Drummer's Grins and Mosquitoes in a Southern Town
A comic tale from 1912 recounts a flirtatious passerby at the Union depot who timidly woos a woman after a dog dumps a presumptuous suitor. The Mississippi City mosquitoes loom large in a later reminiscence, with a local insisting a mule could be felled by giant skeeters and devoured for blood before a doorway exit ends the scene.
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M. Quad
Associated Literary Press
Union Depot
Grand Trunk
Buffalo
Mississippi
William
Salute the Bride and a Michigan Sleight of Hand
A humorous tale unfolds at a railroad depot where a man reports a stolen valise valued at fifty dollars containing shirts and clothing. He refuses to accept responsibility, quipping I’m no Shylock. A wedding aboard a sawmill line ends with William forcing a kiss from many passengers and declaring the bride saluted amid comic chaos.
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Waal
D. and H. Road
William
Detroit
Mary
Michigan
No Other Way Quote Reflects Wordkeeping Dilemma
A Detroit Free Press excerpt features Brown praising Black for keeping his word but noting the grim reality that no one will accept it. Smith questions the mechanism, highlighting a cynical stance on accountability and trust.
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Brown
Black
Smith
Detroit Free Press
Dreamy quarrel erupts over mother in McCall's exchange
A fragment from McCall's Magazine shows a tense whispered exchange about a mother’s illness and a provocative accusation. The dialogue hints at domestic conflict and sharp put downs as one character accuses the other of laughing in sleep.
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McCall's
McCall
McCall's Magazine
Brute
McCall’s Magazine
Two Societies Raise Fund For Statue To Maid of Orleans
New York groups Joan of Arc statue committee and Le Lyceum Society des Femmes de France seek a $30,000 memorial for Jeanne d Arc in New York. Rodin slated to design. tribute to American women. Joan born 1412 in Domremy. visions guided her to lead and crown Charles VII. captured and burned in Rouen in 1431.
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Maid of Orleans
Joan of Arc Chase
New York
Washington
Joan of Arc
le Lyceum Societe Des Femmes de France A
France
Jeanne d’Arc
Maid of
Orleans
Domremy
Joan
Rome
Charles VII
Dauphin
Lorraine
Isabella
God
St. Catherine
Frebois
Dunois
Loire
Charles
Rheims
Dunots
Paris
John of
Luxembourg
Rouen
University of Paris
Rauen
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And
McCall Patterns
New York City
Popular Mechanics Magazine
ITEN
Anne
Popular Mechanics CO
W. Washington
Chicago
Ua. A
Spokane
Ian Ee
Sprague
Kennewick’s Printers
Allus Kinder
Skeeters
New York Times
Chris Christensen
Yakima
Stred
Mr. Farmer
Th Courier
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