Mayor Bedight and the Ardent Election Romance
In Ossian a summer mayor is court charged by a cadre of women to serve ten days daily, leading to escapades with Lucille Walters and Jackie Vining. After a nightclub of mischief with mislaid letters, a daring escape, and a political turn in favor of woman suffrage, Bedight earns victory and proclaims love with Miss Vining as the crowd celebrates.
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Mayor Bedight
Giria
May Andrews
Miss Vining
Mabel Aroey
Beas Winters
Jon
Bul
Vining
Mares Bedight
Lucille
Lucille Walters
Vassar
Squirrel Inn
Jackie Vining
Arbor
Jackis
Mise Vining
Bedight
Miss Walters
Jack
Jacke
Jackie
Walter
Bess
Dudley
Chicago
Rodight
Abe
Hedight
Ossian
Walter Bedight
Jackie Fining
Hens
Redight
Pemberton
Hig Black River
Grant
Vicksburg
Jackson
Miss
Johnson
George Ade and a Fable in Slang Fortune on Baseball
George Ade, famed for fables in slang, meets a friend in the street to preview Washington’s first game against Chicago. The friend calls the team a peach and a hammer, predicting a performance as finished as Jack Frost in a peach orchard. Ade replies it sounds like a fable in slang.
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George Ade
Washington
Chicago
George
Jack Frost
Ade
Popular Magazine
Civil War Echoes Fifty Years Past from Kentucky to Mississippi
A sweeping Civil War summary recounts Confederate victories and Union counterstrikes across Kentucky Mississippi Tennessee and Virginia. Actions include Morgan at Greasy Creek Raymond Pontchatoula and Baker's Creek battles ships captured burned rail lines destroyed telegraph lines and a major Vicksburg containment effort by Grant.
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Gregg
McPherson
MacRaymond
Miss
Davis
First Texas Cavalry
Sevneck’s Ferry
Amite River
Louisiana
Jackson
Hammond Station
Woodburn
Franklin
S. L. Phelps
Tennessee
National Fleet
Mississippi
Western Tennessee Cavalry
Breckinridge
Tennessee River
Linden
Levneck
A. T. Hoge
Wonder
de Soto
Mobile Bay
Port Royal
8. C
Yazoo City
Ark
Admiral Walker
Navy Yard
Walker
Grandscommand
Joseph EB. H. Johnson
National Expeditionary
Levneck’s Ferry
Fairfax Courthouse
Morse
Warrenton Junction
A. Masilla
Bevneck’s Ferry
Jackson and New Orleans
Camp Moore
William Corbin
T. P. Graw
Ines
Johnson's Inland
Sanctuaky
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Virginia National Cavalry
Mulroy
Piedmont Station
Fauquier County
Virginia
Vitt
United States
Monticello
Little River Inlet
North Carolina
Palmer
Middle
Pemberton
Big Black River
Champion Hills
Baker's Creek
First New York Mounted Rifles
Patton
Suffolk
Mistakes Made by Authors in Literary Quips and Style
A Paris Revue excerpt surveys how famous writers and critics, including Flaubert Maupassant Corneille Scribe Hugo Janin and Mollere, were described or misdescribed, noting comical misreadings like “seventy years old twice his age” and misplacements of cities and events in classic lines.
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Flaubert
Guy de Maupassant
Corneille the Greater
Pompey
Scribe
French Academy
Mollere
Molierc
Hugo
Charlemagne
Sorbonne
Joanin
Janin
Smyrna
Cannes
Mediterranean
Rhone
Marseilleese
Paris Revue
Definition of toreador from a joke in a Judge issue
A humorist explains to his son what a toreador is, calling it a bully boy of Spain. The exchange blends irony with a casual dictionary-like moment in a Judge publication.
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Spain
Youngster Given His Kiss At 1:52 Train Stop
A woman rushes to catch a New York bound train at 1:52 as a crying youngster frantically follows. The conductor hails her to kiss the boy goodbye, ensuring the child remains content while the train waits briefly before pulling away.
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New York
Maternal Spirit
A domestic scene recalls a mother instructing Janice to take Fidoking and supervise a child named Tommy near a street crossing. The tone shows concern for safety around trolleys and automobiles and reflects a caregiver’s vigilance.
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Janice
Tommy
Unruffled Vision Remarks Echoed by Speakers
In a terse exchange a speaker shrugs off blame for others’ vision issues. Was serby says he cannot fault a fellow man for affliction with myopia, noting possible additional strabismus complicating the matter. Pickle dort replies, maintaining calm.
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Dort
Wasserby
A Militant Lady Dialogues on Royal Regiments
A brief dialogue features a man asking if he would be a good king and noting his wife would excel as a colonel in a royal regiment. The exchange highlights a playful take on gender roles and noble titles in a regal context.
Hiking Home and Miswired Telegraphs in Domestic Tangle
Fragmented lines reveal a domestic exchange via telegraph about honey tea and a restless baby. The clipped dialogue shows tension between a husband and wife and a cryptic phonetic misread of a name. The passage hints at a mood of irritation and mystery.
Seeking a Handicap and a Humorous Exchange
A quip contrasts a tall woman marrying a man much smaller than her. The speaker wonders why a giantess woman would wed a pygmy, while the reply suggests she is too strong to risk a “fair fight.”
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Byron William
Squirrel Lun
Miss McConnell
Cleo Summers
Luellie
Misa Summers
Briggs
Boss Winter
Bodight
Beas
John H. Morgan
R. T. Jacob
Greasy Creek
Crystal Springs
New Orleans and
Florida
Peck
Carrsville
New York Cavalry
Mosby
Berry’s Ford
Rappahannock
Cuba
Gulf of Mexico
Isabel
Mobile
Fort Morgan
Dyer
Ripple
Pensacola
Fla
Burning Springs
W. G. Chapman
Mother
Pickle
Hosa
Moe
Cyrus Snodgrass
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