The Old Man's Darling and The Song of the Joke
A tale of Mabel Holbeck and Col. Holbeck shows a young wife chasing wealth in a lavish marriage until bankruptcy forces reckoning. She reforms after a harsh clash over freedom and money, becoming a charitable partner while her husband recovers fortune and finds renewed faith in home life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mabel Marsden
Vol. Holbeck
Col. Holbeck
St. Alban’s
Mabel
Col. Hobeck
Cvagr
Iean
Tom Miaster
Gayety
Mabel Holbeck
Stock Exchange
Secrets of the Stage and Squirrels Cough Legends
The piece discusses theater makeup from stars like Patti Bernhardt Davenport Caygan and Modjeska, noting methods and portable kits. It shifts to a Native American tale explaining why squirrels cough, then surveys various voting practices in England France and the U.S. before contrasting Poe and Hawthorne.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Graphic
Langtry
Mme
Patti
Bernhardt
la Bernhardt
Fanny Davenport
Georgia Caygan
John Drew
John Gilbert
Modjeska
Enare
Mme. Modjeska
Rosalind
Manabozho
England
France
Great Britain
South
United States
Senate
Chamber of Deputies
House of Lords
Maine
House of Representatives
Poe
Hawthorne
Tropics
North
E. C. Stedman
The Beautiful Years of Heaven and Transient Troubles
A meditation on aging and faith, contrasting the beauty of heaven with earthly troubles. The piece urges overlooking daily woes, praises parental guidance and godly living, and notes the doctor as a caring, essential family figure amid hardship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Jones
Sign of riches prompt odd street scene in Detroit
A curious exchange on Griswold street features a lawyer examining growing fingernails and declaring it a sign of future real estate wealth amid a tale of tax talks and a Bible sale ban in Rio Janeiro.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Griswold Street
Detroit Free Press
Rio Janeiro
The Paragrapher Presents Verses And Quips In Fractured Lilt
Fragmented snippets parodying poetry and social scenes appear from Norristown to Danville. The text catalogs wry lines about poets, manners, and a venom of light humor, with references to whisky, diphtheria, and a biting social tone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Todhunter
Norristown
Herali
Virar
Ruins Across Vera Cruz Reported by Corresponent
The New York Sun correspondent surveys Vera Cruz ruins from Papantla to Jalna, noting sites such as the fusa pan pyramid, El Tajin teocalli, Coyutls ruins by Tecolutla, and other ancient towers along the Panuco river, with claims of submerged cities and uncoveries in forests and lakes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hagar
New York
Bob Ingersoll
God
Satan
Heaven
Vera Cruz
Laguna Tamiahuac
Fusapan
Papantla
Tecolutla
Tamilco
Taillo
Rio Panuco
Misantla
Jalna
Mapiles
New York Sun
Dinner etiquette sparks in Paris News quip
A brief Paris News item notes a humorous dinner moment where a man asks to sit on the woman’s right but is directed to take a chair instead. The exchange highlights polite, slightly prowling social etiquette in a concise caption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arisis
Chicago Ledger
Tracurr
Johnny Yerger
Texras
Paris News
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Talbot
Dolorona
Stoke
Chicago
Thomna Cat
Russia
California
Pacific Coast
Rascal
San Francisco
Ingleside
Poe and Hawthorne
Tam
Hest
Eden
Ila
Christ
Theo
Earth
Hell
Bill Arp
Doctors
Georgia
Maters
Darky
Bosby
Columbue di
Palmer
Nou
Paul Tferald
Tonzun
Azaiy
Poll
Moverick
Norristoiry Herald
Yonkers Gazelle
Mollie
Boston Courier
Pittsburgh
Tuene
Buffalo World
Danville
John
Couarts
Lal
Ameri
America
Ere
I. Ki el
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