Martin Hermans Will A Tale Of City Life
Miriam Hermann cared for by her dying German father learns she is adopted and not his biological daughter. In New York a journalist and a lawyer pursue a family inheritance connected to Hermann while Miriam faces loss and a stormy, uncertain future as spring returns to the city.
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Miriam Thermann
Matthison
Miriam Hermann
Miriam
Martin Hermann
Martin Termana
New York City
Miriam Ihermann
Mrs. Tope
Mirint
Miriam Fflermann
Mrs. Trape
Mirrie
Kissel
Frankfort-on-the-Oder
Mirtie
Tie
Clay
Mrs. Hope
Isles
Tere
Father
Mrs.Tepe
Mr. Hermann
David Cheatham
Park
Itswada Lurse
Lem
Mr. Cheatham
Lem Dodd
Hermann
Hemann
Martin Vermanon
Charles Carpenter
United States
California
Wermann
Squire
Ile
Hudson
Mirmni
Kitty
Indianapolis Press
Miermann Left German Will And Sole Executor
Chapter II recounts Martin Tiermann buried beside his wife on Green wool slopes. Newspapers call him a model citizen merchant and Christian gentleman. Two puzzling details arise he authored his will in German and named attorney David Cheatham as sole executor and guardian of his adopted daughter.
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Martin Miermann
Greenwool
Tiermann
David Cheatham
Pop's definition of a fair-weather friend
Tommy-Pop explains a fair-weather friend as one who won t lend you his umbrella. A son notes this practical view on friendship from the Philadelphia Record.
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Pop
Tommy
Philadelpha
His Own Proscription
A witty line from the Washington Star notes a man told his doctor to order a trip to Europe and then billed himself for the journey, implying he did not follow the directive yet claimed the expense. The quip contrasts medical advice with personal cost and intent.
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Europe
Washington Star
Humorous Bits From Old Newspapers Go Laughing Through Time
A collage of jokes and anecdotes from Philadelphia Press to Brooklyn Life, featuring love woes, parrot swearing, scarecrow crops, and trivial misadventures. Notable bits include Ned and Bess on love, a quip about smokeless powder, and a farmer keeping boarders amused with fruit-charge tales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia Press
Questioning London Skyscrapers and Marriage Costs
The excerpt ponders why London lacks real skyscrapers with a wry joke about the sky. A joke replies that marriage costs deter, noting the girl’s father cannot afford the wedding.
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Warwick
London
Wickwire
Puck
Humorous Bits From The Far East And Puck Quips
A collage of cartoon captions and witty lines from papers like Richmond Despatch and Puck. Jokes cover war talk oil and gold bricks and a hunting boast. It includes quips about misidentification with a police officer and a tongue in cheek tale about Eve and the Serpent.
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Far East
Eve
Puck
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Martin Herman
Maj
Alfred Rochefort
Mrs. Slope
Ned—Ife
Bess
Ned
Heraclf
Telemachus Smith
Della
Polly
Dolly
Mammia
New York Weekly
Chicago
Louie
Jerry
Tess
Aster
Dora
May
Jess
Yore
Noah
Brooklyn
Mr. Courtney
Chicago Tribune
Uarry
The
Art Institute
Eben
Richmond
Quizzell
Frizzell
Vrigzzel
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