The Cunning Actor and Other Humorous Anecdotes
A collection of brief tales and tall tales from newspapers. It recounts a jailed actor cunningly drinking liquor through a keyhole, a editor who overstepped with a pun on window washing, and a Kansas City man whose mother's ruse to hide barefooted first shoes failed when a sock slipped.
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Pittsburg
Main Street
Kansas City
Missouri
Indiana
Johnson County
Holden
Kansas City Star
Collectors lure and presence of mind in brief items
A Cleveland Plain Dealer note recalls an Indiana collector seeking ten dollar bills from the state via a bank clerk, promising to frame any offered note. A Pearson's Week item praises a mother's quick, calm action when dosing her child. Youth's Companion recounts a grandfather’s fashion gift and a thrift-minded return with small change.
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Beth
Indiana
Ohio
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Signs of Longevity and Unveiling Characters Across Ages
A compact survey traces old ideas of longevity from Elizabethan times to modern theories, with quotes on signs of long life attributed to Bacon and medieval methods for detecting witchcraft. It includes reflections on theater life from Charles Belmont Davis and musings on personal geniality and character revealed by crisis.
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Elizabeth
Bacon
Charles Belmont Davis
Outing Magazine
A Modern Heart Inheritance Sparks Engagement Breakup
A witty note from Fliegende Blatter tells of a man who called off an engagement after his cousin’s heartbreak and the fiancé’s sudden 200000 mark inheritance the day before. The tale blends romance and fortune in sharp irony.
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