Vendetta Still Rules Sardinia and Corsica Across Ages
A feature on vendetta traditions spanning Sardinia, Corsica, Albania, and Montenegro, detailing how clan honor sustains blood feuds despite church and state efforts. It recounts a 200-year cycle of killings, the 75-homicide tally in 15 years, and a modern reconciliation in Temple led by clergy and local officials.
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New York
Sardinia
Corsica
Sicily
Albania
Montenegro
Herbert Vivian
Temple
Ohld
Rockland
Angina
Leporis
Pes
Scazzus
Spezzigas
Vasas
Montagues
Capulets
Peier Felice Stangons
Technical Institute of
Sassari
Albert
Marlo
Arnold
Martin Pes
Professor Stangoni
Paul Lepori
Nicholas Vasa
Templo
Monsigor Sanna
Castelsardo
Father Deligios
Paul Leport
Paul
Salvadore Pes
King Bull and Fluff-Fluff the Proud Pomeranian
In a fable like exchange a small Pomeranian named Fluff-Fluff boasts of superior status over a bull named King. The bull argues his own kingly power and royal life, noting the comforts and freedoms he enjoys, while Fluff-Fluff proclaims his own unique bravado and popularity at the feeding table and in the home parlor. King warns Fluff-Fluff to retreat as his anger grows.
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Bull
Fluff-Fluff
King
Fluff Fluff
Riddles From the Neighborhood Parlor Vault
A quirky collection of stale brainteasers asks who visits the neighborhood, why a boat is like snow when adrift, and why the letter D makes someone angry. It features puns on timber for “castion to the air” and ends with sunbeam jokes.
Demand for Tanlac Breaks All Records
Demand for Tanlac sets unprecedented sales highs as millions across the United States and Canada embrace the remedy. The advertisement claims over twenty million bottles sold in six years, with praise from diverse users worldwide noting relief from stomach and systemic ailments. Tanlac is marketed through leading druggists nationwide.
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Tanlac
Canada
America
Get Many Silly Complaints From Postmasters
Daily mailrooms receive countless letters of complaint from large city postmasters many frivolous. Example a woman claims the carrier is engaged to a much older woman and asks to break the engagement. Another quip notes golf and pitchers making trips to the well with lines from Disraeli.
Desert Isle in City: Novelist Finds Peace in Philadelphia
Katharine Haviland Taylor, novelist, says she discovered a desert island of calm in central Philadelphia by accident while apartment hunting. She moved into Hell's Half Acre after spotting two limousines, one owned by a rag and paper broker and the other by an Italian peanut vendor. She welcomes the misdirection, saying the area frees her from social obligations and expands her work, with shooting privileges for every lens and a growing vocabulary.
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Katharine Haviland Taylor
Philadelphia
Hell's Half Acre
Miss Taylor
Not Getting Care In The Garden of Domestic Jokes
A terse exchange reveals strain in domestic life as a husband laments failing to persuade his wife to tend the garden. The wry joke contrasts duty with humor, reflecting common social mores of the era.
A Sweet Young Thing Foils a Nosey Reader on the Train
A New York Sun observation recounts a comic scene aboard a train. A woman pretends to write a note to another passenger while a man reads over her shoulder. She finally ends the exchange by claiming the note would reveal why Dot broke off her engagement to Terry.
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Dot
Terry
Dearie
New York Sun
On the Links, She and Sunday School Echoes
A fragment notes a Sunday morning scene with lines about Sunday school inquiry. It contrasts casual questions with a remark on genius fooling people by wearing fine clothes and mentions watches of the night as a metaphor. The passage preserves a conversational tone and character names.
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Oras
la Paris
Old Leport
Salvatore
Arnold Stangons
Arctito
Storm Troopers
Salvatore Pes
Famele International
North America
England
Japan
Mexico
Cuba
Hawaii
Alaska
Porto Rico
Great Lakes
Gulf
Disraell
Mama
Fauless
Desert Isle
Big City
Hell’s Half Acre
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