The Sketcher Boy How 10 Ind A Wife
In Gage county a four-district debating society once drew capacity crowds. Alexander Dolldenning, famed for learning and humor, spoke on his favored theme The Way to Find Anything Is to Quit Looking For It. He recounts his daughter Ada misplacing her glasses and the family’s search.
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Alexander Dolldenning
Gage County
Alexander Doudenning
Robert Clevermate
Petides
Dolldenning
Ada
Missing Glasses Spark Widespread Home Search Tale
An evening’s search for a lost pair of glasses leads a family to search Ada’s room dining area porch and stairs, only to find them under a dinner cloth after the table was reset. A second anecdote recounts Mr Brown misplacing keys, searching desks pockets and post offices before discovering the clue in his vest pocket. The remarks weave lessons on effort, happiness and practical persistence.
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Ada
Fee
Chas
Grown
Mr. Brown
Hie
Mia Brown
Watteres
The Farmhouse Storm and the Fortune Seized Bride
A wealthy bachelor named Frank Benson avoids hurried search for a wife, touring many states to meet marriageable women. Nine days before a will’s deadline he meets Nettie Rosebud in a storm, marries her, and declares the fortune loss worth it. He now cherishes a peaceful home with Nettie, proving that love can override wealth.
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Benson
Frank Benson
Nettie Rosebud
Frank
Nettie
Dolldenning
Hubert Baurruss
Omaha World-Herald
Church of St. Lawrence’s costly historic interior shifts
The Church of St. Lawrence, designed by Ween, cost £11,870, surpassing all City churches of its builder. Notable burials include Sir Richard Gresham and Geoffrey Boleyn. Interments of Haliday’s widow and connections to Thomas Boleyn are noted. Revisions in 1867 under Sir Arthur Blomfield and later by Gray and Davison refreshed the organ, pulpit, and vestry windows by Cox, Clayton, Bell, and Thornhill, with Frank Heston and others contributing stained glass and arches.
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St. Lawrence
Ween
Richard Gresham
Timb
London
Anna Boleyn
Thomas
Earl
Wiltshire
Ormonde
Richard Rich
Earl of Warwick
Stow and
Weever
Geoffrey Boleyn
Thomas Boleyn
Haliday
William Haliday
Susannah
Robert
George Godwin
King-street
Wren
Arthur Blomfield
Gray and Davison
Harris
Gibbons
Tillotson
Canterbury
Whao Wilkins
Chester
Cox
Clayton
Bell
Heston
Butler
Thornhill
Indignant Cricketer Challenges Socialist Speaker
In York neighbourhood a renowned cricketer interrupts a Socialist’s tirade about the aristocracy. The player condemns the speaker’s insults and declares that the crowd should understand or he will prove the truth by hitting a ball farther than the orator boasts, refusing payment for such a display.
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York
Not Credible Invention Claims Quip At Lecture
A late lecturer mused that Wolbers imagined a violent spec about a six month old baby able to sit on its mother’s lap while eyeing paradise, wondering if a batter could be invented. Mrs Darley quipped she was deceived by a canary bird and Mrs Tempos asked how, saying she thought it a song but would not sing.
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Wolbers
Fragments of a Humorous Exchange in a Youth’s Companion Piece
A garbled quip from a drama piece shows dialogue about stamps and service in Sweden. Comedic vignettes from the Youth's Companion reference a joke about a villain named Barbara and a nervous jelly, with children reacting to a lemon jelly on a table.
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Barbara
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