Mixed Scrap Book Tale and Verse From Harper’s Weekly
A church convention hostess shares a wry moment with a delegate and a minister as a cricket and a misheard remark spark a humorous misunderstanding. The second piece presents a short meditation on revenge with a rhymed quatrain about the dangers of vengeance and the self infliction it brings.
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Paid For What He Got
A humorous Boston Traveler vignette describes a day near a telephone booth with a series of colorful locals. A man pays a dollar at a drugstore after declaring I pay for what I get, highlighting the era’s city life and social quirks.
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The Judge Sympathized with M Barboux After Dinner Story
An eminent French lawyer known for law stories recalls overhearing a divorce court lobby exchange. A lawyer boasts about securing his divorce and child custody with the judge on his side. The other man is described as the wife’s first husband.
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Woman Runs for Congress in Sutton Case
Mrs Rose B Sutton, mother of Lt Sutton, seeks election to Congress in Oregon's Second District to pursue justice for her son amid the Sutton case. She says she is not a suffragist, aims to gain national standing to press for vindication and to convict his alleged slayers, challenging naval courts’ findings.
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