When Half-Gods Go. Thornton and the red hair bride
Thornton memories and a near tragedy on the Howl piazza follow a tennis match as a horse drawn carriage crashes into the grounds injuring his wife. A superstition about red hair haunts Thornton, but the incident ends with his wife awakening and a whispered blessing. A church anecdote and quick jokes close this mosaic of small town life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. H. Talmadge
Daily Story Pub
Thornton
Howl Piazza
Aris
Sten
Tia
Contess
Maoatohen
Tribune
Nuray
Siege Correspondent Sketch From Christiana Truce Requests
A London Daily Mall correspondent reports during the South African siege of Christiania that field cornet Schulz tried for a truce and a vanity project. He wished to grind corn and build a windmill but lacked a large screw. he suggested borrowing one from Christiana and hoped the commandant would permit a crew transfer.
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London
Christiana
Anarchist Sighting Sparks Street Talk in Brooklyn and Beyond
Readers relay odd exchanges about a self-styled anarchist on Cumberland Street. A woman questions danger while others defend him as harmless, noting his odd dress and behavior. In another cartoonish line, Sam Small critiques people with odd names and accuses authorities of fearing marked outsiders.
How We Got Credit For A Dime In A Grocery Scheme
A suburban grocer was tricked by an old darky who claimed the dime’s worth of molasses hid the money. The merchant learned, “It’s in the bottom of the jug,” and the diagonal scam left him short. A second item cites an American car school for horses, offering fear tactics at hourly rates to “prepare” horses for less considerate machines.
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Darky
Darkey
Memphia Scimitar
Offeo
Kate Berg
Knights of Pythias
Commercial Hotel
Minneapolis
Minn
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pixkine
Kate Bera
Lydia FE
Pinkham
Tramp and Mrs Waffles Bargain Over Kisses Nightly
A comic exchange unfolds as a tramp asks for kisses and a landlady chides Mr Wales for smoking and owing weeks of board. The scene ends with the landlady firing him for smoke and debt in a Cleveland Plain Dealer item.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Matos
Wafles
Fey
Wales
Fry
Watfles
Pry
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Shooting Trip Quips Drop From Canada Visit
Little Laughuletts features a playful scene where a hunter recalls a Canada outing and claims they shot a lovelent tupids. The article riffs on social misfits and detectives in evening clothes, housekeepers, quarrels, and a quip about articles on living frugally versus building a cottage for five thousand dollars.
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Canada
Philadelphia
Fragmented note on wind ailment cure and a theater line
A garbled fragment mentions a wind remedy and a line about a man who jumps overboard being over bored with life. No clear people places or organizations readable.
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Eeyehildren
Also Mentioned on This Page
Pauline Enn
Cain
Allence
Jennia
Diness
Jack
Boadness
Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Miami
Fla
Florida
Times Man and Citizen
Johny
Johnny
Chicago Daily News
Mollie Gaines
Kansas City Times
Janek
Cumberland Street
Brooklyn
Berry Names
Sam Small
Bojimin Bolron
Dlama
Dragglats
Bekase
Boston
Lam
L.douglas “Union
Aajor
Dougles
Dougia
Brockton, Munad
Winchester
Aller
Allen
Allen 5S
Olmsted
LeRoy
N.Y
Illowe
Kansas City
Heagtl
Libby
Ais
Wink Howe
Libya Atlan
Libby, McNeill & Libby
Chicago
ILLS
Priesmeyer
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