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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1873
Page
3
A quirky collection of jokes and anecdotes from a historical column includes playful barbs about South Carolina residents a French doctor’s hydrophobia safeguard and wry quips about lawyers and prophets. It then drifts to family lore about a young Jenny and a mischievous child with a headless doll.
English actor Joe Haines, famed for ready resources, tours France and escapes Bastille. In Dover he is seized by bailiffs for 30 pounds. he cunningly cites the Bishop of Ely as cousin to avert payment. The Bishop later pays, facing exposure of his name and honor.
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