One Left In Towe Living Alone in a City of Many Homes
A fragmented reminiscence recalls a former saloon keeper who refused to move, drifting west after Prohibition, telling of years across California New Mexico Arizona and old Mexico. The speaker reflects on labor, migration, and the social shifts of the 1940s, including the Cripple Creek and Cripple Creek era and the changing towns.
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Destares
Vunena
Ofobete Haid
SU Belaer
Fookinr
Popes
Burton
Aaidbor
Cole Flowat
Omor
Bala
Mies
Cale
California
New Mexica
Arla
Poppe
Cette Creek
Andy
ToWis
Dollar Deflects a Bullet Penhetal
The narrative recalls a dramatic incident where a player named Mays and Varrlek faced a near miss as a shot was deflected near the Stiad sduarely, with teams reacting to the unexpected moment and a notable financial tally afterward.
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Mays
Varrlek
Edie
Tai
Fortune in Bible Heira Files Suit Over Lost Stocks
A garret discovery yields faded stock certificates including fifty shares in Missouri Wine Co and an American Coal Trust. The filing seeks settlement of inheritance shares from a 19th century will, with heirs named and a bank trust dispute under way in 1880s Missouri.
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Leolii
Mer Motler
Tiade
Lott G. Shelwon
Garret
Horkweahin
Afty
Missouri Wine Company
Cos Chaikins
Shay Ratloe
Atreks
Phils
Data Go Shidran
Nurtornat Wank
Cota
Willian Ho Manpsen Trust
Colapiar
Pewauae
Jira
Tata
Saitek
Teruel
Bank Aid Tothpeon
Tranefer
Dome
John & Shettey, Jr
Most Able Men Not Large Fox Hunters in the War
A discussion argues that size does not guarantee leadership or success in war and sport. It cites Popular Mechanics on mental strength, notes small stature athletes rising in prominence, and highlights fox hunting as a warlike pursuit supporting national effort. It mentions 150 masters in 8,000 hunts and 1,500 hunt servants, plus regular officers who ride to hounds, framing the sport as a “sort of war.”
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Anriter
Voluma
Jess
Waterloo
Duke of Wellington
Bron
Britain
Flanders
George’ Bernard Shaw
Jorrocks
Mystery Speaker At Reunion Draws No Clear Name
A fragment notes a master of ceremonies introducing a principal speaker with unsure recall. The scene shifts to a family reunion where men enjoy it like a funeral, implying strong sentiments and ironies about memory and authority.
Rats Come Home to Roost in a Curious Trial
Doctor Creel conducted an odd experiment using a gray rat as a subject. The rat was put to sleep with ether, its ears docked, then released in City Park. After vanishing into a tree line near the Creek temple, the animal later appeared dead in a tray in Wouter White's district, five miles away.
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Willy
Peel
Doctor Creel
Hector Creel
Wastvego
Wouter White
Could Spare Her and Aunt Lavinia's Wings Dream
A mother praises her invalid son Tommy who longs to fly to escape Aunt Lavinia. He imagines dropping her from a height to be saved, while a widowish tale shifts to a shop scene where a shopper challenges a porch chair priced at seventeen dollars, the clerk correcting the misread question.
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Tommy
Lavinia
Mother
Aunt
Madan
Ancient Pottery The Gumbe And Kikuyu Country Theories
A collage of antiquarian notes and dialogue references ancient Kikuyu country pottery, Gumbe figures, and earth gnomes. It links Beech’s claims on Gumbe origins with Mbathoachtana dwarfs and stone age tools. Alongside comic banter about summer plans and domestic chores.
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Africa
Man
W. H. Beech
Kikuyu
Mr. Beech
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Csumeehere
France
Miss Lillah M’carthy
Lilla McCarthy
Aed
College of the City of New York
Miss McCarthy
Mwornha
Burt Vides
Idan
Coin
Syrian
Oregon
Betsy Ross
Rhetom
Mins
Sarah Keer
Erinddaebtor
Wetay
Fortune IN Bible
St. Louis
Heira
Libby
Fetartelhey
Aiece
Ian
McNeill & Libby
Chicago
ULI
Benoit
Hamburg
Southern Decwar
Love
Brain
Mary
Hazel
Post
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