Mine Dwins. A Wartime Diary Fragment
A fragmented monologue in a Germanized English voice recalls tender acts involving Gretchen and a motherly figure, with references to “nine darlings” and a distant father figure. The tone hints at memory, affection, and inner conflict in a wartime setting.
A Cyclone as a Match Maker
George Washington Maclean, Harvard valedictorian, abandons a planned social season for a walking trek through Dakota and Montana. A cyclone in Montana saves him from wreck, leads to a nurse doctor Margery, and a romance with Ruth Allen in New York after a mistaken belief she is the doctor.
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George Washington Maclean
Harvard
Dakota
Golden Gate
Kinnesee Coree
MacTean Pere
John Allen
George MacLean
Ruth Allen
Mr. Allen
Europe
MacLean
George Washington
George
New York
Breckenridge
Montana
Yankton
Wagoner
Margery
Snid Maclean
Miss Allen
Mrs. MacLean
Ruth
Doctor
Hayden
Jovers
Lie Still and Slumber and the Wasps Nest Lesson
A children's tale opens with a lullaby poem about a mother and infant, then shifts to Aunt Mary guiding Nellie and Carrie through a garden where they discover a large wasps nest. Aunt Mary explains wasp paper making, nest growth, and the benefits of each insect’s labor, concluding the lesson that great things are built by many small parts.
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Carrie
Nellie Graham
Nellie
Mary
Aunt Mary
England
Ida
Mamma
Lillian
Mammeg
Mama
Brooklyn
Wandering Bits of Wit and Oddities From 19th Century Press
A compilation of jokes and brief anecdotes from various papers. Tales range from a goatherd’s anniversary pun to a pickpocket’s boast and a barber’s banter, ending with a shark tale of mistaken prey and a captain’s fate.
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Gretchen
Leetie
L.redio Carl Vas
Iny N ‘Emo
Bedou
Tio
San Francisco
Yosemite
Allen
Ters
Usm
Dr. Rush
Miss Ridgway
Philadelphia
Saratoga
Spain
Italy
Russia
Mrs. Rush
Nicholas Biddle
Nancy
Old Hester
Carisy
San Francisco Chronicle
Trevansas Hludent
Paola
Kas
Detroit
I’ree Press
Bob Ingersoll
Guinea
Boston
Wuhcu
Boston Courier
Somerville Journal
Covunstry Booarder
Norristown Herald
Johnny
Sissy
Dreas
Chicago Herald
George Archibalds
Small
Bay No. 3
Capt
the Mary
Sheephead
No. 3
Skeercely
Detroit Free Press