Vacation Hints Darken Farmhouse Fantasy With Harsh Price
A nostalgic travel pitch extols country living with rustic foods and peaceful mornings but ends with a satirical blunt note. The writer Joe Kerr suggests a two week or month off at six to eight dollars, then counters with a harsher view of bugs, pests, and inferior produce, concluding that other worlds lie beyond reach.
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Joe Kerr
Dead Failures at Exhibition Bring Samuel Home Disgusted
An elderly Maryland woman recalls Samuel’s trip to the Jamestown Exhibition. He sought elephants, lions, hyenas, and other attractions but found none. Prices and poor lodging provoked his anger as he returned home after a day of disappointment and laughter at others' expense.
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Samuel
Jamestown
Maryland
Joe Kerr
He He plans Thousand Islands vacation test of exactness
He He seeks a precise count during his trip to the Thousand Islands. Sue asks how this exactness affects the plan and whether there truly are a thousand of them.
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Sue
Mrs. de Style
Mr. de Style
Cuban protest at White House denounces American protectorate
A Cuban envoy challenges President Roosevelt at the White House arguing against an American protectorate. He recalls Havana encounters with Americans who tempt with bribes and tricks, warning Cuba would suffer under protectorate rule and debt to deceitful schemes.
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White House
Cuba
Mr. Roosevelt
Havana
Senor Diaz
New York
Joe Kerr
Horse Talk in the Barnyard Gossip
Fire engine horse shouts at a cart horse in a comic barnyard exchange. An actor notes a cigar name as an honor while a manager jokes about smoking one. A city boarder watches a hen and a farmer quips about the hen brooding over her brood.
Straw Vote Refused by Journeyman for Fear of Boss
A fat man on a street car asks fourteen male passengers to join a straw vote for the next presidency. All comply except one journeyman tailor with a cloth bundle on his knees who declines to participate to avoid angering his boss who plans to run and could sack him for opposing the boss.
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Tallor
The Week's Fable and the Wise Man
A lamb shearer hears a benevolent speaker preach kindness then meets him at night to invest in War-Whoop Silver Mine shares. The promoter uses threats to chase him away with oaths and revolvers. Moral: believing a worded promise carries risk.
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Joe Kerr
Gladys Goes Fishing on a Summer Day
A cheerful verse describes Gladys fishing with a companion on a sunny day. They enjoy lunch beneath trees with jam and cheese as birds sing and a breeze hushed river scene accompanies their quiet sightseeing. The narrator catches two or three fish while Gladys watches and triumphantly shows the catch.
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Gladys
Crumba
Sweet Gladys
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