Mary Dudley’s Answer and Dick Jerram’s Despair
In Nellerton, Dick Jerram endures a crushed future after a hospital burn and a lover’s fortune. He rejects Mary Dudley’s elevation rumor and a Sir Tarver Brown match, then writes a final breakup letter. His fevered nights end with his mother’s care and Mary’s return confession, and a renewed vow of love.
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Ice Jerram
Carrington Brothers
Jim
Lin
Nellerton
Maury Dudley
Mary
Harold
Miss Brayshaw
Ernest Carrington
Jerram
Eaid
Jerran
Direk
St. T'nul
Ludgate Will
Slvents
No. 8
Miss Dudley
Devonshire Road
Tarver Brown
St. Pauls Church Yard
Hle
Mary Dudley
Bey
Chicago Record-Herald
Salisbury era letter hints at new periodical
A London sale disclosed a letter by Lord Salisbury when Lord Robert Cecil. The future prime minister invites Abraham Hayward to contribute to a planned review. He notes the new journal aims to bring liveliness to elderly quarterlies while avoiding religious controversy that unsettles the newer ones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord Salisbury
Robert Cecil
Abraham Hayward
London
First Arkansas Regiment Heroic Water Rescue Story
Sun readers recount a Civil War tale from the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain. Colonel W. E. H. Martin ordered no more firing and waved a white handkerchief to allow wounded Union soldiers to be carried from burning woods, echoing a memory linked to St. John’s College and its notable leaders in Little Rock.
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The
Sun
Kennesaw Mountain
Georgia
W. E H. Martin
Arkansas
Susan B. Hull
Cathedral Street
St. John's College
Little Rock
Hull
John Baker Thompson
Shiloh
Fredericksburg
Manassas
Bull Run
Magruder
Fnally
Ederal
Inds
Kennesaw
First Arkansas
Baltimore Sun
Do You Believe in Heredity and Other Quips
A collage of witty quips and inane remarks from era newspapers. It features a New York Times joke about heredity, a Washington Star line on political harmony schemes, Puck captions about Edith and ping pong, and an inquiry on a once-happy couple now arguing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harber
New York Times
Washington Star
Dora
Clara
New York Weekly
New York Journal
Witty Quips and Misadventures in Comic Snippets
A collage of one liners and light anecdotes from early 20th century papers. Jests cover education, love, wealth, and everyday mishaps, with characters like heiresses and suitors delivering playful quips and social observations across various U.S. papers.
What is a modern newspaper as seen by the public
A Adrian Telegram reprint portrays the newspaper as an all purpose community service. It is described as a pack horse and public guardian handling city tasks from policing to civic regulation while touching every facet of life from cradle to grave.
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Watcrdog
Adrian
Mich
Game of Chance and Mackerel Fishing Then and Now
A historical piece outlines mackerel fishing as a game of chance with three methods: purse seines, drags or gill nets, and shore-based pounds and traps. It contrasts past open fleets near Portland with current methods, noting high crew payouts and collisions. It also features a Singapore vignette: Britain’s colony with 200000 inhabitants, vast mail volume, no customs duties, and strong revenue from taxes and port dues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland Head
Portland Harbor
New York Sun
Singapore
England
New York
Marconi Humor Cited By London Press In Lecture
The London xpress claims Marconi, noting his humor, said wireless telegraphy dates to early signaling fires among indigenous people. In a recent lecture he joked that night messages are easier and hoped only cable interests would deem his work as darkness.
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William Clynes
St. Louis
Daily News
Carr Park
Clynes
Marconi
London Xpress
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King’s Arm Inn
Nejlerton
Richard Jerram
Delver
Devonsllre Road
Devonshire Roadway
Willy
Weeler
Brackshaw Woods
Pretoria
Caby
Mount Omi
Archibald Lit Ue
Tad
Samuel Aftergut
Potrero
Billy” Maul
the Arbor
Billy
Butcher
Aftergut
Hall of Justice
Birdsall
Atkinson
Billy Maul
San Fyancisco
Edith
Edgar
Puck
Kuleher
Mr. Crabbe
Catholic Standard and Times
Cleveland Plain Dealer
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