Legs of a Stool quip by Andrew Crriucgie
The cunny Scot quipped that the most important factor in industry labor capital or brute force is the leg on a three legged stool. His playful retort appeared in the Christian Register.
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Andrew Crriucgie
Christian Register
Bucket shop joke in Puck satire dialogue
A Quoted Puck style exchange features a father explaining a bucket shop to his son Reginald. The joke frames a bucket shop as a modern cooperage where a man brings a barrel and returns with the bulphole.
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Reginald
Puck
Egotist Quote From Pola Record Cited
A stray quote from the Phiadel-Pol a Record criticizes self assessment. The remark contrasts egotism with impartial self opinion, labeling Tommy’s Pop as an egotist and noting the speaker’s view of self judgment.
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Tommy
Pop
Phiadel- Pola Record
Newport intrigues and a stagecoach scare in the Rockies
A stagecoach ride through the Rocky Mountains ends in a near disaster as the driver nods off and a young man on the box saves the day. Back in Newport, Mary Murphy, once snubbed, schemes to regain status by chasing a London title and returns as the Countess of Munkennon, choosing her social targets. Barton Keith rises from modest roots to marry Miss Alice Forbes, while the Murphys watch wealth and class shift around them.
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ineline
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Allis Murphy
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Tie
Bart Keith
Mary Murphy
Jane
Fie
Peter Jones
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Athertons
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tr Barton Yelth
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Mary
Newport
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Mame
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Murphys
Forbeses
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Alice Forbes
Keith blueself
Barton Keith
Alice Forbeg
London
England
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Munkennon
Miss Murphy
Dynamite Whiskers Cause Near-Disaster at Blacksmith Shop
A historic case records dynamite whiskers formed as feathery crystals on frozen sticks. The irritant whiskers, mixed with grease residue in hot water, ignited by hammer concussion, blowing the can apart but causing no injuries.
A Japanese Bridge of the Brocade Girdle
A 16th to 17th century Japanese bridge, famed as one of the nation's most intriguing antiquities. Spanning 750 feet, it is a mass of pegs and crude joints rather than a continuous metal wall, reported as sturdy and functional to this day.
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Japan
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