The Man Who Laughs and a Clever Insurance Scheme
A Cincinnati based tale recounts Mrs. Sterne seeking life policy access and a lawyer’s fee advice. Mather examines the policy, then helps her secure funds, leading to a rapid rise in fortune and a large repayment to the benefactor. The piece shifts to ponder the nature of laughter and humor in society, praising humorists who reveal human folly yet noting the harm of caricature.
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Mather
Cincinnati
Ieneente
Math Quick
Hnan
Billy
Ashe
Airsmead
Sharp Yantee
New England
Daitess
Barien
Pee
Cai
Jess Rood
Sonny South
What a Long Cigar Led
Thomas We Chinn of Louisville became ambitious and addicted to smoking as a clerk. A long cigar led to a dramatic turning point, ending with law study, bar admission, Baton Rouge judge, congressman as a Whig, and later a minister to the two Sicilies. A striking tale of fate sparked by a single cigar.
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Thomas We Chinn
Louisville
Kentucky
Ae Equtt
Frankton
Lengith
Young Chinn
Blackstone
Louisana
Baton Rouge
Congress
Taylor
Two Sicilies
Washington Cor. Courier.Journal
The Girl Everybody Likes in the Village Tale
A village portrait centers on a cheerful woman named Anita Watts, admired for kindness and sociability. Men vie for attention, yet she stays friendly and supportive, smoothing quarrels and lending a listening ear, until a departing marriage alters the town’s view of her.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anita
Naling
Ann Watts
Negro Bam
Willi
Peter
Jennie
Rhea
Tian
Judge Black Memory Anecdote Mirrors Swindle
A reminiscence of Judge Jere Black reveals a lapse in judgment as a money matter. An aide recalls a scene where Black reacted angrily to a man presenting a bill, chasing receipts and accusing the swindler while the judge clashed with his own receipts, illustrating a temperament prone to rash actions.
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Judge Black
Jere Black
Anil
Neem
Luis
Life Office
Blick
Billy
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Bya
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Tacracke
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Curih
Dalily Bouloir
Becton Bilag
Dirabe
Mt. New York
HL 2
Montior Veena Nortalit
Aes
Rome
Ploumiatluss
A. Ott
Lin
Hop Hitlers
Pradaberl
Ellis
Tvicerce
Abssute Gurec
Jc Due
Fom
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Siney Battle
Hess
Spayin Care CO
Sedberry Street
Peston
Mass
Fourth Avene
New York
Hiscox & Co
N.Y
Parker
Drugeists
the City Drug Store
H. ©. Monroe
Nna
Farmer and Observer Publishing Company
Bob
Bow Bro
J.G. Shepard & CO
Speers
Lina Biey Speer
Buffalo
Mioner
Speers Omar Peu Vissanny
Grenaines
Uie Princi Hespatus
Csannes Duikem
Cererates Glacklies
Abel Uae
Speer
Rs Conde
Vulpon H. Smith
Rochester
Robert Sneider
Spesr
Brandy
Adele
Lyon Bros
LAS Dore
Wipere Syne
Tlbaby
Eggieston Tras. Co
H. Eggleston CO
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Lil
Robineta
Deadeeg
Alasonic
Ker P. Good Templars Firemen
S. K
J. Gol. OE
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Alan
Wer
Schumacher & Ettlinger
Lethosuaptco
Wnder
Chautayoua
Mas Ran Die
PME
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Ipa
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