Autobiography of a Manuscript by Constance Wild
This fragment traces a manuscript's birth as the narrator recalls a nineteen year old mother and a wary uncle guiding its path. A middle aged train, editors, publishers, and a string of failed attempts shape the manuscript through the mother’s pressure and family dynamics toward obscurity. The piece ends with a reflection on best sellers and a final question about Constance Wild.
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Orhetryad Y
Ile
Meir
Salef
Pete Boer
Herouele
Stupson
Starpson & Coo
Duehrag
Tor
Billg
Renlly
Constance Wild
Towpath Romeo Weds Widow After Long Courtship
Joel Throggs a towpath driver composes letters to a widow Mabaldy Wiggins on a canal boat to woo her. He abandons mule work for marriage plans and leases a house amplifying space with a tent and megaphones to sustain a long distance dialogue. The county records an unwelcome wedding, as neighbors learn of the union.
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Joel Throggs
Joel
Jorl Chroggs
Thregas
Bern
Wiggins
Powel
Tom Ree
Joe
Che
Ste
Mabaldy
Obcar Cox
December Forecast and Public Notice in a 1918 Ledger
The piece blends a December forecast with zodiac lore and holiday pageantry, then shifts to a court notice in Illinois. It records a public chancery proceeding for Bertha M Futter versus Charles Fuller, noting non residence and a bill filed July 2, 190k, with a March return date and clerk Daniel Emerton.
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Selinois
Clark County
Circuit Court
Bertha M
Futter
Charles Fuller
Sail County
Naid
Thera
Daniel Emerton
Marehall
Iina
Hullenbeck
Unnelly
Crancery
Illinois
Clarence Hall
Chancery
Daisy Hall
Athee
Anid
Daniel Emerson
Clerk Marshall
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Wes
Monney
Reid
Booth & Handy
CVE
Wabash Valley
Foster Martin
Allen
Rede
Opera House
Joshua
Josh
Little Savings Bank
Santa Claus
Morgan
John D
Mr. Roosevelt
Kaiser William
Broadway
Kittie
Bie Ted
Wm. L. Veach
Adm
Gstur ¢ Famel
Marshall Alin
Sectio
Wary Veach
Dante Veach
Davison & Bartott
Attys
P. J. Lowery
Nashville
Morgan's Minstrels
The
American Express Company
North 6Th Street
Weldon and LeGore Grocery
Taw. F. Clark
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