An Unusual Plan Of Action Develops For Percival
Percival, driven by a craving for action and a vow to win Avice Millerey, secretly plots to reclaim his power and pursue her, despite the looming obstacle of Shepler's wealth. He abandons city life for a country retreat, contemplates coercion as a means to an end, and hatches a bold scheme to act at once.
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Mr. Bines
Misa Millerey
Shepler
New York
Papa
Mamma
Miss Milbrey
Percival
Miss Millerey
Bines
Limwell
Grant
Launton Oldaker
Oldaker
Broadway
Hae
Madison Square
Millerey House
Jarvis
John
Panama
N. Y
Spring Phenomena Peculiar to Gome Travel Mood
He wakes refreshed and alert then feels disassociated from familiar surroundings. Trunks packed and telegram delays the car by 24 hours in Chicago. Prefers an enjoyable journey and a day in New York with no interest in old friends or the town. Steps outside onto Broad Way in a bright spring morning.
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Gome
Chicago
New York
Brodway
Long Ago and the World For the Young Poem
Poem recalling childhood, lost loves, and aging, reflecting on distant memories and the joy of youth. The speaker longs for the past, sees the present as bitter, and finds solace in memories of children, springtime, and vanished days ending with a note of gratitude for youth. FL Staunton, Atlanta Constitution.
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Wien
Staunton
Atlanta Constitution
Damage suit nightmare over measles spreads to Jersey
A man recounts a bizarre melee of alleged damages after measles from his household led to a nursemaid’s illness and her mother seeking compensation. The case spirals when the boarder left and demanded damages for her lost tenant as Jersey justice is invoked.
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New York
Jersey
Lanalady
Sequel whispers on Hagens daughter marriage
In Chicago, a quick chat reveals that Hagens remains unaware of the nuptials as Mith and Jones confirm the daughter is now married, ending speculation about the couple’s status abroad.
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Mith
Hagens
Jones
Chicago Daily News
Othello's Economy Echoes in Sardonic Exchange
Fragmentary dialogue from an era piece hints at a character named Othello discussing money or alimony in a terse exchange. The lines include exclamations and a clipped directive, ending with a dramatic emphasis on finality. The source appears as damaged OCR with interrupted phrasing.
Pan ame canal plans and fashion talk in a quirky dialogue
A fragmentary newspaper clipping shows a conversation about gunny terms like lock levels and geodetic surveys linked with Panama canal talk. It touches on personal musings about fashion and marriage jokes, set in a breezy, informal tone from multiple papers.
Dagger Crisis on Stage Turns to Blunt Plot
A melodrama scene features Ratcliffe rushing in with a dagger, but the actor forgot the prop. He improvises stating the dagger exists in conscience and resolves to strike with a strong right hand, delivering the fatal blow. The moment is recounted in Tit-Bits.
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Ratcliffe
Quiet quarrel prompts children sent outside
Mrs. Peace and her husband avoid disputes in the presence of their children and always remove them from the scene when a quarrel seems near. Miss Sharp muses why the kids are so often in the street, suggesting observational humor about family dynamics.
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Miss Sharp
Easy Monthly Payments and the Reminders of Reading
A fragment recalls a routine of paying installments for books. The speaker notes a stack of volumes, bound in blue with gold stamps, each one nudging thoughts of the next payment due and the ongoing lives of great men.
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Atanda
Excitement in running an automobile remarked citizen
A cheerful citizen likens automotive life to excitement and uncertainty while a man smelling gasoline jokes about dinners and emergency hospital arrivals in a Washington Star quote.
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Washington Star
Voice Described as Unearthly by Official
An exchange records remarks about a voice being unearthly as described by an official. The Houston Post quotes the dialogue noting the accuracy and severity of the remark.
Gossip in Portable and Yonkers papers sparks curiosity
In clipped quotes from the Chicasa Tribune and Yonkers Statesman, a man named Si gon seeks a coachman job and is described as having a good character if he did not lose it. a remark from a father critiques a college student about learning to close.
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Sigon
Chicasa Tribune
Yonkers Statesman
Postage Question Provokes Quick Reply in Quirkful Exchange
A young author asks how much postage is required for a manuscript and learns the rate is two cents an ounce as the clerk confirms it is first-class mail. A brief humorous exchange follows with a pair of burglars and a judge’s remark about revealing details.
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Judee
The Colonel's Fate in a Kentuckian Judge Tale
A doughty Kentuckian colonel propels a tale of kin conflict as his son, clever yet reckless, tests family loyalties. The piece centers on duty, pride, and the interwoven fates of father and son amid a judge's commentary.
Humorous quips and cartoon captions from early papers
A collection of comic lines and jokes from Yonkers Statesman San Francisco Chronicle and Houston Post fragments. Witty exchanges report on wedding rings hogs editors and ministers with light social satire and playful wordplay.
Nonsensical Exchange Over Names and Damages Cited
The excerpt contrasts remarks about Mr Feathertop with a humorous exchange about pronunciation of proper names. It notes a two month span on a false charge and a related remark about suing for damages, while mentioning a diet curing gout and a cryptic line about Jit saved his life.
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Nan
Gayboy
Detroit Free Preas
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Pe'er
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Shopler
Uncle Peter
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Shepter
Wimit
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la France
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Yonkers
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