Anecdotal Tales and Jokes From Ragtime Era Dialogue
A collage of humorous vignettes and anecdotes. It includes exchanges about suffragists, newsboys, and milk quality, plus short sketches of Mark Twain, Dr. Walter C. Smith, a Texas colonel by marriage, and a New Hampshire politician. The piece blends humor and rustic dialect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
New Mexico
Higgins
Devil's River
Texas Rangers
Kunnel Sah
Kunnel Thompson
Waco
Jones
Smith
The Hound of Baskervilles Excerpt and Holmes Plan
A Doyle Holmes exchange describes a covert operation in which a courier disguises to recover a Times page. The dialogue details bribes for porters and methods to locate a specific page, with a goal to identify cubman No. 2704 and then visit Bond Street galleries before a hotel appointment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Times
The
Baker Street
Watson
Bond Street
Holmes Observes Hotel Guests Amid Baskerville Tension
Holmes studies the hotel register and notes unfamiliar names, Theophilus Johnson and Mrs. Oldmore, suggesting watchers avoid Baskerville. Sir Henry Baskerville bursts in angry, seeking a boot and accusing locals of toying with him, while a German waiter pledges to search the hotel. TO BE CONTINUE
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sherlock Holmes
Northumberland Hotel
Henry Baskerville
Holmes
Baskerville
Theophilus Johnson
Newcastle
Johnson
Gloucester
Watson
Halloa
Sir Henry Baskerville
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Mr. Nokoyne
Tam
Percy
Dercy
Mr Bronson
Rastus
Mr. Bronson
Rastas
Martha
Mark Twain
San Francisco
Mr. Clemens
Mark
Walter C. Smith
Sherlock
A. Conan Doyle
Cosniadt
Star
Miniota Herald
Free Press
Family Herald
Miniota Herald and
Farmer's Advocate
Miniota
Weekly Telegram
Western Farmer’s Handbook
Nor’ West Farmer
D Weekly Star
Doursoroly Alo
Toronto Weekly Mail and Empire
Home
Journal
Nor’-West
Tur Nor’-West
Savyone
Ima
Nor'west Farmer and
Nor West Farmer
Castany
Astoria
Bears
New York
York City
Mensis
TAL Centaur Company
Drs. Kennedy & Kennedy
Drs. Kennedy & Kergaw
Consulta
Das. Kennedy & Kennedy Car
Michigan Ave
Griswold
Detroit, Mich
DR. Latimer
Happy New Year
Brandon
B. Z. Simpson
Virden
GR. Caldwell
Education
Hawthorne's Hall
J. D. Forsyth
Miniata Bakers
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