Schooling the Little Chick: a Society Bird’s Advice
A narrator presents a humorous dialogue where a mother bird mentors her daughter Isabelle on navigating courtship and bachelor types. The piece blends social satire with tips about avoidant tactics, chaperones, and urban dating norms, reflecting turn of century manners in New York.
Live Frog in His Stomach Report From Baltimore Hospital
Robert Bennett a 69 year old patient at Provident hospital Baltimore says a live frog lives in his stomach. He swallowed the creature in a artesian water bucket and says multiple physicians including Johns Hopkins treated him without removing it. He seeks operation to remove the frog.
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Proud Boston Artist Displays Continental Uniform
A Boston artist shows a full Continental uniform with powder horn and dintlock to a young woman. He claims it belonged to his great-grandfather who died for his country in the Revolution, but the lady replies with a witty question about drowning.
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On a sunny afternoon a man drops coins down boys backs
Aubrey Lanston recalls a mid afternoon scene aboard a horse drawn bus. A middle aged man, slightly drunk, slips half sovereigns down the backs of two Littleton boys in short jackets and beaver hats. The boys wiggle and retrieve the coins from their socks amid a mix of dismay and amusement.
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Flight of the Butterflies Across the Isthmus
The annual butterfly migration across the isthmus of Panama remains a mystery. Beginning late June with a few specimens, numbers swell by mid July until the sky is sometimes obscured by vast swarms of these delicate insects.
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