Sailor’s Tokyo Matrimony Reveals Ancient Law
Sailor Jack Havershal, a wanderer of the sea, meets a geisha in Tokyo and signs a marriage contract via a broker under a Japanese law allowing temporary marriage. After spendthrift misadventure and new love, he discovers the law permits remarriage, prompting a dramatic clash and a restrained reunion with his wife Maggie upon return home.
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Jack Havershal
Jack
Albania
New York
Bekyo
Jack Hiversham
Wil Jack
Japan
Mwe
Jacks
Fly
Lui
Alwas
Tokyo
Theu Jack
Apple Blossom
Jack Taversham
Bart Tank Gormat
Geaithie Cine
Miegese
Pixley
Becuse Viey
Ned
Willy
Magegie
Vic
Maggie
Ite
Magele
Scott
Sowie iv
Imaery
Jack Waversham
Go to Church The Gateway to Real Happiness
A stern exhortation argues that churchgoing brings happiness and salvation. It recalls a famous case of suicide after murder, urges backsliders to act, and praises the Go to Church movement as a vital community impulse urging weekly attendance.
Bits of Byplay By Like McLuke
A collage of quirky quips and jokes from a bygone column. It includes witty banter about editor and merchant mischief, church and town humor, plus brief notes on local people and everyday life. The item reads like a page of light satire and social vignettes.
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Like McLuke
Luke McLuke
Father
Mother
Mrs. Blink
Sam Hill
Tom
Barry
Nime
Apts
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Ghurgil
Hell
Judas
Churcil
Cunningham Company
Geo. D. Leydie
North Sixth St
Sixth Street
Adhiat
Geneva Mdingfield
West Second Street
Reed Madden
Latchfield Gazette
Walter
May
Sige
Wright
Ice Pond
Luke McLake
The
Cincinmati Enquirer
Beantree
Texas
Semple Badger Farm
Judd Mortimer Lewis
Georgetown
Tex
Haugh
Names Is
I. C. Helvelott
Yellow Springs, QC
Luke
Boston
Adam Nutt
Ashland
Bush League
Detroit News
Wallace Dry Goods Co
Jamestown
Brussels
J.C. Wallace & Son
Gem Studio
Phila. St
P.R.R. Station
Buchheit Bros
W. Roscoe Johnston
Averly
Carbon & I
Ove
Waverly
Easlly
Waverly Oil Works Co
Pitteburgh
J. H. Bell Co
Blacklick
Sumner Graff
E. Daugherty
R. D
Marion Center
A. M. Putt
Tunnelton
J. A. Rapp
S. L. Byers
Homer
A. T. Taylor & Son
North 6Th St
Indiana
Saml, Kimmel
Sheloca
A. R. Jewell
Livermore
Sickenberger Bros
Stafford
Clymer Hardware Co
Clymer
T. H, Frantz
Rossmoyne Flouring Mill
Delbert G, Frantz
Henry H. Steving
C. Heber Steving
Henry H. Steving & Son
M. Edith Steving
Ladies & Children
Automobile Service
Philadelphia St
Indiana, Pa
John H. Pierce
H. W. Morrison
Plumville
Hudson
Creekalde
Long
South Mahoning Township
P BA Long
Ruby Long
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