Warren and Helen Face Relentless Crying Baby
A family's first year is dominated by a baby whose incessant cries upend routines. Helen endures visitors and anxious relatives who judge her parenting while Warren, proud of the infant, struggles with pressure and finances. The endless crying tests nerves and marriages as helpers seek relief.
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Aibanta
Garten
Errohds
Ings
Helen
Lars
Anna
Warren
Hud Jackson’s Bold Plan to Tell Sadie Burroughs
In Fairfax tale, Hud Jackson fumbles love talk as he courts Sadie Burroughs. He studies lines, endures a sheepish stance, and finally tries to propose at a Goose Neck frolic but mistakes Maurine Wauchope for Sadie. Maurine accepts, but Hud avoids a direct confession, deciding to endure the outcome.
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Sol Baker
Hancock
Jackson
Sadie Burroughs
Hud
Jes
Fairfax
Sadekinder
Samarindyk
A Boy Observes His Pa in His Dress Suit Fiasco
In a humorous domestic scene a boy recalls his father debating clothing for an evening walk. Pa frets over a moon outfit, finally dons a frock coat and striped trousers but endures a tight collar and heat as neighbors tease his formal appearance. A passerby humorously comments on another man’s blue sack suit, prompting Pa to vent his frustration.
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William
Reddy
Beekaus
Mister Brown
Hansum & Cool
Thomson
Ezra Thomson
Ezra
Dix
Up-to-Date Jokes From Pittsburg Post Exchange
Comic snippets include Miss Plane and Mr Green discussing changes in appearance and money, with lines about a millionaire's wash and poetry. A joke pair questions propriety and sympathy and ends with a quip about nature and country clubs and liquor.
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Pittsburg Post
Water Cooler Mystery at the Cafe des Enfants
A steady customer converses with the headwaitress about Sundays and a boarding house water cooler scandal. An old dame suspects whisky in ice water from the porch cooler after a rickey incident, leading to a row and an indignant mood as the mystery unfolds.
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Cafe Des Enfants
New Rochelle
Nyy
Influences that Shaped My Early Literary Life
A retrospective by Ella W El recounts teachers who guided her path. Nancy Jones inspired belief in her prodigy potential. Olyette Smith fostered publishing zeal and hygiene habits. Mr Wrathburn’s praise and early poems set ambition. Wealth of supportive figures, money pressures, and lifelong study shaped her outlook.
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Nancy Jones
Olyette Smith
Miss Smith
Wisconsin
Wrathburn
Vermont
Joseph Crocker
Madison
Wis
Vivakananda
Indo-American Book Company
Inklings and Thinklings by Wex Jones in England
A satirical look at royal advertising and anecdotes about King George and others. The piece parodies press lingo, recalls a Scots boy exchange, a cow avoiding a king, and notes a political candidate in Thomson. It hints at police notes and sports scenes with humorous, fragmentary tones.
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Wex Jones
England
George
Sandy McNab
Sandy
Scotland
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